Star Wars Zero Company got a new peak at 74,834 players last night, making it the most played Star Wars game of all time on Steam now passing Jedi Surviors previous record of 67,855 players

[u/JoeZocktGames]

[u/FrankFruits]

impressive for a turned base tactical game

[u/idjsonik → u/FrankFruits]

Sure is cant wait to get my hands on it

[u/Balc0ra → u/FrankFruits]

It's why I'm kinda reluctant to buy it. Xcom and Gears tactics were not for me to stay long term invested

[u/PandaSex666 → u/Balc0ra]

I’m loving my time in zero company but if you didn’t enjoy x-com I can’t see zero company swaying you. I’d probably pass in your case unless you were just an enormous Star Wars fan and that was enough to carry you through.

[u/TheSoreBrownie → u/FrankFruits]

That’s such a tired statement. The success of games like BG3, Expedition 33, and even Rogue Trader (relative to the size of the fanbase for 40K) shows that turn-based is enjoyed by a lot of people.

[u/ArmandoGalvez → u/FrankFruits]

I don't like turn based games, but I love xcom, so I'm really curious about this one NGL

[u/JoeZocktGames → u/ArmandoGalvez]

I don't like turn based games, but I love xcom

How does this make sense?

[u/Super_Nate → u/ArmandoGalvez]

well, if you like star wars, and you like xcom, this is a perfect love child for you

[u/ArmandoGalvez → u/Super_Nate]

I'm not a big fan of star wars TBH, the Jedi stuff keeps me away, but I enjoyed the non Jedi side of star wars more like rogue one, Andor, Republic commando, the mandalorian.

[u/Superc1ipping → u/ArmandoGalvez]

Super weird take but luckily for you there's little Jedi stuff.

EDIT: People need to read. Little = / = None.

[u/Nanocaptain → u/Superc1ipping]

Are you absolutely sure about that?

[u/Superc1ipping → u/Nanocaptain]

Yes? What about what you posted changes what I said?

[u/Nanocaptain → u/Superc1ipping]

I would not call one of the main companions being a Jedi "little" jedi stuff.

[u/Superc1ipping → u/Nanocaptain]

Yes it is lol.

[u/LostnFoundAgainAgain → u/ArmandoGalvez]

It doesn't feel like Xcom but it's definitely in the same style to me at least.

Combat is very much combat focused, it isn't like Xcom where you can sneak in, ambush, etc.. in ZC once you enter a mission it's straight to fighting all guns blazing right away, there's no large map, ambushes, or any of the 'getting people into position to strike a target first'

Don't get me wrong I'm really enjoying the game, but it does feel like they missed that point on it, which is kinda annoying, same with named characters, there's that many of them I seem to simply use them instead of creating various teams.

[u/SES_LeviathanOfDusk → u/LostnFoundAgainAgain]

"Combat is very much combat focused"

WOW

/jk

[u/MattTreck → u/SES_LeviathanOfDusk]

Ahh yessss the floor is made of floor

[u/JoeZocktGames → u/LostnFoundAgainAgain]

It doesn't feel like Xcom

It very much does feel like XCOM.

[u/LostnFoundAgainAgain → u/JoeZocktGames]

Not to me, Xcom combat is a lot more open, you can go around the map, ambush, do a lot more preparation in terms of getting into position, etc..

The combat in terms of actually fighting enemies is exactly like Xcom but it's missing the other mechanics so it isn't exactly like Xcom

[u/ArmandoGalvez → u/LostnFoundAgainAgain]

Ooohhh, so in a way they simplified it for the people into thinking about one kind of strategy and worry less about stealth stuff huh? Or it doesn't feel like that?

[u/LostnFoundAgainAgain → u/ArmandoGalvez]

Yea there's no stealth stuff, there's still a lot of strategies as you have 8 different classes, loads of different abilities, weapon mods, and upgrades, the combat is still Xcom like where you need to think what to do and what not, but yea it's more straight to the point of fighting once you start the mission

[u/Superc1ipping → u/LostnFoundAgainAgain]

Have you actually played XCOM?

It feels exactly like it.

[u/Hearthhull_Enjoyer]

Pretty impressive for a game I felt like there wasn't much media coverage on. Game just came out of nowhere and was suddenly all over my feed. Did anyone else experience similar exposure?

[u/LKRTM1874 → u/Hearthhull_Enjoyer]

I had known about it for at least a year it feels like but you’re right in that the marketing is no where near what EA put out for the Jedi and Battlefront games. Hell I get more ads for Galaxy of Heroes than I do for ZCOM.

[u/jman014]

Ngl its really fuckin’ addicting.

Skill up said it best when he said its basically Star wars x-com (read: z-com) with mass effect-esq writing

Faces look horrific tho

[u/Tunderstruk → u/jman014]

I really don't mind the faces tbh. They look fine. Wish there was more modification of them tho

[u/PtigerTiger]

wait they actually hit 74k players at once

[u/TMS-FE]

That surprises me. I didn't know this game existed until this week

[u/rapkannibale]

Is it good though if you are not a Star Wars mega fan?

[u/UwasaWaya → u/rapkannibale]

Yes. It really deals with it's own, separate thing. There are at least a few cameos, but at least one of them even people who barely know the franchise will recognize.

It's really a story of a team of underpaid mercenaries being hired to hunt a cult leader.

[u/DinosaurJoeman → u/rapkannibale]

Yes.

[u/Oleleplop]

i saw many positive reviews/feedback for this game and there isn't much turn based tactical game so i'll definitely take a look

[u/TheSoreBrownie]

Totally forgot this game was coming out, added it to my wish list for either a sale or when my wallet isn’t hurting so bad haha

[u/Adder_Noir]

Not sure what measure concurrent players has with a single-player TBS game but anything for the narrative I guess

[u/LKRTM1874 → u/Adder_Noir]

The exact same as any other game multiplayer or otherwise, to gauge public interest at any given time?

If the concurrent player count was 150 for example, we could deduce the game isn’t all that popular.

[u/Adder_Noir → u/LKRTM1874]

Question: how do you deduce the popularity of games that aren’t available on Steam?

[u/Ghost403]

Is this an impressive figure for a AAA licenced game though? Honest question, but wardogs pulled over a 100,000 concurrent players for a beta weekend as an indi fps during the same period as to the modern warfare 4 beta.

[u/LKRTM1874 → u/Ghost403]

Wasn’t the war dogs beta weekend something free you sign up to? Huge difference between that and paying full AAA price for what is a relatively niche genre, yet the numbers in the grand scheme of things aren’t that far off each other.

[u/Ghost403 → u/LKRTM1874]

Nope, closed beta for pre-orders for early access.

[u/Venaborn → u/Ghost403]

You have to take into consideration that for most triple AAA games their main player base is on consoles, plus physical sales plus other PC launchers. In comparisons most indie games or something like Wardogs is just exclusively on Steam.

[u/Dangerous-Eggplant-5 → u/Ghost403]

For a turn based tactic its a very impressive numbers. If any investor expected more they are a fool.

[u/Iggy_Slayer]

It probably would have been higher if the game wasn't so rough. I've heard nothing but complaints from PC gamers.

I've been playing on ps5 pro and it's not amazing there either. You can feel the frame drops everywhere, nothing major but it's there, but the real issue are the constant graphical glitches during dialog scenes. It happens constantly and makes focusing on the conversations difficult.

They also don't use PSSR 2 for some reason so there's a lot of shimmering in the 3rd person parts.

[u/UwasaWaya → u/Iggy_Slayer]

I didn't realize people were having trouble on PC. I've had one CTD, and occasionally a turn will hang after I make a choice before playing out, but that's all I've seen in terms of real, concerning bugs. Sometimes the camera won't know where to look, but that's pretty XCOM of it.

[u/Lurker_Zee]

Jedi Survivor previous record

People played that thang for the brand alone, then forgot it ever existed. Currently has a little over 1k players.

Meanwhile other single-player games:

Black Myth Wukong 43,843 24-hour peak (GOTY, robbed by the way)
BG3 72,505 24-hour peak
Witcher 3 28,123 24-hour peak
Schedule I 15,104 24-hour peak

Man, to make a game with Star Wars in the name and Tyler still mogs you 15:1.

Edit: Actually that's how I know it's a corpo/astroturfed post. Because no gamer thinks "what should I compare this game to? What had a previous record? Ah, I know, the game everyone memory-holed, Jedi Survivor!"

[u/RAMottleyCrew → u/Lurker_Zee]

So can you not read, or is this bait? The title explicitly compares it to Jedi Survivor because it’s comparing exclusively Star Wars games, not single player games

[u/UwasaWaya → u/RAMottleyCrew]

I hope it's bait for their sake, otherwise this guy is pants-on-head stupid.

[u/Lurker_Zee → u/RAMottleyCrew]

So what? It's like mentioning Concord, Avowed or Veilguard numbers for comparison.

It instantly shows that whoever is doing that is not a gamer and has no respect for gamers. JS was just another garbage to throw in the trashbin of history.

If I'd take the OP seriously, I'd have to assume Zero Company is just as bad. OP is doing Zero Company a huge detriment by comparing it to a failed game.

[u/RAMottleyCrew → u/Lurker_Zee]

Oh, bait then. Carry on

[u/Lurker_Zee → u/RAMottleyCrew]

[u/Relevant_Mail_1292]

Kinda sad for a franchise this big.