New Star Wars Game Is Taking Character Customization Very Far

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Fans are looking forward to the strategic gameplay of Star Wars Zero Company, which is clearly inspired by games like XCOM. However, recent announcements reveal that the game offers even more complexity than initially expected. Players will be able to build and fully customize squads of mercenaries for each mission. Plus, the ability to personalize the game’s main character suggests a surprisingly deep and layered story.

Adding permadeath to Star Wars Zero Company makes building and managing your squads much more meaningful in this strategy game. While the main character is safe, important characters within your squads can be lost permanently. This makes customizing your squad members even more appealing, as players become more attached and invested in completing missions without suffering any losses.

Star Wars Zero Company Allows For Fully Customizable Unit Characters As Playable Mercenaries

In Star Wars Zero Company, you control a squad of four characters sent on missions. The makeup of this squad is flexible – while certain missions need specific characters, you generally choose who participates. You can team up with characters you meet in the story, or hire and customize your own mercenaries, giving you a lot of control over your team.

Characters in the story have unique histories, and some belong to special classes not available to regular mercenaries. For instance, you won’t find a generic Jedi Padawan to hire – that particular class is exclusive to a specific character. However, you have a lot of freedom when creating your mercenary team. There are eight different classes mercenaries can specialize in, offering plenty of options to build the team you want, including:

  • Assault
  • Heavy
  • Sharpshooter
  • Scoundrel
  • Gunslinger
  • Scout
  • Medic
  • Soldier

Each character class has unique skills and a powerful ultimate ability to use in combat. But that’s just the beginning – you can also customize your mercenaries’ species, choosing from a wide variety of alien races within the Star Wars universe. You can even hire Astromech droids like R2-D2, and for a truly unique challenge, complete missions with a team of four droids only.

Unlike other Star Wars games coming out this year, Star Wars Zero Company uniquely allows you to develop the backstories of entirely new characters as you build your mercenary squad. These aren’t just nameless recruits; each character has a personal history to discover. Similar to the XCOM games, Star Wars Zero Company excels at making you care about the fate of every member of your team during missions.

Story Characters & Custom Squad Members Mesh Together With Equal Levels Of Personalized Depth

The story of Star Wars Zero Company centers around Hawks, a former Republic soldier trying to redeem themself. However, the game allows players to heavily customize Hawks’ appearance and background, making each playthrough unique. Players can create a Hawks of many different Star Wars species, like the Zabrak or Twi’lek. This level of customization makes players more invested in Hawks’ personal journey than they would be with a pre-defined character.

When it comes to choosing alien recruits, mercenaries have access to several species that aren’t available to the main character, Hawks. These include the Weequay, Ovissian, Rodian, and Neimoidian peoples, offering mercenaries a wider range of options. Similar to the upcoming RPG Star Wars Zero Company, the game features a diverse group of characters who form a squad with lots of interactions, especially with key story characters who can develop complex relationships with Hawks and their teammates.

Like the beloved companion systems in Mass Effect, this game features characters with rich backstories alongside any hired help. When combined with the ‘Hawks’ system, you can forge strong relationships between almost anyone, making losses during missions especially impactful. Plus, the extensive character customization in Star Wars Zero Company means every player’s squad will be different, creating a uniquely personal story based on the bonds you build.

What do you enjoy most about creating characters in Star Wars Zero Company? Share your thoughts in the comments or discuss it with other fans on the ComicBook Forum!

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2026-04-27 17:14