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Subscribe to our newsletter If you've played an RPG before, I'm sure you're familiar with the associated plot clichés: golden boy protagonist takes on a death-defying quest, and along the road picks up several total strangers who become his best friends in record time (bonus points if one or a few of them fall in love with the player character).Star Wars Zero Company bears some resemblance to BioWare's classics, but this is where narrative director Aaron Contreras hopes the two diverge.

How Star Wars Zero Company blends XCOM with Mass Effect - YouTube Watch On Contreras said as much in a recent interview with PC Gamer associate editor Ted Litchfield.

"This is a game about a team, a team of operators who come from all over, and it's not a personal fantasy game," Contreras said.

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"Hawks isn't the lone chosen one who's going to step out and do all the things with the swing of their mighty, mighty saber or whatnot.

Hawks is a leader, negotiator, has to be cunning, strategic.Article continues below "It's a tactical strategy fantasy ## Editor's Note The implications of this news could be significant for the industry. Source: [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/star-wars-zero-company-writer-wants-its-cast-to-have-real-friction-its-not-a-personal-fantasy-game/)