Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.2 Highlights One Similarity to…

Zenless Zone Zero is just hitting its stride as a steady stream of new content and characters have made HoYoverse's latest title a success in the months since its July 2024 launch. In a recent trailer for Zenless Zone Zero, players got their first official look at the new Outer Ring area coming with the release of Version 1.2. This update looks to feature the Sons of Calydon faction within the Outer Ring, and it already bears a surprising similarity to another popular AAA game's setting.

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Current Banner, Next Banner, And Past Banners In Zenless Zone Zero

Zenless Zone Zero featured banners always come with one S-Rank (5-star) and two rate-up A-Rank (4-star) characters.

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By Nahda Nabiilah

Zenless Zone Zero's Outer Ring is to New Eridu What Cyberpunk 2077's Badlands Are to Night City

In the Outer Ring promo trailer for Zenless Zone Zero, players can see the barren desert landscapes that make up this new region. This is a drastic contrast from any of the locations players can visit within New Eridu as it trades the bustling streets and Hollow-adjacent skyscrapers for lonesome roads and ruins of the old civilization. While the new content coming in the 1.2 update will likely give players a chance to further explore this wasteland, its distinct visual shift from what Zenless Zone Zero has offered players so far could make it the most unique experience in the game yet.

Cyberpunk 2077 has a similar aesthetic shift between the streets of Night City and the Badlands found just beyond its borders. However, for Cyberpunk 2077 players, choosing the Nomad lifepath lets players start their journey on these outskirts before experiencing the heart of Night City. Regardless of when they experience the Badlands, Cyberpunk 2077 offers players a similarly stark contrast between the post-apocalyptic desert wastes and neon city life to that of Zenless Zone Zero's world.

How Zenless Zone Zero's Sons of Calydon Compare to Cyberpunk 2077's Aldecaldos

Both Zenless Zone Zero's Outer Ring and Cyberpunk 2077's Badlands come with their own factions that make their homes in these regions. In Zenless Zone Zero, the Sons of Calydon are the main faction found in the Outer Ring, and they are recognizable by their leather and spike-clad attire and penchant for motorcycles and machinery. Two Sons of Clydon's members, Piper and Lucy, can already be found in Zenless Zone Zero as recruitable agents, but Version 1.2 is also set to include new banners featuring Burnice White and Caesar King from the faction as well, with more members like Lighter and Big Daddy rumored to be added in the future.

Like the Sons of Calydon, Cyberpunk 2077's Aldecaldos call the Badlands their home as a nomadic group of individuals known for traveling in caravans of supped-up vehicles. Players can find a compelling character and great ally in the Aldecaldos' Panam Palmer, and the faction can even aid V during their final assault on Arasaka. While both the Sons of Calydon and the Aldecaldos share a similar close-knit community within their ranks, and an emphasis on traveling the open road, it's unclear yet how the Sons of Calydon will impact Phaethon's story in Zenless Zone Zero or if they will be as significant as the Aldecaldos can potentially be in certain endings of Cyberpunk 2077.