Summary
The ship customization inStarfieldis robust enough that a player managed to recreate the Borg Cube from Star Trek simply by using the feature. WhenStarfieldwas announced, the excitement from Bethesda fans was palpable, but it wasn’t until theshowcase atStarfieldDirectthat the hype for the game skyrocketed. For many, the biggest highlight from the deep dive ended up being debut ofStarfield’s ship builder, which lets players construct the space vessel of their dreams, module by module.
While players have had their gripes with the lack ofimmersion inStarfield’s space exploration, being able to create all sorts of starships through the builder has remained one of the game’s biggest strengths post-launch. From an X-Wing to the Millennium Falcon,Starfieldfans have tried to recreate the most popular ships fromStar Wars, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that someone attempted to do the same with the other big sci-fi franchise.
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A player named IngeniousIdiocy shared their design of a Borg Cube on the officialStarfieldsubreddit, where they showcased the iconicStar Trekvessel through a video. Needless to say: it’s a truly formidable, unorthodox build, and sadly not designed for actual gameplay. The grav drive, reactor, shield, fuel tanks, and cargo hold were all brilliantly hidden in a 2x2 hollow inside the cube itself, but the big downside is the ship’s mobility rating of 36. Furthermore, its cubical design and size blocks out most of the camera in first-person and third-person mode.
Theship builder inStarfieldis primarily designed around balancing weight, mobility, and how much power a vessel demands. Though the system offers plenty of options in terms of different visuals, the gameplay goal is to create a viable starship that can support a roster of crewmates, as well as being sturdy enough to tackle the Crimson Fleet pirates that lurk about in the Settled Systems. Some ship upgrades even allow players to hide contraband items inStarfield, which allows them to bypass the law enforcement scanners whenever they grav jump into civilized space.
Ultimately, even though the ship builder at launch is an impressive feature, it will no doubt get even better withStarfieldmodsin the coming months. Though many useful mods have already cropped up onStarfieldNexus, the Creation Kit’s release will truly open up the game and allow modders to elevate the experience similarly to howSkyrimandFallout 4mods transformed their respective titles.
Starfieldis available now on PC and Xbox Series X/S.
