Summary
AStarfieldplayer brought a bit ofThe Legend of Zeldainto Bethesda’s sci-fi first-person RPG with a spaceship that perfectly recreates the iconic Nintendo hero Link in his original 8-bit form. When it comes toassembling unique vessels inStarfield, the sky’s pretty much the limit, but as this one player proves, the game’s ship-builder also doubles as a rather effective means of creating retro pixel art.
Players have been busy in the roughly one month sinceStarfield’s release, and many have utilized the ship-building system to produce all sorts of impressive, funny, or otherwise memorable spacecrafts. Naturally, plenty of fans have recreated iconic ships from other sci-fi media to carry them across the Settled Systems, while others have gone in sillier directions with weird creations likea recentStarfieldship shaped like a hot dog.
Taking things in a different direction, Digital_Utopia on Reddit built a ship that resembles Link’s 8-bit appearance from the very firstLegend of Zeldareleased for the Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment Systemin 1986. They pulled this off by using a large number of square ship parts like pixels, arranging and coloring them to match the pixels that make up Link’s original look. While Digital_Utopia stated that they were initially trying to make something more ambitious with dozens of colors, only to be held back byStarfield’s ship weight limits, what they ultimately settled on was nevertheless met with praise from other players.
As far as game crossovers go, it could be argued that a ship-basedStarfieldandZeldacrossover is one of the more fitting ones. BeforeStarfield,The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomwas 2023’s go-to game for creating custom vehicles, and despite now facing competition fromStarfieldon that front,Tears of the Kingdomcontinues to see impressive new creationsfrom its active playerbase.
The ability to stretch one’s creative muscles has been a recurring element through many of this year’s biggest titles.Starfieldis just the latest example. Not only are players free to build the starship of their dreams, but custom characters and outposts as well, and though the game has only been out for only a few weeks, the amount of unique creations that have been shared is incredible.
With the sheer amount of creativity on display so far, it’ll be interesting to see what the community is able to come up with as time passes and the game grows. Already players are starting touse mods to push the boundaries ofStarfield’s ship-builder, and it’s possible future DLC like the upcoming Shattered Space expansion will officially add new ships parts and building tools for those looking to make the ultimate battleship, cargo truck, or space-faring pixel art.
Starfieldis available for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
