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OneStarfieldplayer is exploring the universe as Ellen Ripley from theAlienfranchise. Bethesda’s latest open-world sci-fi RPG gives fans plenty of options for customizing their in-game avatars and spacecraft, and many have used these creation tools to recreate vehicles from popular films and TV shows. For example, players are rocketing off in spot-on renditions of Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon from theStar Warsmovies orFox McCloud’s Arwing fromStar Fox.
Spaceships aren’t the only things that can be made from the ground up inStarfield, and players have come up with impressive versions of famous characters to pilot their vessels into the great unknown. UsingStarfield’s equally in-depth character customization suite, players are exploring outer space asGollum fromThe Lord of the Rings, Lord Farquaad fromShrek, and perhaps most fitting of all Buzz Lightyear from theToy Storyfranchise. There is one other science fiction figure who would be right at home inStarfield, and now she has been brought to life to help take on any dangerous life forms out in the far reaches of the cosmos.
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Reddit user Cute_Fluffy_Sheep recently posted a screenshot of their version of the iconicEllen Ripley from theAlienfranchiseon theStarfieldsubreddit, along with a link to a tutorial detailing how they recreated Sigourney Weaver’s fabled warrant officer-turned-Xenomorph slayer. While Cute_Fluffy_Sheep feels there is something “off” about this version of Ripley, other users have complimented them for their work and pointed out how fitting Ripley is as a player character inStarfieldgiven the game’sAlieninfluences.
Ellen Ripley and theAlienfranchise she hails from have inspired much more thanStarfield, as the tough-as-nails heroine arguably helped pave the way for sci-fi video game protagonists likeMetroid’s Samus Aran andReturnal’s Selene Vassos. Ripley herself has appeared ingames likeAliens: Colonial MarinesandAlien: Isolation, with Sigourney Weaver reprising her role in the latter. She has also been added as a playable character in crossover titles likeFortniteandDead By Daylightalongside the monstrous Xenomorphs she most famously hunted across fourAlienmovies.
As mentioned before, theAlienseries has influenced a fair portion ofStarfield’s side quests and atmosphere, so it seems quite fitting for players to model their characters after the legendary Ellen Ripley - and Cute_Fluffy_Sheep’s rendition does a great job of capturing Sigourney Weaver’s younger appearance from the first film. After experiencing the nightmare that is the Xenomorphs across four movies and plenty of tie-in media, there might not be a whole lot in theStarfielduniverse that would phase Ripley - though part of the fun comes in seeing what lurks in the outskirts of space.
Starfieldis available on PC and Xbox Series X/S.
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