Even thoughStarfieldisn’t out yet, there’s been so much content and sneak previews for the game that some people are trying to piece it together ahead of schedule. For example, one person has decided to recreate an outpost styled after the upcoming sci-fi RPG in something other than Bethesda’s in-house engine.
As spotted byDSO Gaming, YouTuberGhost Designrecently uploaded footage from an Unreal Engine 5 project they’ve been working on. Spanning seven minutes, the footage shows what a typicalStarfieldoutpost looks like when rendered in this software.
Using the free “Mission to Minerva” pack, Ghost Design has created what is essentially a facsimile of something that looks like it could be fromStarfielditself. Only it’s done in Unreal rather than Creation Engine.
Imagine the whole game in Unreal
UE5 is currently one of (if notthe) most powerful accessible game engines in the world. It’s also one of the most popular, more so by the fact that any developer, big or small, can make use of it. Conversely, Bethesda’s Creation Engine is proprietary, so only Bethesda games get made with it.
While the use of Creation Engine forStarfieldhas likely drawn some criticism given how old it is, it’s worth remembering that this is version 2.0. The studio has allegedly overhauled the software, bringing it more up-to-date, so games made it in should hopefully not have thatSkyrimjank to them. From what we’ve all seen so far, it’s fair to say thatStarfielddoes look pretty. It’s likely that official footage has been captured on PC using the most modern hardware around, so we’ll see whether it looks as nice on a mid-range system or the Xbox Series S.
Starfieldwill be releasing on September 6 for Series X|S and PC.
