Highlights
- Starfield's character creator is incredibly versatile, as demonstrated by a player who recreated Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2.
- Fans have been spending a lot of time in Starfield's character creator, perfecting their designs before starting their space-faring adventures.
- The character creator in Starfield may be complex and require trial and error, but it offers immense potential for creating unique characters, and modders may improve upon its user interface in the future.
One Starfield player went to great lengths to do a faithful recreation of Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2 in Bethesda's latest game. Their impressive achievement is one of the first pieces testifying to the incredible versatility of Starfield's character creator.
The much-anticipated RPG is slated to hit current-generation Xbox consoles and PC on September 6. However, anyone who purchased a higher-tier edition of the game has been able to play Starfield in early access since September 1.
And though many fans jumped on the opportunity to start their space-faring adventures five days early, not all of them immediately set out for the stars, having instead opted to spend a lot of time in the game's character creator. That group includes Reddit user ShhMyLegsAreSleeping, who recently went through the effort of recreating Red Dead Redemption 2's Arthur Morgan in Starfield. The player decided to go for Arthur's clean-shaven look that only unlocks after completing a certain Saint Denis mission in Chapter 4, with the end result of their efforts bearing a remarkable resemblance to the protagonist of Rockstar's hit game.
Elaborating on this accomplishment, the author of the recreation revealed that they used the third Starfield face preset as the basis for their design, then went on to sculpt each part of the face until they were satisfied with the character's look. Doing so has presumably been no easy feat, not least because the Starfield character creator isn't particularly intuitive to use; most facial features—including the forehead, eyes, nose, and chin—are mainly sculpted by manipulating up to a dozen sliders, all of which are classified as "shape blends" with no additional labeling or explanation.
As a result of that UI approach, recreating a specific face in Starfield requires a lot of trial and error for first-time players. Nevertheless, the character creator itself is at least as powerful as its more intuitive counterpart from Fallout 4, so fans looking to design in-game versions of themselves or anyone else should be able to do so with enough patience. PC players can also count on Starfield modders to deliver a more intuitive character creation interface in the future.
This impressive Starfield rendition of Arthur Morgan is not the first example of the fandom using the game's character creator to design intergalactic adventurers inspired by other media franchises. Another such protagonist emerged online during the RPG's early access period after someone decided to play through Starfield as Tony Soprano.
Starfield launches September 6 for PC and Xbox Series X/S.