Highlights
- A Starfield player has successfully recreated the look of an NCR Ranger from Fallout: New Vegas, showcasing the game's impressive role-playing potential.
- The early access version of Starfield has already attracted over 245,000 players on Steam alone, highlighting the high interest in the game.
- While Starfield does not have official mod support at launch, it is likely that fans will eventually be able to add Fallout: New Vegas-inspired content through mods in the future.
One Starfield player came remarkably close to recreating the exact look of an NCR Ranger from Fallout: New Vegas in Bethesda's latest title. Their achievement underlines Starfield's immense role-playing potential that many reviewers have been praising in recent days.
Warning! Minor gameplay spoilers (vague equipment location pointers) for Starfield ahead.The game itself isn't scheduled to release until Wednesday, but anyone who bought one of its higher-tier editions has been able to play Starfield in early access since September 1. At least 245,000 fans did just that via Steam alone, according to the game's peak concurrent player numbers revealed by Valve's platform API.
The RPG's early adopter demographic also includes Reddit user rileycavanaugh, who already spent enough time with Starfield to obtain two distinct pieces of equipment that can be combined into a look closely resembling that of an NCR Ranger from Fallout: New Vegas. And though the original outfit was functionally an armor set, its Starfield recreation only consists of clothing pieces. Its replacement for the NCR Ranger Combat Armor is the First Officer Outfit that can be obtained in the Cheyenne star system, whereas the accompanying headgear, called the Ryujin Guard Helmet, can be found in the Volii galaxy.
The outfit is somewhat easier to procure, not least because it can be looted early on during the quest to join the Freestar Collective Rangers. Meanwhile, the helmet that the game classifies as a hat is used by the majority of Ryujin's security personnel, much like its name implies. It's hence obtainable by either killing one of the corporation's guards or joining Ryujin Industries and progressing its quest line. The faction is based out of Neon, a futuristic city on the aquatic planet of Volii Alpha that's heavily inspired by the cyberpunk genre.
The original NCR Ranger uniform has a slightly heavier duster and a military-grade gas mask with a hard hat instead of a singular piece of headgear, but the overall combination of the First Officer Outfit and Ryujin Guard Helmet does a pretty good job at matching the look of the Fallout: New Vegas combat garb inspired by real-life riot armor getups. Players adamant to get even closer to the iconic appearance of NCR Rangers will plausibly be able to do so in the near future. Asset reskins and equipment packs are among the simplest types of mods to make, so it's likely only a question of time before Starfield modders get to addingFallout: New Vegas-inspired content to the PC version of the game.
That notwithstanding, Starfield won't have official mod support at launch, and though Bethesda confirmed that the game's Creation Kit will arrive sometime after its full-fledged release, it has yet to attach a specific date to that promise. The lack of official tools won't stop enthusiasts from pumping out Starfield content, but the floodgates won't truly open until Bethesda delivers its much-anticipated modding kit.
Starfield launches September 6 for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: SteamDB