Summary
Inspired byArmored Core, aStarfieldplayer shared their custom-made starship designed through the game’s increasingly popular ship builder. While fans have had their criticisms of the latest Bethesda title, the ship builder inStarfieldremains a highlight. Since launch,Starfieldplayers have gone on social media to share their original designs and faithful recreations, showcasing creative concepts such as gun-shaped gunships, or even aStarfieldship built like a house.
On the flip side, Star Destroyers andBorg Cubes inStarfieldhave also made an appearance, as players have attempted to recreate their favorite starships from popular franchises.Armored Coreis no different, as this FromSoftware video game series recently launched its sixth installment to widespread acclaim. WhereasStarfieldplayers fly around in a starship, theArmored Coreequivalent is piloting a combat mech, and though the ship builder inStarfieldis modular enough to allow all sorts of builds, it did take a while for fans to figure out how to make vertical designs.
A player named ezmonkeyz shared their design of anArmored Coremech on the officialStarfieldsubreddit, using a combination of weapon mounts, structural parts, and even habitats to accurately convey the scale of an Armored Core’s arsenal. The end result has received plenty of praise from the community, though unfortunately, the ship parts inStarfieldare far less agile in movement compared to the mech parts fromArmored Core 6.
This imposing ship build stands at nine habitats tall, which unfortunately means that reaching the cockpit from the landing bay probably takes a long while due tohow ladders work inStarfield. A simple way to circumvent the slow climbing animation is to use boost jumps, thoughStarfieldplayers are hoping that Bethesda considers implementing an elevator system in the future to accommodate more complex ship builds.
Curiously, mechs are explicitly banned in theStarfielduniverse by the United Colonies, and players even get to explore a mech graveyard during one of the story missions for theFreestar Rangers faction. Though it’s likely that Bethesda made this creative choice so that mechs didn’t overshadow the extremely addictive gunplay ofStarfield, there is a possibility for the developers to implement a mech segment in the future through DLC. The lack of any land vehicles inStarfieldhas been a common complaint among fans, and mechs could potentially solve that problem while offering a new way to approach combat outside dungeons and other instances.
