A couple of new Starfield mods that are available for download introduce significant visual improvements for NPC and architectural textures.
Given how NPC generally don’t look great in Bethesda’s latest open-world role-playing game, the Retina-Photorealistic Eyes Overhaul is extremely welcome, as it replaces the game’s eyes with real-life, accurate photorealistic eyes that significantly improve how NPCs look. The new textures are available in multiple resolutions, and they look amazing even in their performance version, which is better suited for 1080p resolution.
Starfield environmental textures also leave something to be desired, and it is something that multiple modders tried to fix with high-resolution texture packs. The Architecture Surfaces Redone texture pack, created by XilaMonstrr, the same developer behind some high-quality Cyberpunk 2077 texture packs, introduces 4K and 2K resolution architectural textures, which have been upscaled using chaiNNer and AI-generated ESRGAN models with full mipmaps.
Starfield is now available on PC, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. You can learn more about the game by checking my review.
With an engaging story, well-developed characters and lore, and a huge amount of meaningful content, Starfield is one of Bethesda’s finest games and one of the best role-playing games released in the past few years. The lack of seamless exploration and real innovation of the typical gameplay formula from the studio are noteworthy, but those willing to forego these issues will find a reactive and sprawling sci-fi universe to lose themselves in for hundreds, if not thousands, of hours.
