Starfield’s Akila City Isn’t Afraid To Embrace Space Cowboy Cliches

With its dusty streets and Stetson-sporting citizens, Starfield’s Akila City feels almost anachronistic amidst the advanced outposts dotting the game’s galaxy. The capital city of the Freestar Collective faction, Akila City’s antiquated appearance makes it an outlier among the mostly futuristic locales found in Bethesda Game Studio’s latest release. Rather than toning down the Old West aesthetic to make what serves as one of Starfield’s most prominent locations blend in better with its sci-fi setting, Bethesda chose to fully embrace space cowboy cliches when designing Akila City. This unique blend of old and new makes Akila City one of Starfield’s most eye-catching and entertaining locations to visit.