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No ‘Star Wars’ game has ever looked this real

In the last major “Star Wars” game, “Battlefront,” you’re given a sandbox of “Star Wars” characters and worlds to play in.

It’s very pretty — one of the best-looking games on any system — but doesn’t hold a candle to what one intrepid gamer turned it into.

Behold:

Star Wars Battlefront mod
Star Wars Battlefront mod

Martin Bergman

No, that isn’t a still from “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” — that’s what happens when you apply a “mod” (modification) to “Star Wars Battlefront” on PC. And no, you can’t do this to the Xbox One or PlayStation 4 versions, sadly; modding games requires a level of access to the guts of a game that you simply can’t access on consoles.

All that aside: Whoa, right?

All of these images was captured by the mod’s creator, Martin Bergman.

Bergman says that running the mod can be pretty intensive on your computer’s processor.

It apparently drops the framerate pretty dramatically (in the 30-40 frames per second range).

But it’s worth it for these gorgeous visuals, no?

The amount of detail is incredible.

Even the rocks look hyper-realistic:

More than just pretty rocks, the lighting is also dramatically improved:

And even the particle effects of something like a dust cloud are more impressive:

But maybe you’re more into Stormtrooper outfits. This one is tremendously detailed:

Bergman did more than just swap visuals. He dug into the game’s particle effects systems, the lighting, animation, and graphics. The whole enchilada, if you will.

There are various depths of “modding” — in this case, Bergman dug into much more than just one aspect.

Between dynamic effects (like the dust cloud here), and far more realistic shadows, and the amount of detail in every object, it’s as if nothing’s been left untouched.

The amount of detail on that Stormtrooper is genuinely mind-blowing. Games do not look this good on any platform.

Sadly, even the prettied up version of “Battlefront” is littered with the (extremely detailed) corpses of clones.

So, so many dead clones.

As if the AT-STs in normal “Battlefront” aren’t intimidating enough, imagine rounding the corner on this guy:

Watch out!

Even stuff like backpacks are highly detailed.

These darker images genuinely look ripped from a film:

Okay, fair enough: these sunny ones look like they’re ripped from a film as well. Fine!

Sadly, there are no images of spacecrafts (like TIE fighters) or hero characters (like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader). But there sure are loads of very pretty rock formations!

And loads of close-ups of Stormtroopers getting ready to bust a cap:

Bergman says he’ll release the mod publicly as soon as it’s stable. In the meantime, we’ll keep staring at these gorgeous screenshots.

But you want to see the game in action, right? Good news: Bergman put together a video and we’ve got it right here!

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