The other races

by SonofMacPhisto , Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 14:58 (4219 days ago) @ marmot 1333

I wouldn't say the Geth are the most alien. Probably the Elcor or the Hanar.

On the surface, yes. But on the inside, the geth are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more weird than anything the Elcor or Hanar can manage.

Geth are essentially a post-scarcity social anarchist's wet dream - and basically pacifist to boot.

There was an article recently talking about ME3 and how much extra programming goes into making a non-humanoid playable character. So that is one real-world reason behind the prevalence of humanoids.

(Annnnnnnnd I'm bringing it back to Bungie before I do what I'm so good at. Ha.)

Yup. I like the idea of playing on that limitation to help craft the story and give it direction. Very meta.