The other races

by Dean Hofmeyer (unhh) , Warsaw, IN, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 19:45 (4219 days ago) @ marmot 1333

There was an article recently talking about ME3 and how much extra programming goes into making a non-humanoid playable character.

That and from the start they knew many of the supporting characters would be alien. I recall reading something about how the designers found that it's harder for an audience to become emotionally invested in a character whose appearance is too unfamiliar, leading them to give most of the main aliens a humanoid form.