cmd.exeYeah the title is sarcastic. I know that most people just pick the boring human but letting your players be different races is a big deal for a lot of fans. It would defiantly help push ME:A which will be a good game into a great game.
I don't understand the huge desire to play aliens. The aliens are pretty much all Rubber Forehead aliens anyway,
That's just the thing. It's not a 'huge' desire. It's just a very loud minority. And I'm all the more baffled at their insistence for just that very reason: ME aliens aren't interesting or unique. At all. And even if, by some miracle, BioWare made a genuinely fascinating and different alien species, playing as them would be counter-productive. It would be like playing a Yithian in Call of Cthulhu.
Being human IS boring in a game full of aliens. However, my thing as stated above was more about the personality.
But you like to always play the generic human that is already featured as protagonist in like, litterally all games. People don't really want to play them because of their design, but more or less of how awesome Turians and Krogan for example were in the original trilogy.
How are they "awesome", exactly?
Turians are scaly humans with mandibles and tend to have sticks up their butts.
Krogan are tough, toad-like humans who like to fight.
Appearances aside, what do they have you can't put on a human character?
But all the aliens are just less diverse knock-off humans. There's nothing non-human about them apart from their appearance.
there were some species with some hope for this such as the salarians with their non-hormone based reproduction or the rachni with the Queen/worker distinctions
but alas they panned out rather poorly
I like human only Mass Effect. I don't have to worry about stripped out content because of Shepard needing to be 3 other races and the game having to accommodate for all of them even when it makes no sense.
Especially considering the aliens are reskinned damn humans anyway.
there were some species with some hope for this such as the salarians with their non-hormone based reproduction or the rachni with the Queen/worker distinctions
but alas they panned out rather poorly
Heck the geth had aspects of this, before they went all Pinocchio on us.
How are they "awesome", exactly?
Turians are scaly humans with mandibles and tend to have sticks up their butts.
Krogan are tough, toad-like humans who like to fight.
Appearances aside, what do they have you can't put on a human character?
there were some species with some hope for this such as the salarians with their non-hormone based reproduction or the rachni with the Queen/worker distinctions
but alas they panned out rather poorly
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I want to play other races someday, but it depends on the story.
Story, story, story.
Etc.. That's all that matters.
I don't understand just drawing some line on wanting to play another race for the sake of it though. Write the story first, then I'll gladly play it. And if this story is meant for humans, then that's what their choice will be. I might not have full faith in Bioware yet, but I trust that the developers aren't complete retards and make decisions for a reason. Human Only must fit the story they have in mind for now.
I support human only characters with human only love interests depicting the great patriotic human achievement of bringing civilization and culture to all non-humans in the Andromeda galaxy, teaching them to adopt ideas and economic systems that are egalitarian for humans and their cultures, bringing humans resources and power to help build and strengthen our ascent to the stars, where we can truly achieve our destiny.
I support human only characters with human only love interests depicting the great patriotic human achievement of bringing civilization and culture to all non-humans in the Andromeda galaxy, teaching them to adopt ideas and economic systems that are egalitarian for humans and their cultures, bringing humans resources and power to help build and strengthen our ascent to the stars, where we can truly achieve our destiny.
Milky Way?
More like The American Way.
Milky Way?
More like The American Way.
Nah, it doesn't need to be an American thing.
That said, I do believe that Americans need to be first among equals and to be the decisive player in the future space programs and exploration.
It comes with being me. In most ways, I'm a subversion and critic of American patriotism. In other ways (like in the game for example), if the world has to be saved, it has to be saved by an American.
Or we could go with the Interstellar route, where all non-Americans are dead. Which works just as well, except no more Australian/English/Scandinavian women 
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There's plenty of Scandinavian women in the American Midwest. 
Nah, it doesn't need to be an American thing-
Too long, didn't read you hippie. >:C
There's plenty of Scandinavian women in the American Midwest.
Well, let's just say that that part of the Midwest is more like Canada-lite. And in the 'holy crap, this land is flat and there aren't even any wheat fields or plants for miles.'
Who the hell lives in North Dakota?
Too long, didn't read you hippie. >:C
Welp, this hippy killed himself plenty of ISIS hobos!
It should actually bring a tear to the American eye.
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My Norwegian granddad (and family) was from North Dakota actually. 
Too late, Space is for Commies
All you have to do is imagine you're playing with another race. The impact on the story will be the same, but it won't take any resources away from other parts of the game.
I'm fine with playing as a human, in fact, I prefer it. In the MP , I'd rather be a Drell adept with cluster + reave + pull
Heck the geth had aspects of this, before they went all Pinocchio on us.
Well, in fairness, geth society's state after the Rannoch arch, provided they survived, was kind of vague. The only thing we were aware of was that each program became an independent entity. Likely their society could function exactly the same as it did in the past; they just don't have to worry about a reduction in capacity when in smaller numbers.
GRRAAAGGHH!! WE ARE DISSAPPOINTED!!!! OF COURSE STUPID HUMANS ARE MAIN HERO IN NEXT GAME!! WHEN WILL VORCHA BE ABLE TO SAVE GALAXY?!?! DISCRIMINATION!! GRRAAAAAAGGHH!!! WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! BEEN TOLD THIS IS WHAT IT IS THOUGH!! STUPID COMPLICATED, SQUISHY HUMANS!! WE'D RATHER SEE A PILE OF VARREN DUNG COVERED IN PUKE FROM A DRUNK KROGAN SET ON FIRE BE THE MAIN HERO IN NEXT GAME INSTEAD OF HUMAN!! OUR FEELINGS ARE HURT! WE LEAVE AND BURN SOMETHING NOW!! PROBABLY POOP!! GRRAAAAAAAAGHH!!!
Vorcha squadmate confirmed?
A truly alien protagonist wouldn't work because we couldn't relate to them. This is also the reason why most aliens in the game show human behaviour.
Too late, Space is for Commies
Those were the days! Gaming ingenuity was great. Being sincere here. 
A truly alien protagonist wouldn't work because we couldn't relate to them. This is also the reason why most aliens in the game show human behaviour.
As long as the story is made right and the protagonist feel like a sapient alien capable of love, fear, friendship, rage and trust then I'm fine with an alient only protagonist. I would love being a turian in ME for example.
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