>Alien race >Its just a human other color and funny

>>323909067
Star wars had an excuse.
Mass effect has none.

>>323909130
Some Stars Wars aliens look alien though.

Star Trek has zero excuse.

>m-muh episode budget...!!!

Whatever.

>>323909224
>>m-muh episode budget...!!!
>Whatever.

nice

Realistically, there were and are probably a bunch of aliens species that never got to the point where they could survive outside of a very specific niche, yet alone develop self-awareness, technology, etc.

But that would be kind of boring, wouldn't it?

>>323909224
Well yeah star trek was a TV show rather than a film with an already fairly impressive budget, so they had to get new ideas for aliens to keep the variety going between episodes, and on a nonexistent budget in archaic times you'd have a pretty short list of designs going in, not to mention when stretching it out for multiple series

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>>323910127
still just a human with funny shit
checkmate

>>323910127
Its kind of rude to call Soccer Moms an alien race.

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>Aliens aren't a super intelligent race of machines

>implying sentience will ever be obtained in a species that can't carry tools
Really though I'd like to see some birds or octopus-based beings. Clearly the only absolute necessities for intelligence are graspers and communication features like color-changing skin or vocal cords.

>aliens
>robots

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>alien race with no graspers
>still reaches space age

>>323910593
what is that from? looks very familiar but i cant put a name to it

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>>323911372

>>323911372
jesus christ

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How did these savage assclowns do any sort of serious operation? I can kind of understand it in prime but no way in hell they were educated beings in super

>>323911372
It sounds like you'd like to know more

>>323911420
BUENOS AIRES WAS AN INSIDE JOB

>>323909067
Oh boy, another "fiction doesn't play by my rules"/"creative license isn't realistic" topic.

>>323911557

The Space Pirate species is essentially the ultimate Mook squad. They instinctively rally around beings of great power who use them as expendable cannon fodder.

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>>323911986
How bout you fuck off m8

>>323910127
How does a creature like this demand so much respect in the SW Universe?

>Money

How did a disgusting fucking slug make that much money in the first place? Brava, Lucas, your pottery knows no bounds.

>>323912105
No.

Let writers and creators make what they like. If you have a problem with the way things are being run, either be creative consultant or make your own shit. Just don't snub others for not "doing it right" if you do get in the biz, that's how you end up on a shitlist.

>>323912247
The Hutt can potentially be bipedal giants with blasterproof skin but most are so old money that theyve never had to even stand up so they devolved into slugs

>>323912523
>The Hutt can potentially be bipedal giants with blasterproof skin

[Citation needed]

>>323911420
man it must've been such a pain for the wardrobe department to fit and bash all those berets. they're a god dammed huge effort to get looking good

>>323912679
wikipedia. they're born with two legs and they fuse due to immobility. also blasterproof is in there too.

>beast race
>either a reptile or a cat sub species
>tall but slouches and has bad posture
Every game

>>323909130
Mass effect was originally trying to be as stereotypical as they could though. Krogan were supposed to be klingons, asari were supposed to be the "green alien babe" but with blue skin, etc.

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>>323912409
>They can make want they want
The thing is, want they want to make is generic, uninspired bullshit. They need to be more creative, not "just enough". Think about it, what would sentient life be like if the cambrian extinction never happened? That's the kind of creativity we need, not "what if people had tentacle hair?"

>boss is a 60 foot tall arthropod
>not completely immobile because of its terrible ratio of energy use/ digestion rate

>>323912919
A taller species means they likely evolved on a planet with lower gravity, meaning they would be heavier in Earth-like gravity.

Makes sense.

>>323913083
Is this an example of creativity? If we were centipede people we would be complaining that this was uninspired and generic.

>>323910282
>still human
Anthropomorphic slug

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>>323912078
So they're literally the edgy version of these things? LOL

>>323909067
Wut is funny is that scientist confirm that if we ever meet aliens they aren't going to be in humanoid form.

>>323913014
>they were just ironically filling their game with cliches, and just pretending to take the easy way out
I don't trust bioware enough to think that's true.

>>323914179
What about your mother then, faggot?

>>323913014
>Stereotypical
Those are tropes you fucking idiot, and no they are not synonyms.

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>Alien race
>Has a nose
>Is bipedal
>Has distinguishable limbs

Nigga, evolution doesn't work that way. It'd be unlikely as fuck that species evolved on totally different planets would share so many structural features.

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>>323909067
>alien race
>it's just a weird bug
>it's just a obscure bug you didn't know about but exists irl

>second most intelligent species on earth are likely octopods
>adaptions into spacefaring aliens are extremely rare
why is this?

>>323914018
It's an actual animal that existed before the Cambrain-Ordovician exticncion, look up the filename.

>>323914179
Scientists can't confirm jack shit about aliens since we haven't seen any yet. They could be sentient shades of blue for all we know.

>>323909224
In Star Trek, it's canon that humans, Vulcans, Romulans, Klingons, etc were all planted by an elder race who wanted to see how the same primate species would evolve on different climates. That's why they're able to interbreed.

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>>323909067
>alien race
>clearly reptilian
>redundant organs makes them harder to kill
>4 testicles
Why were the Krogan so great?

>>323914632
>you will never fuck particularly sultry shade of midnight blue
Just fuck my perception of reality up senpai.

>>323909067
It makes sense, the human form is pretty useful

For an advanced race, it's probably gonna need fucking digits to actually use or make tools. It's also going to need a form that allows for a large brain

>>323909224
>comparing a tv series from the 60s to a film from the 70s

>>323912409
>Let writers and creators make what they like

I'd rather become a suit and tell them to make the aliens more human looking.

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>beast race
>the male looks like a beast
>the female is a human with animal ears and maaaybe tail

>>323915390
>you will never fuck particularly sultry shade of midnight blue
>not wanting to fuck a slutty, bright, vibrant blue with a glossy sheen

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>>323915842

>>323913083
What they want to make is irrelevant, what the suits tell them to make so it can be easily marketed however is relevant.

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>>323915897
>you will never fuck a girl

>>323915897
>not liking dark blue
Pleb

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>>323911420
Sir, I don't understand. Who needs a knife in a nuke fight anyway? All you gotta do is push a button.

Sir

>>323909067
>>Alien race
>>Its just a human other color and funny shit on their heads

That's not actually that far fetched.

Form follows function. Our form is highly efficient for high intelligence because our body allows us to make use of our high intelligence thanks to a decent amount of physical strength, high manual dexterity, and highly energy efficient method of traveling. This allows us to have the relatively energy-hungry brain required for high intelligence.

An animal like the dolphin (or space creature with its shape) can never get more intelligent because higher intelligence would be a disadvantage. It would require a lot more energy on a day to day basis without an advantage since the dolphin doesn't have a body that can make use of that intelligence.

It's more likely an octopus could develop human tier intelligence, because it has a body that could make use of it.

Sure, technology can make up for the shortcomings of the flesh, but that's way further along. If you never have the body to take your ideas and make them reality, you can never get to that technological point of not needing much out of your body.

So it's not that unlikely that an alien species with high intelligence we encounter would be bipedal, have two dexterous manipulators, have stereoscopic vision, have sexual reproduction, etc...

>>323915256
From ME2 and afterwards Bioware used the ideas they came up with that they were going to use for Echidnas in Sonic Chronicles 2 for the Krogan. Mainly because Sega never contacted them about a sequel and reusing shit was easier than making up new shit.

The Krogan are a bunch of Sonic OCs just with the names and looks changed. No better than fucking Penders.

>>323916339
Kek if that's true.

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>>323916238
Put your hand on that wall trooper.

>>323914018
But we're not centipede people, so what's your point?

>>323916660
>Clancy Brown will never throw a knife into your palm

>>323914632
>>323914179
It's incorrect to say that we can "confirm" that aliens won't be humanoid.

It's just that in the process of billions of years of evolution, so many unbelievably large amount of variables and random situations occur that the chance of two species on two different planets evolving to look like each other are beyond astronomical.

>>323909067
What is star trek for 500?

>>323917076

It's not that astronomical because form follows function. You can see it all over the earth, even in vastly different environments.

>>323916660
>>323916915
>>323916238
>>323911420
>>323911372
I actually found out just recently there is a 2nd and 3rd movie

are they as campy and enjoyable as 1 though? Might watch them

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>>323917287
No no no no no

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>>323909067
>Universe filled with multiple Alien species all from different worlds
>Everybody speaks fluent English

Oh plese.

>>323912919
>beast race
>males are baras
>females are twelve year old boys with tits and cat ears

>>323914580
If the planet was similar to Earth, then it's not a surprise. We're evidence that such a form is beneficial on a planet like that.

>>323917287
They're as campy but nowhere near as clever.

>>323914598
Where do you get that idea? By far the second most intelligent species would have to go to one of the great apes or the cetaceans. Both demonstrate advanced tool use and creation, communication, social structures and learning. They might even have a distinct language.

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>>323909067
>Human
>Human with blindfold
>Human with blue skin
>Human with cybernetics
>Human with green skin
>Human with head spikes
>Human with head tentacles
>Human with head tentacles AND HORNS
>Human with pale skin
>Human with pointed ears
>Human with red skin

Fucking SWTOR

>>323909067

Games do it to save resources, because corner cutting is the name of the game.

ME1 had non humanoid aliens - elcor, rachni, hanar. But the elcor and hanar never move. You only see them stationary. It's all about cutting corners and saving shekels.

>>323917076
>what is convergent evolution

they'll have dicks, that's for fucking sure

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For some reason the thing that irks me the most is legs with double knees, or however you call them.

Every game with donutsteal races has this regardless of genre and setting.

>>323918414
>what is convergent evolution

A stupid hypothesis.

>>323917892

Great apes can't become more intelligent without going full human.

Cetaceans will never grow more intelligent because they don't have the body to make use of higher intelligence. All a bigger brain does is force them to eat more.

Unless the one that gets a bigger brain happens to encounter humans quickly and we give it the means to make use of its intelligence.

I didn't think about a development like this in my earlier post >>323916289

I guess you could have a creature develop intelligence without having a body that can make use of it if it gets assistance from something that does. Mmh.

>>323918684
How come?

>>323916886
still uninspired.

>>323909067

>Planets are all single aspect
>Desert Planet
>Ice Planet
>Ocean Planet
>Forest Planet
>Mountains Planet

Why not just make one or two planets as diverse as the Earth is instead of this horse shit?

>>323918424
Digitigrade. I suppose its to give them a more animal look to differ them from humans.

Never realized how many mass effect races had that.

>>323915897
catsuits fix that problem for me, only problem is to find a girl that would wear one

>>323914580
if humans can live on their planet without equipment, then it makes sense.

>>323909067
Wouldn't it be funny if we met actual aliens and the majority were humanoid?

>>323909067
Yes and that's really good, they're way more relatable and waifu-able that way.

However it's nice if there is a healthy mix of humanoid and alien aliens, I'm perfectly happy with Mass Effect's races.

>>323918424

salarian is the only good looking race. rest look retarded.

>>323909067
>>Its just a human other color and funny shit on their heads
at least it's not a fucking flower

>>323917387
do you already heard of babel fish?

>>323919332

>we try to fuck them but it turns out their orphices secrete acid and kill us when we do.

>>323920028

Just use a basic lube to neutralize the PH down to manageable level and all you'll feel is a nice tingle on your shaft.

If you think anything will stand in the way of humans fucking alien QTs, you are wrong.

>>323909540
>Star Wars
>fairly impressive budget
Even by 1977 standards the first Star Wars film had a vaguely modest budget, they had to dig out an old Wolfman mask to fill in the Mos Eisley Cantina, and for each 10 special effects shot, 8 looked terrible for George, but they had to put it in the film because there's little you could do about it, not to mention Fox being greedy jews all around, it's a wonder he got the first 10 million to do the film

>>323909130
>Star wars had an excuse.
Which is?

>>323910127
It's literally just a giant snake with human arms and face

>>323909224
>muh like star wars
>starswars better than star trek
buthurt underage detected

>>323909224

>Star Trek has zero excuse.

The species in Star Trek are related..

>>323909067
it's realistic mate.
actual aliens are exacly like that.

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>Game has a large selection of unique looking aliens and/or civilized beast/monster races
>Entire Party is Human
>Maybe one of them is a Human with weird shit on their head if you're lucky

>>323919126
because muh dwarf planets