Hi everyone,
I'm wondering, as far as believable/playable alien races go in a sci-fi / space opera game is concerned, what is more attractive to you, a race that is nothing like a human in form and function (no human features whatsoever), or a race that has some humanoid elements ( legs, a discernible head/mouth/eyes, arms, etc)?
I'm of the opinion, that if you make a PC race_too_bizarre, your much more likely to have that race rejected by players.
On the other hand, if you make the race_too_human in concept, people don't believe it's an alien race.
So, how "alien" should an alien be?
Please provide examples of what you think is bad, and what you think works.
I'm wondering, as far as believable/playable alien races go in a sci-fi / space opera game is concerned, what is more attractive to you, a race that is nothing like a human in form and function (no human features whatsoever), or a race that has some humanoid elements ( legs, a discernible head/mouth/eyes, arms, etc)?
I'm of the opinion, that if you make a PC race_too_bizarre, your much more likely to have that race rejected by players.
On the other hand, if you make the race_too_human in concept, people don't believe it's an alien race.
So, how "alien" should an alien be?
Please provide examples of what you think is bad, and what you think works.