7 Mass Effect Species That Need Their Own Games

7. Krogan

The Krogan are a race of enormous war-faring dinosaur-esque behemoths with multiple sets of organs who live on one of the least hospitable planets in the whole Mass Effect universe. Tribal in nature with a culture centered around strength, they make perfect soldiers, with many working as mercenaries. While their tank-like physiques and love of combat make them a natural fit for the shooter genre, there are two better reasons why a Krogan game might just work.

Firstly, their home world of Tuchanka is teeming with hordes of enormous predators. Who doesn't love shooting at giant monsters? What's more, Krogan rituals demand they go out into the wilderness and fight said creatures to the death! Think Lost Planet meets Monster Hunter meets Gears of War.

Secondly, their plight of mass sterility thanks to the Genophage has made fertile females a commodity, as seen in a Mass Effect 3 mission where the player must protect one from an attack. As problematic as it is to reduce females to plot devices to be won and lost, given the circumstances of potential extinction it's a natural fit. And why not tackle that issue head on? ME3's Eve was far from a damsel in distress and what better critique and response to the industry's poor treatment of female characters than a game about infertile gun-toting dino-soldiers fighting for survival on an apocalyptic planet full of monsters?