Mass Effect: Andromeda Was Originally Meant to Have “Five or Six” New Alien Races That Were Cut Out Due to Budget Restraints
In the end, BioWare were only given the budget to make two new alien races. Mass Effect: Andromeda was a disappointment to series fans for several reasons, and among the biggest ones was how few new alien species players encountered in the game. In spite of the fact that you were travelling to an entirely new galaxy and expected to run into many new alien races, with just the Angara and the Kett, Mass Effect: Andromeda had only two new ones (or three, if you want to get technical about it and count