Before the Bring Down the Sky add-on is downloaded, (OG Mass Effect) the Codex entry for batarians under non-council races features a picture showing a different concept of a batarian.
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Andromeda had many criticisms levied at the soulless faces and eyes of the characters.

Yet in original trilogy, BioWare had an entire team devoted solely to animating the eyes of the characters to make them feel more lifelike. #masseffect

Morinth's face, identical to Samara's, is based on American model Rana McAnear, who often cosplays as either character. #MassEffect

A shopping center in Istanbul served as the inspiration for the salarian architecture seen in Priority: Sur'Kesh #MassEffect