Assuming it's a "crowded universe" (i.e., not just humans in an empty galaxy), I like a GURPS-like approach to character building (a la carte, with some pre-built packages that are 100% rules-legal) compared to a "here are the seven known species, pick one".
https://twitter.com/GabeJamesGames/status/1485382056867729411
NB: I don't specifically mean point-buy when I say GURPS-like, just the idea that characters are built from lots of interchangeable parts rather than mostly one or two big choices.
I also think this model works much better for superhero games, and for more mythic fantasy.
I also think this model works much better for superhero games, and for more mythic fantasy.
By "mythic fantasy", I mean something in a realm where instead of "here are elves, they come in three flavors, and over there are shield-dwarves", I mean, "These woods go on forever if you don't know the right words, and a hungry crone with three crows for a head lives in them."
Similarly, a crowded universe is one where a player character might be the only clam person from Ablanaxian III ever seen in this spiral arm as opposed to all humans, or "here are the three great star empires, ruled by Humans, Evil Bumpy Humans, and Austere Effete Fey Humans."
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