[quote=@Fabricant451]

Ryder isn't really a blank canvas though. Unlike Shepard whose past was intentionally vague, Ryder is coming in with an unchanged occupation, background, and slew of family issues. Ryder is a painting that's three quarters finished and you're just slapping colors on there because it's due tomorrow.

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And still manages to be a boring guy/girl, the writers dropped the ball just admit it.


And my Shepard's background wasn't vague, butcher of Torfan who ran with a gang back on earth. Bad-ass violent working class squad leader with a chip on his shoulder and a boner for quarians (yes I was one of those). Saying Shepard's appeal was all about being bad-ass really sells the character short, there is certainly no shortage of tough grizzled mercenary bad-asses who are so forgettable we would both struggle naming them. The dialogue was genuinely better in all games in the trilogy over Andromeda, so were the characters (mostly). Shepard was a more interesting person in a more interesting world with more interesting interactions. In a space opera RPG these things matter a hell of a lot.