How did I never notice this before....

85% of registered republicans are evangelical Christians who believe the Bible is the literal word of god... and the Bible is black and white on these issues.

Faceman might be in the 15% of deplorables who think otherwise.

granted i haven't seen said interview but from what I've heard it wouldn't surprise me either. And how their games...especially inquisition...turned out.

The AI is full of rejects, guys. That seemed like a very obvious theme.

Nothing about the AI screamed "the best of the Milky Way"



Alec is a dishonorable soldier.

Cora is a failed Asari Huntress wannabe.

The Ryder twins are military child outcasts.

Liam is an ex-cop.

Drack is past his glory days.

Vetra's a smuggler with mommy issues.

the list goes on....

Everyone is running from something.

like doctor who

I would say that cora wasn't a 'failed' huntress she just was forced into retirement so was looking for a new purpose in life.

Ok so they were not the best of the Milky Way, but at least some screening and vetting of people? Isabelle Haysley says she hates the initiative, why sign up?? Elora wanted to blow up the Nexus, the Outcasts, the Outposts, everyone! How did Knight and her kid (with lifelong medical issues) get in? The benefactor is putting up a lot of money and knows the Reapers are on the horizon. This is the selection process for ensuring civilization continues?

This is why I say the Squad members you got and the Milky Way characters in the game are Deus Ex Machina. They wanted to create an interesting universe, a new IP, but decided to separate the logic of a screening and vetting process for something like a Civ-Saving-Scheme, from creating an interesting set of characters. I think the better way would have been to have the Pathfinder arrive first (not the Nexus) and invest time in creating characters from new races with shady backgrounds.

Makes the whole Ryder v Shepard thing kind of a joke, no?

King/Queen of the Rejects vs, well, King Kong Shepard. Lulz

Ryder is and was in a better positioning at his age then Shepard. And with more accomplishments (even with any assistance and 'boost' you can imagine; though in the trilogy and especially ME2 Shepard got his own 'boosts') at the end of MEA than Shepard at his age (war history, N7 training).

It isn't Ryder > Shepard, but I think the point is Ryder might end up > Shepard if his journey continues like this.

Reject? Somewhat, in that Ryder never proves himself until MEA whereas Shepard has more intense formation of who we see in ME1. But Ryder is given relatively more and then over MEA does relatively more with what he's given.

Stronger then Shepard? No, at least not without higher tech helping Ryder quite a bit.

Smarter? Probably, and that can matter a lot in broadening horizons.

Sometimes I think Shepard was dumb enough that this is what hardened his 'will' against the Reapers. If you can't even start to see possibilities, the Reapers can't mess with you about it as easily/quickly. There wasn't 'grunt' symbolism in the trilogy for now reason - Shepard is a glorified superstrong.... grunt. He'll punch Ryder's face in. But Ryder can still end up being a more powerful character if actually given the 2+ game arc.