Why the Characters of Mass Effect Andromeda are well written.

"Well, I like Liam because he is just like me"

Well, I hope they never choose a person "like you", a person that gives vital information to strangers out of nowhere, a person with absolutely zero competence, to colonize a new galaxy.

Based on what, other than your opinion? As compared to all of them in every game? You can't be serious.

Yeah, great. They created an all out loser and put him on your crew. Fascinating indeed.

Hmm I'm trying to think of another one. I've played KOTOR, SWTOR, ME1-3, DAO, and MEA.

ME2 also has the brilliance that is Mordin and Legion.

Sure it might have characters every bit as badly put together as Andromeda, but by the same token it also has some who rise well above it.  There are some conversations in MEA that rise above the drudgery and skull numbing stupidity of the dialogue as a whole, but they are few and far between.

Wrongly so I would say. They're everything but screwups. They have their faults but depending on what you do ingame, they can rise or fall. At least Loghain and Isabella. How Hawke even makes this list is beyond me. Same with Sera and Liara.

I think the person meant in terms of personality.

But Cora was somehow written better right? One talks about their body while the other talks about Asari Commando's. Cora is pretty much a copy/paste of Miranda with a different issue.

She even looks like she was ripped out of Miranda's concept art page

I think the Andro characters are badly written because their beliefs are contradicted by their actions and motives.

Drack: Believes he is useless for a new Krogan society, he does not have anything to contribute. But joins a project that will result in a new Krogan society anyways.

Jaal: Believes he must have a promotion within the resistance to find fullfillment and belonging. Despite the fact that the Angara place greater importance on family bonds over hierarchy.

Cora: Believes that she has to rely on others for her own purpose. Despite the fact that she grew up in poverty, experienced discrimination as a Human biotic, and probably had to fend for herself.

Vetra: Believes her sister is not old enough, or capable enough to understand her works, she wants to protect her from growing up to fast like she did. Thus becoming an overbearing Hammerhead "mom" that smothers her sister's growth.

Peebee: Believes that it is easier to keep people at a distance then let them in close because of a betryal of a close friend. By quickly attaching herself to Ryder.

Liam: Believes that since none of their objectives in the Andromeda Galaxy has worked out, he has to force everything to happen. Contradicting his years of training that emphasized procedure.

With the exception of Jaal, none of these characters have a compelling reason to be in Andromeda other than perhaps they wanted to get away from their past yet brought all their past baggage with them. Jaal has his own special baggage which is shared with the rest of the Angara in that they were created by someone else for reasons unknown (ie the writer's didn't get to that in time, probably). The Angara are even less compelling than the Geth.

I think it is clear there are a lot of ME:A - MET character type overlaps, which is a tad disappointing.

don't you realize how important that is for games? Most game characters are type A super heroes. They Makw mistakes but even then they are glossedb over. Not the crew of the tempest. They are humans who can make mistakes led by a human leader.