Was the trial a mistake?

Jettisoning herself and Ryder in an escape pod with no extraction plan wasn't Peebeeish enough for you? Probably should have happened earlier in her plotline, though.

Liam demonstrates a similarly stellar grasp of operational planning. Oddly enough, he's perfectly fine at planning a soccer game, or a date.

Don't know if that would be considered "Peebee-ish as much as irresponsibly impulsive which, to me, doesn't necessarily define her character although I can see how some might see that based on what her writer was attempting to do with her.  She's supposed to be a brilliant, but "damaged" (due to Kelinda), scientist with the courage to strike out on her own to study the remnant technology on Eos but she never struck me as suicidal nor as someone who would put anyone but herself in immediate danger.  I enjoyed the mission, as I did most companion missions, due to mission structure, but, to me, it was a missed opportunity for her character.  Her relationship with Kelinda is what defined her character's faults and insecurities at the beginning of your association with her and, while the mission resolved the relationship in a way, it did so cheaply.  I never understood why the writer did not use this as an opportunity for Peebee to turn the tables on Kelinda.  Peebee should have used the knowledge that Kelinda would "bug" her equipment to track her movements to draw her to the planet knowing that Kelinda has a spacecraft that could land and take off which is something the Tempest was not able to do.  The end, in this case, would be that Peebee would fly away in Kelinda's shuttle with a key piece of remnant tech that would be essential for Ryder and team, while leaving Kelinda alone, abandoned on the planet; you could even make a it a choice for Peebee to either alert a rescue party for Kelinda or "harden" her character by leaving her to die there.  Peebee was a character arc left incomplete.

As for Liam, he needed a "moment"...something that defined him and gave you insight into his potential as a dependable crew member and a potential leader.  Instead, it was keystone cops.  and even his companion mission, which was a blast, emphasized his ineptness.  He really needed one more mission...one where he could show some growth, some leadership, some tactical ability so our last memory of him wasn't meekly apologizing for his ill thought out rescue attempt.

I agree with you in that aspect but he's more comparing RP and character writing as opposed to over all story elements. Comparing the story directly is kinda hard, where as comparing the 2 mentioned isn't. It all still all boils down to opinion...

But that actually applies to Ryder as well. His/Her background is already preset. The only thing that's different is the face you stair at.

Yeah I disagree. You can alter their personality and you can make decisions that impact the game.

No, the mistake is Andromeda itself. Everything else is just a consequence. 

At least what you could gather by skimming through YouTube videos...

I really believe you're trolling me at this point or you've never played TW3. When it comes to having more control Geralt is by FAR superior in that regard. There are sooooo many more ways that Geralt can be played than Ryder could ever hope to be. Im no fanboy but come on...The amount of choices (Good, Bad or Neutral) makes the over all RPing aspect far better. And since when has a back story never been apart of RPing? You're kidding right?

It's more of him giving his personal observation rather than him being bothered.

I may hav mis understood your post. I thought you were claiming you couldn't do that in MEA.

Ok just checking. Cause I know a lot of people were triggered.