Premade Presets VS. Custom Characters

Premade Defaults: John/Jane Shepard, Hawke, Scott / Sara Ryder.
These are generaly high-quality models and textures in line with companions, at times modeled after a real person. They are largely used in promotion, often leading to an "iconic" image of that game's protagonist. By default, they're not editable at the CC - it's take it or leave it. I guess the bad part about these is that they have such a strong, iconic image, that it almost feels wrong to play as anything but them.

Custom Presets: DAO and DAI (Custom presets), DA2 and ME2 (had Custom presets, as well as Premade defaults). You can customize your character to your heart's will - which is awesome. But generally speaking, these are arguably inferior-looking (or have been in the past), features are modular, so, especially next to companions, the difference should be noticeable.


Well... as BioWare likes to say and I paraphrase "the canon protagonist is whoever you played as". But which do you prefer? In your canon/main, have you played more as the defaults or did you customize your character? It seems they're going the DAI route with Veilguard, but would you like there to be premade characters?

Discuss! 



(((In my case:
Mass Effect Trilogy: Default Femshep.
Mass Effect Andromeda: Default Sara Ryder.
Dragon Age Origins: Custom
Dragon Age 2: Default Femhawke, but I've also played custom characters.
Dragon Age Inquisition: Custom.))