Scott Ryder 'BroRyder' (Official Thread)

Yeah, that's why I'm upset.
Here is the interview question and answer:

Q: Does player-character gender affect the interactions, dialogue, or story?

Mike Gamble: Sort of. The story is the same, but the options and voiceover and personality that comes out is different between Scott and Sarah. The writers have gone through to make sure that the responses that Scott says and the responses that Sarah says are different, because they're two individual characters and they're not the same person.

www.gameplanet.co.nz/pc/features/g585a02f0f2c3d/Mass-Effect-Andromeda-interview/

I'm afraid that Sara will be much more fascinating than Scott. Sarcastic Hawke was also the most intriguing personality type. : (

It was wrong to call it a personality variation tbh. Inflection is a better term and doesn't cause the same misconceptions.

Their available personalities are not limited nor predefined. What's different is the way they express a particular personality because they're two different people.

You will be presented with the same dialogue options, will have the same tone choices, and can develop your personality in any way you wish. 

Remember that we're the ones who are stating that one is more expressive or sarcastic than the other. What the devs actually said is that there is no difference in choice of personalities. Scott and Sara can have the same personalities, but they express things differently because, again, they are two different people not clones of one another.

The inflections in the dialogue options are no different than those imposed by voice actors.

Jennifer Hale sounds more expressive than Mark Meer, who sounds more stoic. Despite the fact that male and female Shepard are technically the same person with the same dialogue options and the same personality choices (Paragon vs Renegade), they express the dialogue lines differently even if the lines are the same. So functionally speaking they did not say the same lines in the exact same manner like you are asking for.

This time, imagine those lines are not only spoken differently, but are written differently to accommodate the fact that those lines are spoken by two different people. This time, you're not playing two alternate versions of the same character. You are playing one of a set of two unique characters who exist in the game with their own backgrounds, whose backgrounds do not cease to exist when you play them. A Human does not cease to be a Human when you play them. They are still unique from Qunari.

You say that this is a restriction, when it's no more a restriction than the choice of voice actor or programmed dialogue lines. You cannot have a Jennifer Hale male Shepard. You cannot say things that are not programmed.
I don't think I can express this any differently. If you still disagree, then I suppose we'll agree to disagree

What you're referring to is variations in autodialogue dependent on consistent use of particular tones.

We don't have any information about that, but I believe they won't be used in MEA just like they were not used in DAI because a lot of the feedback from DA2 stated that it railroaded Hawke to act in a certain way even if it would have been inappropriate. For example, even if people used a Direct Hawke, perhaps they never wanted to be aggressive with their family. Autodialogue essentially forced that.

I personally enjoyed it, but that criticism is very justified. It takes away control from the player. Isn't that something you don't want?

I actually agree with you regarding the personality choices, and so does BioWare. Whether you're Scott or Sara, you have the same exact range of personality choices.

Scott however, does not say the exact same lines as Sara, because they are two different people who have their own set of unique parameters, just like Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer.

I expect the differences will be pretty minor. Some seem to think there's going to be this huge difference between the two... I highly doubt each twin has a totally different script as the PC. I talked about this in another thread, but... do you really think they would waste the resources to do that? Not only would they have to write different dialogue for Scott and Sara, but also for every NPC they interact with. Which would mean twice as many lines for those voice actors. I expect it's going to be a handful of lines, which, in combination with Fryda and Tom's different performances, is going to give us characters with slightly different flavors. You'll still have different dialogue options (as many as you had in Inquisition, apparently, versus just the two sometimes three you had as Shepard) to respond with, so you can still roleplay how you want.

I suspect the twins are going to have slightly different backgrounds, maybe? Like - and this is just a random example I'm pulling out of nowhere - maybe Scott was raised by mom on some colony, while Sara tagged along with dad from place to place. How your version of that twin feels about that now is up to you (just like how every elven mage in Inquisition had the same background but we decided how we felt about it). And where you take that character as you play is up to you. Instead of your background being determined by your race like in Inquisiton, it's determined by which twin you pick. So you get a few dialogue options unique to that twin. It doesn't mean their entire personality is determined by it.

And I'm not worried about the auto-dialogue either. The Inquisitor had auto-dialogue too. Even if there's slight variations between what the two twins say, I don't think it's going to be anything so extreme as to potentially contradict whatever roleplay options they've given us.

Yeah, great. Then not only are personalities exclusive to sex, but backstories are too. 

This sounds perfect! I mean, I never had a problem with this personality thing between Scott and Sarah, but I interpreted it as just minor dialogue change, not some huge exclusive dialogue between the twins. But still, I really like your background ideas, and how we can express feelings about them.

I don't think they're going to have the same exact backstory because they're different characters. Not that I think it'd actually be that different like the example mentioned, but they're not the same person. I don't think they should have the same options as well, because it'd mean the sibling npc isn't a definite character but a swap with yours, which they don't want to do, and it'd mean more work for the VAs. I'd like more options to give us choice (although keeping a set on for the siblings as npcs), but, again, it'd mean more work in the  VA department.
I disagree we're losing that much control. We're losing control over our background, which doesn't mean our character is a predefinite protagonist. Plenty of rpgs had a single-starting background. It's not necessary (although is something I like) for being able to roleplay a character.

That's a possibility, though I hope they decided to follow DAI on that regards. Even without it, we can still have a little control of our background as in DAI, for other topics.

"They're different characters". I've really grown to hate that phrase. I knew from the moment they first announced this idea I would hate it, and seems I wasn't disappointed. 
As you said, when as a NPC they can have a single set backstory thus stay as a definite character. Just if chosen to be the avatar is when they should have some backgrounds as options.
I'm sure the VAs wouldn't care about it being extra work, since that means more money for them. And Bioware is still saving money since they are unfortunately not doing the two VAs per sex like DAI, so it would be a win-win-win. 
Less control over background. Check. Less control over personality. Check. Less control over certain relationships and options. Check. Sure sounds like we are losing control over them. As I said, this sounds like we are near Adam Jenson/Geralt territory. 
I doubt it. It seems pretty much everything good about DAI in terms of protagonists they are going the complete opposite direction. No doubt because of the vocal minority who complained about the Inquisitor.