Scott Ryder 'BroRyder' (Official Thread)

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This is definitely how I want to play my Ryder. 

I wasn't being serious. Just venting about two things at the same time. 

If you look at the character assessment screenshot again, there are six tabs under the descriptions. Scott is on #3 while Sara is on #4. There should be plenty of variety in backgrounds (even if it turns out that Scott and Sara cannot share the same ones).

I just don't like restrictions based on our gender or sexuality... people shouldn't be forced to play as Sara (if they actually prefer to play as Scott, or vice versa) to experience different personality options, backgrounds or romances...but I know, I'm quite alone with this opinion.

Nope. Ian refers to training, which is different from the backstory. He clarified it on twitter.

Not completely alone I don't like them either 

I suppose, "based on gender" means here: Female Ryder' and male Ryder' traits are pre-defined, and forced to play female Ryder, if you want to play for example hot-headed character, and forced to play male Ryder, if you want to play a nice character (or something similar, I hope, we will have some playing field in characterisation)

You're playing two different characters, not alternate clones like Shepard, Hawke, or any other BioWare NPC.

They'll have different backgrounds and "baseline" personalities (via voice actors and writing) because of that. There has to be some consistency in how they act from an "automatic" perspective since they can be NPCs, with the player offering additions and variations to that personality via their own choices.

The fact that they have different romances is nothing new. Male and female characters have always had different romances with the exception of DA2.

I'm sorry you want two blank slate characters, or the option to define every single aspect of them, but the former will do nothing but ironically restrict the story, and the latter carries way too much development cost because accounting for every single minute variation would demand a lot of complexity, and would end up, again, ironically restricting the story.

There's literally no other way about it. The two characters exist in the same time and space, and you'll just have to deal with it.

If you're disappointed, that's fine. This is the first time BioWare has had the male and female character be two separate characters. I'm interested in how they go about this.

With that, goodbye any remaining hope. 

Based on what Bioware stated before, it's not really autodialogue they're referring to, but most/every dialogue the have, having a different tone.

Of course. What I meant is that his tweet doesn't necessarily mean we'll get tons of autodialogue.