Uninspired Squad Mates?

I know that when I heard the game went to a new galaxy with all new aliens I said to myself, "Sounds boring, I hope I get a bunch of humans and alien races I already know in my team." /s

I was hoping that we'd get a whole team of new aliens. But it seems we get one, and from the trailers we've seen, we're fighting and conflicting with other humans for large parts :/

Man, if there ever was an inspired squad mate, it was the guy on the right:



They don't make them like they used to.

This says a lot.

Does it?  What does it say?  I have mostly based it off his Squad profile.  His job seemed similar to what Jacob did and his quote in the character page honestly sounds like something Jacob would say.  Form the little information I have his temperament seems similar.  I don't have a lot of info to go on so when I see and read this I worry that Bioware has written him to be too much like Jacob.  I am not saying he IS like Jacob, rather I am worried that he is.

My main disappointment is over the tiny size of the squad rather than the confirmed individuals themselves.

I dunno, I'd rather have a smaller cast of interesting characters than the squad bloat in ME2. How many did you actually regularly use there?

/sigh, okay let me explain AGAIN.  I know it doesn't necessarily mean they'll have the same personality.  I have stated multiple times that I don't know for certain.  Only that from the little I have heard/read from the characters in questions that I am afraid it's possible that Bioware will write them similarly.  This thread is to discuss whether or not anyone else sees them similarities (I assume you don't and that is a good thing) and whether or not we can expect surprise beyond what we have seen so far.

I don't agree that these characters are a complete rehashing of previous ones.

Liam sounds far different from Jacob. He is young and enthusiastic, optimistic and apparently he's got a bit of a temper, and doesn't seem at all the type of hardcore, follow-the-rules man that Jacob was.

Peebee sounds nothing like Liara, who was a bit prim and proper or Tali, who was pretty much a person who also followed the rules and cared what others think of her. Neither Tali nor Liara came across as the free-wheeling Indiana Jones of the asari. Not to me, at least. And that's how I'm seeing Peebee. With a twist.

Cora. So she's military. She was also with a squad of asari commandos. Ash never did anything like that. She's also younger and second in command, unlike Ashley. There's some conjecture about her ties with TIM, though there's no confirmation. But her past will most likely be quite different from Ashley's as well, thus shaping them into different people.

Drack, well yeah. All krogan share certain characteristics, but Wrex still had a different personality than Grunt, so I expect the same from Drack.

Jaal. None of us know anything about him.

Truthfully, we don't know anything about any of them and won't until we get into the game. And I wish it would just get here already.

And here I thought a squad member was cut because they were too similar to a previous character. Thanks for setting me straight OP.

It's unfair to say that when we've yet to spend any time with them in-game. Nothing wrong with having reservations based on what you've seen, but let's not go so far as to call them out before we've played the game.

Partly, I hope they are off the stereotypes asigned to them!

Maybe Drak is some kind of Okeer (as in: More than a Krogan who just shoots stuff) or at least like Wrex (as much as I liked Grunt - loved his loyalty and his trust "Shepard is my battlemaster, he/she has no equal!" - but in the end? He might have been the perfect Krogan (I disagree on that, I think Wrex is more perfect - why? Biotics! Grunt doesn't have any), but in the end he's just a Tank who shoots stuff and doesn't have any lofty goals or visions for the future of his race! Hell, his name alone shows that, he chose it because it's simple, uninspired etc.)

Peebee at least seems closer to Matriarch Aethyta ("Let's make our own Mass Relays, lets explore new technologies etc. etc." - Unlike most stuffy Asari, especially the Matrons and Matriarchs, who all play "The long Game"...is it any wounder I prefer Asari Maidens like Liara (who still has dreams etc.)) than most other Asari, so I will probably like her (hope she makes me laugh a lot - as long as she can be serious when needed!)

Liam? Hope he isn't Kaidan/Jacob/James 2.0 (his choice of weapon etc. seems uninspired...I kind of miss having some sniper companion or a crafty engineer like Tali )

Cora kind of reminds me of Miranda (which is not a bad thing, hell I would have no problem if she was artificially created (tailor made) like Miranda, as long as she's not suffering from "perfection syndrome" like Miranda, who's deeply insecure despite having tons of advantages compared to other humans! It would also explain why her biotics are on Jack's level or better (she can keep up with Asari Huntresses after all! Not something most humans can brag about!)), I kind of like her (ok: Her haircut could be nicer, but otherwise? Damned, I think she's hot!)

Vetra hopefully is something new (sadly: Not a biotic, would have loved to see someone similar to Nyreen - especially as a permanent squadmate!), not the stereotypical Turian soldier who loves their military etc. (That's one of the reasons I liked Garrus, because he was not a stereotypical Turian! In fact he hated their mindless acceptance of the rules etc.)

As for Jaal? Well, let's wait and see (we don't really know all that much about him, sadly!)

greetings LAX
ps: I agree with you OP that we could have had some more inspired squadmates...I'd have liked an other Ardat Yakshi (one that doesn't like killing, but doesn't want to be locked up either!) for example...maybe someone like Aethyta (an Asari who sees her species's flaws and wants to address them!) and I'd have loved a Salarian (female!) who isn't into politics and being the power behind the scenes ...hell, someone like Aria T'Loak would be fun, too