Do you think Ryder will ever reach the same level of badassery as Shepard?

Shepard was too much of a saint, renegade Shepard just did bad things for no reason. Judge Dredd and The Punisher are badasses who you want to be like.

No, there's only way Shepard'd lose a fight.



Otherwise, no. Ryder would loose to Shepard any time. He's basically Mass Effect's Arthur Dayne. 

As far as I remember (can not find link right away) developers said the main theme of the game is "humility" - to get the idea that mankind is only one of many. While in ME universe it was all about "human power". I'd say "humble bad-ass" is an oxymoron.

It's hilarious that people like to compare Shepard's badassery with Ryder's by throwing out their achievements.

To those, I can say this:
Badassery can't be measured like that.

Shepard's circumstances are different from Ryder's. They are beyond one's control. How they react to them is what makes them badass.

If Ryder had to win against crazy spectres and billion old machines, obviously they would do that too, because they're the player character. It would be the same thing if Shepard went out exploring a new galaxy.
Ryder can't control what kind of enemies he/she will meet. Nor could Shepard.

Just because one have fought a more destructive, more powerful threat does not mean the other wouldn't be capable of.

Is Shepard a more accomplished fighter? Of course. We barely started Ryder's journey.
Is Shepard, in fact, more badass? Not at all. We haven't seen Ryder in action yet. It will be the same level.

Now, obviously by the time of Andromeda, Ryder will be the most badass person in the universe, because Shepard is long dead.
As you know, Hawke was supposed to be the most important person in Thedas to solve the Mage/Templar war. That role was passed instantly to the Inquisitor, because that became your new protagonist.

Ryder needs to shave his head and add a 'Shep' cut to it to get the ball rolling. He's too pretty boy now.

You clearly have no experience with a man named Solid Snake, who downplayed himself taking out a tank with hand grenades.

I don't think so..Ryder is young and not even tested yet. Shepard was a seasoned vet who could inspire folks with a false sense of hope (knowing how stacked the odds was against him) and still encourage folks to walk down that dark path that would possibly lead to their demise...he was honest and up front about it, but he laced it with some some fabric of hope that the job can get done.

Ryder is nowhere near that and if they elevate him to that status in this game, it will feel artificial and forced. Let him progress naturally by taking tough losses here and there and show him mature and improve through this progress...Bioware can be forgiven during combat tho...because even tho these folks are explorers, they are fighting and executing moves and tactics better than Shep and crew in some instances, but that is only because of video game logic and this game is the latest in the series....in reality as explorer based individuals they should be inferior to Shep's group in every shape way and form....

Ultimately i don't want a carbon copy of Shepard....Ryder needs to have his own leadership style when fully developed...but again we are at the mercy of Biowares writing (not a knock) just saying because of how the game's are structured, we might end up getting another Shepard by the 2nd or 3rd game of this series.....so no, I think Ryder will craft his own destiny, but i don't think he will reach Shepard status...

Snake never saw himself as a hero or anyone special, he just did what he did because he was in the position to do it.

Solid Snake is an humble badass asshole, but not an asshole in relation to his badassness.

If anything, I hope Ryder has more personality then a brick (Shepard) or a wet noodle (Inquisitor)... everything else is just gravy.

I'd say that humility only adds to the badassery. Being capable is all that matters.

So did Shepard and yet no one doubts Shepard's badassery.

Raider is a green chicken - young, untested, unproved, soft and sweet, and in daddy's shadow with intention not to fight but to explore. There is nothing "badass" about him/her.