Ryder is not a terrible character, he/she just not belongs here:

It might benefit your intended point if you could elaborate on why it is you feel that Ryder does not belong?

Ryder is not bad, she is ok-ish.

That's how I felt playing Andromeda. She doesn't stand out to me, the dialogue feels flat and she doesn't have any defining or memorable moments. 

Your opinion is not a terrible opinion. It's ok-ish but it's not what makes for a great thread discussion. It's not what makes the BSN so memorable.

And this saddens me. To think you're just no capable of posting like that anymore.

Oh well...that painting with Not-Revan is pretty cool.

Ryder grows as the story progresses. He/she was thrown into a position of leadership when the current pathfinder passed. In the beginning, Ryder is very green, but by the end of the story, Ryder is a strong leader with a loyal team.

People need to get used to the fact that Ryder isn't the stoic, experienced, military person that Shepard was. Ryder is more relate-able to the "average Joe" and he/she rises to the occasion when he/she needs to.

edit: People also need to stop comparing a brand new protagonist to a protagonist that has been with us through three game installments + DLC.  There's realistically no way for Ryder to be more memorable than a character that's been around since 2007.

I actually see no rise for Ryder at all. One hour into the game you're already a killing machine capable of wiping out entire Keth bases and the only person actively doing stuff to advance the Ai. Although I felt restricted a lot of times when it came to Ryder's character, it was never because of inexperience or lack of military training.

Revan had one game. 

Actually, he had books and an entire story arc too in SWTOR.

I really, really, really strongly disagree, most particularly in respect to Revan. The flip-flopping DS/LS neurotic character is certainly in no way overshadows anyone. And, Andromeda, is actually a very close successor of KOTOR in what it does, and how it does things. Really, probably the two most closely alike games in their SP bundle.

They both are simplified, streamlined version of the games that came before then (in KOTOR's case BG series), with much reduced, but better developed casts, and emphasis on a balanced game presentation, the story, the world and the character interactions. The graphics in KOTOR were also not the best for its time but Okay.

As for being memorable, the Exile could stand shoulder to shoulder with Shepard, and tbh, Ryder. Revan was rather boring character in the game before the slew of fanfiction was published for his EU in books and SWTOR. Which made him even crappier.

I thought we were comparing Ryder to Shepard?  I guess I'm not really understanding the point of this thread.

If the intention is to evaluate the acclaim of Bioware's game chars; Revan, Shepard and Ryder, I suggest taking the game that introduced them. Forget about the rest; books, sequels, etc. That's just lopsided contrasting since Ryder has only the one game to go by.

Revan - KOTOR
Shepard - ME 1
Ryder - MEA

can't speak for Revan since i haven't played kotor but Ryder is legions better then ME 1 Shepard.

Pretty sure it is purely me not liking the voice acting at all.