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

Who is Tom?

Or the guy from Myspace.

Yeah I think in general it feels and plays better than ME1 not sure about ME2/3 though. Tbh I kind of think of MEA as a kind of modern  day ME1 just set in a different galaxy.

I played SWTOR for a while and did the Revan Flashpoint and the story was terrible. It made no sense at all.

Yeah love that bit myself not there yet as I'm still in the first half of the game in my latest run just finished on Surkesh picking up Eve and Mordin.

Shepard had much more added to them even after becoming a spectre. Throughout ME2 you can piss all over Cerberus(just cuz) and the Alliance(cuz they abandoned you and made no effort retrieving your body to even confirm your death), in ME3 even the emotions start coming out as all the weight starts becoming to much. Shepard originally opposes leaving earth but only does so as it's the more logical thing to do, build up that army to reinforce earth. You can also be an ass to companions, Ashley for harping on about your Cerberus ties, vegas for being a wreckless nim rod. Hell after Thessia Shepard could barely speak (she stutters and even hesitated) on what to say)to the Asari councilor because it was a big loss (first time Shepard loses to an opponent and they lose a world in the process), furthered by if you romanced Liara as she's in tears over it being how it's her homeworld. Then you can't forget the final assault on earth, fighting on grounds that are unrecognizable and then saying one last goodbye to your companions (garrus conversation was emotional for both)before meeting star child.

in short: Shepard does have a buildup to them, it's completely different than Ryder's however which is why you'll see people shit on Ryder plus some are still attatched to a character that has 3 games to them compared to one with only one. I like both characters for entirely different reasons myself.

I like Shepard but he's bland personality would have hurt this game. As for Angry Joe he didn't even know Vetra wasn't part of the Turian Military. He flat out called her a "typical Turian"

I need to hear M!Ryder in a romantic situation. I liked F!Ryder well enough except when she stuttered in romantic dialogues. I do like M!Ryder more than M!Inquisitor, and about as much as M!Hawke. m!Shepard I did like more, but well, he was voicing a real cool character.

Well, that's Star Wars for you: a bunch of random characters that people argue about who's really important. I'm just sitting back taking pleasure in people's discomfort with Disney nuking the EU.

To be fair, the gaming world is also extremely petty and makes it hard to take it seriously, so what they "preach" isn't something I'd be terribly inclined to take as such. This character kicks that character's ass. This character would get shit done! My pixel dad/mom beats up your pixel dad/mom. Link x Peach slashfic is probably a thing. We should Google this. 

The Ryder fans cant leave their hidey holes to speak about him on the internet without embarassing themselves. 

Pfff, nuts to that. No amount of sass from a bunch of nerdlingers can elicit feelings of embarrassment if I tell them I'm a Ryder fan. 

Only because mine hasn't arrived in the mail yet. 

Well, not everyone's, but that's because I prefer not to have goofy vlog neckbearding be representative of my own opinions on things. 

Dafuq is a DB? Wait, dingleberry? No douchebag. I got it. Damn, bitch! 

Oh come on. The franchise had years to gather up fan art, ya drunk. I really need to get off my lazy ass and create some though.