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

While I still consider ME1 the best, MEA is very close behind as all the characters including Ryder are very good.

Actually I don't even get the complaints about writing - I think the writing is great and am loving it. Yes it's more light-hearted and "chatty" but given the context and background of several characters, it works.

Ryder is extremely relatable (unless I suppose if you're a military veteran then maybe Shepard is more relatable) and has good lines and nuance - both VAs have done a fantastic job here and should be commended.

I never thought about that. good catch.

I thought it was a nice touch anyway.

You know Shepard and role play him/her for what... 3 game. But you official know/play Ryder just a month. It's not fair to compare them at all.

And some of us still can't get over Shepard that why they have bias against Ryder.

Revan have only one game BUT don't forget that his/her character/story is part of STAR WARS universe. And we know how huge of STAR WARS fandom. I am not surprise that Revan become legendary for them (and me).

Funny thing is We can have only one Shepard and One Revan (Male or Female) BUT we have both male and female Ryder at the same time.

Scott Ryder and Sara Ryder are not Shepard or Revan. Both of them are individual and they already belong to Mass Effect Universe.

I remember hearing Sheploo for the first time—I couldn't understand how people managed to stay awake listening to his voice. Tried to suck it up because I wanted to romance Jack, and just couldn't. I do have to say I'm not the biggest fan of male Ryder's voice, either.

In any case, I'm one of those people who couldn't imagine Mass Effect without Shepard. And now I absolutely love Ryder. So there's that.

The part in bold 1000%

I realized that I don't think I would have as much of an issue with Ryder if the entire crew didn't seem to not take anything seriously as well.  Everyone got along, everyone was always joking about everything, no tension on the ship.  You never got into it with a squadmate, at least I never saw an instance of friction. 

They had a perfect opportunity with Cora, she just accepts getting leapfrogged right away and that's it.  They could have had her resent you for a while, question your decisions, tell you you're inexperienced.  Then you could just tell her 'then help me instead of criticizing me," or more bluntly "it is what it is, either deal with it or walk."  They could have taken that so many different ways.  But they didn't do anywhere near as much as they could have with that. 

You could have had some points on contention with Jaal about issues that pertained to both your races, how the Angara did some things.  Had an entire feeling out process.

You don't have an Ashley and her humans first mentality, not liking the whole alliance idea to the point where she tells you its time to put one of your squadmates down for the good of the mission and has no issue doing it.  You don't have a Jack/Miranda feud, or the ability to argue with Mordin about the genophage, and go as far as to call him a murderer.

Everyone just got along, and everything was always a joke and it just gets corny after a while.  I did Liam's loyalty mission last night and the part where you're arguing and the enemy is trying to talk to you, and you keep cutting him off, and he's screaming I won't be ignored.  I literally yelled out loud, "who wrote this nonsense?"

Someone with a sense of humour?

Funny really given how many people moaned about ME3 being all serious and depressing.

That's funnier than anything in the game.

Considering the stupid reason to punch the reporter, the dialogue delivery and the sound effects. Yeah, i would say that was a comic scene and that a lot of people including me thought that was funny.

Oh yeah, i forgot the most important part. It's a game.

You monster!

Really? Where does it say that?