Ryzaki009
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Remember, in Liara's case, you actually meet her when one of your first missions is to go looking for her. Ashley is introduced under fire and in combat, but because we know the situation and what happens on Eden, we have backstory knowledge organically. Cora and Liam kinda get dumped into your lap without much backstory or introduction at all. And I've already mentioned Draks and Peebee, and I like Peebee. Doesn't make them shit characters, but the intro of the original ME crew is done better than here.
Yes you also meet Tali and are forced to recruit either Garrus or Wrex while looking for her (and then you can get the other). Dumping companions on you rapidly isn't new. With Liam and Cora it's your typical first male/female companion in BW games. As for backstory the fact that you're part of the same team is supposed to work for their introduction and you get their backstory on the ship via talking to them.
I don't think I'll ever warm to the characters in Andromeda, save for Drack.
I don't like their personalities and most of them have an annoying air to them, including the generic main character.
That's fair enough. I'm just at a loss of people saying they are already aware of these characters when we know pretty much nothing about them considering Eros is the starter planet. It'd just odd to me considering how early it is. I don't like most of the ME1 cast (only ones I could stand were Wrex and Garrus because everyone else either annoyed me or were walking codexes.) I didn't start really liking them until ME2 where they actually got some personality.