tonnactus wrote...
This is pure nonsense for everyone who actually played the game and bothered to talk with him. What about his stories about the biotic training, the Turian he killed? Barely delved into his past?
Played it. And nothing came of it. He tells you a story about how he had one-time ****ty training, after which he managed to come through unscathed. Wrex actually spends a good amount of time telling you different stories: his experience dualing with the Asari, the whole issue with his father, his encounter with Saren, etc. And even better, the Genophage comes back in a really big way in ME1 too.
And what is more important,he also had opinions about the things going on around him in the game, not was just there "for a ride". Delving into their past in the only thing squadmates in Mass Effect 2 actually have. Opinions about Reapers,politics, squadbanter? Near to zero.
Kaidan was there, for the ride. He had no overarching narrative significance and wasn't interesting in his own right. He was the Jacob of ME1.
The squad-banter was only present if you spent any significant time on the elevators, which was itself a problem. As for opinions? Well, the ME2 cast does have their own thoughts on certain things. Samara will threaten to kill you after the mission if you're too Renegade. Garrus has his own judgments regarding Cerberus and their resources. They have opinions as much as any ME1 cast member.