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* [[Captain Obvious]]: Some consider the reveal of Voeld to be this. If you completed certain sidequests and paid attention to ambient chatter and your various mission objectives before you reach Voeld, it is easy to figure, and you may already know [[Assimilation Plot|what the kett do with Angara they capture]] before [[The Reveal]].
* [[Complete Monster]]: The Archon of the Heleus Cluster. In addition to being a [[Hate Sink]] and a [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Scary Dogmatic Alien]] he has his own atrocities. {{spoiler|He captured the Salarian Ark and began running tests on them, such as harvesting their organs while they were still alive, or committing Cold-Blooded Torture on them for information.}} When Ryder and co. came to liberate the Ark he [[Sore Loser|eventually attempted to shoot down the Ark, killing the thousands of people within, rather than allow them to escape]]. He is also a [[Bad Boss]], despite the fact that the kett are {{spoiler|literally brainwashed to be loyal to the cause}}, the Archon has any kett punished if he thinks they aren't committed enough. Obsessed with the Remnant technology known as Meridian, the Archon planed to {{spoiler|use its immense terraforming capabilities to force entire races to surrender to exaltation, or else he'll use Meridian to kill all life on their worlds.}} He's even implied to {{spoiler|be a traitor to the kett cause whose [[The Starscream|only out for personal gain and is gathering resources for a coup against the kett leaders]], and his right-hand-woman the Primus betrays him out of fear of what he's planning to do to their home}}. During the final fight, the Archon becomes so enraged at Ryder's efforts that he rescinds the offer entirely and just decides to commit genocide out of petty spite. Even in a genocidal species that views all non-kett life as barely sapient, the Archon of Heleus stands out as a monster among them.
* [[Eight Deadly Words]]: While views of the characters have been divisive, many fans consider the game to have failed to get them invested in the characters. The reasons for this include finding them [[Replacement Scrappy|Replacement Scrappies]] for their equivalent from the trilogy, [[Flat Character|too one-dimensional or undeveloped]] or even if they were good [[Tough Act To Follow|they are considered inferior to similar characters from the trilogy]].
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Bain Massani has quite a fanbase among those who like the game. Reasons include being a bounty hunter, son of the second game's squadmate Zaeed Massani, and being skilled enough to hunt kett without too much difficulty.
* [[Narm]]:
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** Foster Addison is particularly noteworthy in this regard, due to her initial animation and some of her dialogue. The two most well-known examples are the lines "My face is tired" and "No one's a pathfinder until they've path''found'' something".
** There is a gem at the end of the New Tuchanka questline. There is a showdown between Nakmor Morda and Jorgal Strux immediately engaging in what amounts to krogan kung-fu. There with punching, blocking, kicks, the works... and all while they don't move from that spot or change angle or pose. It looks completely awkward and absurd, and the fact that it's set to a dramatically sweeping camera and dramatic action music is just the icing on the cake.
** Liam's line in the first mission after shooting a kett, "I think I really pissed that one off. Maybe because I shot him in the face!", tends to evoke laughter, groans or both from fans and critics.
* [[Narm Charm]]:
** Several fans have found Suvi and Female Ryder's awkward first attempts at flirtation to be endearing.
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** After knowledge of the game's Early Access trial went public, the issue of the game's lacking, occasionally disturbing, facial animations dominated many discussions of the game.
** After the release the game received a significant amount of criticism regarding the quality of writing for the characters and plot. The most common complaints were that they were one-dimensional, subpar knock-offs or both.
** Despite the effort put into being inclusive to the LBGTQ crowd, the handling of same-sex romances received some criticism, leading to a response from the developers after a few weeks and a patch after a few months.
* [[The Scrappy]]:
** The Archon, despite him being a [[Hate Sink]], has also drawn fans ire for different reasons. His design has been criticized as poor for a villain, being deemed [[Ugly Cute|non-intimidating]], [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|unoriginal]] and/or [[Anvilicious|unsubtle]]. He constantly gets saddled with the [[Villain Ball]], and even fails the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]] criteria because {{spoiler|he betrays his people and their cause for an even more destructive, and selfish, agenda.}} Along with players not even {{spoiler|[[The Unfought|getting the satisfaction of fighting him directly in the final battle where he dies]]}}, many consider him the '''worst''' antagonist Bioware has ever created.
** Foster Addison due to her memetic appearance and animations as well as being a generally unpleasant person. One particular example is her {{spoiler|hiring exile mercenaries to protect Initiative ships and when they attacked the ships instead, she covered the whole affair up and even [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|sends other people to kill them]].}} Unlike Tann, who was clearly never meant to hold the role he has, the codex states that Addison was always supposed to head Colonial Affairs. Fans despise her incompetence and the fact that she gets no comeuppance for her bad decisions.
** Sara Ryder's default appearance and animation has also been reviled. The facial capture doesn't look much like her face model, Jayde Rossi, and has even been criticized for being cute rather than attractive compared to her brother's. Sara's face also suffers more glitches than Scott's along with her standard smiling expression being considered wildly inappropriate for many of the situations she is involved with.
* [[Snark Bait]]: The game is considered this thanks to its facial animations, dialogue, questionable storyline and glitches.
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]:
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