The writers just can't do as much with a custom character as they can with a character they create. Your custom character may be a city slicker with a fast tongue while mine might be a hermit who's riddled with social anxiety.
Let's face it, the game can't even say your character's name out loud. There are baked in limitations when it comes to custom characters.
Sure, it would be nice to see little things here and there. I always appreciate the effort, and I'm naturally connected to my own characters, but I accept that there's more the writers can do with the origins. And I expect more out of the origin character stories than I do my own.
I'm really looking forward to playing each of them. I hope the various playthroughs feel very different depending on whom I pick.
