"And at any point in the game, you can be wearing your choice of armor, carry your choice of weapons, have your choice of squadmembers at your side, and all of their abilities (and yours) will be ones you've chosen to develop throughout the game."

Wow, it's like…a normal party-based RPG! Welcome to next gen.
Hopefully the gritty Earthborn background will enable the "Nobody gives ORDERS to Commander Shepherd!" dialogue option.