Liam's problem is that he's just a dude. Obviously that's what they were going for with him, and some people will like that, hell I know a few people that do, but to me, that kind of character just isn't compelling. Certainly not in a game like this.
I mean just thinking about it from a purely logical perspective, going into a sci fi universe like Mass Effect with various alien races running around, humans will always automatically be the least interesting thing in it by default. Why? Because they're familiar. No matter how much you dress it up, that's a person, that at least on a surface level, you know you could walk down the street and see any given day. An alien is, at least at first glance if nothing else, more interesting on a surface level, because that's not an every day thing you feel like you have a grasp on.
So what does this mean? Well, it means that you have to work twice as hard making sure that human crew members are compelling. If you want them to measure up to the aliens, then you need to have your best writing team working on those people, because even if the level of writing is equal between them, the aliens win out.
Cora was handled fairly decently in this regard, given the unique history of having served as an Asari huntress. This makes her interesting pretty much right off the bat, because you're like "wow....how does that happen?" You wanna know more about her. Liam...again...is just a dude. Maybe a dude you'd really like in real life. A drinking buddy. But in a universe full of aliens, mystery, and the unknown....who's really looking to get to know the guy who hangs out at your local pub back home?
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