Lee Everett is a fantastic character, in his design. The kind of games Telltale makes really have a kind of inherent paradox: character-driven and choice-driven. For something to be character driven, the character has to be heavily developed and strong, with identifiable traits, opinions, and goals. A game where you alone determine what the character does would seemingly invalidate that, make you a stand-in for the character instead of making the character someone in his own right.

But Lee averts that. He has plenty of character traits and motivations (love for Clementine, brave, modest, amicable, leadership) that make him an everyman, even when the player can make him go down the path they choose. But the secret is in somehow making every available choice in character for him. Even the most violent, immoral, brutal choice a player can make is handled in a way that makes it feel like something Lee would do.

I don't know, it's just rare to see such a strong character in a game where the player decides the plot. He's more or less the same person in every playthrough, but there's still so many different meaningful choices you can make.

"Interactive movies" meme aside, Telltale is great at script design.

Lee's easily one of my favourite protagonists.

Quote from: BaconShelf on April 28, 2016, 07:24:18 AM

Telltale has some fantastic writers. I'm hoping they cast Lee's VA as Ezekiel for the show.

Yeah, Dave Fennoy is great.

I was honestly more invested and concerned for Lee than I ever was for Rick

Rick is a hallow shell, couldnt give a damn about him to be honest.