@Arcanister_21 Why are you bashing the editor's interpretation of the story? It's pretty obvious that most of his thoughts are speculation. Joel seems like a hardened man who have had several questionable jobs before this "construction" gig. Tess is a no-nonsense woman who won't let anyone give her the run around. She's cold and calculating. I think Ellie revealed a seldom seen sensitive side of Tess. Ellie herself does give an extraordinary aura of bravery and fearlessness but note her reactions to your kills and some of the the more intense scenes in the game; she is shocked and scared by many of the horrors witnessed throughout the game. The scene with Sam you mentioned you can tell she is scared of many possibilities. As for the reviewer thinking the characters being "one-dimensional" I can see the for more minor characters like Tess and Marlene. What you think of each character is based all through the players' own interpretation of the characters and many will relate to them in different ways.
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