Alpha Protocol is linear Bloth and they made the best pro-active protagonist I've ever played, but yes you are right in that very few protagonists are actually intelligent these days.
In some stories it can work very well: Spec Ops: The Line Walker is a rather big idiot in many cases, but he is still believable as a character mostly because the story smacks him over the head while shouting: YOU FUCKED UP.
Absolutely, he's a reactive character through and through.
By the way where the fuck is your article on your Thorton, the Manipulative Bastard that he is?
In some stories it can work very well: Spec Ops: The Line Walker is a rather big idiot in many cases, but he is still believable as a character mostly because the story smacks him over the head while shouting: YOU FUCKED UP.
Heck even Geralt. I love the man and character, and he's definitely not stupid, but he's not the most impressive, versatile, and pro-active of protagonists imo.
Absolutely, he's a reactive character through and through.
By the way where the fuck is your article on your Thorton, the Manipulative Bastard that he is?