Fimbulvetr said:
You.... identified with Kratos at all? I could almost kinda(but not really) understand relating to him in GOW1, but 2?
I don't identify with video game characters because narrative in games have exactly value nil in terms of impact on my gameplay experience. But that is just me, in terms of literary techniques, yeah, people are known to automatically identify with a underdog character as long as the plot is setup so that it seems he is fighting against an unfair larger force, in that case humans are psychologically conditioned to root for him.
The first game features a revenge plot, so him being the underdog is a given. The second one starts off as him being his usual asshole self, but then he is betrayed very early on and the plot, once again, turns into a revenge tale where he is fighting against unfair great forces, Zeus and the sisters, who are less sympathetic than the underdog protagonist challenging them.
In the third game though Kratos is the unfair greater force and he is definitely less sympathetic than his victims.
Anyway, what I am trying to say that in pure storytelling terms, if that floats your boat, Kratos is an asshole through and through in the third game.
