Candescence
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Well Kratos in GOW1 did kill the boat captain and he didn't have to .. it was kinda funny but let's not pretend he wasn't an asshole before GOW2.
Well, GOW1 was intended as a standalone greek tragedy, which generally involves protagonists who are flawed, maybe even massive assholes by our standards. Hercules was known for his temper, which resulted in the deaths of many innocent people, though he was aware that it was a problem and he tried to at least get a handle on it.
Whereas Achilles was a massive jackass. Hector did not deserve the crap Achilles did to his body after their duel. And everything that happened at the end of Jason's story was pretty much his fault.