A lot of people here think kratos just kills for the lulz or something, that isn't entirely true. at first he thought for the glory of his army. raised and trained as a spartan, he was taught the glory of war and combat. His entire personality was made for battle. HOWEVER, the god of war games only happened because kratos sought revenge. He was brutally tricked into murdering his own family, by the very god he was serving. Do note that if you give your soul to a god, you're not getting it back. After Ares finally got what he deserved, kratos stopped the murdering. he only did what the gods asked of him to stop his endless visions of pain and suffrage he had to invoke as a young spartan and divine servant. The worst part is, the gods blatantly lied to him about that. And when kratos finally snapped, and decided to end it all (so he could presumably rejoin his family in the greek idea of heaven, something he already tried once in a psp spinoff, only then the stupid world had to almost end, and guess who had to mop that shit up?), he was made the god of war. He was literally the embodiment of combat. You can't just hang up your chainblades because you don't feel like it, because you're a god, it's your duty. SO Kratos decided to do what he did best. Wage war for the spartan army. However, Zeus stopped him and killed him. You can't reason with a stubborn spartan, and you certainly can't play the boss over him.
So Kratos wanted to kill zeus to get even. He did not intend for 85% of the pantheon to get killed. He tried to reason with poseidon but he had to defend his brother, Hades was too angry with him for killing his wife Persephone, Hephaestus wanted to keep his "child" safe and attacked Kratos, Hercules wanted to defeat kratos to regain his honour, Hera was being a loudmouthed ***** until Kratos finally killed her, after just ignoring her and even just pushing her off. Hermes was an annoying twat who kept on taunting the one man you should not anger, and apollo flat out attacked him, and then tried to lie to Kratos. They could have lived on, but got killed either for zeus, or because they were idiots.
If Persephone had not tried to wreck everything along with atlas (at least that's what i think happened) Kratos would have stayed with his girl in Elysium. He'd be a father, he'd be at peace. He's not a mad guy who brutally murdered everything, he's a complex antihero, who got fucked over really bad quite often. And he's not the type to take it like a slave either, Kratos is THE definition of "don't mess with"
So yeah, he is someone who's perseverant, who's resourceful, who has honed his skill, he's rather intelligent (some of those puzzles did require some logic), He is at the peak of human strength, he's got a certain way with the ladies, he has a very strong code of honour.A ANd he doesn't give up. He will not stop until he has won. He's got flaws, certainly. He has got anger management issues, he's got a very big ego, he's often in a way, disrespectful (but does have respect for those that deserve it). So yeah, Kratos could be worse.
So Kratos wanted to kill zeus to get even. He did not intend for 85% of the pantheon to get killed. He tried to reason with poseidon but he had to defend his brother, Hades was too angry with him for killing his wife Persephone, Hephaestus wanted to keep his "child" safe and attacked Kratos, Hercules wanted to defeat kratos to regain his honour, Hera was being a loudmouthed ***** until Kratos finally killed her, after just ignoring her and even just pushing her off. Hermes was an annoying twat who kept on taunting the one man you should not anger, and apollo flat out attacked him, and then tried to lie to Kratos. They could have lived on, but got killed either for zeus, or because they were idiots.
If Persephone had not tried to wreck everything along with atlas (at least that's what i think happened) Kratos would have stayed with his girl in Elysium. He'd be a father, he'd be at peace. He's not a mad guy who brutally murdered everything, he's a complex antihero, who got fucked over really bad quite often. And he's not the type to take it like a slave either, Kratos is THE definition of "don't mess with"
So yeah, he is someone who's perseverant, who's resourceful, who has honed his skill, he's rather intelligent (some of those puzzles did require some logic), He is at the peak of human strength, he's got a certain way with the ladies, he has a very strong code of honour.A ANd he doesn't give up. He will not stop until he has won. He's got flaws, certainly. He has got anger management issues, he's got a very big ego, he's often in a way, disrespectful (but does have respect for those that deserve it). So yeah, Kratos could be worse.