Again, I do wish they explored free will and fate a bit more. The Illiad and the Odyssey, even when they weren't talking about the lack of free will (which a modern story like GoW does) made it even more obvious that the mortals were powerless and the gods controlled everything.
In fact the gods in the Illiad seem like pricks if you think about it. The huge war is over a trivial conflict like the apple, Zeus helps the Trojans because of Achilles' rage and his mother's favor. The playful dysfunctional family sitcom image in Olympus, while Hector has that really dramatic and tragic scene with his wife and child.
They need to portray the gods more negatively IMHO. Although the Titan story did help show Zeus as not being so nice along with his real intention of stopping Kratos.
Again though, Kratos isn't all that sympathetic IMHO. Hopefully we as players have some control over the story like the ending of GTA IV.
