| Scoobes said: He's not really meant to be likable... at all. He's an anti-hero. Nothing he does is for any greater cause, or for someone else, but his twisted desire for vengeance due to the actions of a single god, which then sends him into realms of madness, which leads to further betrayal from other gods, which in turn leads to more violence.The fact that you hate him is actually a part of the desired end result. You're simply following the characters descent into the darkness of his thirst for blood. If you want a proper, heroic and likable main character, then your looking in completely the wrong direction with God of War. Personally I like the whole anti-hero concept because it's a nice change from the "proper" heroes of most other games. |
I have to agree. One other point is that characters do not need to be profound, complex characters in order to be good characters. Kratos's all-consuming desire for revenge does serve a purpose in the story. If the story was trying to pass Kratos off as a morally righteous character, I could see some legitimate criticism about the quality of his character. Given the events in the series, I think Kratos represents a flawed character who lets revenge drive his actions in spite of all consequences to others. I think the point of Kratos's story, and Kratos even recognizes this at the end, was that his revenge was empty. While I don't think this justifies his actions, it does supply a small level of redemption for him as a character.
