"Kratos doesn't get ticked off for no apparent reason: In the first one, Kratos blames Ares for slaughtering his village and wife and kid. In the second one, Zeus kills Kratos while he is a mortal and sends him to Hades. Maybe the revenge aspect is getting too jaded for you, but I, like Barlog, think that Princess being kidnapped once again by Bowser has been done since 1985"
If I may point you to the Grecian mythological tales of Hercules and Orpheus, you will see exactly the same or similar things happen to them as happen to Kratos. Seriously, it's like he's playing Mad Libs with a Mythology textbook. You'll find that revenge tales are actually much more ancient than the modern fairy tales Super Mario is based on (Alice in Wonderland, The Little Prince.) In fact the first story ever written (Gilgamesh) was full of doubt and abuse by the gods and a revenge driven hero. Perhaps the ones jaded with sturm, angst, and revenge are the more older, wiser and well read.
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