10 Video Games That Aged Badly For Surprising Reasons

10. Kratos' TERRIBLE Motivation - God Of War

When we were teenagers the violent Spartan man-child that was Kratos was the coolest guy ever. And now, fifteen years later - especially with a more mature Kratos in the latest game - we see that the original games were just full of teen angst and sex. Nothing elucidates the difference between a 'mature' rating in games and actual maturity more than the original God of War games.

Similar games of this nature, like Grand Theft Auto and Duke Nukem, can stand the test of time a little better than Kratos' original series can.

At least in Grand Theft Auto the main character has real motivations that push them toward violence and Duke Nukem is a caricature, but Kratos is presented as being an inspirational badass.

That's part of what made the latest Duke Nukem game fail – unlike Kratos, Duke never really matured and never stopped being an angsty, offensive to be noticed, kid in a bodybuilder's frame. While Kratos became meta, Duke just became that guy from high school who still wears his letterman jacket and talks about prom like it was yesterday.