10 Video Games That Killed The Main Character Early

7. Kratos - God Of War II

God of War 2 Kratos Dead
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Admittedly, this one's a little bit of a cheat because death means absolutely bugger all in the God of War franchise, but after Kratos was killed late in the first game and took a trip to the Underworld, fans surely didn't expect to see him killed again in the opening passage of the sequel.

Following God of War II's epic opening boss fight against the Colossus of Rhodes, Zeus shows up to rein Kratos' destructive antics in, stripping Kratos of his Godly powers and consequently stabbing him to death with his gigantic Blade of Olympus.

It goes without saying that Kratos' second death didn't last long (again), but having the hero be brutally run through with a giant sword barely 30 minutes into the sequel to a hit game was undeniably surprising all the same.

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