As a thesis, might I recommend that you consider instead how video games can use a basis of mythology, along with creative license, to create new stories or reinterpret myths for a new audience and setting. Enslaved is a good example of the latter, and Okami is a great example of the former, as is God of War. Hell, you could easily reinterpret Kratos' story as an alternate, more cynical version of Hercules (in fact, I thought he WAS Hercules until he showed up in the 3rd game).
Man is born of gods and mortals, and uses his strength to accomplish great acts of heroism. Unfortunately, in a moment of weakness he kills his own family, and is tasked by the gods to preform acts of heroic community service. However, unlike Herc who gets absolved of his sins once he is done, Kratos has to face the fact that no matter what he does, he will always have to carry his sin with him because there is no evil greater than killing your own blood. Without this redemption guiding him, we see him dive deep into a spiral of revenge that ends with him exerting an almost Nietzsche-style Ubermenchian will upon his world, eventually burning away an old, outdated system of morals in favor of a world shaped by human hands. Thus, the story changes from a myth about revenge and redemption to one of human empowerment and the price of challenging fate. All by simply changing the ending of one well known story.
Man is born of gods and mortals, and uses his strength to accomplish great acts of heroism. Unfortunately, in a moment of weakness he kills his own family, and is tasked by the gods to preform acts of heroic community service. However, unlike Herc who gets absolved of his sins once he is done, Kratos has to face the fact that no matter what he does, he will always have to carry his sin with him because there is no evil greater than killing your own blood. Without this redemption guiding him, we see him dive deep into a spiral of revenge that ends with him exerting an almost Nietzsche-style Ubermenchian will upon his world, eventually burning away an old, outdated system of morals in favor of a world shaped by human hands. Thus, the story changes from a myth about revenge and redemption to one of human empowerment and the price of challenging fate. All by simply changing the ending of one well known story.
