A video game character can't be defined as badass, unless of course you beat the game and you yourself (the one playing the game) leads them to their episodes of badassery. A crappy player can play the game once, die and then give up - making Kratos appear not very badass at all. So really it is you who is the badass in this context... although using a game controller and sitting in front of a screen to attain this ranking makes quite a paradox. Ah well. :) Kratos has already done the deeds though. Don't you remember the end of GOW1? Kratos sits as god for the rest of time. That means he has already reobtained godhood. Gaia is just retelling the story. Kratos is not real. That's why he's called a fictional character.