Spartan: Total Warrior from the PS2 & Gamecube was I think an underrated or missed gem.
You don’t exactly play as a lot of mythological things, but it tells a great story with action combat around a lot of really cool mythology. Some of the bosses were incredibly cool.
In the scope of human history, we have addressed a shitload of issues and bettered the lives of billions in a very short period of time.
Yes, there is more to do and more can be done. But let’s not act like there’s no good done. It is incredible how better most everything about life as a human is today relative to most of our history.