The Age of Fear = The Age of Oh God This is Boring
Not talking about the events, or the event mechanics. I'm talking about the story.
The Villain is Boring. The God of Fear is what you come up with when you can't think of a really interesting "big bad". You just go, who's super powerful? A god. Which god, well, um... what's a thing that's bad? Fear. OK, God of Fear. Done, print it out.
The Motivations of the Big Bad are Super, Super Boring. OK he's the God of Fear... so.. he's gonna... uh... make everyone super afraid. And take over the world. For reasons. Bang, done, let's go home.
The Methods of the Big Bad Are Oh God So Lazy and Boring. Weapons. Just... super weapons nobody knew about are lying around. Some villains are gonna pick them up and get Even More Villain, and some Heroes are gonna pick them up and become Even More Hero. Don't think about it too much, just roll with it.