Oh brother just you wait.
I recognised Troy Baker, too. Always can (unless it's his Joker), tired of hearing the dude. Thought he might be Thor at first.
I think you forgot: Freya asking Mimir where her fighting spirit is that was taken by Odin when Kratos and Atreus left Mimir in Midgard when they go to Jotunheim (this is told by Mimir after you kill Sigrun the Valkyrie Queen)
And now we can see a resolution to this story where Kratos willingly dies so the Valkyries can bring him to face Odin.
Yeah let's completely forgot Kratos's actions fast forwarded Ragnarok by hundred years...
I would prefer if Atreus found a way to unite other forces to defeat Odin, thus fulfilling the promise of this game's narrative, but I could also see Odin being Kratos's final opponent. This is still a game, after all, and I highly doubt Odin and Thor will meet their ends without first being boss fights.
Personally. I think this trilogy will be Atreus' story. I dont think it would be right for Kratos to stumble into another world and murder another pantheon of gods just because. Loki should be the central character and as a result I feel he should be the one to do it, that being said Id imagine it would also be a combined effort between a few entities. But for gameplay and story reasons Loki does it. I dont see or really want Kratos to continue being a central character in a story that isnt really his own. He doesnt have to die but it would be the most logical way for him to not be the driving force.
He's around ten in this game, Ragnarok starts three years later. he'll still be Boiii :p
Might as well just have him say: "I killed basically everyone that's even remotely related to you Boy."
The axe never stops being useful due to its ability to freeze enemies, trip them (especially useful with an upgraded Atreus) and get headshots, has a further range than the blades, has the cleave and powerful ranged runic attacks
My main complaint is that the best things the axe does (freeze, pop up for air juggles) often don't even work on heavy enemy types. I tried tossing it at the heavy flying fairy-elf things in the final combat scenario at the end of the game, and the axe just bounced off them. If the axe worked as advertised all the time I might have given it more of a shot. Problem is I'd rather just have the range and crowd control capabilities that the Blades give.
