Unless it follows the same continuity of GOW3.  In other other words it is the same universe, but now that most greek gods are dead, the norse gods that were subjugated by zeus now are going to take the reigns of the world since there is no one with enough powers to oppose them.    In gow ascension there is reference to other mytholgies so it is possible.

I suppose that could work, but I just wouldn't feel Kratos is no longer the same character that we grew up with his main purpose is to avenge his family for Zeus' trickery and wanting to rid his pain of it.

..and how are they going to fit the Egyptian gods timeline? (I believe the Egyptian gods dated before the Greek)

Kratos is pretty popular i think, there are a few users on here who have him as there avatar and i actually personally have two friends on Facebook with Kratos display pictures lol which might seem strange but they're into heavy metal and like an anti hero.

Kratos is as much an icon as Nathan Drake is. Their series without them just don't make sense.

Doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't add more characters that can be playable though.

Norse mythology is so ritch and interesting in it's own right, that I think they would really do themselves a disservice trying to fit Kratos in there.
It make it come off much more like a pallette swap, rather than an actual interesting game in it's own right.
It would be a much better idea to make this a legacy series imo.

Opinion of people that wouldn't play GOW whether they kept Kratos or not is irrelevant. Just like it's irrelevant that I'd remove 95% of Nintendo's pantheon of characters for something else

How did you get to that conclusion? I play God of War and am very interesting in the next entry. The distain towards his character many express in a lot of posts is somrthing which you can only get through playing the games. Most people here sound like they've played the games, few people are judging him on design alone although I do think they need to tailor the lead to the new mythology (kratos or not).

"I'd remove 95% of Nintendo's pantheon of characters for something else"  You probably wouldn't respond to a thread about Kirby.

That makes no sense as GOW wouldn't have been GOW without Kratos. What you're telling me is that maybe you didn't like the games, another matter entirely. If you liked them, you had to "like" Kratos (or at least not dislike him), there is no way around it.

Sorry but thats not even close to an intelligent thought process.

God of War is a gorgeous series with great combat, art, set pieces and a really fun premise. Not liking Kratos doesn't negate all of that.

In any case you ignore the potential for people to become fatigued over time. As I stated I think he was good for the series inception, but I think they should move forward now.  Like I enjoyed Lightning in FFXIII, but as the sequels progressed her character became more vapid and pointless.

What you're saying is that they should make a new IP instead of a GOW with Kratos, not a GOW without Kratos. Therefore as I said it doesn't matter, because they're (supposedly) making GOW, so obviously Kratos is there.