But right now, it's like jumping from a airplane, sky diving over an area with a dense jungle. There's some clear patches to land, and the overall surrounds are BEAUTIFUL, but you just don't know what's down there.
That's exactly what happened with SotN, but no one complained then, did they? Watch the trailer again, and look closely. I did, and I saw torches with blue flames that probably serve the same classic purpose we expect them to, gothic castles, Gabriel using a subweapon of sorts, creatures born out of European mythology, etc etc.
Besides, I'd rather jump from the plane now and land somewhere new than stay on the plane and land in the same ol' territory.
And by the way, I believe I read somewhere that this is part of a planned Trilogy. With a film on the way, which is going to use the classic plot of a vampire killer facing Dracula, do you really think Konami is going to release a game, or several, in conjunction with the film that would ditch that basic plot? People who weren't fans before the film are going to walk out of the theater wanting to play the games, so I doubt Konami would do something so stupid as to release new Castlevania games that have don't have anything to do with the Dracula-based storyline at the same time as a film that does.