So Simon is now Alucard essentially, if this rumor proves to be true? I...oddly am not as miffed at the idea as I thought I would be. Don't get me wrong, I'm taken aback by the implications but the possibilities could prove to be interesting if done right. I--dare I say--am interested in the thought of the Belmonts taking out their own 'problem'.
Well, this idea was sort of started in LoI, with the Belmont's having to face Matthias, who was once a close friend and comrade in arms. This is just a slight variation on that. And regarding Simon as Alucard, the parallel would be the idea of a "son," but it's not as if Simon will actually be a vampire, right? Nevertheless, the rumored [debunked?] trailer sounds promising in some regards. [But lose the orcs]. I really need to see gameplay, though. Because for all the positive "thematic/aesthetic" turns, it could end up a glorified re-skin of LoS. And I hope the Vampire Killer song is not the only classic song.
As for Trevor, don't count him out yet. Mirror of Fate is still out there.
If this is all true nobody, and I mean nobody should wine about this, if they do belmont help them.
Listen, though, like I said above, the gameplay and, moreover, level design needs drastic improvements to match any sort of artistic shift in the right direction. I don't want this to end up as a lip service trailer. For instance, just because we might see Slogra doesn't mean the game is going to be 1,000x better than LoS.