Who knows? Maybe the city won't be barren like the Cordova was. Maybe there's actually people there, some that actually HELP you(a "Pro-Drac" faction of sympathizers).
what do interactive people have to do with a "open world" castlevania game?
Sure it adds more realism, but the point I am making here is that Cox and Flame said there was not really a open world CV game that has been done before.
I'm saying what would you call Curse of Darkness?
Your able to travel a open world that ranges from castles, forests,towns,mountains, churches and so on, and you can travel them all on foot at your leisure.
Is that not a open world?