not too long after Legacy of Darkness came out and while waiting for Resurrection to be released, I had a great next-generation Castlevania dream. i remember being by a fence by some tombstones in a courtyard outside the Castle's front gate and marveling at the realistic graphics and atmosphere of the game and scanning my surroundings. of course, this was a dream, so I was actually inside the game, more like as in Hack.slash.
but anyways, i've been hoping for a high resolution 3D Castlevania that stirs up wonder like that ever since then. i hope this is that game. the game needs to be slow in pace to get the right feeling, not adrenaline pumping like the PS2 games. i don't think playing as Alucard would lend itself well to getting chills in a game, but I think playing as a trembling Cyril getting his first taste of the horrors of going up against Dracula's castle would.