Yes it is clear at this point this game IS going to suck. MS is just copying over their cash-in formula from LoS and bastarding our favorite characters in the process. While also ignoring the long history of awesome CV tunes. God of Vania all over again.
Its not the fact that they drew inspiration from LOS that turns me off.
I know LOS is their baby and they want to continue doing what they do.
Its the fact that apparently they are drawing 85% of the inspiration from LOS and 15 classic/metrodvania if you ask me.
After reading about MOF I was hoping that they where finally going to start taking many ques from the older CV games such as not having the give a mere skeleton a "beating" to take him out, or having you take damage when you bump into a enemy, or not having to use a freaken QTE to get out of trouble with a monster.
Also even though I haven't heard the music yet, the fact that they have already made it clear that most of their inspiration is coming directly from LOS continues to have me worried.
Now its nice to see the darker areas and the few classic enemies we have seen, but so far thats not enough to win my over after the latest news.