If we end up feeling sympathy for this incarnation of Dracula then I'm all for it because it harkens back to the original novel. However, I'm having a bit of trouble with all the Belmonts having Scottish accents.
The whole "Dracula Story" is an interesting spin. This universe is almost the opposite of the classic canon, which was more Belmont/good guy driven. This one's more Dracula driven, and while the Belmonts seem to have some deep connection(and their story will be told, to some extent), main focus will always be Gabriel/Dracula.
Though, I'm with you with the Scottish accent thing. To the point that, since they are so vague with WHERE LoS games actually take place(where the classic canon never beat around the bush that it took place mainly in Romania), I'm starting to think they are set somewhere in Great Britain.
Or it could be the Hollywood joke about giving British accents to people of "older European set periods". Kinda like how, when they make movies about ancient Greece or Rome, for some reason, everybody's talking like they are from England(even, in some case, American actors adopt the English accent in these roles) and are Shakespearean actors.