First of all - SotB 1 i 2 were TERRIBLE games. First one was a technical masterpiece but as gameplay goes - terrible, bland mix of mindless punch'n'run mostly. Boring as fuck but its art and sound design was superb. Second part was a one of the biggest clusterfuck on Amiga/ST gaming scene - this game was just BAD. Third one was okay but also completely different of its predecessors.
Remake is a spiritual successor of the first part, not a remaster/remake per se. I think they nail'd it. Design really shows inspiration from the original, gameplay wise it looks like it will be an energetic slasher in 2,5D. As SOTB always should be. Anyway, i really don't know why "metroidvania" as any of previous games has nothing to do with that (maybe third part in like 1%)
Despite its flaws original SOTB will always be among my most important games, so no matter what i just can't wait for this any longer