The other thing people are neglecting a bit here is both people we've heard opinions for that delivered all of this news also were very positive on the game, though first one was happy with all but length and difficulty (and wish he did his first playthrough on Hardcore as found Normal to be too easy), second guy played it Hardcore his first run, didn't report his time but I think it's because he feels it would've been setting expectations wrong (he mentions he found the Hospital sequence really tense, moreso than Nemesis despite Nemmy not being in that part of the game, and spent almost an hour and a half there despite the location not being that large really). First guy said he wanted to replay it immediately and stressed despite some things he did enjoy it and felt like playing it again, second guy said he liked it just as much as RE2 though it was a different game in many ways.Eh there were similar freak outs back when RE2 was about to release, I'll reserve judgement until when I play it. RE2 was my GOTY last year and it was fantastic despite changes and cuts from the original.
So take all of that as you will.