Man, my first reaction to Claire's redesign, which seems to be somewhat common across the interwebs (only accelerated to the expected melodramatic degree) was something along the lines of "a-whaa?? that ain't look like Claire! Who dat? Why are her features so sharp and piercing?". I've watched the trailer (and the several other variations/alt clips that seem to be out there) several more times now, and I gotta say, I love it. It's different, but somehow more 'realistic', cinematic, actually looks like a girl of the age and background Claire is supposed to be (rather than a videogame 'adaptation' of that type of girl). Leon as well, but that somehow seemed less 'controversial'. In general, the way they seem to be taking these familiar settings and scenes and ratcheting the tension UP so everything seems like its about to burst is getting me pumped. If all goes well, this may be one of those games like "Silent Hill 2" where I'm loving it, but can only play it in 30-minute bursts due to the psychological stress it induces.