I'm being cautiously optimistic about this title. It does seem to want to try some newer ideas, but at the same time, this is being developed by a new studio and new talent, so I'm leaning more towards that it is going to be more of a cult classic type of game- flawed in parts, but (hopefully) having enough novel ideas in it to make it a worthwhile purchase. Plus, this is being published by Capcom and, say what you will about their business practices, they usually have a pretty decent track record in being able to find talent from smaller game developer studios.
But in a more ego-driven reason why I'm looking forward to playing a game where the main lead is actually a non-caucasian female as opposed to assembly-line nondescript white dude. I'm not so naive to believe Nilin (the protagonist) is going single-handedly change the gaming landscape. Still, I'm willing to invest my money if only to nudge game publishers in the tailbone and say, "Hey, see this? This looks interesting. I'm a heterosexual white dude, but I'd like to play more games where I don't necessarily have to play as another heterosexual white dude." Yeah, probably woefully naive there, still.