Wow - that just made my week!! I know it obviously shows us nothing about the game, but the fact that the franchise isn't dead is enough to make me joyous. My only worry would be that if it's on consoles, it might be downscaled in scope like Invisible War, but if it's on PC, then I won't be able to play it, cuz fuck spending all that money on a gaming PC just to upgrade it in a year!
I didn't think DE2 was terrible; there was still plenty of thinking in terms of the subject matter, and there were plenty of variabilities in terms of which group (templars, Apostlecorp, etc.) you could ally yourself with - I guess I just didn't like how claustrophobic it made me feel because of the tiny maps, and I couldn't watch any of the other endings because I just couldn't bear to kill JC and Paul (which of course was a necessity for any ending besides the Helios one).