Hell yeah! After Rebirth I wanna see more and more. They can do sooooo much with the lore and connect them all together. Even the spin-off A Machine For Pigs developed by the chinese room is connected to the main story. Having a last resort weapon sounds like a nice change.
Escaping the nightmare, sounds like it is either the shadow or some variation of it, an actual monster, but nonetheless I think it will lead to some new answers I was looking for in Rebirth. Rebirth had so many direct connections to the Original, I have no doubt this game will answer more questions. I fucking lo