I want to play this game for the first time and I heard the director's cut changes the bosses to not be so gun-focused, but is overall less stable or more buggy or something. What are the positives and/or negatives of the director's cut and which version would you recommend to a newcomer?
I own the original and Missing Link DLC and have access to the director's cut through a friend's shared Steam library.
Director's Cut lets you turn off the piss filter.
i think the directors cut is not patched and they didnt give a fuck about that.
From google
The Director's Cut has the following new features
i just replayed the directors cut last month after beating the OG game in 2011
just a heads up the game is about 40 hours long you can't rush through it in a night or something
the move in and out of the DLC is not as seamless as you would think.
don't turn the commentary on if you are playing for the first time they will give away the story.
Since it's your first time, there's not really a wrong choice here. Either way you'll still be playing a solid FPS/RPG hybrid, even if the writing isn't on par with DE1.
If you plan on replaying it in the future, I'd say playing the Director's Cut is an absolute necessity for the second playthrough, mostly because of the commentary, which is actually really good (but like said, you should avoid it for your first playthrough). The Director's Cut will also give you access to the Tracer Tong mission (which is pretty underwhelming, but gives you a cameo for an important character), and it will let you play the Missing Link DLC in chronological order instead of after you beat the full game.
the tong mission was preorder DLC i didn't preorder the game so when playing it in the DC i was like " i don't remember this mission." the mission was all of 10 mins.long
That's a big reason why I'm trying to figure out the major differences between the two, because I'm not going to be able to compare them myself without spending a significant amount of time in both.
Seems like the Director's Cut is a bit more streamlined and featured, but not significantly so. I seem to remember backlash against it when it was new so I was trying to figure out what specifically that was about. It might have just been people upset that it entirely replaced the original + Missing Link in the Steam store. I guess I'll give the DC a go.
Thanks you guys for the input.
they were pissed that the devs were selling it as a new game even if you bought OG game and all of the dlc you where still charged for the DC, which technically is just a BIG patch for the game. (that was something new at the time now everything gets a fucking remaster)
i remember paying $5 for it when it came out and been called a sheep and a shill for doing it.
You are, You are the reason we now pay for patches cause you couldn't boycott a shitty practice.
You are bad as those gamergate fucks that won't boycott censored games by the SJW, if you give them money they keep doing it.