"This game kicks, but the music ain't it, it really needs some orchestral kind of stuff. And the analog stick support without actual analog input would be great." - no one ever
The original game is amazing. Regular Director's Cut is a pretty good re-release - it adds Advanced/Arrange mode and the baby difficulty, but for some reason tones down "original" difficulty as well. And this re-re-release is the same, but also changes the soundtrack to the one made by a talented ghost composer for a talented liar who convinced everyone he's Japanese Beethoven.
New tunes are generally not as bad as you may think judging by the reputation of this edition, but they're just unnecessary and inconsistent as hell. Some of them sound really well and some aren't necessarily bad, but noticeably worse fit for the scenery than the originals. And some are the basement abomination everyone loves bringing out, but actually that's the only horrible one, seems more like a mistake.
And for some reason they cut the end credits movie, now it's just a text on the plain black background regardless of the ending. Not sure why, probably because it didn't really work with the new credits music or something. Still a shame.
This version might be worth it for replays, just for the different soundtrack novelty. But your first playthrough should be either the original release, or non-DualShock Director's Cut depending on the difficulty you want.
The original game is amazing. Regular Director's Cut is a pretty good re-release - it adds Advanced/Arrange mode and the baby difficulty, but for some reason tones down "original" difficulty as well. And this re-re-release is the same, but also changes the soundtrack to the one made by a talented ghost composer for a talented liar who convinced everyone he's Japanese Beethoven.
New tunes are generally not as bad as you may think judging by the reputation of this edition, but they're just unnecessary and inconsistent as hell. Some of them sound really well and some aren't necessarily bad, but noticeably worse fit for the scenery than the originals. And some are the basement abomination everyone loves bringing out, but actually that's the only horrible one, seems more like a mistake.
And for some reason they cut the end credits movie, now it's just a text on the plain black background regardless of the ending. Not sure why, probably because it didn't really work with the new credits music or something. Still a shame.
This version might be worth it for replays, just for the different soundtrack novelty. But your first playthrough should be either the original release, or non-DualShock Director's Cut depending on the difficulty you want.