Nergal01: 1. Those of us who played the original tend to notice things missing in the DC. There are missing animations, missing music tracks and sound effects and some toned-down violence, as well. One example: stepping into that club in Syria and not hearing any music at all felt just wrong to me.
2. Nico's sub-plot seems promising enough at first, but it ends a little too abruptly, for my taste. And since it doesn't really add that much to the plot....let's just say I liked the concept of expanding her character, but I didn't like the execution that much.
3. David Gibbons' artwork doesn't fit. Now, don't get me wrong. I love his style. It's just that in this case it seems out of place compared to the art direction in the rest of the game. Besides, why do all characters except for George and Nico look like caricatures, and why are they constantly staring like they've seen a ghost?

Now, all of that doesn't make the DC a bad game. Far from it. Those are simply things that bother me about the DC. And so I'm happy and thankful that GOG gives us the original version.

Adokat: OK, I didn't know what was different. To me, though, the Nico additions were good, and the gameplay was much more convenient. I haven't played the original, so there's no nostalgia from me.

Togedude: Nice to hear that I have a choice now. But, can anyone who's played both tell me which one I should start with? I've never played a Broken Sword game, and it seems that there are just as many people who laud the Director's Cut as those who despise it.

the_voivod: Don't get me wrong - inferior (IMO) or not the DC is still very good. It's hard to truly mess up a classic, after all, but it simply didn't gel with me. I thought the extended storyline with Nicole simply didn't add much aside from extra time, and was shown up by the original content. I didn't like the portraits during conversations, I (especially) didn't like the jumps in audio quality that went on throughout the game, nor the same with the visual character sprites (including video cut-scenes, too). Not to mention it felt dumbed down with the hotspots issue and the mini-game puzzles.

Incidentally, does anybody remember the original installer for BS with the Breakout clone as it copied across the files? I was useless at is as obviously there was lots of lag, but I've not really seen anything else like it for the PC. Reminds me of Tekken for the PlayStation with Galaga.

Edit: Aaaah, seriously, one minute late to address the points? Blah.