The story has been elevated far beyond what it was in the original, every character is now much more fleshed out and interesting. Some events have been changed slightly but it almosy always makes it better. The gunplay is improved, as to be expected of it coming two decades after the original. it's servicable. Doesn't elvate the game but doesn't hinder it either. BUT, the game has lost a lot of its charm from the original. A lot of flavour has been shifted, not erased, to make a more compact package. It does make it, however, a fundamentally different experience from the original. I always considered the original be somewhat of an immersive sim with some of its aspects, but this definitive edition seems to be a more consice tool to retell the story of the game in a much more interesting way,
