It's the same exact game, with sidequests and extras and better graphics. You can groan about the 'feel' all day long, but when it comes down to it, the feel is different for everyone. The feel is a connection to the game. No, I havent played it yet. No, I dont know if everyone will have the same 'mystical connection feel' to it as to the original. My point remains that it makes no sense to buy the original, which looks horrid, when a remake is out right around the corner. I'm not stopping anyone from clinging to the original to get that little 'feel'.