paladin181: Ugh those incredibad boss fights tho.
DC is a must just for that. And integrating the missing link directly into the game was a good choice.
StingingVelvet: Integrating it was a bad choice, because it throws balance off completely. You get a massive dump of upgrades at the end of the game, and the pacing is way off. It works best as its own thing, same as Mankind Divided's DLC. Also the "Director's Cut" removes most of the gold filter which the game was designed around, making it look ugly and weird. Also, on my old PC anyway, the original release runs better.
The added boss fight options are nice (though honestly I never had an issue with the originals, other than feeling out of place in a pacifist run) but it doesn't make up for those issues IMO. I very much recommend the original game.
that the original version isn't sold anymore. Also, I recommend disabling the pre-order DLCs because they trivialize the difficulty early on and it has a stupid bonus mission that also alters the pacing.