It feels like a update to the original with improved graphics, but to be fair I have only just started playing
It is with tons of other stuff added in. Not sure whether I like the side quests but I have found I`m pausing the game a lot more than I did with the original to plan what to do next. It also has the same unforgiving gameplay as the first in where if you go up the wrong alley its better to scrap the game and start again than struggle with lack of gold etc. Although I keep forgetting to sell the stuff on the Casino.