What exactly does the Director cut add?

[FlyBoogy]

I have the regular version from EGS and I got bored after about 20 hours. Does the DC add gameplay features or make the playthrough more interesting?

[Barmy Deer 𝝙]

Director's Cut NEW FEATURES

*DualSense feedback support!

*Strand Contracts with Friends!

*Graphic enhancements (e.g., DLSS Quality & Performance, sharpness, fluids reflections).

*New story missions and standard orders.

*New game modes (e.g., extra stealth missions, ranked orders, firing range, drills, boss replays, racing, leaderboards).

MINOR SPOILERS:
* New map locations (i.e., Ruined Factory in the Eastern Region).
* New roads (i.e., connecting Distribution Centre South of Lake Knot to Mountain Knot, race track behind Timefall Farm).
* New abilities (i.e., riding zip-lines with carriers, running attacks, rest on the bike, grab cargo from the bike).
* New vehicles (i.e., Roadster, Trike Transporter).
* New structures (i.e., cargo catapult, jump ramp, chiral bridge).
* New equipment (i.e., buddy bot, stabiliser, jetpack, solar powered support skeleton!)
* New weapons (i.e., maser gun, turret).
* New customisations (i.e., pod and backpack patches, new colours for accessories and equipment, new holograms, new music tracks, new signs).

[VisciousFishes]

A new ability to tie down cargo to floating carriers with the strand weapon. The game never tells you this but it is easily THE BEST upgrade to the whole game.

[lonesh33p]

Originally posted by MORGENMUFFEL:

A new ability to tie down cargo to floating carriers with the strand weapon. The game never tells you this but it is easily THE BEST upgrade to the whole game.

Actually that is mentioned pretty early in the manual/tips.

Ordinarily I don't like to sound like a know-it-all, but I just spent 15 fruitless minutes perusing the manual and felt I should have something to show for it. (Maybe the devs added that tip after reading an earlier comment of yours.)

[Laptop]

Originally posted by FlyBoogy:

I have the regular version from EGS and I got bored after about 20 hours. Does the DC add gameplay features or make the playthrough more interesting?

The Director's Cut adds some features and interesting content but nothing groundbreaking.

I will say that the original 2019 game was a "complete product." Yes it makes sense to buy the Director's Cut now if you want to pick it up but I wouldn't say the 2019 game was missing anything.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by lonesh33p:

Actually that is mentioned pretty early in the manual/tips.

Ordinarily I don't like to sound like a know-it-all, but I just spent 15 fruitless minutes perusing the manual and felt I should have something to show for it. (Maybe the devs added that tip after reading an earlier comment of yours.)

Pass. I found it by accident when I first played DC after it released. Sorry to hear about your manual diving. (I read that thread and the battery has always been like that AFAIK.) Could be that someone heard me but I doubt it. I don't recall complaining about it back in the release window.

I don't read manuals very often. Especially in game manuals. If I am menu diving for information then supply me with a real physical manual, please.

[Sascha]

1 addition in episode 1:
Route planing tutorial

9 new main missions:
2 story orders available in episode 2 (No. 77/78)
1 story order available in episode 15 (No. 79)
3 vog-preserved resources orders (No. 80/81/82)
3 porter carrying rescue orders (No. 83/84/85)

40 new side missions:
Order No. 600-639

1 new location:
Ruined Factory area available in the eastern region

1 new facility:
Firing Range with 28 Drills

1 new highway:
Route 41 can now be built in mountainous areas

New racetrack:
Fragile Circuit (Complete order No. 35, then read yellow-letter email from Thomas Southerland, go to the south of the Timefall Farm and build it)

1 new additon to enemy camps:
Camps now feature Mounted Machine Guns from episode 5 onwards

New combat mechanics:
Upgraded melee system with three new moves (Body Slam, Drop Kick, Knee Strike)
Mounted Machine guns can be used by the player
BB gets "excited" for short periods when entertained enough. During this time, he can repel bullets and BTs are shown while walking

New mechanics:
One floating carrier can be taken with you on a Zip Line
Cargo, chiral crystals, cryptobiotes can be picked up while on Reverse Trike
Strands can be used to tie down cargo loaded on floaters, buddy bots and reverse trikes. Tying them down prevents the cargo from falling off even in a severe fall & prevents attacks that take away the cargo

New delivery equipment:
Support Skeleton (Order No. 77)
Cargo Catapult (Order No. 46)
Jump Ramp (Order No. 80)
Chiral Bridge (Order No. 81)
Buddy Bot (Order No. 83)

New backpack equipment :
Spare Ammo Pouch (Lv. 2) (Complete all 28 Firing Rage Drills with B-S Rank)
Stabilizer (Lv. 3) (5 Stars at Mountain Knot City)
Extra Battery (Lv. 4) (5 Stars at Distro North of Mountain Knot City)

3 new vehicles:
Roadster (S-Rank in any Roadster race)
Roadster Long Range (S-Rank in all four Roadster races)
Reversed Trike: Transporter (4 Stars at Lake Knot City)

1 new weapon:
Maser Gun (Order No. 77)

8 new songs:
Apocalyptica - “Path” (Complete Episode 1)
Apocalyptica - “Path Vol. 2” (Complete Episode 1)
Biting Elbows - "Alone" (Complete Episode 1)
Biting Elbows - "Control" (Order No. 83)
Biting Elbows - "Other Me" (Order No. 85)
Midge Ure - "Fragile" (Complete Episode 1)
Woodkid - "Goliath" (Order No. 78)
Woodkid - "Pale Yellow" (Order No. 77)

New music:
Ludvig Forssell - Car Go Fast (Used for race track)
Ludvig Forssell - Dredge (Additional BT music)
Ludvig Forssell - Factory (New mule/terrorist action music)
Ludvig Forssell - Over The Threshold (Used for race track)
Ludvig Forssell - Pizza Time (Used for pizza delivery missions)
Ludvig Forssell - Scourge (Used for big Catcher BT fights)
Ludvig Forssell - Tryouts (Used for firing range time attack)
Ludivg Forssell - UCA Pacific Highway 46 (Used for race track)

New additions to the private room:
2 DOOMs Nightmare cutscenes
Nightmare Battles (Revisit boss fights)

New online functions:
Friend Play (Friends can be added as strand contracts) (Bridge Link Lv. 10)
Ranked Boss battles with leaderboards
Ranked Drills with leaderboards
Ranked Orders with leaderboards
Ranked Races with leaderboards

New controller functions:
DualSense Haptic Feedback
DualSense Adaptive Trigger
DualSense Edge Support

New graphics:
Improved water effects

New technology:
NVIDIA Image Scaling
NVIDIA DLSS 2.3.7 (updated version)
AMD FSR 1.0
AMD FSR 2.0
Intel XeSS 1.1

Other:
Updates, improvements and additons to ui, compass mode, fast travel, tips, options etc.
Backpack Patches, BB Pod Colors/Customization, Buddy Bot Colors, new holograms, new interview data, ludens ducks in hot springs etc.