"Indeed it is, and it is a decent game though 2K did change some things up from the classic edition that the original dev team did. Like the very opening is almost identical save for in the classic Tommy the character you play as is the one who comes to the diner that the detective Norman was already at, while the definitive edition switches it around so Detective Norman is the one who comes to the diner while Tommy is the one already there. They also changed the beginning cutscene to Tommy's retelling of how things started and its associated gameplay moment. I mean its technically the same but the classic had a longer chase seen before Paulie and Sam crash and run into Tommy and only have one car to get away from. While the definitive edition has Paulie and Sam crash much sooner and they upped the number of cars to get away from to like 4. Though so far that is all I know of, wanting to play through the classic first."