SOA one of my fave games ever.
Me I loved it enough to get both versions.
SOAL has some sidestory stuff but does not affect the core game really but fun to have.
The sound quality is worse on SOAL not by much though.
SOAL does make a few minor edits in cut scenes to fit it on the cube disc.
SOA is on 2 disks.
In the end I don't think either one is really better or worse,mostly just minor differences. Either one you can't go wrong.
As for controller,not first party and never heard of 3rd party one either but you can easily find a cable extender cheap.







