I have this and the NL steelbook and I prefer the NL. The one thing it has going for it is the lack of banners, but the cover is zoomed out more compared to the NL so it looks like there's wasted space. The sword and shield are still shiny, but Russell Crowe's body is a sticker or plastic piece pasted on the steelbook. I'm not sure how to describe that properly, but if you have the Thor or True Grit steelbooks, you should know what I'm talking about. Anyway, that combined with the fact that its only one disc and the NL version has inside artwork makes that version better IMO.