my neighbor got the renegade edition..a friend of mine got the normal..i didnt really notice much of a difference..if i were to buy one it would be the regular..i still have my guitar from guitar hero 2..dont use it but when a friend does it still works fine..def a situation of taking care of your shit rather than the guitar going bad..im a fan of both eminem and jay-z, but every song on that cd has already been released in some way. if i already have all of eminem and jay-z's shit on my ipod..why would i want a greatest hits cd of songs i already have...im not going to get this game..might get the 2nd once since it will probably be a improvement over the first..not saying anything bad about this one..,but its the first of it's kind for activision and i'm sure they will work out the kinks and make things better the 2nd time around