As someone who beat the original multiple times, and completed a sizeable chunk of the GC version, I feel no obligation to retrain myself to suffer through the half broken, busted ass OG controls -- that badge of honor has been won & worn. In fact trying them out last night made me want to yack all over my DS4. The updated control scheme is better in every conceivable way, making what's still a beautifully atmospheric feast for the senses more palatable than ever before.
Props to the masochists out there who can suspend disbelief and play through REmake like they live in a world where rudimentary 3D controls haven't been mastered yet; you're more hardcore than me.