Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition

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0.6

Overwhelming dislike- based on 6058 Ratings

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  1. gamelover_69420
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Never in my life thought that I would get scammed by Rockstar out of all companies in the world.
  2. josesabor
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Dont buy this. Just play the og games on pc or ps2. But dont give money to Grove street Games, rockstar or T2 for this
  3. gadzilla
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    this is a disappointment and a slap in the face for all fans of the GTA series. this is by far the worst rockstar game ever. Effective marketers and managers have killed a great game.
  4. EasternUNO
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    I spent $60 on this game and it disappeared from rockstar library after client update! I have never seen anything like that before.

    EDITED on 17/11/2021: Ok, so the game was unavailable for 48 hours. Now it's playable again and I have to point out few annoying things. 1) When I want to load the game, I don't know which saved game to load, because there is even no time showing you    I spent $60 on this game and it disappeared from rockstar library after client update! I have never seen anything like that before.

    EDITED on 17/11/2021: Ok, so the game was unavailable for 48 hours. Now it's playable again and I have to point out few annoying things.

    1) When I want to load the game, I don't know which saved game to load, because there is even no time showing you when the game was saved!

    2) I have very powerful $4000+ gaming setup and I am having below 40 FPS when driving fast in 4K resolution (RX 6900 XT 16 GB + 16 GB DDR4 4000 MHz + i9-9900KS 5GHz all cores)!

    3) Audio, AI, physics are all unchanged from the original GTA series

    4) The only good thing about this definitive edition are modernized controls, so GTA Vice city is normally playable on modern computers. When I tried to play the original game, the controls were so bad that I decided to stop playing completely. That's why I give this game 1 point for improving this thing. Graphics are not that much better than original series and for example rain looks terrible.    … Expand
  5. ArshKhan47
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    I hate to say this, but this remaster is worse than Call of Duty Vanguard and Cyberpunk 2077, WORST REMASTER EVER, Rockstar and Take Two is basically becoming the next EA, Activision and CD Projekt Red, they are trying to pull off the cyberpunk, how could you go from RDR2 which is a masterpiece to this piece of **** I would have rather preferred GTA 4 Remastered and RDR 1 Remake over thisI hate to say this, but this remaster is worse than Call of Duty Vanguard and Cyberpunk 2077, WORST REMASTER EVER, Rockstar and Take Two is basically becoming the next EA, Activision and CD Projekt Red, they are trying to pull off the cyberpunk, how could you go from RDR2 which is a masterpiece to this piece of **** I would have rather preferred GTA 4 Remastered and RDR 1 Remake over this stupid GTA Triogy so called Definitive Edition and it isn't made by Rockstar, it's made by a company who were responsible for the broken Mobile port of GTA San Andreas on PS3, Xbox 360 and Mobile, the character models are awful, gunplay is awfulbugs, glitches, terrible rain, frame rate stutter issues, censorship, removed music from radio stations etc. Why couldn't they make Rockstar Dundee or North work on these Remasters, Don't Blame Grove Street Games aka Wardrum studios, Blame Rockstar and Take Two for making GSG work on the Remasters again, this Remaster is a joke and a cashgrab and slapped the 60 dollar price tag for this piece of ****, Mods are better, even modded versions look better than these Remasters, Don't buy these piece of **** even pirating is not worth it better off play the original trilogy and pirate it since Rockstar removed the og trilogy to sell this cashgrab, I would have rate 3 or 4 stars over the graphical improvements, texture upgrades, gta 5 style controller layouts, keeping the og cheats, increased draw distance etc. but I am giving 0 stars after what Rockstar and Take Two did to the modding community by Removing fan made mods, reverse engineered projects, famous 3D universe map Mods like GTA Underground and GTA 5 Map Mods etc. And slapping 60 dollars when you could Remaster yourself the og trilogy games for free using mods, so I advise you guys to not buy this trash and buy Battlefield 2042 or Elden Ring instead, Battlefield portal properly Remastered BF1942, Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3 and you can play these games together instead of separately, I am surely Boycotting this game and we should all boycott ROCKSTAR Games and Take Two for treating the community like garbage and how they are milking GTA 5 for 3 generations of consoles over GTA Online and Selling overpriced Shark Cards and how they Abandoned RDR2, single player DLCs for all games and Red Dead Online over GTA Online and not fixing the opressor Mk2 and godmode glitch but patching fun glitches for GTA Online and removing single player mods but NOT removing GTA Online and Red Dead Online mods which can ruin your experience and track your IP address and you can't play GTA Online and Red Dead Online on PC unless if you use VPN, Rockstar hasn't even added dedicated servers and Anti cheat for 8 goddamn years but Activision is finally adding an anti cheat after 2 years for Call of Duty especially Warzone, so I advise you guys to join forces and boycott Rockstar and Take Two until they listen to the community and fixes all the problems, we need Rockstar to do better, it all went downfall when Leslie Benzes, Lazlow Jones and Dan Houser left, I was a huge fan of Rockstar games and my first game was modded vice city and I started gaming with GTA and seeing this makes me extremely sad, and it's extremely sad to see fanboys defend this **** like their first game was gta 5 and gta online, At this point I think GTA 6 should be delayed by 2030 after seeing this buggy trilogy, if it wasn't for GTA Online, Bully 2 would have already come out, you ruined our childhood, you ruined the og feel of this game with this **** and Take Two said AAA games should be polished and fixed before release but then releases a broken game, that explains why they haven't shown us raw gameplay footage before release… Expand
  6. Joaozin3
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    total disrespect to this iconic franchise and all the fans of the classic GTAs, just a sloppy pose that tarnishes the company's image and extracts money from the thrilled, for free would be expensive.
  7. GtaFanMan69
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    To say that I am disappointed is to say nothing. Once again I was convinced that Rockstar is not the same, since they give their great games to just anyone.
    1) Bad optimization
    2) Horrible character models
    3) Bugs
    4) Unreasonably high price
    5) Intimidation and lawsuits against moderators
    All this makes you give a bad rating to your game.
  8. SayingNothing
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Are you judging the mods who have kept your games alive for years ?! How dare you?!
    Hey, cowardly corporation reading this.
    GTA SA is a part of my childhood, so it is better for you to stay away from LA, because if I find out that next to me is a T2 or Rockstar employee, I will personally ask him for everything! 4) Unreasonably high price 5) Intimidation and lawsuits against moderators    Are you judging the mods who have kept your games alive for years ?! How dare you?!
    Hey, cowardly corporation reading this.
    GTA SA is a part of my childhood, so it is better for you to stay away from LA, because if I find out that next to me is a T2 or Rockstar employee, I will personally ask him for everything!
    4) Unreasonably high price
    5) Intimidation and lawsuits against moderators
    All this makes you give a bad rating to your game.    … Expand
  9. Xablowisky
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    Disappointing and expensive. It feels like an offense to the franchise. Don't buy it.
  10. Ali10079
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    This game is just a trash
    I don't know why Rockstar publish this game.
    Save your money and don't buy this game. :)
  11. Jarino23
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    Another nostalgia has fallen, just like Warcraft III: Reforged :( WHAT ARE THEY THINKING??
  12. eravalk
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    Why did I decide to give a rating of 0 out of 10? as it turned out everything with this game is very bad. the game seems to be released on a new engine, the difference between the originals can be simplified up to 20 years, but at the same time it looks worse than the originals. plasticine game models of people, not fixed bugs that have existed since the release. a lazy port of the game toWhy did I decide to give a rating of 0 out of 10? as it turned out everything with this game is very bad. the game seems to be released on a new engine, the difference between the originals can be simplified up to 20 years, but at the same time it looks worse than the originals. plasticine game models of people, not fixed bugs that have existed since the release. a lazy port of the game to a new engine, like UE4, an engine that showed the world what games could be, but instead got a fan game made by students of 3 people who worked in unity. well, now it's better to paint in detail
    - disgusting game models of the NPC and the game character, not only do they have disgusting 3D models, and the textures are very poorly drawn.
    - censorship, once this studio was not afraid to make fun of Hilary after what she did to them, and now Phil's character is being censored
    -drawing, they made it huge, but when you see another city from the roof of a building, it's not very good

    the verdict is this, the game definitely doesn't deserve a score,
    I took away 5 points for terrible plasticine models that lose sims 4 in elaboration
    I took 3 points for terrible optimization, disgusting rain, texture glitches, lack of coalition.
    I took away 2 balls for its price. a reissue of this level does not cost $ 60. if you say that I buy 3 games for $ 20, I would rather buy other games, which I advise you, even better to buy the original parts in a physical copy.
    I took away 2 points for the policy of the company, in particular the DMCA. a scandal with modders who made improved versions of old GTA parts because of which they had to completely stop developing mods.
    I will add 2 points only because of some graphic elements, but this is not the merit of the developers, but the merit of the engine.

    verdict, don't buy this. for that kind of money, you can find anything better than this product. if you want to buy it, think 20 times before that, no one will fix it later, modders will not at least somehow improve it after all that they had to endure.
    Well, if there are any mistakes in words, this is not my native language, I cannot write everything correctly.    … Expand
  13. DIamonderos
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    This trilogy and the way Rockstar handles things is most pathetic, disgusting thing i have ever seen in modern video game history. This is This trilogy and the way Rockstar handles things is most pathetic, disgusting thing i have ever seen in modern video game history. This is next level bad.
  14. nNeFeroN
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    This release is a scam from Rockstar. They ruined everything what was possible. What is this "Updated for a new generation, now with across-the-board enhancements including brilliant new lighting and environmental upgrades, high-resolution textures, increased draw distances, Grand Theft Auto V-style controls and targeting, and much more" ? It is nothing. All textures are trash. SimplyThis release is a scam from Rockstar. They ruined everything what was possible. What is this "Updated for a new generation, now with across-the-board enhancements including brilliant new lighting and environmental upgrades, high-resolution textures, increased draw distances, Grand Theft Auto V-style controls and targeting, and much more" ? It is nothing. All textures are trash. Simply don't believe in their sweet words. They sued so many modders who made incredible mods of VC, SA and then released this peace of crap for 60$, while modders didn't ask for any donations. Shame on Rockstar… Expand
  15. wwwaaasssd
    Nov 13, 2021
    6
    Very bad remaster. Shame on Rockstar if you make good games the remasters are terrible.
  16. EcoGoose
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Really awful cash grabber. Most aspects are just ruined, colors are awful, no weather effects like sun blinks, awful color temperature. All “film like” picture is now ruined, it looks like 1$ steam game made in 2 hours
  17. Edo461
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    I'm paying $60, and I can't play the game for the second day in a row. Terrible attitude to customers.
  18. t-j-300
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. He would have sold $ 30 **** that we wouldn't have said anything about, but this is shameful especially for a studio like rockstar, which has accustomed us to more quality.… Expand
  19. blurrydeaf
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the covid19 or the devs(lazy and love money) make destory the games classic...… Expand
  20. riccardoman
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    I will not even waste my time by listing the plethora of old issues and NEW issues these games have. It is just staggering that the same company that kickstarted the open world genre has now come to this. Deception, legal persecutions made from ignorance and laziness are not a good business practice
  21. GTA_6
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    I wanted a great game Make history in Video Games like the old days but we got a low end graphics mod w/ some Lights
    What the f*** is going on in Rockstar Games ?
  22. MrViper
    Nov 12, 2021
    1
    what can i say...annoying bugs...very trash textures and models for a remaster... performance issue... the none remastered version is so much better to play
  23. Agrail
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Невероятное дерьмо. Они удалили оригинальные игры из магазинов твари!!!!
  24. MuhBroment
    Nov 12, 2021
    1
    Thanks so much Rockstar! You made a re-release that is worse than the original games! Wait you also took down mods AND the original games? Thank you again. Awesome stuff. Go **** yourselves R*
  25. OkayNowImAngry
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    This trilogy and the way Rockstar handles things is most pathetic, disgusting thing i have ever seen in modern video game history. This is next level bad. Why is Rockstar Launcher still down? Over a day? Are you kidding me? ....
  26. NoHopeLeft
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    Rockstar just proved that there's absolutely no hope left for that company. All talented people have clearly left Rockstar long time ago. Whoever made this remaster have absolutely no talent. Nothing. They didn't improve any of the main problems of original games, while this was PERFECT opportunity for this. San Andreas was best they could do in 2004. It was revolutionary. Is this remasterRockstar just proved that there's absolutely no hope left for that company. All talented people have clearly left Rockstar long time ago. Whoever made this remaster have absolutely no talent. Nothing. They didn't improve any of the main problems of original games, while this was PERFECT opportunity for this. San Andreas was best they could do in 2004. It was revolutionary. Is this remaster best they can do now? Even if they wanted to keep original feel, they failed, because there's none of it. They removed all the fog and they think that's okay? Map looks like minecraft now. What the hell? Even GTA 5 doesn't have that much draw-distance. No game should have so much draw distance and even then, every game has some fog covered areas, etc. You are not supposed to see EVERYTHING on map. That completely ruins the immersion. By the way San Andreas map is not actually that small, it is pretty big, they just managed to ruin the immersion by removing any atmosphere. In gta 3 and vice city you still can't climb over anything, still can't swim. This makes no sense. You could have just copied San Andreas swimming and climbing animation and add it to 3 and Vice City, but i guess they are not talented enough to do that with 2 years of development time. All they can do is making ugly inconsistent textures and copy pasting same Palm trees all over the maps.… Expand
  27. angmarec
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    I thought it is impossible to make remaster worse than warcraft 3 refunded, but rockstar did it. This game is even worse. Low fps, all old bugs + tons of new, horrible compressed sounds, and cherry on a cake - new models and textures generated by ml. Looks really bad
  28. waltherwhite
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    DO NOT BUY THAT FOR $60. A company which makes doznes of millions of dollars from GTA online just tries to screw us, by selling for an AAA game price three 20 years old games with a couple of new lights, destroyed character models and the same exact engine. Just download some mods to the original games- it will look WAY better. By buying that you're destroying the market and allow toDO NOT BUY THAT FOR $60. A company which makes doznes of millions of dollars from GTA online just tries to screw us, by selling for an AAA game price three 20 years old games with a couple of new lights, destroyed character models and the same exact engine. Just download some mods to the original games- it will look WAY better. By buying that you're destroying the market and allow to continue treating consumers like trash. The largest gaming disappointment in recent years.… Expand
  29. Melcor
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    A broken and ugly downgrade in every regard.

    A look at any screenshot should suffice to realize the mess Rockstar published here. But look a bit deeper and you'll realize just how broken this de-master really is. From new game-breaking bugs to typos to broken 3D models, missing effects, etc. The list goes on and on. Stay away.
  30. JunaCrawford
    Nov 12, 2021
    1
    Absolute garbage!!! The graphics are terrible, the music from the PS2 and Xbox version have been removed. Play the original versions or pc please.
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  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 7, 2021
    30
    Rockstar dropped the ball on this remaster. The cars and other moving models look like plastic toys and the cities look like polished excrement. The contrast between the environment and the models is horrible and the list of bugs is long and obnoxious. Quality of life changes are the only redeeming part of this remaster that does no favours for fans or newcomers. Skip it until they either fix it or let the moders do their job.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Dec 7, 2021
    50
    I cannot currently recommend Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition on the PC, and a lot has to happen until I do. The truth is that I've had a decent amount of fun with this remaster; part of it is based on nostalgia, and part of it is based on some ridiculous, unavoidable bugs that weren't as frequent as I'd feared. Given all of these issues and the abysmal performance of the three games on the PC, I'd stay away from the trilogy until several major updates have been released. Even then, this remaster may not be for everyone.
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  3. GameSpace
    Nov 29, 2021
    50
    Overall, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was set up to be one of the best things for GTA fans and it failed to hit that mark. It will now be remembered as a failure to launch title but I am sure Rockstar will step in and continue to fix some items within their game world.
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