Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition

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  1. AKIA88
    Nov 13, 2021
    4
    For Rockstar Games is the publisher, this remaster is an absolute catastrophe. I am absolutely disappointed and would not recommend it at the moment. It is almost unplayable on the Playstation 4 because the framerate keeps dropping. Very very sad, Rockstar & Groove Street Games.
  2. damian314159
    Nov 14, 2021
    4
    It's a cash grab, plain and simple. Yeah, the environments look nice, but the game is full of random bugs, and the remodelled characters look like Miis. Grove Street Games should never be allowed to work on these games again.
  3. kinggazz
    Nov 14, 2021
    4
    It’s not the game people want. Fans want GTA 6 and for R* to stop milking past games.
    Only thing they’ve done with this is sharpen the resolution and improve textures and draw distance. Granted it looks better than it did 20 yrs ago but it’s still miles off the pace of modern games. The characters still move like they did in the ps2 era. Only reason i’d play this is for nostalgia.    It’s not the game people want. Fans want GTA 6 and for R* to stop milking past games.
    Only thing they’ve done with this is sharpen the resolution and improve textures and draw distance. Granted it looks better than it did 20 yrs ago but it’s still miles off the pace of modern games. The characters still move like they did in the ps2 era. Only reason i’d play this is for nostalgia. Don’t waste £55!    … Expand
  4. Sameep
    Jan 11, 2023
    4
    Games are brilliant graphics are very bad in terms of improvement and asking it as a full price game criminal by Rockstar.
  5. 3doreviver
    Nov 18, 2021
    3
    The picture feels like somebody applied an instagram filter to it, and it looks horrific. Some AI, not humans, remastered the game. I wonder if any living person has ever played it before the launch. Rain effect makes driving and flying nearly impossible - you can't see a thing. Fake interiors seen through the building's windows don't match the scale of people walking outside and ruin theThe picture feels like somebody applied an instagram filter to it, and it looks horrific. Some AI, not humans, remastered the game. I wonder if any living person has ever played it before the launch. Rain effect makes driving and flying nearly impossible - you can't see a thing. Fake interiors seen through the building's windows don't match the scale of people walking outside and ruin the immersion. Car models get bigger when you wiggle down the road (what?!). The character faces made it to internet memes, especially from San Andreas. The list can go on and on. I'm just happy to own the original versions of Vice City and San Andreas, and they play much better than this "remaster".… Expand
  6. Obicritic
    Nov 23, 2021
    2
    GTA definitive editon

    the release of Rockstars failed GTA Trilogy ' definitive edition' is the perfect example of the state of gaming today. This is the umpteenth broken game release of 2021 and it has made something perfectly clear to me - that the idea of pre-ordering or pre-purchasing any digital content is a terrible idea and something to be avoided from now on. Pre-sales are    GTA definitive editon

    the release of Rockstars failed GTA Trilogy ' definitive edition' is the perfect example of the state of gaming today. This is the umpteenth broken game release of 2021 and it has made something perfectly clear to me - that the idea of pre-ordering or pre-purchasing any digital content is a terrible idea and something to be avoided from now on.

    Pre-sales are driving the companies that make these games to do really stupid stuff , to make some truly terrible decisions and to allow utterly unqualified dev’s to mess up already established games. They sell million of copies before they are even released and have already made a profit before we even play the games they are selling - and so they have no reason to make those games any good because we’re all stupid enough to give them our money based on their promises - which for the past two years have mostly turned out to be lies.

    my take away from 2021 is that I will never ever ever pre-order another video game ever. I will never believe the hype or accept pre-release videos as the truth because we all know how easy it is to make fake in-game video. The recent back to back disastrous releases from multiple labels has brought to light the greedy sickness that is the pre-order system - and has also given me a ton more respect for those few companies who are quietly working on their next game and not trying to sell it to me months or even a year before it comes out based on the weight of their promises.

    The GTA definitive edition was an embarrassment to gaming culture and is just just another nail in the coffin that Rockstar and other once proud game companies seem intent on squeezing their bloated corpses into. That rockstar has re-released the originals and is offering them up as some sort of consolation prize to those unfortunate souls who shelled out $60 to get remasters is just sad , and my faith in the gaming company that once had my loyal fandom has been reduced to me pointing and laughing at them - I mean how to do you break your own game and make it worse for next-gen consoles ? how could they even allow this to be released to the public in such a downgraded state? It is as though they didn’t even play test it before release .. it boggles the mind.

    Final word - this release has taught me a valuable lesson - never pre-purchase any video game ever again.    … Expand
  7. agitated-air
    Nov 26, 2021
    2
    GTA: The Definitive(ly Broken) Edition. There is a lot of disappointment about this remaster of a classic trilogy. Some of it is overstated. For the most part, the visual updates work very well, even if they aren't always consistent - and some of the characters look like they were remodelled by David Lynch on ketamine. There are some welcome new features, namely checkpointing. But this isGTA: The Definitive(ly Broken) Edition. There is a lot of disappointment about this remaster of a classic trilogy. Some of it is overstated. For the most part, the visual updates work very well, even if they aren't always consistent - and some of the characters look like they were remodelled by David Lynch on ketamine. There are some welcome new features, namely checkpointing. But this is pretty much the extent of what has been updated here. This is a glorified reskin, which has somehow left the games technically in a worse shape than they were originally. Some levels are broken, pure and simple. Not even while playing Cyberpunk did I experience so many crashes. That Rockstar were willing to put these games out in the state suggests that they are either incompetent or hold their consumer base in very low esteem. Most likely it is a combination of the two. Even if the many bugs in the trilogy are fully addressed, players will still be left with the same janky gameplay as 15-20 years ago. The developers decided to throw a bucket of fresh paint at the trilogy rather than try and "remaster" some of the game mechanics such that they really are "definitive." It wouldn't have required a revolution, just some tweaks. Would this have really been so difficult?

    For the sake of principle alone, please don't throw money at this car crash of a remaster. It is less Grand Theft Auto rather a grand theft of consumers' money and good will.    … Expand
  8. Prrgangsta
    Nov 12, 2021
    1
    I won't give it a 0 since it is playable but I would rather stick to playing the PS2 versions I downloaded digitally way before Rockstar removed them from the stores
  9. Youngdonkeyy
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    Rockstar you could've done better...There was so much to do with the remaster.
  10. BBing
    Nov 12, 2021
    1
    You sent out C&Ds orders for THIS? It's so buggy, doesn't look good, gameplay is janky and the AI upscaling is the laziest thing... This is TERRIBLE!
  11. Simonyan4ik
    Nov 12, 2021
    1
    Это просто бездарная поделка, играющая на ностальгии игроков. Нужно было либо выпустить нормальный современный ремейк, либо не выпускать вообще, оставив старые версии
  12. KaguyaSama99
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    I have not seen such a disregard for the players for a long time! Who thought of giving the great classics to outsourcing ?!
    And for this you are now judging the mods ?! I hate you, T2 and Rockstar!
  13. 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.
  14. Sum007
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    More bugs, not normal play this game...
    And pay this game full overprice...
    Not cool rockstars
  15. Danny0
    Nov 13, 2021
    1
    This game is trash characters are awful poorly designed so many bugs glitches and definitely not worth a full priced game groove street games really messed up
  16. PaynusTrainus
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    When life couldn't get anymore disappointing. Rockstar took good, fun childhood memories, cashed out and left me playing with a big stinky pile of poo...the trilogy.
  17. Cfcspence
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Disappointing, glitches, bugs seemed like they rushed this. It's a remaster not definitive edition
  18. Pepe_Silvia
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    I really had to make an account for this review. The game is honestly disappointing and thats somehow worse than if it was just bad. You can tell that some things just aren't right, whether it be the character models (we've all seen the screenshots ranging from Vice City to San Andreas) to the background gags. The latter of the two has been explained by them using an AI to upscale and thenI really had to make an account for this review. The game is honestly disappointing and thats somehow worse than if it was just bad. You can tell that some things just aren't right, whether it be the character models (we've all seen the screenshots ranging from Vice City to San Andreas) to the background gags. The latter of the two has been explained by them using an AI to upscale and then simply messing up along the way and thats how we get AR GUITARS instead of AIR GUITARS which kind of ruins the intended joke. For everything they do bad, one thing that was good they added were checkpoints. With how finicky the gameplay can be and the slightest bump can cause you to have to restart a mission, Im glad I dont have to drive all the way back. Theres nothing once the mission starts so nothing really spectacular, it just saves you a few minutes total if youre having a hard time on a mission. The stuff that feels like it was overlooked and left as was gun gameplay as well as car handling and gameplay. It was said to have redefined gun mechanics but the most in vice city is that it may lock on better but it still feels the same, just with a nice upgrade to the graphics. I was also hoping to maybe have some mechanics that have been around since the mid 2010s with GTA IV and V like being able to crouch and move in Vice City. If youre not going to give us better gameplay with guns, can you atleast let me crouch along a wall while also moving? The car gameplay aspect is really the same for better or worse, so ya know, do with that as you will. $60 feels like a blatant rip off and I can't refund this game because the nice 2 hour mark that Sony gives. The bugs dont really start showing until later in the game so youre past the point of return. One thing that is kind of funny is seeing the reactions for the rain, its not awful in Vice City and SA but 3 was hard at times to see literally anything while driving. I havent checked but Ive heard the original trilogy was delisted, and I hope thats wrong because Id hate for them to be taken away and replaced by a team who seemingly ran this series through a washer, ruined jokes by using an AI instead of a person, bettered the quality aside from a bump to the graphics (while sacrificing some character models) and the checkpoint for the start of the mission. This project had no ambition and feels like it was something to pump out by 2021 holidays without genuinely wanting it to be different. Ive heard it be described as "being as you remembered it as a kid" which is accurate. Nothing at the core is changed except youre being charged a AAA game price for a graphic upgrade, and it really isnt even that much of an overhaul. We're not talking about GTA 5 crisp or even GTA IV foot in the doors from SA to 5, it feels like a mobile game at times, those Mafia City type games and its actually really funny when you look at those games and a screen shot of VC. Ive also read that the gym aspect in SA is from the previous mobile version which is just embarrassing. After years of recycling GTA 5 and Online, I was genuinely hoping for just better quality control. Again, Id ideally just not buy it until its on sale for maybe $20ish, and maybe not even then if you were fortunate enough to buy the original trilogy. For a fun ending, Ill talk about a boat checkpoint race that was the deciding factor in this review: The first time my boat landed on another boat and got stuck. I think "Okay, thats not the craziest thing to happen" and quickly move that boat out from under my speedboat. After I do, my boat is stuck in the air and I have to wait until the mission times out. The retry was actually worse because my boat hit a dock 20 seconds in, flew in the air, and got stuck on the post. The really cool thing about VC is that water kills you because youre a grown man who can't swim. So Im stuck inside the boat until the game decides to move me onto the dock, but the kicker is that its not connected to anything so Im stuck. I have to kill myself anyways and lose my items because the game doesnt have the foresight, especially being without the bug, thats almost impossible to do.… Expand
  19. FlareFL
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Disgusting remaster with a bunch of bugs. Those who oversaw the production quality of this remaster are obviously blinded by the greed. Such an attitude of the publisher to the game classics deserves only universal condemnation.
  20. bandguitar
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Disappointed defines how I am about this collection. Several problems and an absurd price for what they delivered.
  21. Chezidek
    Nov 12, 2021
    0
    The most incompetent and lazy remaster that has ever been released!
    Games from one person look better than this misunderstanding from a whole team of developers!
    IT'S A SHAME! The original games look better, they have style, the remasters are terribly ugly, it's unpleasant to look at them, it's disgusting! There were a lot of bugs and ridiculous situations and scenes that were not in the    The most incompetent and lazy remaster that has ever been released!
    Games from one person look better than this misunderstanding from a whole team of developers!
    IT'S A SHAME! The original games look better, they have style, the remasters are terribly ugly, it's unpleasant to look at them, it's disgusting! There were a lot of bugs and ridiculous situations and scenes that were not in the originals.
    GTA Trilogy is garbage that deserves to be thrown into the landfill!
    The most disgusting thing is that now there is no way to buy normal-original games!
    I know that a remaster was engaged by another team, but this misery is published under the brand Rockstar and it defiles the name of the company, I never would have thought that under the brand of GTA can leave something so disgusting!
    GTA Vice City for 20 years my favorite game but now she's terribly disfigured, it looks worse than Lego worlds, and this toy is not suitable style drama about the criminal Tommy Vercetti!
    I feel the maximum disgust for what has been done with these great games! It's like I stepped in dog sh*t after playing the updated versions!    … Expand
  22. justdreamseeker
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Are You kidding me!?Are You kidding me!?Are You kidding me!?Are You kidding me!?Are You kidding me!?
    This SHXT had to paty $60!?
  23. winzentween
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Disclosure. I own the pc one or I did until it was pulled and now doesn't work but my family has the ps4 version on pro and I guess vanilla. So I've played it for a few hrs. On pro it runs like a game from a decade ago but on vanilla it's just a sloppy mess. Honestly who cares at this point..you know its bad..we all know its a con...it's all just such a shame. Let's imagine it was bugDisclosure. I own the pc one or I did until it was pulled and now doesn't work but my family has the ps4 version on pro and I guess vanilla. So I've played it for a few hrs. On pro it runs like a game from a decade ago but on vanilla it's just a sloppy mess. Honestly who cares at this point..you know its bad..we all know its a con...it's all just such a shame. Let's imagine it was bug free and ran well...If that was true this be an ok game but it's not been updated in a way which makes it fun so still only a 6 at best. I hate what was has become.… Expand
  24. Haxpeh
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    Ну вот зачем я купил это? Прицеливание в игре это особый уровень мазохизма. Графика ужасная.
  25. arostislavna
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Update: A MOD of a mobile game is hardly "unexpected technical issues"...

    They dragged 3 old retail games to the AI upscaler, redesigned characters with ugly artwork, and released it in 1-2 weeks after conversion AND charged full price LMAO ___________________________________________________________ Broken, awkward character redesigns, highlighted enemy targets, missing the    Update: A MOD of a mobile game is hardly "unexpected technical issues"...

    They dragged 3 old retail games to the AI upscaler, redesigned characters with ugly artwork, and released it in 1-2 weeks after conversion AND charged full price LMAO
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    Broken, awkward character redesigns, highlighted enemy targets, missing the soundtrack because of the god damn copyright police, and missing content that would make it a "definitive edition".

    Unreal engine 4 is the most generic engine ever, and this "remaster" was in the hands of a studio that makes mobile games, therefore devoid of detail, and it's as if they used clip art to populate their assets. How come Vice City's BURGERSHOT has menu images of BURRITOS AND TACOS???

    The real disappointment is that Rockstar Cease & Desisted all the mods available for the original PC versions just to provide us with this subpar garbage.

    What a joke... just play the originals.    … Expand
  26. MilanYildirim
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    You make a remaster which literally no one asked but at least make it run fine. Imagine a game from ps2 cannot run well at PS4. Such a cash grab move. I lost my faith on Rockstar after this ****
  27. marshallu2018
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    I was so excited for this remastered trilogy, and I even pre-ordered it. I rarely pre-order games, and it turns out that games like this are why I never preorder. I have a sour taste in my mouth after seeing the plethora of glitches that were carried over from the mobile releases of these games, and the character models are constantly looking like some kind of deformed beast from a horrorI was so excited for this remastered trilogy, and I even pre-ordered it. I rarely pre-order games, and it turns out that games like this are why I never preorder. I have a sour taste in my mouth after seeing the plethora of glitches that were carried over from the mobile releases of these games, and the character models are constantly looking like some kind of deformed beast from a horror game. The environments look decent, but you better pray it never rains in any of the games because the rain looks more like milk, and it falls in a very visible grid-like pattern. The white rain makes it difficult to see where you're going as well. I truly expected better from Rockstar games, the same people who brought masterpieces such as GTA IV, GTA V, and both Red Dead Redemption games. I know Rockstar didn't personally work on this remaster, but they had to have overseen and/or greenlit the project for final release, so they're just as complacent in this as Grove Street Games.… Expand
  28. Destinylver
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    It has to be 0 because its a remaster and its factually less than the original with way more bugs and grpahical issues. I was hoping this be good as wasnt rockstar good once? This is like that awful cyber punk game ..just a mess and kind of a scam. Id say play it first but uts been pulled from sale so yeah just a sad pathetic mess from a once great company. This is why we dont ger rdr2It has to be 0 because its a remaster and its factually less than the original with way more bugs and grpahical issues. I was hoping this be good as wasnt rockstar good once? This is like that awful cyber punk game ..just a mess and kind of a scam. Id say play it first but uts been pulled from sale so yeah just a sad pathetic mess from a once great company. This is why we dont ger rdr2 dlc (smh).

    Edit: apparently they banned the mods and removed the original games from stores so im changing my 0 to a minus 10 :(    … Expand
  29. Eliteswish
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    The fact that they removed all mods and the actual originals of the games from their stores is as SCUMMY and SHADY as a company can get. Their poor excuse of “keeping the feeling of the originals” is a laughably bad one as it just makes their poor effort into this project look a bit less awful. Do. Not. Support. This. Mess.
  30. Abood4wvx
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just bad urjdjdkddkdbdhdjdjdhdbdbdbdbdididjdhdbdbdbdbddhdhdjdjdjdjdjdjdido… Expand
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  1. PSX Extreme
    Nov 18, 2021
    73
    While it has its rough edges, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is a worthwhile remaster of three classic titles. Its visual overhaul prevents these games from feeling overly dated, and the quality-of-life improvements modernize the experience in a way that meets today’s standards. Sure, its new art style and character models won’t mesh well with everyone, but it may grow on gamers as time goes by. And sure, while these aren’t the “definitive” editions we expected, this is an admirable attempt to introduce three groundbreaking games to a new generation, and I’m glad it exists.
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