Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition

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Overwhelming dislike- based on 4152 Ratings

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  1. Kadhem
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    There are a few "good" things, the lighting, draw distance, and some colour schemes..
    But the character models are trash, no effort was put in if we consider all of the bugs.
    It's a cash-grab at the expense of nostalgia. It's even more bitter when you realize this is why they shut down all those mods and removed the original games from the store. Prioritizing profit over customer    There are a few "good" things, the lighting, draw distance, and some colour schemes..
    But the character models are trash, no effort was put in if we consider all of the bugs.
    It's a cash-grab at the expense of nostalgia.
    It's even more bitter when you realize this is why they shut down all those mods and removed the original games from the store.
    Prioritizing profit over customer satisfaction will be this -once great- company's doom...    … Expand
  2. Thrillhausen
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Very dissapointed with this. I have played all of the originals and understand that this is a remaster. This cannot be called 'Definitive' with missing songs, bad frame rates and terrible graphic style for the characters. Avoid.
  3. gtcaiofr
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Não joguem essa versão cagada, não existe fator nostalgia, acabaram com o que era esses gta, agora é só um monte de bost* cheia de bug… Expand
  4. HonestGamerR
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    At this point I believe the game companies care only about maximizing profit.This ,, DEFINITIVE EDITION '' Is just a sick joke and a new way to milk the Grand Theft Auto franchise and who knows maybe they do the same with Bully or Red Dead Redemption.An honest opinion about the game?
    Its horrible.
  5. ardaglr_6
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    It's Very Bad... No Rockstar... It's Very Bad... No Rockstar... It's Very Bad... No Rockstar... It's Very Bad... No Rockstar... It's Very Bad... No Rockstar... It's Very Bad... No Rockstar... It's Very Bad... No Rockstar... It's Very Bad... No Rockstar...
  6. BoltStriker
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    This bundle is the best possible definition of the term nostalgia influenced cash grab, there were mods for the original version that made them look better then this self entitled "definitive edition"
  7. MetaCriticCraft
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    original was better this (new)version just like trash and i vote 1 just for effort (time wasting)
  8. Nelzon10
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Horrible game. Remastering sucks. They have to learn from Mafia remastering
  9. DrDark23
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Bugs, fps drop and more problems Está uma bosta resumindo, puta que pariu 300 para vir com mais bugs que cyberpunk
  10. NikkoBelik
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Куча багов. Визуальная чать вырвиглазная, хуче, чем в оригинале… Expand
  11. Argner
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Это не ремастер, а херня из под коня.
    Если бы наняли модеров, получилось бы значительно лучше. ФПС просядает, частые баги. А Томи Версетти и брутального мужика превратился в отьевжегося пирога. Отстой!
  12. GabryelCardoso
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Os gráficos estão até que razoáveis, mas os personagens estão horríveis, fora os bugs e algumas coisas que removeram, parece que o jogo está até na "Alpha"
  13. pewpaw
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    It doesn't have to be worth the money. Too many bugs and too little work done.
  14. Iwanchy
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Apart from the love to these games i totally hate Take Two for making my child hood memories ruined, the game has 20 year old bugs that i think are important and should be patched after 20 years… just disappointed really im totally not going to spend 55£ on this game, maybe when its going to be on a steam sale or something but at this point i just dont care anymore… sad but true
  15. Dumblegus
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Grand Theft Auto III is still a great game when played on PS2. It was revolutionary for it’s open world, themes, and variety of game play styles. My review is of the “remastering” not the original content. After spending 20+ hours with this “remaster” of GTA III, I had to accept it’s failure to give me anything I’d consider an improvement beyond adding a weapon/radio wheel. Yes, theyGrand Theft Auto III is still a great game when played on PS2. It was revolutionary for it’s open world, themes, and variety of game play styles. My review is of the “remastering” not the original content. After spending 20+ hours with this “remaster” of GTA III, I had to accept it’s failure to give me anything I’d consider an improvement beyond adding a weapon/radio wheel. Yes, they softened the textures, upresed everything, redid the lighting, and expanded the field of view. All these changes have done is highlight the age and jank of these games. Vice City and San Andreas are more of the same, but to a lesser extreme as they were originally a bit less jankey. These are the worst remasters of games that are begging to be remade I have ever played.… Expand
  16. oPowerPlug
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Traz algumas novidades mas não vale nem um pouco a pena pagar R$320 em jogos antigos pro launcher da rockstar simplesmente parar, por isso essa é a minha nota pro "novo" jogo da rockstar
  17. Milei
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Un port mal hecho. Deficiente y con errores. La comunidad demostró hacer más con mods que la propia desarrolladora. Lamentable pasar por un pináculo como rdr2 a estos personajes de plastilina. Lo peor esque los caraduras te lo venden a 60 dólares como se atreven tremenda estafa por nada nuevo. Lamentable por parte de rockstar
  18. Gustavovasco12
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
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  19. JohnMegaHard
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Honestly... I didn't expect a disaster like this coming from an amazing developer like Rockstar Games. Are they seriously calling THIS a remaster? The game is costing an absurd amount here in Brazil and as if that wasn't enough, they deliver the game that way for all of us...
    What a shame, what a shame. That's what makes wanting to put such an important project in the hands of people who    Honestly... I didn't expect a disaster like this coming from an amazing developer like Rockstar Games. Are they seriously calling THIS a remaster? The game is costing an absurd amount here in Brazil and as if that wasn't enough, they deliver the game that way for all of us...
    What a shame, what a shame. That's what makes wanting to put such an important project in the hands of people who aren't even able to do it right at all.    … Expand
  20. fadilmarssy
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    So many bug , just play this game for 1 hour and i came back to rdr 2 for sure
  21. Didaken36
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo consegue ficar abaixo em qualidade comparando com a versão original do Playstation 2… Expand
  22. SNEIK_
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Guarden su dinero es una total basura llena de bugs parece que ni le echaron ganas al juego los personajes horribles parecen de plastilina
  23. Yaxsiii
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    This is easily the worst remaster of any game ever made. The aesthetics of the game are completely ruined. The only game that has actually improved visuals is Vice City. GTA III has lost the dreary oppressive visuals it was praised for when originally released. GTA SA has lost its California feel and look. By stripping out the fog and the orange lighting from SA, and stripping out theThis is easily the worst remaster of any game ever made. The aesthetics of the game are completely ruined. The only game that has actually improved visuals is Vice City. GTA III has lost the dreary oppressive visuals it was praised for when originally released. GTA SA has lost its California feel and look. By stripping out the fog and the orange lighting from SA, and stripping out the trash on the street and the blueish gray tint from GTA III. The games all look unison. You could show footage from all three games and it would look like the same game. Vice City maintains it aesthetic due to the improved lighting, the city really pops at night with all the neon lights. Now lets get into the visual bugs. Some characters look like Patrick Star from Spongebob. Some characters have no neck. Just shoulders and torso that stretches up to reach their head. Most of the characters look like they were made of clay. Some textures were completely botched when upscaled. The streets have no texture, they look like grey clay. The grass texture looks like it was pulled from a Unity asset flip. Some clothes were utterly destroyed and look downright awful. The billboards and signs in the game are littered with spelling mistakes, I'd assume from A.I upscaling. They is actually a part in Vice City where the walls surrounding some ocean water have the textures of a person face on them instead of their intended textures. And finally, the rain, oh my god the rain. The rain looks like its just an overlay on top of the game, and its so intense that you literally cannot see because of it. Players are actually reporting headaches and eye strain from trying to see while driving in the rain. Also the rain for some reason does not appear over water, it travels through roofs, and it also moves with the screen to a degree. I believe this is proof that the rain is a screen overlay and not actually appearing in the world itself. Now lets move on to the launch of the game, when launched, Rockstar almost instantly shut the Rock Star launcher down, making all of their games unplayable until it went back up. Once it went back up, the Definitive Edition trilogy was nowhere to be found. This was because the wrong version of the game was shipped by mistake. I'm unsure how a mistake like this was made, but I could look past it if it was fixed quickly rather than taking days. For all of these mistakes to come from a studio that has made millions off of GTA Online and Red Dead Online, this is downright depressing. Lastly, the games are built off the mobile phone ports rather than the original releases, meaning all the bugs in the original release, and added bugs from the mobile port, are still present in the game, Nearly a decade after the mobile port, and nearly 2 decades from the original release. The soundtrack missing half the songs is excusable, despite being painful, but the audio quality is not excusable, its downright atrocious. The dialogue sounds like it was recorded from two tin cans connected end on end. Id like to end this off by stating Take-Two Interactive, Rock Stars parent company, has removed the original trilogy, and is filing law suits and DMCA takedowns against modders that made massive visual improvements to the original trilogy. This may be due to Rock Star fearing people would be more tempted to play those visually improved editions rather than their "Definitive" edition. The modding community is what kept these games alive and kept selling copies, and now Take-Two sets their crosshairs on them so they can push their visually inferior versions of the games. This is a disaster that makes Cyberpunk 2077's launch look likes the golden standard. Remember Rock Star mocked CD Projekt Red for their disastrous launch, and then pulled an even worse launch not even a year later.… Expand
  24. ante_15
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Expectations were low but daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
  25. soulovev
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    Это просто плевок в лицо фанатам. Когда-то давно Рокстар славились тем, что давали игрокам намного больше, чем те могли от них ожидать. Они старались предвосхищать, впечатлять, удивлять качеством и вниманием к проекту. Но эта трилогия - это какой-то анти-рокстар продукт, еще и за фулл прайс. Такое чувство, будто они отдали разработку на аутсорс индусам за 3 копейки, а сами приготовилисьЭто просто плевок в лицо фанатам. Когда-то давно Рокстар славились тем, что давали игрокам намного больше, чем те могли от них ожидать. Они старались предвосхищать, впечатлять, удивлять качеством и вниманием к проекту. Но эта трилогия - это какой-то анти-рокстар продукт, еще и за фулл прайс. Такое чувство, будто они отдали разработку на аутсорс индусам за 3 копейки, а сами приготовились зарабатывать свои миллиарды. Я не припомню, чтобы кто-то так быстро терял свое лицо перед сообществом.… Expand
  26. Alamiri
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    Very expensive and bad remaster Not what I expected Very very very bad
  27. Alaborn
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    I love GTA VC, but I can't even save my progress in the game. What a shame, Rockstar, what a shame!
  28. n0minal
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    What have Rockstar done to these games? It's so awful to revive such classics and destroy them like this, there are too many bugs in the game that didn't exist before, where's the QA team? Why Grove Street Games worked so poorly on character models, specially in San Andreas? It's a big shame, better bring Dan Houser back and fire who took his place.
  29. Mikael777
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    O jogo deixou não superou nossa expectativa. Refaçam o jogo, corrija os bugs, não permitam que o legado do GTA, SEJA ARRUINADO.

    The game left didn't surpass our expectation. Rebuild the game, fix the bugs, don't let the GTA legacy BE RUINED
  30. Kabbekhalifa
    Nov 15, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Definititely needs more work. Rain is a headache, bugs like never before. Rockstar wtf… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 46
  3. Negative: 10 out of 46
  1. PLAY
    Feb 23, 2022
    60
    Warts-and-all remasters that accept the failings of the original games and make amends where possible, but ultimately too flawed to live up to the name. [Issue#9, p.82]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 18, 2022
    40
    From the Definitive Edition of the iconic GTA titles emerged a technically unfinished remaster, which remained halfway. The content is and will always remain timeless, but the way to get to it and to enjoy it is simply not good.
  3. IGN Adria
    Jan 20, 2022
    30
    A textbook example of how not to remaster games from the PlayStation 2 era, these defective "definitive" releases are just desecration of three classic titles that deserve much better treatment.
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