Two Years Later, Is Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition FIXED?

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definite Edition released over two years ago now, and whilst there have been numerous patch updates, each with an extensive list of fixes and problems solved, all three games in this iconic trio aren’t playing perfectly.
Yes, there are many among you who are happy with the state of The Trilogy; after all, they’re now playable, without game breaking bugs, and still enjoyable all these years later, but given Rockstar and publisher Take-Two’s bottomless pit of money the fact they were released in such a shoddy state to begin with is unforgivable.

[@lbriley7426]

It’s criminal how little respect Rockstar put into these classic games.

[@FeorgeGloyddd]

Yea they pawned it off to Grove St Games lol

[@samderanzer8568]

They didn't disrespect these games. As all of you know the whole rockstar company is working heart and soul on GTA 6. That's why they couldn't focus more on these games. That's all.

[@mattraffle4847]

It's criminal they didn't put vice city stories in it

[@Ravenscannotfly]

Rockstar had nothing to do with The Classics trilogy. It was 2K

[@Luke973T]

The parent company did this. Not rockstar

[@psycho-nutkase9233]

What's criminal is they pulled the old ones that you could play off the store and replaced your options with this.

[@Avotoast]

on PC you can still buy the original games

[@ganondorf66]

@@Avotoast Where though? As far as I know the only way is getting this demake or sailing the high seas (which has all the music included btw)

[@DefineLines]

They literally give you the old ones on rockstar launcher

[@norm-bb3bb]

​@@DefineLines are they still give you the old ones on the Rockstar launcher? I wanna play the old SA again

[@DefineLines]

ya if you get the definitive edition@@norm-bb3bb

[@diamonddead8162]

I wish it included the other 2 parts to the story; liberty city stories and vice city stories The full 5 part series, it’s great

[@adrnacad3434]

The problem with Vice City Stories is Phil Collins being in the game and Rockstar would have to pay huge royalties.

[@JAYFULFILMZ]

@@adrnacad3434not true. You made that up. Why tf would they have to pay royalties to Phil collins for a game they own & can do whatever they want with ? That’s not how it works

[@lesterbronson2385]

⁠@@JAYFULFILMZRockstar doesn’t want to renew licenses although they’re a multibillion dollar company. If you played VCS, you’d know Phil collins literally has a full performance for “In the air tonight”.

[@adrnacad3434]

@@lesterbronson2385 Thank you! clearly JAYFULFILMZ doesn't even know what he is talking about.

[@MrEvilTag]

Do you not understand how royalties work??​@@JAYFULFILMZ

[@mattmanley7118]

It’s been 2 years ALREADY?! My gosh. What a shame for these classic games.

[@Snaaake_Beater]

The worst thing about all of this is that they remove the old games on PlayStation Store

[@casualplay8555]

Really you can’t get the originals anymore?

[@kumardadevious600]

​@@casualplay8555ig you could get a og Xbox disc and use that as xboxs are backwards compatible but other than that no

[@Eric_Atomic]

Same thing on xbox. Just tells me it's unavailable

[@vihaan4662]

Bro on Playstation there is no support for older games so u can't install them but yes they have removed it from xbox and steam

[@Snaaake_Beater]

@@vihaan4662 youre wrong. ps4 had a small selection of ps2 games in an emulator. this programm was discontinued but games like jak and daxter bully and manhunt are still available today. npw they created a new ps2 emulator(psp/ps1exists scince 2 years)

[@NFSlegend2]

They gave up on the Midnight Club series as well. Its like all efforts were shifted to GTA V online and GTA VI development

[@jtn191]

A Definitive Midnight Club, but actually done well 😍

[@poy110]

Short answer: no

[@itzarcade5141]

Dont spoil the video bro

[@bobdick815]

Thanks!

[@2genders-tk2ue]

If they would have improved the gun gameplay I would have been happy

[@chitralilaskar3488]

Thanks

[@celestialstar5563]

The definitive edition was the original

[@Steevie.]

Chances are it was take 2 that decided to release the games but then when it became a problem rockstar had to pick up the pieces which is why they aren’t bothered about the project

[@darthconquerus]

Which is annoying because it’s only their most iconic games of all time

[@Primitive01]

@@darthconquerus”Most iconic”? No, every GTA/Red Dead they release is far better than the last to the point there’s no need to go back.. They’re PS2 games that were fun for 12 year old boys, dogshit for the men in their mid 30s now who played them as young boys.

[@dawsynasay4841]

@@Primitive01Those games wouldn’t exist if not for the success of GTA3, VC, and SA. They’re iconic the same way Mario games on the NES are iconic

[@Primitive01]

@@dawsynasay4841 Like saying you wouldn’t exist if your mother wasn’t born.. They exist, simple as that.

[@thegoodsouphotel8332]

​@@Primitive01you are so wrong it's hard to believe you're serious. That's like saying there's no reason to play Super Mario World just because Super Mario Wonder is out.

[@MrSkullMerchant]

The increased draw distance in san andreas along with no fog ruined the illusion of a bigger map. You should not be able to see las venturas and the desert from the countryside or mount chiliad from grove street.

[@projectfear22]

The orange haze is also missing, as well as a bit vice cities pinkish hue

[@MrSkullMerchant]

@@projectfear22 cant believe i forgot the orange haze lol

[@aarondent6557]

Don’t let what we’ve been programmed to believe from playing games made in 2001 to what the intention has always been. The fog has been and always will be a way to mask technical draw distance failures and atmosphere. Rockstar was being creative and clever with fog. I’m sorry the internet has told you guys that increased draw distance makes a game bad. I understand it takes away from how big the map felt when we were kids but these maps were always this size they were always small in comparison to what we can do today. Not a person alive would say “the definitive edition is bad” if this was what we were made to believe was normal from the beginning. These remasters get a bad wrap because it’s cool to go with the popular opinion and seem insightful. They aren’t perfect but they aren’t terrible in the slightest

[@landscore1]

This is literally the only reason I didn’t buy it. San Andreas is my favorite one and they ruined the whole atmosphere and feel of the game.

[@ltodom5884]

riveting, it’s not like anybody’s been saying this for the last two years and this is just a regurgitation

[@aaronworthing1023]

I would appreciate a lot more of this kind of coverage on a lot of games. The initial state at release is rarely the final state. Sometimes they make it better, like no man’s sky. Sometimes they allegedly make it much worse like with crash team racing adding in micro transactions after the review period

[@chrislowles]

The worst thing about this release is that all they needed to do to make it worthwhile was to just make the original games work on updated hardware, maybe that'd require some major refactoring to work in a different engine but they basically have the instructions on how the games should look, that's like a third of gamedev time dealt with right there.

[@Lique3x]

They don’t hit the same without the full soundtrack. Vice city without Michael Jackson??

[@kuy4k3nneth]

because of licensing issue in 2012 but Michael Jackson's Song was Disappeared from Vice City

[@xxhardforcorexx1231]

They did the same thing to IV. They took a diversity of 54 songs out in an update (which is ironical) and replaced them with like a handful of foreign songs. Rockstar just doesn't stand up to the standard they set for themselves these days. It's very unfortunate. They've always been one of my favorites, but they irrefutably have a lot of bullshit to answer for.

[@Termintor1]

Why dont you just tune into gheyFM while you play 😂

[@eddieos]

Coming to mobile in two days, how nice to now find out it was originally a mobile game.

[@The_MEMEphis]

That doesn't mean it was originally a mobile game, resident evil 8 came to mobile too it's just mobile devices are getting much more powerful I mean most phones make the switch look absolutely slow AF and this is already on the switch

[@ltodom5884]

@@The_MEMEphisno- this version is based on the old mobile ports of gta

[@eddieos]

@@ltodom5884 exactly 💯, there was a big one time that even showed the on screen controls. It was weird 😕, the definitive edition was built from the mobile ports and not from the native console.

[@millhousegaming1356]

Vice city was the only one i had problems with glitches.

[@TheDrYakub]

It plays better on mobile, you can move while shooting on GTA 3 and vice city

[@schwolmart]

I won't buy it without the original soundtracks. I will emulate

[@aaronvasseur6559]

So sad

[@atk8758]

Better

[@CheapestGamer]

Indeed. That was one of the biggest issues for me besides the vehicle durability being absolute garbage.

[@LORD_GOKU2009]

You guys are forgetting about copyright dude

[@CheapestGamer]

@@LORD_GOKU2009 That's why I said they should have used some of the billion plus made on GTA V/Online to re-license the tracks. It's kinda ridiculous that they were too cheap to even get the rights again for Welcome To The Jungle, which was the track in the trailer for San Andreas.

[@Frogmilk]

Ill be honest, im having a blast with these classics on Series X. Looks amazing and havent had any issues really either.

[@N7Revan316]

The fact they couldn’t get all the original music back was enough for me to not to buy it

[@LORD_GOKU2009]

Copyright dude

[@N7Revan316]

@@LORD_GOKU2009 money my man. All they had to do was pay for licenses. And Rockstar has more money than God

[@dman3431]

Funny enough, I was watching this video to see how the game is now and if it's worth the buy. Then a few seconds in the video, I remember that they left out a lot of songs due to copyright license bs. Emulating is the only way to enjoy the full experience. Don't need nice graphics. Need a nice game.

[@jeromevaleska2014]

@@N7Revan316I get what you’re going for but that’s a pretty shit way to say it, considering God is against materialism and has no money.

[@jasonkushneryk5649]

They just dropped these on mobile and they r really good. Option to turn the lighting back to the originals made a big difference

[@ganondorf66]

The mobile port is pretty bad though. Funny thing is, the "definitive edition" is built on the bad mobile port.

[@Starfield-Guy]

The fact they used the mobile version as a base is just terrible, the 360 versions were amazing! I’ve just bought the definitive edition for like £12 so I don’t mind so much, but the whole support of these has been embarrassing and disgusting.

[@poy110]

What do you mean the 360 version was literally a port of the mobile version

[@ninefingers6306]

>but the whole support of these has been embarrassing and disgusting. And yet, you give them your money.

[@dmo848]

​@@poy110mobile wasn't even a thing when 360 was out. Smh

[@zoltanwilson4277]

​@@poy110 I know right. I was just about to say that.

[@zoltanwilson4277]

​@@dmo848IKR

[@pixelmentia]

It would be nice if you showed examples of the issues you talked about. 5:15 was a long list of problems and not a single thing was shown.

[@julianryan7661]

It really sucks how we can’t play the original versions on next gen consoles

[@EchoX860]

Other than the HORRIBLE rain in GTA 3, I never had an issue that prevented me from enjoying my time honestly

[@Sirrazorbladez]

The last mission sucked ass when it happened i had to literally reset and abandon the mission then go and wait for the weather to change then go restart the mission

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

Yea idk what the hell that rain was

[@rafeehossain319]

This game really left a bad taste in the mouth. I still can't believe Rockstar would be so careless and paid no tribute to these games that we loved so much growing up. Really dissapointed, bc growing up, it was a big part of my childhood :(

[@gearswitch8193]

Games that put them on the map and they can care less what a slap in the face

[@Diego35HD]

Rockstar didn't make these

[@rafeehossain319]

@@Diego35HD Yes but they have chosen to give it to someone who is not qualified. This was simply a cash grab project.

[@Diego35HD]

@@rafeehossain319 The real villain here is Strauss Zelnick, he ordered 3 full games to be fully remastered for 4 different platforms in time for GTA3's 20th anniversary, they should have focused on GTA3 and release VC and SA in their 20th anniversaries. It's a miracle the trilogy came out at all, as busted as it was

[@rafeehossain319]

@@Diego35HD He is a villain to us games but to Rockstar he is praised because he got the maximum profit for minimum effort.

[@DrVenture45]

It's ironic that I checked to see if this "Definitive Edition" had improved. This post couldn't have been more on time...and it saves me the trouble of even bothering! It's shameful that Rockstar has given so little regard to these trailblazing titles, much less to the community that admired them! Thanks, GamingBolt team! 👍

[@Yeeterora]

This was a great video! Please re visit this again in like 6-12months!

[@marcusstewart4141]

One thing I've learned in the past couple of years is *Never trust a "definitive edition" from Rockstar games* 😩😩

[@spiderwolfecobra1985]

Or anybody else for that matter. They are always cutting out content in these supposed "Definitive" versions.

[@AnimuncuIus]

They didn't have time to fix an unmonetized mess like the GTA collection. They were too busy raking in money by the barrel from rubes who still buy garbage in GTA Online.

[@TheViper4Life]

To make things worse, this is on sale on the PS Store CONSTANTLY...I mean like nearly every sale they do. And it still hasn't fallen below $30. I honestly would have bought it by now, despite its flaws if it was going for the $10-$15 rate it should be by now.

[@lutherheggs451]

LMFAO yeah they're not dropping 3 games bundled together to $10-15 dollars any time soon....Its hilarious when people think they should get things practically for free when 3 games @$30 is $10 a game.

[@TheViper4Life]

@@lutherheggs451 Or anyone who's been following PlayStation sales this long knows how unusual this is. Especially for a game as poorly received as this. This isn't Nintendo...PlayStation sales for any game never lasts at this price point for this long. It's just arrogance on Rockstars part.

[@Travis371]

@@lutherheggs451 Uhhhh, you DO realize that games can sell as low as $3 to $5, right?? I bought Thief on the Xbox store for $3 almost two weeks ago.

[@vvlts316]

@@Travis371did u not read his comment ? its a bundle with 3 games u just bought a digital old game ofc its gonna be at that price

[@anglo-saxonconnor817]

I dont have time to play these big games anymore i just pull up youtube and listen to these games radio channels instead. And it is a very good experience.

[@sriramgovindarajan2585]

No one cares if you have time or not

[@zaccorpseman7366]

​@@sriramgovindarajan2585 You cared enough to reply.

[@nood1le]

Do you mean you don't have time to be wasting time on medicore games

[@Orosian5]

I'm glad Rockstar has clarified what it considers to be an acceptable quality level for its products. That'll save me a tidy sum when GTA 6 comes out.

[@xlslime8833]

The trilogy was "remastered" by the B-team... Grove Street Games. I personally don't blame Rockstar and think GTA6 will top GTAV

[@Orosian5]

@@xlslime8833 3:22 in Rockstar Games' words: "The games will reach the level of quality they deserve to be."

[@Travis371]

@@Orosian5 LOL, exactly. Rockstar said in a statement that they would fix the games to quality material, and they ultimately failed.

[@Fish-pi8lv]

Bros lying, you know damn well you gonna buy gta 6☠️

[@Travis371]

@@Fish-pi8lv Considering how woke it looks, I doubt he will.

[@Jameswilsonchannel]

I swear to god, the old game looked exactly like this when we was kids.

[@JesseVenturaHat]

No the original had soul

[@Jameswilsonchannel]

@@JesseVenturaHat true!

[@ChrisFoley0803]

That is the proof that the game-world is badly fucked up where game-developers treat even their own games like shit. Not to speak of the fans ...

[@TheRealBlackarrot]

Glad I still have my PS2 memory cards

[@DeckTested]

Not getting the native PS5 version upgrade when buying physical on PS4 made absolutely no sense.

[@recess7]

We need to keep talking about this every 6 months until it's fixed

[@jagomeistr]

Thanks for making this video. I recently contemplating buying this game, thinking Rockstar had fixed all the bugs by now, but I guess not.

[@TISUAL]

Same. I really want to play san andreas, but I read reddit posts mentioning that is the one with the most problems and basically in all the games most of the soundtrack is removed. Anyway, I would rather have the devs port the old games physically if they can do it, just make the graphics better and make it easy to save progress. If they cant do any better, I might as well buy the san andreas verion for my ps2

[@kaipacifica1289]

@@TISUAL I was looking at buying this tonight (for $20) seeing that I don't have them all on PS2, but seeing that R* hasn't patched since they ditched Grove Street is concerning. Surely R* won't abandon the "Definitive Edition?" They have the talent to fix this game, but will they? Or do I just buy the PS2 trilogy ($29) and run it emulated on PC? Dunno. Never expected a R* game(s) to have a treatment like this. Take 2 is acting like a shady AA publisher.

[@TISUAL]

@@kaipacifica1289 I actually forgot that there is a ps2 trilogy of the game after seeing it a while back, so may actually get that too and probably still get the ps4 version of the trilogy when it's like on sale and I'm not too busy to see if I like the game or not

[@kaipacifica1289]

@@TISUAL Just FYI... watched a video on the Android version of the Definitive Edition (by elements of the old Team Bondi) and it looks like it fixes many (not all) of the issues with this release. Will R* ultimately bring these fixes to other versions? My guess is "yes"... but probably around the time of the Android / Netflix release.

[@TISUAL]

@@kaipacifica1289yeah I heard about a version working better than the consoles and Idk, but rockstar sure is taking long to do it

[@h8luvin]

damn its already been two years?? i swear it came out like 6 months ago.

[@VdWck]

It's a shame I couldn't go through Vice city thanks to a bugged mission (the one in the shopping center). It's also so sad they sacrificed the fall leaves and newspapers of GTA III, as well as the lighting/color/fog of San Andreas

[@cloudvoid0]

Rockstar needs to take lots of notes from cyberpunk.

[@t-rexreximus359]

They need to add ‘Classic Lighting’ to the PC/ console versions. They have only added it to mobiles so far 🙄

[@t-rexreximus359]

Really hope Rockstar use some of their massive profits to make an Enhanced Edition of the Trilogy & actually do a proper version (with better character models) themselves! It would sell really well, so I don’t know why they don’t

[@theunhappygamer1744]

damn... just gave up on their own games. That hurts to hear.

[@michaelmercury1297]

I've heard that Rockstar only had like 20 people working on the Definitive Edition Trilogy. What did they expect?

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

plus they used a computer program to remake the environments and textures (they called it AI but it wasn't AI. Too many people think that an automated process is AI)

[@achmadputra2]

​@@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere they really use AI upscaling, rather remake all the assets from the scratch.

[@Stumme-40203]

Not Rockstar. Take Two has a mobile Dev team make the definitive trilogy, using the mobile ports of the games.

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

@@achmadputra2 I wouldn't call that AI. it's more just "upscaling"

[@TheNiteNinja19]

I got it because it was a way to get the Grand Theft Auto series on the Nintendo switch. The switch ports are pretty playable. However the annoying Grand Theft Auto III bug where the fire doesn't render when your vehicle is about ready to explode, makes things tough.

[@joshuacalkins]

It’s funny (and sad) how their response to the mixed reception of these half-assed ports was to declare that GTA4 and RDR wouldn’t NOT be getting remasters. It’s like the audience is being punished for not buying busted products at full price on day one. I wonder if the Metal Gear Solid collection will change or improve much, or just get away with being inexcusably sub par.

[@medalgearsalad1419]

As of now, the MGS collection was "meh". Currently, the best modern remaster is definitely Tomb Raider Trilogy, however Aspyr is still a shady developer.

[@joshuacalkins]

@@medalgearsalad1419 Thanks for the update! What I most wanted was the best version of MGS3, so hearing that it might be WORSE than the original did not impress me. (Currently building a REX model).

[@Deriv44]

What kills they dint have to rush this out they could have taking their time to fixe the bugs and graphics then put it out in when it actually playable for all 3 games

[@mkdfan]

They’ll probably never be fixed and it’s a damned shame that we’ll not get another complete edition remastered with care for at least another decade or 2.

[@Shinssue]

with Netflix fixing the game on mobile, we can hope update come to consoles and pc.

[@om58499]

@@Shinssuewhich is the sad part a mobile game have more care than the console one

[@MrAjking808]

They are playable lmao 😂 negativity gets views

[@morpheusdorpheusorpheus]

Now that gta 6 is coming in 2025 it makes no sense for them to release a true remake for these games until at least 2030. Here’s hoping we may still see a valid update at some point in our lifetimes, maybe the 50th anniversary?

[@cydragon2.099]

the only con I have with the definitive trilogy is missing self radio

[@Fightrec]

If they ever ruin GTA 4 as a new release, i will be very……upset

[@medalgearsalad1419]

No need to re release GTA 4 since it already runs at 60 fps and has HDR support, on Series X that is. Thats all you need tbh.

[@tredaman4382]

@@medalgearsalad1419then they need it to port it to PS5

[@Miss_Cherry]

And we're supposed to be excited about GTA6? I will never pre-order a Rockstar game ever again.

[@tachometer-flac]

Will not pre-order either.

[@Timeforceletsgo]

It’s not a rockstar problem. It’s a take two giving these games to another developer. Rockstar does not release trash like this if they are in charge. Never have and never will. Tis a shame take two did them dirty.

[@Miss_Cherry]

​@Timeforceletsgo, it's Rockstars IP, and they are ultimately responsible for how it turns out.

[@Timeforceletsgo]

@@Miss_Cherry no they aren’t, take two is, take two owns rockstar games. This happens all the time in the industry too. Why do you think they gave it to grove street games? Because rockstar is busy making the next gta masterpiece.

[@Nebulasecura]

​@Timeforceletsgo facts. This is all take two's fault for mishandling the situation and letting Rockstar get thrown under the bus. Rockstar literally couldn't develop it themselves because they were too busy working on gta 6 and they didn't want to spread their resources too thinly.

[@Someone-hv7tv]

They put a classic lighting mode in the damn mobile version before doing so on Console or PC, let that sink in

[@lucutes2936]

its safe to say that its worth to buy now.

[@3rdeyefocused]

ROCKSTAR: Please fix the remaining issues on GTA: DE.. I know ya'll are hard at work with GTA6 but damn....this Trilogy needs more updates!!

[@acurisur]

This trilogy is unfairly criticized imo. I own the originals and this new definitive trilogy. The originals are a product of their time, any remaster is not going to be like those original games. Yes, I get that the originals were delisted but you can still get the originals pretty easily on the 2nd hand market or get a key for the PC versions. As for the Definitive Editions, well they're far from perfect, believe me I get it. There are bugs and glitches. But the main question should be are they playable? Well, I've completed both GTA III Definitive Edition and Vice City Definitive Edition, on the final mission of San Andreas Definitive Edition right now. So yes, they are playable. Whether people want to play them or not is entirely subjective but I had a good time, just like I did when they originally released on PS2. The nitty gritty of it is this: The games themselves haven't fundamentally changed (as it's a remaster, not a remake) so if you enjoyed the originals you should enjoy this. The great story each game tells rises above the bugs and glitches because the stories are THAT good.

[@tc8557]

1:59 gotta love the dive to survive move straight into the car lmao

[@BizzarBox]

Thanks for this video. I been in the mood to revist these games. Figured I'd check out the updated versions. I was put off from all the bad reviews before. Was hoping they have been fixed :( I dont wanna pay $60. Hoping for a sale.

[@ElJules33]

Yeah, me too. I'll check if I can find a second hand disc.

[@seandevanney6032]

PS store just announced a 50% off sale today

[@TISUAL]

I'm pretty sure it's not $60 on walmart online and GameStop online unless they changed the pricing

[@BizzarBox]

@@TISUAL On Steam is it. Thats where I'm looking to buy it.

[@TISUAL]

@@BizzarBox oh you are planning to buy it digitally?

[@EpicPianoArrangements]

If they dare to do this shoddy type of remaster with GTA4 in the future, I will be done with rockstar forever.

[@liamhorner3721]

We wont get a GTA 4 remaster now because of the reception the trilogy got and how it came out

[@medalgearsalad1419]

GTA 4 is playable on the Series X, it has HDR and 60fps support, thats all you need.

[@ChrisCunt]

That shit was so bad I had to order a PS2 with the original trilogy.

[@BonkyBoko9]

We need a remake of these badly, better graphics but still have the same atmosphere as the originals. Cleaner animations, the original animations are a bit choppy and buggy, and no crazy bugs like in the defective edition, also better character models that look realistic, make their eyes blink or something like seriously…

[@RedDev1l757]

No no more remakes. So sick of remakes. All they needed to do was port the pc versions and install a graphics mod on it. Would have been far better than this

[@kekuliau]

I dont think remakes are necessary. I think companies just need to preserve their old games better, make them available for purchase and make them compatible with today's systems instead of having to rely on fan made patches, it's crazy how fans do a way better job of preserving them than Rockstar does

[@lutherheggs451]

@@kekuliau You mean those "fans" who probably have no lives, likely have a part time job or no job at all, so they can literally sit and do nothing but work on mods...Weird how much free time you have to do things when you don't have to work or don't work more than 4hrs a couple days a week

[@carlinytc7431]

​@@lutherheggs451if they have a full time job or part time job or no job at all if a fan can do it surely a team of paid employees should be able to do it at a better standard

[@McGeezle]

​@@lutherheggs451 ...as opposed to people whose literal job it is to do that same thing? You fucking smoothbrain

[@gone8792]

The mobile version honestly looks a lot better, specially SA

[@Sci-Mon1]

I just hate how they removed the original games from steam. I regret not buying them.

[@jordanthomas8980]

I can’t believe how they rereleased these with more bugs and issues than the original. And charged money corporations and the people at the top are destroying the gaming industry

[@omarfuturistic]

These were the worst "uprades" ever!!!

[@bolski6125]

Wait. They're releasing ANOTHER mobile version? They already did that years ago. Why?

[@whoeverofhowevermany]

The definitive edition of San Andreas is the original, though. I recently got the original version modded to a first person perspective and stereoscopic 3D in vr glasses. No further upgrades to graphics or anything needed.

[@mistermidnight1823]

In my opinion, Halo: The Master Chief Collection is how you do a remaster.

[@RonnieMyers777]

Its wild seeing ppl hyped for GTA 6 after they released this & re-released the ps3 version of Red Dead for $50 🤦‍♂️

[@Cornholio_X]

To be honest, the game is playable and enjoyable, i have the ps5 version. I completed 100% with GTA3 and Vice City recently but i do noticed some buildings looks so ugly at a distance. So far, Vice City is the only game that looks kinda finished to me.

[@ItsTheCostanza]

And it’s still full price in the store

[@Gator159]

These are questions that stick in my mind to tell me whether or not I should purchase the trilogy or not at least at a discounted price. Thanks for putting in the effort.

[@LJsigmaKING_ToxcMASC_JOKERLife]

I hate this DE. because of this garbage, too many awesome mods of original games are removed or are harder to find now

[@StealingWinter]

Only game I may or may not have used Steamunlocked for.

[@mmarsh1972]

Its on sale on Steam now...$30. Still abit steep. Another thing that annoys me is the inability to buy just ONE of them. I am only interested in San Andreas since I already finished the other 2

[@k6nga]

i’m ngl i understand why ppl hate these remasters but i really don’t mind. sa is my fav game of all time so it’s cool to see it in a new light despite bugs.i like the graphic style obviously a full remaster would be better but for what it is, i love it. i’ll play these over the originals any day. just a cool revisit to the past 🤷‍♂️

[@pizzaworm]

People just have really high expectations of Rockstar but I do agree that people were really overreacting. I own the games and they are perfectly fine other than the lampposts falling into the backrooms and the ugly character models

[@DerangedCoconut808]

the so called "apology" from Rockstar, and by extension other devs who have to apologize for their sorry state of their released game, is just inexcusable seeing as someone had to say, *rubs hot sauce in eyes* "yea good to me, release it". that required at least a semi conscious state to think this remaster, and by extension other released buggy games by other devs, means they knew and yet pushed it out. they sold you something knowing it was a pile and yet had the nerve to apologize. they knew yet they couldnt be bothered. im still peeved 2 years later because at this point, Rockstar and Take Two just see their "fan base" as ATMs to syphon money out. they are so high up their pedestal all they breathe in is their own farts. man im still salty about this.

[@gearswitch8193]

Yu have a valid reason to be salty im sad I won't be able to play the DE seeing as it's FU

[@paulbowler5345]

Got this on release day, waa such an awful port, so i demand a refund from PS Store. Took 6 weeks of constant emails and voicing my complaint, but i did get full refund in the end..

[@David-lq3jr]

When are we going to get a trilogy of Vice City stories Liberty city Stories and China Town wars?

[@LovelessDogg1]

I'm pretty sure the Netflix version of these games actually looks the way people expected they should have looked.

[@joshuaminke6629]

its perfectly fine these days. very enjoyable to playthrough. no issues

[@leeturton9254]

Nonsense... it's inferior to the originals in every way

[@joshuaminke6629]

@leeturton9254 Everything apart from the graphics is an exact copy of the originals. Its impossible for it to be worse. Even though the gameplay and controls have been improved in the new version

[@joshradigan8930]

Shout out to those incredibly blessed to own the whole original trilogy still on current gen

[@adityaunde4134]

What was the point of making definitive edition when you can make these games look realistic just by installing 10 to 15 mods. I did the same with GTA SA now it looks close to gta V.

[@michaelsobrido2710]

A mobile game, remastered using artificial intelligence...what could possibly go wrong?

[@gilmeza]

Plays better. Vibe is still off.

[@James.Fields]

Definitive frustration

[@mrshoalinhunk5557]

Unpopular opinion but I would have really liked a dlc for the gta stories games

[@4MINE107]

Am I the only one that has a problem in turning left? the camera mouvement is broken on pc

[@dmo848]

Played gta3 so much it is imprinted in my memory. I know that map like the back of my hand

[@ianashby3626]

San andreas was unplayable st a certain point had no problem with vicecitty

[@deanobeany]

I'm a bit late to the party but just bought the trilogy and played through 3 on xbsx, couple of oddities here and there (floating bobcat moving along with traffic etc) but generally it was a great nostalgia trip and played well, wouldn't call it tragic.

[@Stormin.93]

I recently tried to play through 3 but mine has a glitch that makes it so Claude can't run, it makes the game so frustrating to play especially when I'm on foot and I'm trying to get a vehicle because unless it's driving towards me I can't reach any before they drive off

[@zensoredparagonbytes3985]

@@Stormin.93 you must do either all the firefighter or ambulance missions. One of those gives infinite sprint. Don't remember which.

[@kaipacifica1289]

So it's worth playing? I was about to buy it tonight ($20) but held off after watching this video. Hard to believe Take 2 (and R*) haven't fixed this yet.

[@deanobeany]

@kaipacifica1289 if you REALLY want to play the classics on modern hardware, then yes, very playable. Just be aware, as was stated by online reviewers, there have been a few things removed that change the whole experience (colour grading, haze etc) but it scratches my nostalgia spot well enough. Ethically, buy pre owned and don't give take 2 any more money for how they've mishandled this release.

[@j.r.shartzer]

I just played through GTA3 on my steamdeck and didn't bump into any serious issues. I started Vice City and the game crashed and closed twice in my first hour.

[@rikikage1689]

They could’ve at least given us checkpoints

[@mrnobodymobile]

We need this game to be remade with unreal engine 5 we deserve that, won't happen for another 10 plus years but I think Rockstar is probably thinking about it.

[@plum.world.entertainment]

gotta wait for gta 6, rdr remake, gta 4 remaster, bully remake and maybe bully 2 before that is in consideration😂

[@xpwnCS]

@@plum.world.entertainmentDon’t forget L.A Noire 2

[@Rapamaru]

Those games are an embarrassment.

[@KIrvin_The_Scholar]

They should have just released the games in their original form with updated controls for $30. How much can you milk out of the fans. Alot of these trilogy remakes haven't lived up to expectations. Ninja Gaiden & Batman Arkham trilogy

[@zaccorpseman7366]

I do like the updated graphics of these definitive GTAs alongside the original ones. But I noticed a lot of comments mentioning they removed songs due to copyright, is there a way to add them back via the game files?

[@ClevelandRock]

There are mods for the PC version that restore the music.

[@ThousandairesClub]

*on base Xbox, I hit a glitch with Vice City where after you take the big mansion, the missions stopped popping up shortly after....but outside of that GTA3 and San Andreas are near flawless and still better than most games I've played this year.*

[@adriantrusca1245]

Base Xbox? The first one? Not even the 360? I think you mean Xbox One.

[@ThousandairesClub]

@@adriantrusca1245 *yeah base Xbox one*

[@aspacebeing710]

The old GTA games haven't aged well the mechanics are too outdated for today's time going back and trying to play these games again was torture. An example of a classic game from the same era that aged well is Max Payne yet Take two is remaking the Max Payne series so all the GTA's should get remakes as well. Literally no reason not to as it's obviously leaving a lot of money on the table.

[@joncarlos716]

The real question is why is this 59.99 on switch but on ps4/5 & Xbox it’s always on sale for about half the price. I mean for $60 stories and China wars should of been included too.

[@lutherheggs451]

Because Nintendo tax....The real question is why to Nintedrones have such a hard time understanding that Nintendo and their SD cards are problematic and make things worse, raising the cost for ports of 99% of games...Nobody cares that they could get bigger SD cards, nobody cares how cheap wang chung discount cards could be bought for $10 bucks...Games are always going to be more expensive on Nintendo because Nintendo.

[@Belligerennt]

It’s so sad how Rockstar is getting all the hate since we now know that Take-two bothered them to cash in on remasters like the rest of the industry and they didn’t want to so they had grove street games work on it who are historically known for making poorly optimized games.

[@marcusstewart4141]

The (justifiable) backlash these games got really broke my heart because GTA3 was (and still is) one of my favorite games of all time.....and i was shocked at the sheer amount of *AUDACITY* of Rockstar for charging full price for tgis dumpster fire smmfh

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

rush rush get the yayo. Gta3 hardly ever gets the love that the sequels got, but for me it's the best

[@verdalprice2889]

Disagree GTA 4 was the best in the series than gta 3 any day. niko Belic has character and is a very likable. Plus way better story plot along with decent visuals it’s a no brainer for sure

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

@@verdalprice2889 they can't really be compared. The general rule is everyone has a favourite from the cartoony ps2 trilogy and then you have another favourite from the newer gen versions. For me it's GTA 3 from the ps2 trilogy and then out of the newer gen games my favourite would GTA Episodes

[@AWESOM.O]

I remember trying to play this game before it was removed from the ps+ services, and I stayed blocked at one of the very first missions, because of a silly bug. It made me very disappointed. It was a great idea to offer players the opportunity to play these awesome games on modern hardwares and Rockstar just ruined this and disrespect their player database. I guess it's fine now, since they are preparing a new carrot to make us move on and every journalist is on the verge of cu***ing in their pants, analyzing every pixel of the trailer...

[@Fetidaf]

It’s important to remember that these games had nothing to do with Rockstar. As I understand it; T2 came to them and said they wanted to re-release most of Rockstar’s back catalogue and R* essentially responded “okay, but we ain’t got time for that” so T2 commissioned War Drum Studios (a mobile developer, mind you) to “port” 3 games from their Renderware engine to Unreal… which is a pretty monumental task and required what essentially amounted to rebuilding the vast majority of all 3 games… And then T2 said “oh yea, you have about a year to do it” they done yet?” “No….” “Well they’re releasing in 3 weeks so…” And then when they were released they threw, what’s now/then, Grove Street Games under the bus… a very small company who had nowhere near enough time, resources, nor experience to do what they were asked to do. This was a botched development from the top of the ladder, and when it all went down; Rockstar themselves took over fixing them and had done a pretty decent job at it.

[@AWESOM.O]

​@@FetidafYea I'm not blaming little studios, they did what was possible. Rockstar has a reputation though, and they should have been more involved in such a project, knowing that there are a lot of fans of this trilogy. It's a bit infuriating to see how they wash their hands about it now.

[@Fetidaf]

@@AWESOM.O because it wasn’t them or their project. It’s pretty much all on TakeTwo

[@AWESOM.O]

@@Fetidaf If you are selling a franchise which generate millions (and even billions) of dollars, I can hardly think there's nothing you can do to fix a bad product, just because you gave the project (with a substantial cash flow deal) to another studio... I mean if you genuinely care and respect your fans, that's what you would do. And Rockstar is about to sit on an indecent amount of money (probably the biggest cash grab in the history of the video game industry) with GTA6.

[@Fetidaf]

@@AWESOM.O which is why they took over development after Grove Street Games was taken off. They don’t have a say in who works on what when it comes to something like this. That’s all on TakeTwo. And I fundamentally disagree that GTA 6 is simply a cash grab.