Despite being named the "definitive edition," this package utterly fails at meeting player expectations.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition
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Critic Reviews for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition
Near-perfect at everything it does, but wisely limits its remit. A great conversion.
There are great stories here, memorable characters, fun missions, and the tools players need to create countless hours of their own entertainment. The foundation of GTA Trilogy is comprised of three of the best games ever made, and so there is inherent value, especially for newcomers. But while the core gameplay of GTA Trilogy is truly incredible, the overall package feels rushed and haphazard. Those desperate for old school GTA on modern consoles should check the collection out, especifically if the promised Grand Theft Auto Trilogy fixes come through, but everyone else can safely skip it.
GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition is defective, disappointing, and surprisingly disrespectful to three classic games and their many legions of fans.
Rockstar's remastered trilogy is, appropriately, an absolute car wreck of creative neglect.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition is a collection of three of the greatest games of the early 2000s.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition on Switch delivers three of gaming's true greats in a shockingly rough package that manages to suck pretty much all of the fun out of Rockstar's stellar crime epics. This is a poor port, a shoddy, stuttery, low resolution mess full of bugs, glitches, audio problems and more besides. If can grab this one on any other platform, we'd advise you do so or, at the very least, hold off until it's been patched and hopefully improved in the future. As things stand, this is a very, very long way from 'definitive' - this isn't the way we want to remember these games.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition is anything but definitive, with too many issues that simply cannot be overlooked.
If these games shaped or changed you, you might find the notion of their being shaped and changed, in turn, an unwelcome one.
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