Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition Reviews
Good, fun games are good, fun games, and even with glitches and the numerous issues this trilogy brings, that's what these still are. However, seeing the state of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, there just isn't any way to let Rockstar off lightly here. This is one of the most successful video game companies in the world, with goodness knows how much raked in from GTA Online, so there can be no excuses to have loaned out these iconic games to a small team with a poor track record and showing absolutely no respect for their own creations. Fifty pounds is a big ask for such old games that have been what one might say "demastered", and even with numerous future patches, these may never be the upgrades they should have been, but Switch owners new to this trilogy can find plenty of entertainment - and not just because of the glitches. This is still a hard sell, though, with the advice being to hold off for a major sale.
GTA: The Trilogy has a total lack of attention to details. At times it seems that Rockstar Games didn't even bother to oversee the work of Grove Street Games. There are some moments and small details that lead one to think that an algorithm was responsible for remastering the graphics and that no human reviewed the final product. GTA deserves more.
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Rebuilding GTA Trilogy could have taken a variety of ways, and the builder chose the worst.
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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.
The remaster of three of the most important games in video game history in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition fails in almost everything that it proposes, even if you can ignore a few contextual merits. However, this definitive version is far from the respect it owes to the originals and, mainly, to the audience.
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3 brilliant games are back in a quality that is hard to swallow. I can not recommend GTA The Trilogy The Definitive Edition today and it's best to wait for the reactions of the developers. Will it get better? I hope so...
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This GTA The Trilogy is GTA The tragedy. Unfinished and very bad edition - especially PC version.
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In the end, you'll hate that you can't love GTA Trilogy Remastered, at least at its current state, as tons of bugs and performance issues really ruin the fun. That said, if you grew up playing these titles and you can't wait to get back into the good old days, the game is still playable, although we recommend to wait for future updates to iron out the issues. As for new generation gamers who are used to modern gameplay and design, there is probably not much to look for here as the core gameplay mechanisms of this package are really old.
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My love for GTA makes it hard to accept the state of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. A remake like Mafia: Definitive Edition was needed, but instead, we got a subpar remaster by an inexperienced team. Rockstar should have involved modders.
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We were expecting a lot of nostalgia, but instead we got spit in the face. Yes, the nostalgia is there, but it's all completely wrong. The old mistakes have remained, but new ones have come. The graphics and textures are unfinished. What's missing is the nostalgic feeling of driving through Los Santos at night years ago, running over prostitutes for money and bullets and trying all the different crazy cheats against hordes of cops. It strikes me that games are made in that month between announcement and release. Add to that the download of the original games from the store and the inability to turn on the game on PC upon release and the remaster of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy has taken over the award from Warcraft III: Reforged for the most disappointing return of a legendary game. If you don't want to spoil your view of the game, we don't recommend purchasing it given its condition to date.
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Succinctly and clearly, the Nintendo Switch version of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is not worth your money, at least not yet! It is a painful experience, with serious performance issues that make you completely forget the few improvements implemented in this classic trilogy, which for its legacy, deserved much more respect than it was due.
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If you're looking for a trip down memory lane, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition can definitely give you a hit of nostalgia that you have been looking for. Once those rose-tinted glasses begin to fall away from your face, though, what you'll be left with is a bundle of three remastered Grand Theft Auto titles that are really starting to feel their age. Even if you still find great enjoyment in these titles from the dawn of the open-world gaming era, the other bugs and lingering problems will surely begin to rip you out of the experience. In simplest terms, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is a mess of a release and isn't anything close to the level of quality that we have come to expect from the Rockstar Games name in the past.
Grand Theft Auto takes us back to the trilogy that gave the franchise legs, only to make a few stops for some unwanted additions along the way.
It is unknown whether Grove Street Games worked on quality assurance at all or whether the studio actually bothered to patch out some bugs, but that is most certainly not how it seems. All games in the collection have lazily been ported from their mobile counterparts by a company who has seemingly never worked on other platforms before. All games have furthermore been given a remaster treatment so shockingly bad, they have somehow recessed and now look and play worse than any kind of emulated version ever would; and the entire Grand Theft Auto franchise, as masterful and great as it is, will now forever be marred by incompetence — let alone three classics forever disrgraced in such a way. There is no argument that Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is an abhorrent mess, and an incredibly disappointing one at that.
Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto series has been a staple of the action-adventure genre since the release of its first instalment in 1997. Many main series titles, spin-offs and expansions have released since, including the ever continuously releasing Grand Theft Auto V, which doesn’t seem to stop appearing on new platforms. With Grand Theft Auto VI now finally confirmed to be in development, there is no better time to catch up on the series if you’re interested in giving it a try.
The three classic GTAs are still fun, but deserved a better remasterization, with greater care from Rockstar Games and without musical cuts.
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I like to think that some thought was put into the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition, at least when it came to the quality of life improvements. But outside of that, it’s hard to say that this is the definitive way to play these all time classics. The end product of Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition feels more like a mod created from one person. And that would have been more forgiving if that was the case, however, it’s a full team (a small one granted) and the end result just simply isn’t on par with the level of expected quality. We weren’t asking for a full blown remake, but we definitely weren’t expecting to get this. It’s horrendously buggy, disgustedly ugly, and most of all, it’s not the same GTA we played decades ago. The very soul of the original Rockstar Team has been sucked out of them, and in their place, replaced with intolerable cash grab. I would say go grab the originals, but they have been replaced with this not so definitive version of the game. Maybe Rockstar and Grove Street will somehow pull through in the end, and restore much of what made the originals so beloved, but I guess, at least for PC players out there, they can look forward to modders fixing this mess.
Definitive Edition? Such a term is unfit for the GTA trilogy. GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas remasters are half-baked, full of mistakes, bugs, and plenty of ugly things, such as weird faces and animations. We really can't believe this is the Rockstar now, but here we are.
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If Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy – Definitive Edition was $30 and on Steam I could perhaps justify buying into the hype and being excited about these games. But, $60 on Rockstar’s own launcher that you will forget even exists and never turn this game on? No, I can’t recommend this game with good conscience.
It is impossible not to classify this offer as disappointing. There is merit in the work of making these classics more visually appealing and mechanically more modern, but the flaws are too many and incomprehensible. The three games are technically extremely defective, with huge crashes and numerous bugs plaguing the overall experience. Still, playing Vice City and San Andreas remains incredibly fun and enjoyable. So there is value here, but these games deserved much more love and affection from everyone involved.
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