Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition Reviews

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is ranked in the 9th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
6 / 10.0
Dec 9, 2021

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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6 / 10.0
Nov 13, 2021

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.

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3 / 10
Nov 22, 2021

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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4 / 10.0
Nov 22, 2021

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.

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No Recommendation / Blank
Nov 30, 2021

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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Feb 28, 2022

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.

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Avoid
Jan 28, 2022

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.

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4.5 / 10.0
Nov 20, 2021

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.

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Nov 24, 2021

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.

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3 / 10.0
Nov 22, 2021

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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3 / 10.0
Nov 21, 2021

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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