Gamers hate GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition: reasons for huge fiasco

The Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition compilation is turning out to be a fiasco. The compilation of three cult games is the target of disgruntled gamers. On Metacritic, she scores less than 1 in 10.

O, 9 out of 10: this is currently the rating for the PS5 version of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, assigned by players on the Metacritic aggregator. The score can even drop to 0.4 if you are interested in the PC grind. It is an understatement to say that the compilation bringing together Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas does not win the vote. Yet these are three landmark games that cemented a genre when they were released in the 2000s.

The fans, who thought they would rediscover these three GTAs in better conditions, did not hide their disappointment. The Rockstar Games studio is however rather used to receiving their praise: GTA V shows a nice 8.4 out of 10 (PS3 version), when Red Dead Redemption 2 climbs to 8.5 (PS4 version).

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is a bug nest

But what was supposed to rekindle happy memories is turning into a nightmare. ” The game is so buggy that it makes you think of Cyberpunk 2077, it’s the end of Rockstar. They failed to remaster old games », Laments Lord_Fainza. ” This so-called Definitive Edition is one of the most pathetic remasterings of all time […]. This remaster is ugly, buggy, and has so many issues with character modeling. They hardly improved anything RockstarisOver corroborates. Harsh comments are on the rise on Metacritic and social media.

Guess what still works perfectly fine pic.twitter.com/L3ScTWTGQ3

– AnEternalEnigma (@AnEternalEnigma) November 13, 2021

On YouTube, we already find videos compiling several bugs and graphic tares. Some last over an hour, proof of the extent of the damage. To make matters worse, the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was unavailable for several days after launch – as reported this tweet from Rockstar posted on November 13 (the game is now playable on this platform, the studio has confirmed). In short, nothing is easy for this remaster, yet sold at full price (€ 59.99).

Specialized sites have also documented the presence of all these bugs – which were originally present. Gamekult, deplores a “rin very rudimentary graphics ”, from “Too many bugs” and “Sometimes very rigid gameplay “. JV, for his part, asks the question squarely: is this the ” The disappointment of the year? “ Everything suggests that Rockstar Games was satisfied with the bare minimum, by entrusting the reins to Grove Street Games without giving it the resources and the time necessary to really restore the image of these nuggets. It is all the more unfortunate that some recent remasterings are really very successful (example: the Crash Bandicoot trilogy). And, during that time, we have no news of GTA VI.

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