Rockstar’s disappointing GTA Trilogy remasters will get a new patch next week, presumably addressing any other outstanding issues with these shoddy re-releases. The package – featuring GTA 3, GTA Vice City, and GTA San Andreas – launched last year, and was quickly ridiculed for its poor performance and presentation. The publisher eventually apologised for the launch, and promised fixes – although they’ve been slow to materialise.
“New patches are coming next week for the GTA Trilogy across all platforms,” the label wrote on social media. “We appreciate the community’s patience and support.”
We awarded the GTA Trilogy a 5/10 in our PS5 review, and described it as a “stain on Rockstar’s record”: “All three mainline GTA games from the PS2 era are seminal pieces, and they still hold up to modern scrutiny – the outstanding GTA San Andreas especially. But as remasters these are weak: they chug on modern hardware and are undone by questionable artistic decisions.”
[source twitter.com]
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Ah *****, here we go again.
This trilogy needs Jesus.
Ain't no patches gonna fix em
Lol I completely forgot about this train wreck.
But,but Strauss Zelnick the Take-two supermo said there was only ever "a problem & that's been fixed"!🤔😂
Unless they magically patch in a whole new version which has the modder graphical updates that they so ruthlessly banned AND restored the PS2 original soundtracks to justify the "definitive edition remaster " & price tag to match,then it might be newsworthy!
Although Push Square isn't looking to replicate Digital Foundry,it would be interesting if they gave these sort of patches a try on base ps4 & ps5 just to see what so called improvements have happened!
Worried about BioShock 4, GTA6 and T2's future.
WB looking like the last western publisher that hasn't completely screwed up.
@DeathByLasagna All they had to do was follow the damn train!
I own the originals on Steam and the way they made such a pig's ear of these games here is just mind blowing.
Oh man, what'd they do to Ryder? He looks like he has tentacles for arms or something.
Did I miss something, when did the native PS5 version drop? Or is it only available digitally on PS5?
Playing vice city right now and it's still awesome
@JohnnyShoulder I’m also after info for this. My buddy brought gta trilogy for the PS4, & plays it on the PS5. He said that he can’t get access to the ps5 version, just the PS4. I also saw that the Xbox one version of the game gets you the Xbox series version for free. Sounds very weird. My buddy originally wanted to buy the gta trilogy on Ps5-but you can’t get it unless you buy it digitally I think
@RevGaming i don't think we need to worry about GTA6 to be honest. Yes, Rockstar released these remasters, but they didn't develop them. GTA 6 will have the usual care we expect
@FuzzieGinge88 Idk. Looking at how they changed focus to GTA online, Dan Houser and other people leaving and hearing rumors is not doing as good as expected has me worry.
i'll fully admit it was a wreck , i still enjoyed playing what i did ( i got it from game pass chill ) , anyways im glad they are still updating , i'm going to see what they do with these updates but it feels like they are at least trying to make it better.
10 million copy’s were sold, kinda left that detail out
No thanks, I still think they should have gone with full blown remakes...
@RevGaming
This. GTA 6 is going to be drastically different to what we know. Almost certainly the emphasis on GTA online will overshadow anything single player. Dan Houser is gone who was responsible for the earlier GTA games we loved
I platinumed all 3. Although the were buggy I still really enjoyed the games as much as possible in fact it was my first time playing san andreas to completion. Sad that I've finished actually
They've actually fixed some of the worst framerate issues on Switch (patch is already out there). Its still buggy in ways the originals were not, but hopefully the PS4 patch will also fix the worst framerate issues, for example during the racers in SA.
Removed - unconstructive
@Ristar24 Wow they deserve a medal for that fixing a mess of game that is worse then the decades old games.
@Flaming_Kaiser Yes, they really don't, ha. The PS2 emulations on PS4 are not great either though, quite a few emulation issues.
Pro Tip: Get Elden Ring instead!
@Ristar24 9 know 9 said the real PS2 version. 🤪
@Flaming_Kaiser Yeah, on a CRT too for the true experience! PS2 had poor video out though... getting a decent picture on a modern TV is not easy. The original Xbox versions were also pretty nice and work on a 360. I think these new versions are far from 'definitive', they were very poor and unfinished at launch, somewhat better now. These games deserved so much better, they also should have allowed you to maintain something closer to the original aesthetic as an option. I'm downloading the PS4 patches as out now, they are big... be interested to see how they run.
@Ristar24 Its a pity because i really loved GTA Vice City and would have gladly payed for a new run but its better left in my nostalgia. And i have no issue with paying premium for quality remasters. Final Fantasy 8/10/12 the PSP one which name i forgot if its quality i have zero issues playing them.
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