Pre-Release GTA Trilogy: The Definitive Edition include new lighting, draw distances, GTA5 style controls, more

Phantom Thief

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"Three iconic cities, three epic stories. Play the genre-defining classics of the original Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas updated for a new generation, now with across-the-board enhancements including brilliant new lighting and environmental upgrades, high-resolution textures, increased draw distances, Grand Theft Auto V-style controls and targeting, and much more, bringing these beloved worlds to life with all new levels of detail."

"By purchasing Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition from store.rockstargames.com or the Rockstar Games Launcher by January 5th, 2022, you’ll receive a $10 discount on your next purchase through the Rockstar Games Launcher or Rockstar Web Stores on qualifying products of $15 or more (exchange rates apply). Discount expires January 16th, 2022. For complete details/terms, https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/4407663218067."

Spotted this on the GTAForums (it was on the official Rockstar site, but the page got taken down).

I assume the Switch version gets these improvements, even if obviously they are nowhere near as good as they would be on PS5 or XSX. But with that said, them using GTA5 controls for this fucking sucks.
 

Chie

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I'm in. I loved these games growing up so to have them on Switch will be cool, I played a ton of Vice City stories on PSP. With GTA being dead in the water to me getting something new to play will be cool (GTA Online was lame, not my kinda thing).
 

Ryosuke

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Man..not gonna lie, I'm a bit tense reading this. I just wanted to play the games on the go using the Switch, and while the changes are all great news, I wonder how it will run / perform / how big is it gonna be (45gb required on PC I think).
 

Magic-Man

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Spotted this on the GTAForums (it was on the official Rockstar site, but the page got taken down).

I assume the Switch version gets these improvements, even if obviously they are nowhere near as good as they would be on PS5 or XSX. But with that said, them using GTA5 controls for this fucking sucks.
Aren't the older GTA controls supposed to be really bad? GTAV would be an upgrade then.
 

Coco

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Seems like a bigger upgrade than I was expecting, if they've gone to the effort of completely revamping how the game plays.
 

9-Volt

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They are somehow better than GTA5 controls. Well, San Andreas anyway, GTA3 and VC controls were pretty bad.
Really? San Andreas target system was utterly broken and the sole reason why GTA SA didn't got a perfect 10 reviews from some outlets. CJ didn't move when you target something with your analog stick and that caused camera to jump over him.
 

xsquiddox

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I bet the switch will get some borked lesser version. Or god forbid cloud...
I think the worst thing will be like 1 game on cartridge and the rest as download. I doubt theyll bork the switch version crazily. It has the potential to sell like hot cakes there since it's been a while a nintendo console had gta.

The pc and next gen versions probs have uncompressed audio and textures wich take alot of space. They said theyll be faithfull to the originals graphics wise so im sure with some tweaks the switch can run them for sure.
 

Marce-chan

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I bet the switch will get some borked lesser version. Or god forbid cloud...
Definitely not Cloud because we would've known by now if it was. About it getting a lesser version of even the upres original, well, there's sadly a chance. And it's not really excusable. I don't think that'll happen tho. I mean, it's fucking PS2 games. Well, LA Noire was closer to the original than the remastered so there's precedence... Anyways it was way more demanding, moreso for graphics and facial expressions. Not that the remaster wouldn't run if they had put more effort into it.
I'm hopeful it gets the same treatment as Skyrim where it was fully the Special Edition in everything but name. Not that I would buy it, but I know it'll sell a ton and probably even sell more on the Switch than the other consoles. Switch owners that buy this deserve a good new experience with all the new features and graphics, not some weird upres with gyro and that's it.
 

TaySan

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Also saw the thread about the PC requirements on Era and this is looking like a legit remaster if the requirements are to go by.
 

Marce-chan

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I think the worst thing will be like 1 game on cartridge and the rest as download. I doubt theyll bork the switch version crazily. It has the potential to sell like hot cakes there since it's been a while a nintendo console had gta.

The pc and next gen versions probs have uncompressed audio and textures wich take alot of space. They said theyll be faithfull to the originals graphics wise so im sure with some tweaks the switch can run them for sure.
Ugh, there's this... 100gb space required for PS2 remasters is something very Rockstar to do. And hope they put some effort to make the Switch version the same as the others in all but resolution, because we know it's gonna sell a ton.
 

GJ

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Although personally I prefer the GTA IV controls (yeah, I’m one of those people), GTA V arguably controls the best in the series, so this is great news!
 
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Phantom Thief

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In which planet does San Andreas play better than V, lol.
I dunno lol, all i can tell you is that SA controls didn’t ever bother me but GTAV I dropped in a couple hours cause I couldn’t handle the controls.

Maybe it’s more a time and place thing.
 

Future Boy Nemo

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Ugh, there's this... 100gb space required for PS2 remasters is something very Rockstar to do. And hope they put some effort to make the Switch version the same as the others in all but resolution, because we know it's gonna sell a ton.
Well, we know the PC version of the trilogy will be 45GB. I'm assuming the Switch version will be somewhat smaller (lower res textures and more highly compressed audio, et cetera), so it's possible they might be able to squeeze it onto a 32GB cartridge like Witcher 3 did.

But then again, L.A. Noire was under 32GB and Rockstar didn't shell out then, so I won't be getting my hopes up until they announce what exactly is on the cart.
 

pain

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Hm. I replayed III and Vice City earlier this year… but I’d be down for another replay. I sort of rushed through them due to the controls.
 

GJ

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But then again, L.A. Noire was under 32GB and Rockstar didn't shell out then, so I won't be getting my hopes up until they announce what exactly is on the cart.

This will sell way, way more than L.A. Noire ever will. It’s less risky to shell out a couple bucks more for the 32GB carts with a game that’s guaranteed to sell millions.
 

LuminaryGhost

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I’d love to revisit these games with modernized updates. Huge nostalgia for these games. I still need to give GTAV a go too.
 

frog

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Those PC requirements seem nuts for PS2 remasters. But it is on Switch so it must be more scalable than the """minimum""" recommendations suggest.
 
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9-Volt

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Those PC requirements seem nuts for PS2 remasters. But it is Switch so it must be more scalable than the minimum recommendations suggest.
Rockstar PC ports usually are unoptimized as hell, those required specs mean nothing. Their games are console games first and foremost, probably look and run better on Switch than PC.
 

Ryosuke

Akagi RedSuns
Rockstar PC ports usually are unoptimized as hell, those required specs mean nothing. Their games are console games first and foremost, probably look and run better on Switch than PC.

Yeah, no. Maybe, maaybe on XSX, but not on the Switch.
 

GJ

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Yeah, no. Maybe, maaybe on XSX, but not on the Switch.

This. You already know it will run at 30 fps on the Switch, lol. I’d be really surprised if, with those requirements, they’re able to pull 60 fps out of the Switch.
 
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