Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition
November 11, 2021
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, …
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"Despite the complaints and all, the reality is that Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is a pretty good remastered of three great PS2 classics. Something important to understand is that this are just remastered with few …"
Read original review"GTA Trilogy on Nintendo Switch has problems like the rest of the versions, from an unstable frame rate to a noticeable popping or blurrier graphics playing in the dock, but they are still three great adventures like the cup of …"
Read original review"The new version of the GTA Trilogy is still able to offer fans hours and hours of nostalgic "play", as long as they are able to overlook the obvious roughness within the offer."
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"Two of the three games are still pretty great, but this is one of the most brazenly offensive cash grab releases I&s;ve seen in recent memory."
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"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is definitely ... a disappointment. The technical restyling on the three chapters of the saga was half successful but does not pay the right homage to the original trilogy, while the …"
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"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition is a lazy attempt at bringing three classic games into the modern era. Visually inconsistent, riddled with bugs and below par in so many other areas, the only thing this collection has …"
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"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition is a collection of three of the greatest games of the early 2000s."
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65.0
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70.0
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"Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, and San Andreas are some of the PlayStation 2&s;s best games and helped to both pioneer and define the open world genre. Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition does not provide the …"
Read original review"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition is anything but definitive, with too many issues that simply cannot be overlooked."
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"There are great stories here, memorable characters, fun missions, and the tools players need to create countless hours of their own entertainment. The foundation of GTA Trilogy is comprised of three of the best games ever made, and so there …"
Read original review"So, to recap my advice at the beginning: stick to your original copies if you still have them. If you need to see this mess in action for yourself, either wait until developer Grove Street Games heavily patches this collection …"
Read original review"The nostalgic value of this collection is beyond doubt, they are three masterpieces that today are still very funny (and with a sensational script), but this remastering has fallen short in many aspects, and has technical flaws."
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"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition is kinda rough and kinda janky, but it isn&s;t quite the disaster that the dogpile claims it is. Sure, the character design looks rough in high resolution and there are a fair …"
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"But this trilogy is just plagued with so many bugs, glitches and performance issues that really ruin this long-awaited comeback. Fans will have to wait in hope that any patches that are being planned happen right away."
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"While it isn&s;t without merits, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Definitive Edition is also plagued by many technical problems. You might relive some nostalgia if you&s;re a fan of the classics, but new players should wait for Rockstar to release …"
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"If you&s;re coming into Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy expecting each game to look and play like GTA V, prepare for disappointment at a passionless upscaling effort. On the flipside, if you fancy reliving these open world wonders with some …"
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"If somehow, inexplicably, you can overlook all of its issues then the three games in GTA Trilogy are undisputed classics. But if you want to revisit them properly, right now you’re far better off doing so on another platform."
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"If these games shaped or changed you, you might find the notion of their being shaped and changed, in turn, an unwelcome one."
Read original review"Rockstar&s;s remastered trilogy is, appropriately, an absolute car wreck of creative neglect."
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"These remasters feel less stable than the glitchy originals, with a lack of attention to detail that undermines the games&s; character"
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"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is an interesting package; despite doing a number of things fairly well such as gameplay tweaks and refreshed visuals it’s hard not to feel a little let down. When you consider …"
Read original review"GTA: The Trilogy is an acceptable but loveless remaster that incorporates some welcome updates, but also new quirks."
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"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition can be tolerable on the right system. Both PS5 and Xbox Series X offer users the best chance of brute-forcing past the performance barriers but, even then, occasional bugs and glitches …"
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"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition collects some truly groundbreaking games that still provide their share of nostalgic fun, but little has been done to make them shine here in 2021. Ultimately, a shoddy visual upgrade, choppy …"
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"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Definitive Edition isn&s;t exactly the disaster it&s;s been made out to be, but it is still a frustrating, underwhelming attempt to modernize three very important games. The quality of life improvements are generally welcome, and …"
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"Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition on Switch delivers three of gaming&s;s true greats in a shockingly rough package that manages to suck pretty much all of the fun out of Rockstar&s;s stellar crime epics. This is …"
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"Here’s the thing, though; despite every issue that the GTA: DE suffers from, I’ve still been having a good time with it. Which is simply a testament to how well-written the Grand Theft Auto series is. The GTA: DE needs …"
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"The Grand Theft Auto series will always be seen as a cultural milestone in video gaming which led to the open world games that we cherish now, but the years have been a bit harsh on the trilogy and the …"
Read original review"A messy remaster of three genre-defining open worlds, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition fails in giving GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas the treatment they deserve, but beneath the slightly shabby veneer, those same great …"
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"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 …"
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"GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition is defective, disappointing, and surprisingly disrespectful to three classic games and their many legions of fans."
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"Near-perfect at everything it does, but wisely limits its remit. A great conversion."
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"While certainly there&s;s some new enhancement in the remaster that might encourage completely new players to taste these icons of video games for the first time, it&s;s certainly not their best choice as well, the remaster enhancements are unbalanced and …"
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