Vice City's weird quirk is hardware related - on the PS5 GTA Trilogy crashed the most while playing Vice City. Grand Theft Auto 3's most irritating addition is mission title text which stays on the screen for far too long, sometimes halfway through the explanatory cutscene or more. On PlayStation 5, the Grand Theft Auto Definitive Edition runs fairly well, although each game in the collection has their own unique quirks. Not once, in any of the three GTA Trilogy games, have I fallen through the concrete while driving and ended up in the ocean - something I cannot say about the last time I played Vice City on PC.
The shooting in GTA 3 isn't as solid as it is in San Andreas, yes, but at least Claude actually knows how to hold a gun the proper way now, instead of breaking all the bones in his arm as he attempts to aim 320 degrees behind himself without turning his torso. Much has been said online about the rain in Grand Theft Auto 3, but the original PS2 version was also muddy and hard to see through during bad weather. Related: Every Grand Theft Auto Playable Character, Ranked Worst To BestĪ bad remake does not tarnish the quality of the original product, and just because a remaster isn't as polished as the game it is remastering doesn't mean it can't have its own good qualities.
By all accounts the GTA Trilogy is a buggy, occasionally broken, incomplete-feeling mess that likely feels disrespectful to the legacy of the originals to some - but, for both newcomers and for longtime series fans, that doesn't mean they aren't worth playing.
If what is on display in Grand Theft Auto Definitive Edition is an indication of what the original creators of GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas wanted, however, it's a good thing the world got DMA Design and Rockstar's original PlayStation 2 versions before Grove Street Games' GTA. The conversation surrounding games preservation is a tricky one, but it's hard to find a non-monetary reason for pulling older editions of any video game in favor of selling a new one unless the new one is what the original creators had in mind all along. In Screen Rant's GTA Trilogy review, I named Rockstar and Grove Street Games' games " underdefined" and said " missing features and poorly optimized content let down what could have been ideal remasters." However, that doesn't mean they are completely devoid of merit, and anyone who has yet to experience GTA 3, Vice City, or San Andreas might as well check out Grove Street Games' versions now before they get patched. Grand Theft Auto - The Trilogy: The Definitive Edition is disappointing, even on PS5.