Overview
The Definitive Edition is a compilation of the PlayStation 2-era trilogy of Grand Theft Auto games, which includes:
- Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)
These games had previously been released on the Playstation Network as part of the "PS2 Classics" line, now running in HD resolutions. Upon release of the Definitive Edition, these versions were pulled from Sony's virtual shelves, though players who had already purchased and downloaded the titles could still play them.
Development on all three games took place concurrently over two years, and was focused on upscaling their graphics using artificial intelligence. The gameplay mechanics remained largely unchanged, although the much-maligned weapon targeting systems in III and Vice City were changed. In order to maintain the "feel" of the original games, the same physics code was carried over. Players could automatically retry failed missions, reflecting an improvement from recent GTA games, and an in-game map was added to GTA III.
Given the sheer size of the three maps, the work to create a more realistic look as seen in Grand Theft Auto V was deemed impractical. Instead, the team adopted an art style reminiscent of cel-shading, which they felt would mesh better with the primitive motion-capture data they had to work off of.
21 songs across both Vice City and San Andreas' soundtracks would be cut due to licensing costs and in the case of pop megastar Michael Jackson, renewed scrutiny over sexual abuse allegations as covered in the HBO Max documentary "Leaving Neverland."
Release and Reception
Fans hoping for full-fledged "remakes" of these groundbreaking titles were disappointed to find out this highly-anticipated collection was glorified ports of the mobile versions. Irate fans were further stoked by Rockstar removing the previous games from sale on console and launching DMCA strikes against user-generated mods that already remastered the game for PC players. As a result, the game was subject to "review bombing" on Metacritic and has since been ignominiously dubbed the "Defective Edition."
Critical response was more mixed, with some praise going to the games' improved lighting, textures, and streamlining of outdated mechanics. In addition to the lackluster nature of the ports themselves, a bevy of glitches, crashes, progress-halting bugs, and other woeful technical issues were reported by users across all platforms.
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