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You can’t buy GTA’s remastered trilogy for PC right nowMaybe for the best, given how busted it looks
Maybe for the best, given how busted it looks
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition Comparison VideoWatch on YouTube
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition Comparison Video
I didn’t dig the cartoonish visual style of the remasters in marketing screenshots and trailers, but I was not prepared for quite how ugly and inept it seems in reality. The internet is awash with screenshots and clips pointing out ugly character art, obvious typos, wacky bugs, excessive effects, and animations which question our understanding of the human skeleton.
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What the FUCKpic.twitter.com/1tPeUAsdB7— potad (@VinePotato)November 10, 2021
What the FUCKpic.twitter.com/1tPeUAsdB7
Some of it is… ouch.
Arm rickets are a major issue in Grove Streetpic.twitter.com/J0kbdhA7on— potad (@VinePotato)November 10, 2021
Arm rickets are a major issue in Grove Streetpic.twitter.com/J0kbdhA7on
And just yikes:
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Some typos are obvious:
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And some outright ruin jokes:
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Bugs are wacky:
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And effects can be a lot.
My Eyes Hurt Pt.1#GrandTheftAutoSanAndreasTheDefinitiveEdition#GTA#XboxSharepic.twitter.com/7GSRX24G7O— Janky (@JankyNedelko)November 11, 2021
My Eyes Hurt Pt.1#GrandTheftAutoSanAndreasTheDefinitiveEdition#GTA#XboxSharepic.twitter.com/7GSRX24G7O
The only place to buy the game on PC isthe Rockstar Store, which does not currently even list a PC version. You might assume Rockstar have pulled it because it’s such a mess, but they haven’t explained what’s up. They do seem to be having trouble with the Rockstar Launcher, which is required to play the PC version.
“Services for the Rockstar Games Launcher and supported titles are temporarily offline for maintenance. Services will return as soon as maintenance is completed,” theytweetedyesterday.
PC servicesare still down. Theonly updateso far today says: “We thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue to work on restoring services for the Rockstar Games Launcher and supported titles.”
Perhaps the Launcher is so busted that it seemed only sensible to stop selling the game, not wanting people to buy something they couldn’t actually play. Maybe it will return to sale once that’s fixed. If this is a coincidence, it’s terrible timing from a PR perspective.
But also, man, surely they’d still be embarrassed. For a studio who obsess over details like tempartures tightening a horse’s scrotum, all this is… woof. Their games are never flawless (the state of cheating in GTA Online remains absurd) but this is just a mess. Rockstar themselves didn’t make the Def Ed, with Grove Street Games (formerly War Drum Studios) rebuilding the three games in Unreal Engine instead.
I hope they make drastic changes and big fixes. Rockstar pulled the original games from sale after announcing the Def Ed, so these will be the versions standing for posterity. Rockstar’s legacy will look very different this way.
I’ve asked Rockstar PR what’s going on, why the collection isn’t sold any more, and if they plan to do anything about all of the everything. No reply so far.
