grand theft auto 3, classic or dud?

Andrew's video may show this, but apparently, you can see both San Fiero and Las Venturas at the same time from one place.

Here's where I said, ok, never mind.

The more I see of the GTA Trilogy the more I understand why Rockstar took down the fan remaster mods.
Yikes..
Even just playing the first 3 hours had some characters looking really bad. As I said, game ranges from like a 4 to 7 in quality, while the original is consistently a 6. pic.twitter.com/KUYj1EvMJe

— DarkViperAU (@DarkViperAU) November 11, 2021

pretty funny that a high end PC struggles with this

Same with the new consoles, I can understand having to choose between performance mode and graphics mode on like fkn demon's souls or spider-man but how the fuck do these graphics warrant that (and it still doesn't consistently hit 60 in performance mode)

Really funny especially since this was all supposedly sourced from the version you could play just fine on an iPhone 4.

you mean i'm playing a fucking mobile phone port on my pc, of gta ?!

see third para here
https://www.polygon.com/22783178/grand-theft-auto-trilogy-3-remaster-issues-digital-foundry-video

I'd be interested in understanding more about the financial decisions that drive these shitty, broken games to market. You know that these people know that the game is unfinished and is just gonna get torn to shreds. What makes this keep happening beyond all good judgment?

Actually enjoyed a session on VC last night, even getting through Demolition Man with no probs. I think out of the three games this one visually benefits the most because of it's intense colour palette.

Tried the GTA3 version for the first time, just meh really. Still has frame rate issue unbelievably.

San Andreas is the most buggy from what I've seen, of course it's the bigger game with more scope for stuff to go wrong (a lot of polygon clipping in areas, ie car tyres clipping through roads) but I don't enjoy the enhanced cartoony experience for this one. There's also some annoying glitch when climbing over fences where your character gets a little stuck on the other side. On top of things I've already mentioned I'll stick to playing this on the ps2 thanks.

I did demolition man first time too this go round! Although the camera kept showing the floor above the chopper, completely obscuring it

I really wish I'd played all the way through GTA 3 properly when it came out when it still had that incredible novelty to it, it's too rudimentary to persevere with if you get stuck in an annoying mission in 2021

I'm not touching San Andreas, unless I get a sudden hankering to see a man with five joints in his arm ride a bike

hahaha yeah i rode a mountain bike for the first time last night and what the holy fuck at the animation ?!

They stuck an extra 30 seconds on Demolition Man iirc.

I'd be interested in understanding more about the financial decisions that drive these shitty, broken games to market. You know that these people know that the game is unfinished and is just gonna get torn to shreds. What makes this keep happening beyond all good judgment?

hmmm what could it be

I read that the demolition man timer was changed to 7:30 from the 2nd ps2 pressing onwards, but when I did it this go round it just...wasn't that difficult anyway? Maybe the reps I got in aged 19 still count 💪

This GTA 5 "glitch"/legitimate speedrun technique youtube threw at me made me laugh more than most of the San Andreas stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBbxlP6NXXs

It's really not a difficult mission, just a bit tedious which nobody ever looks forward to.

xxpost I just mean like...do the bean counters have a formula worked out wherein they know that X number of people will inevitably plop down cash for a new/refurbished entry in a popular franchise even if said entry winds up being the gaming equivalent of dancingbaby.gif, such that they can afford to alienate Y number of customers who will swear off said franchise forever (until they begrudgingly plop down cash for the next entry)

That was my theory as well, they'll have done some kind of cost analysis which justifies it on the basis that the amount of copies they'll shift purely off the back of nostalgia & brand recognition will be enough to outweigh the inevitable backlash and negative reviews. Multiply sales across every current available platform and it's bound to make enough of a profit (especially at the ludicrous AAA pricepoint of 60 bucks) that the shareholders will be satisfied regardless of the lack of quality of the end product.

Interested to see how this plays out as it's a real test of that kind of math. What's more confusing is, no one at all was waiting on this. Why would they rush it out the door? It doesn't make any sense. Yeah maybe something about more profit for the current quarter.

I'm watching a dude on Twitch play it (haven't heard him complain about bugs or glitches much) and the radio stations ("I wanna talk about taxes" - "the lone star state?" // "the name's Laszlo" - "so yeah, Leslie...") & the fake ads ("Do you want a kitten? (meow)" "we have manatees (sheep sound), white rhinos (sea lion sound) - petsovernight.com") are still 100% CLASSIC

I'm not sure anyone is swearing off GTA VI based on another studio doing a shitty job, tbf.

Yes the stations are great across the board. I esp love the gta 3 stations. Some of those fake pop songs on head radio and Lips 106 are really good !

Rockstar comments finally

tldr=
Big apologies
Admission that games aren't up to scratch, patches will be made (one soon)
Please stop abusing members of Rockstar Dev teams on social platforms
Classic versions will be up on Launcher, free to people who buy the Definitive versions before June next year

the patch = everybody will be sent a refurbished PS2 and the original Grand Theft Auto 3

or a kitten in a box

access to the original games a big hint that this is not gonna get super fixed

I mean the actual project was so fundamentally unambitious, it's hard to see what would've been £55/$60-worthy about it even if it had successfully cleared the low bar they set for it. It is a bummer given how many good remasters there have been in recent years

Astute observers will have noted that I am describing as very poor value for money a compendium I have also posted several firsthand gameplay experiences from. I quite simply woke up from a nap on Sunday and found that it was installed on my hard drive. It's crazy

I got 97 hidden pacakge!

but now i'm at the point where my mind is playing trickseez, "did i already get that one?" "did the game save properly after finding those ones?" and trying to remember all the locations and falling for the trap of false locations where there never was a package. Fucked if I know where these last 3 are. will continue tomorrow...

Console update out

Fixed an issue where the game would restart from the beginning when selecting to retry from the last checkpoint on the Mission High Stakes, Low Rider

I would have raged so hard...

https://i.imgur.com/EhvCFsp.png

Honest mistake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rd2huQTNh0

Yeah cannot 100% Vice City due to that Gun Runner mission being totally fucked

https://www.mixmods.com.br/2021/11/vcde-fix-gun-runner-softlock-missao.html?m=1

This purportedly fixes it, though I think by auto-completing the mission at a point before the bug rather than actually letting you do it properly

They also have a mod that puts all the removed songs back in that works fine

https://i.imgur.com/JL7xlMK.jpg

Lol

Do the new versions let you play your own station by putting mp3s in a folder, like the original?

just curious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jKDn-jOq-E

Coolest way to kill Salvatore

this game was so immersive. the 'fake pop' songs on the stations were such hits! it's weird to get nostalgic for in-game landscapes... cruising around the second island, sunset, lips 106...

“I hear the lead singer just got out of rehab and is ready to date your sister” -dj Michael hunt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev7FqNa5rD0

No lie, I think the majority of my time playing GTA3 was spent in a tank with the gun reversed, trying to blow myself up hills.

The Trashmaster is the poor man’s tank

always complete the Paramedic missions before you piss off any of the gangs

https://i.imgur.com/9yVvhFL.jpg