Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy--Definitive Edition Review

Rockstar's remastered GTA trilogy is, appropriately, an absolute car wreck of creative neglect. Is the Grand Theft Auto: Definitive Edition an ideal way to experience the trilogy? Hell no.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy—Definitive Edition is now available on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One and Series X, and Switch.

[GirishKumar-tykw]

Glad that sleeping dogs got a shoutout. Such an underappreciated game.

[labroomes]

Unfinished game? sheet, here we go again.

[bencampbell]

Brutal, and completely fair. Let's hope Rockstar prioritises their reputation over a quick buck.

[cedricalmeida]

Imagine beeing the team behind the Mafia: Definitive Edition and laughing hard at rockstar

[kaiserwilhelmthend]

I played GTA 3 while stationed in Iraq. Seeing it get remastered the way it did makes me wish they didn’t remaster it.

[ssj]

Welcome to 2021, the year every other company follow Activision and EA in confidantely releasing unfinished, unpolished, and lazy games while racking in the cash from consumers who didn't completely understand how half baked these new products were going to be

[Steve_UK]

The worst part of all this is that it's pretty much unsaveable and we wont ever get the versions we wanted.

[maizee]

Thank you for pointing out that these games mainly lack art direction as updated visuals just make the games bland and characterless without planned art direction. Also, haphazard graphical updates hamper the overall aesthetic and vibe these games meant to portray in the original versions.

[powerhouse]

So we finally know what R* cant do properly…….. REMASTERS lol

I like the ending showing how every other Studio that was inspired by GTA has done a better job at updating their games up to date than the main studio that inspired them. Doesn’t matter who R* put in charge, its their fault none the less for not supervising this mess.

[stuffthings]

Misogyny and homophobia? Oh lighten up.

[iangator]

These games were released unfinished. Which is ridiculous for a company with more money than God

[amirhb]

Three unfinished games in one month and I'm not just talking about this trilogy

[Denois]

7:46 Do you seriously not understand the what satire is?

[remarkableputter]

This is sad....rockstar did not need to do this...they had the GTA 5 engine all they needed to do was put the trilogy maps and missions in it...and it would have been a dream come true...I have seen modders doing a better job...

[jimrustler]

Just like some Vice City mission:
Rockstar: Looking for something special? I got what you need! Thanks for the money, sucker.

[nic]

the switch port actually is practically unplayable with the amount of crashes and autosaves corrupted by the crashes especially the further you get into the game

[Shawno]

"Pefect caricature of black life" shows carl getting arrested

[jens.einzelgaenger.mp]

Unfinished product is the current trend. Companies are running to be the best to follow it.

[DarkonXBL]

I mean I could expect this from Activision or EA, but et tu Rockstar?

[andrewtaitz]

Thank you Gamespot for doing what IGN didn’t. Give it the rating it deserved.