The framerate, while wonky, doesn’t suffer that much, especially since Liberty City is as small as a kiddie pool when compared to, say, the entire state of San Andreas.

Maybe it’s due to the fact the original artwork for each character already resembled melted wax statues, so I ended up kind of liking their new models, especially the new Claude. I know the entirety of Liberty City’s map by memory.Īs ugly as the now-infamous character models look in the other two games, I didn’t mind them that much in Grand Theft Auto III. And for the most part, I won’t deny, this Definitive Edition does fix a lot of its issues. Yes, it is one of the most important games of all time, but it was a relic of its time. It looked hideous, ran poorly, and had utterly never-ending loading times. It was a game made with the Dreamcast’s limitations in mind (look it up, I ain’t inventing stuff), with a bizarre control scheme and even more bizarre camera system. For as much as I’ve loved this game ever since buying an original Xbox back when I was eleven, this one had aged like spoiled milk. GTA III was in dire need of a remaster or a remake. Let me start off with an actual positive: the Definitive Edition of Grand Theft Auto III is actually the most trouble-free of them all. And boy, something just wasn’t right with this collection.

The announcement of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition‘s versions already made me want to grab a copy for PS5, for the quality of life improvements, visuals, and trophies, as well as a Switch port so I could raise hell while listening to Jane’s Addiction’s “ Been Caught Stealing” on a portable. A package with all three games, with brand new visuals, and quality of life improvements? On all consoles? Ray freaking tracing on PS5 and portability on the Switch version? Wait a sec… a Switch version? This is how Rockstar makes their money: they know how to make you want to buy their products multiple times even before release. Of all characters, I wasn’t expecting for Claude from GTA III to receive the best remaster treatment.

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