Rockstar is selling the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition again on PC after a difficult and controversial launch saw them being pulled from stores last week.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is again available through the Rockstar Games Launcher for play and purchase.We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, and are working to improve and update overall performance as we move forward: https://t.co/hAfEKqYS3o— Rockstar Support (@RockstarSupport) November 15, 2021
Rockstar Games launched remasters of three classic Grand Theft Auto games: GTA III, GTA: Vice City, and GTA: San Andreas to much-hype last week.The new remasters promised features such as improved graphics and modern gameplay.
However, soon after launch, players were experiencing difficulties playing the game, with some pretty major bugs and glitches plaguing the games.Players on consoles and PC soon found the games to be more or less unplayable, despite the originals being nearly two decades old.
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com/7GSRX24G7O— Janky (@JankyNedelko) November 11, 2021
Furthermore, Rockstar had pulled the originals from stores before the definitive edition’s launch, while issuing takedown notices to modders providing graphics mods to the originalsThe Definitive edition costs nearly ₹5000 while missing some of the iconic music and cutscenes from the originals due to copyright issues
Additionally, unlike the originals, the remasters also required players to be online to launch the game, as with every other Rockstar gamePlayers on PC were further miffed soon after the launch, as the Rockstar Game Launcher went just hours4,994 after launch
The launch was down for nearly 48 hours, and affected nearly every Rockstar game, causing online backlash from usersSoon after, Rockstar pulled the definitive edition from stores “to work on the bugs”
Many players have accused Rockstar of trying to rip off a loyal player base with sub-par gamesPre-launch Rockstar did not release any gameplay video of the definitive edition while embargoing reviews until after the launchPreviously, Rockstar has always released gameplay videos before launch
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