GTA: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition

[King Ellis]

There's something that's always looked odd to me about the characters since the trailers came out. I'll have to see if it's any better in game when I try SA but my initial thought was they looked like something out of an off brand animated movie. Like, not a Disney or Pixar one, something you'd see from DreamWorks about a talking shoe voiced by Oprah Winfrey.

[Bobfoc]

I've seen a couple of characters whose faces look about as detailed as a Final Fantasy VII character.

[apsham]

Denise in particular took a bit of a hit.

                                   

[RPS]

Wow. That's... certainly special.

[JasonM]

Looks like someone trying to recreate her in the Sims 4

[Ruki]

I played a bit of SA last night. Fun, a bit of that GTA jank. Got to the Freddy mission, forgetting that type of humor was in the game. 

[fourstarfizzle]

Looks like Rockstar have delisted the PC version for sale to fix bugs. It's been a wierd release for Rockstar, no real footage other than 59 seconds worth before release, no access to game reviews to early looks at it and give opinions, and now having to pull the PC version for bugs. It's like they're trying to do a Cyberpunk launch

[Bobfoc]

Apparently, the PC version hasn't been delisted because of bugs, but because it includes files that shouldn't be accessible to players. Some of them are songs that were cut for licensing reasons, and so continuing to sell the game would probably result in some legal ramifications. The Hot Coffee thing is reportedly still referenced in the code as well.

[OctoberRaven]

Pictured: CDPR right now

[Mick]

1 hour ago, Bobfoc said:

The Hot Coffee thing is reportedly still referenced in the code as well.

 

Oh, who cares? I mean, seriously? You can buy fucking porn games on Steam. GTA SA came out 17 years ago; I'd like to think everyone's matured enough to not give a fuck about a badly animated sex scene where what you see is at best comparable to Cinemax  . 

[Bobfoc]

The issue isn't about the ridiculous sex scene. The fact that it wasn't removed from the code just shows how little attention the developers paid.

[apsham]

I really wouldn't bother removing it if I was put on dev work with it. There's no benefit to removing it and the possibility you break something while you're doing it. While unlikely, it's just the easier route to go.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I'm pretty sure I read that a lot of the original source code for these games was lost / never archived, because the original devs didn't think they'd ever have to revisit it. 

Also haven't played any of them yet (about to re-sub to GamePass to play SA), but apparently the tree and greenery assets are directly from GTA V?

[METALMAN]

Rockstar haven't had a very good last couple of years, huh

[Schlitzbrille]

Speaking of low-energy, Instagram-filter rain.

 

[Lint]

12 hours ago, The Redeemer CLDY said:

I'm pretty sure I read that a lot of the original source code for these games was lost / never archived, because the original devs didn't think they'd ever have to revisit it.

https://kotaku.com/remastered-gta-trilogy-contains-controversial-hot-coffe-1848052522

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As for why this code is even in these newly released ports, the best theory is that the devs behind the collection were given the “master build” of San Andreas and just didn’t remove anything from it. So all of Rockstar’s comments, changes, and code from the most recent build should be present within GTA The Trilogy - Definitive Edition’s files.

 

[Bobfoc]

I have to say that I'm enjoying this version of San Andreas more than the original, which I struggled several times to get into. The controls and checkpoints are very welcome additions.

That said, I don't like what this release stands for. Rockstar removed the old versions from digital sale and aggressively took down a lot of arguably superior fan mods in the build-up to these remasters. It's a bad look for a company that already has a reputation for overworking its staff.

[METALMAN]

10 hours ago, A Businessman said:

Speaking of low-energy, Instagram-filter rain.

 

The rain going into the sea is just breathtakingly bad. Surely even the original wasn't that terrible?

[Ruki]

Anybody else struggling with combat? I feel like I die in 2 seconds.

[Kyle]

Good to see the level of common sense that went into these.