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[MidGenRefresh]

Does San Andreas retain the ps2 versions orange haze at sunset? No other version done that and it was amazing.

It's still there, just toned-down. I love this effect and it defines the aesthetic of the game for me. It can be easily restored on PC thou.

Definitive Edition

OG PC with PS2 effects restored

 

[waquzy]

It's still there, just toned-down. I love this effect and it defines the aesthetic of the game for me. It can be easily restored on PC thou.

Definitive Edition

OG PC with PS2 effects restored

OG > DE
This remaster is just bland in comparison, it has no soul. One of the worst remasters to ever come out imo. It’s a F**kfest!

 

[Noboru Wataya]

It's still there, just toned-down. I love this effect and it defines the aesthetic of the game for me. It can be easily restored on PC thou.

Definitive Edition

OG PC with PS2 effects restored

not even close

 

[Superwave]

You see, you're doing this again for no reason. No one is saying you can't enjoy those remasters. It's fine. But please don't downplay the criticism. Little details are important.

And of course I agree that missing music is even more important.

Heat instead of meat is not important at all, in any scenario. It doesn't even amount to something that can be criticized. It's a mistake.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Heat instead of meat is not important at all, in any scenario. It doesn't even amount to something that can be criticized. It's a mistake.

It's a sum of its parts.

 

[AV]

Heat instead of meat is not important at all, in any scenario. It doesn't even amount to something that can be criticized. It's a mistake.

So if every single sign in the game had a mistake in it, it wouldn't be an issue?

Of course it would. We're not saying the remasters are bad because of the one sign.

 

[SenkiDala]

Damn it looks "ok" but I'm quite disappointed... I was really looking to buy this on day one but it really needs a patch. And I mean wtf do we need to chose between performance and quality, those are 20 years old games a bit tweaked, both next gen can run this at 4k60 with no problem... Shitty optimisation.

 

[DeepEnigma]

This remaster reminds me of those 'nailed it' cake memes.

 

[hemo memo]

Shit like this is so embarrassing, like, you can't have one guy page through the assets for a day or two making sure everything sounds correct?

Really poor, and to think GAF's preoccupation was with how wOkE this was gonna be - the removal of a confederate flag is the least of anyone's worries

If they put that much effort into making the remaster better than wasting all this time on this maybe would have end up with a good remaster.

 

[Javthusiast]

I will play through SA on game pass, maybe pay one month for PS now and play GTA3, but other than that they are not getting money for the full product. I will just wait till Vice City hits game pass someday or now.

These ports do not deserve the price.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

not even close

This is an early morning effect. The one I shared before was taken at sunset. This is also restored. If you want that true PS2 look you'd have to drop the resolution way down. I prefer to play in 4k.

 

[GodLordPaddock]

San Andreas cut scenes are way too dark and the game in general is way too dark. I'm playing on a calibrated CX. My friend told me to turn off HDR but with the way the game plays i.just Uninstaller. Surprisingly I didn't notice frame drops. Could that be the VRR on the TV?

 

[8BiTw0LF]

I hope they fix the rain:

 

[SafeOrAlone]

I'm considering just turning off the aiming lock-on. I feel like it may actually be getting me killed.

 

[Superwave]

San Andreas cut scenes are way too dark and the game in general is way too dark. I'm playing on a calibrated CX. My friend told me to turn off HDR but with the way the game plays i.just Uninstaller. Surprisingly I didn't notice frame drops. Could that be the VRR on the TV?

Lower contrast in game.

 

[VulcanRaven]

It's still there, just toned-down. I love this effect and it defines the aesthetic of the game for me. It can be easily restored on PC thou.

Definitive Edition

That looks good but I wish it was more orange. I really liked how the first cutscene looked on PS2:

3:35


0:29

 

[Superwave]

I'm considering just turning off the aiming lock-on. I feel like it may actually be getting me killed.

How so? I quickly release the lock on trigger after each kill then reengage. Seems to work.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

The games seem like a hot mess. Glad I avoided this for now.

 

[dotnotbot]

I hope they fix the rain:

It's funny cause they seem to be proud of new rain:

This same thinking extended to the weather effects. If you look back at GTA III now, you’ll notice that the rain is simply a visual effect applied to the foreground. In the remasters, it’s a torrent. Puddles accumulate on the ground, and screen-space reflections allow nearby geometry, pedestrians, and cars to appear in those puddles, which makes a huge difference to the mood – especially in the neon glow of Vice City. Complimenting that are emissive lights, which light up nearby characters and vehicles.

Interview: How Rockstar and Grove Street remastered all three ‘GTA’ games

We speak with Rockstar producer Rich Rosado about the ‘GTA: The Trilogy’ remasters releasing today.

ftw.usatoday.com

Maybe it's a mistake and they meant it's a torment, not a torrent

 

[Northeastmonk]

Vice City crashed on me. Amazing.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

That looks good but I wish it was more orange. I really liked how the first cutscene looked on PS2:

3:35


0:29

I would say that it's pretty damn close.

 

[Vae_Victis]

Rockstar pulls Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition from sale on PC

UPDATE 13TH NOV 2021: Rockstar pulled Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition from sale on PC to "remove…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[hemo memo]

How did they able to make a game inferior to a game from 2001 and manage to surprisingly fuck up all 3 games? Worst of all is 60$? Really? 60$ for this effort? This is downright fraud.

 

[VulcanRaven]

I would say that it's pretty damn close.

Is that modded PC version?

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Is that modded PC version?

Yes. I'm using this mod. It restores the best effects from PS2 and XBOX + music + full controller support with button prompts + 4k interface + countless bug fixes.

GTA SA: Definitive Edition | D.E.P (definitive-edition-project.com)

 

[SafeOrAlone]

How so? I quickly release the lock on trigger after each kill then reengage. Seems to work.

Feels finnicky to me. I also feel like it is slowing my manual aim to a crawl. Often when I lock onto someone, I feel like I am playing tug of war in an attempt to drag the icon up towards their head, before they blast me to death.

Maybe it's something else I need to take into account, but I just find that I'm not doing well in combat.

 

[Pantz]

 

[8BiTw0LF]

Yes. I'm using this mod. It restores the best effects from PS2 and XBOX + music + full controller support with button prompts + 4k interface + countless bug fixes.

GTA SA: Definitive Edition | D.E.P (definitive-edition-project.com)

No free camera movement?

 

[waquzy]

Wow, does she have Onlyfans?!

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

I'm on ps5.
Free aim, max look sensitivity.

I'm having a blast. The improved controls are great.

 

[ripeavocado]

This is an early morning effect. The one I shared before was taken at sunset. This is also restored. If you want that true PS2 look you'd have to drop the resolution way down. I prefer to play in 4k.

the effect was already extremely toned down in the PC and Xbox releases of the original game among other things such as grass.

The original PS2 version is the best one.

 

[waquzy]

 

[hemo memo]

IGN and other outlets reviews are next week as they didn’t give anyone codes obviously because of how fucked this hilariously called “definitive version” is. I hope they grilled it but who I am kidding, they don’t want to burn bridges with R.

 

[Cornbread78]

Woof, this remaster is rough. I booted up SA and they kept most of the PS2 graphics in, just make that shit shiny. The only real visual enhancements feel like the fucking loading screen & main menu. It would have been great for them to keep the cartoony aesthetic, but the characters models should have been updated at least. I wasn't expecting much and was still disappointed

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[MidGenRefresh]

the effect was already extremely toned down in the PC and Xbox releases of the original game among other things such as grass.

The original PS2 version is the best one.

Nobody that plays on PC plays using the original untouched PC version. That version is and always was crap.

And no, PS2 version is not the best one. Your memory is failing you. I would suggest to connect your PS2 (if you even still have one) to a CRT (if you even still have one) and try playing it.

Then check out this modded version and really tell me which version is the best.

 

[saintjules]

Lmaoo i remember this glitch from the original game

Ah so this isn't new. Damn can't remember if I ever encountered it.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[waquzy]

 

[nightmare-slain]

so glad i didn't buy this trash. rockstar should be hounded for this (yes i know rockstar didn't develop it)

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Smoke got bigger

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[Kerotan]

Fine, but not perfect. There are still framedrops and crashes to be fixed. Luckily it's easier to update these versions than the RenderWare versions.

There probably are frame drops. I watched him on share screen for ages and it looked absolutely fine. The original games look dogshit and this is a nice improvement.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

It is just absurd that they want $60 for this.


Duplicated here as well.

 

[SJRB]

What the FUCK were they thinking with that rain effect?

 

[AV]

It is just absurd that they want $60 for this.


Duplicated here as well.

I'm actually 100% OK with stuff like this, shit like this happened quite a lot in the originals and for better or worse it was part of the charm.

 

[waquzy]

Are these two siblings? Or just inbred?

 

[rodrigolfp]

Nobody that plays on PC plays using the original untouched PC version. That version is and always was crap.

And no, PS2 version is not the best one. Your memory is failing you. I would suggest to connect your PS2 (if you even still have one) to a CRT (if you even still have one) and try playing it.

Then check out this modded version and really tell me which version is the best.

I play. The cow piss filter/effect can go to the pasture.

 

[AV]

This makes me laugh every single time. It looks like the original female troll model from the WoW alpha before Blizzard nerfed the girth.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

I play. The cow piss filter/effect can go to the pasture.

If you don't like it... there's a mod for that.