

The quality of all three games in the collection has garnered criticism. The post, which has garnered 1,300 comments and counting, points out that Rockstar released almost no direct feed gameplay ahead of launch, mentions that reviews were not permitted pre-launch, and calls into question the choice of fidelity and performance options for remasters of games that are up to 20 years old. To sum up much of the public response to the Definitive Editions, at time of writing, the top post on the 3 million user-strong r/Games subreddit is titled "Rockstar should be ashamed of the GTA Trilogy Remaster". Here are the key factors right now: Quality Concerns While many have praised some of the visual upgrades (particularly to landscapes) on new-gen consoles, and appreciated the introduction of modern control schemes, there have been a number of issues raised with the quality of the new versions of the classic games. Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition only launched yesterday, but it's already seen a number of fan complaints, ranging from the quality of the remasters to not being able to play the PC version at all. IGN is reaching out to Rockstar for confirmation and will update as necessary. Potential big headache for Rockstar.- Ryan Brown 📼🎮 November 13, 2021 It looks to be that licensed music tracks which they no longer have the rights to use weren't properly removed and were found in the game files. "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and we hope to have the correct versions of the games up and running for everyone as soon as possible." The nature of these files remains unclear, but one journalist speculated that it might be related to licensed music tracks.

However, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition will remain unavailable to play or purchase as we work to remove some data files that were unintentionally included in the new versions of these games," Rockstar wrote. "The Rockstar Games Launcher is now back online. We're sorry for the disruption and hope to have correct ones up soon. The Rockstar Games Launcher is now online, but GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition is unavailable to play or purchase as we remove files unintentionally included in these versions.
