Three years after its troubled launch, Rockstar has released a significant update for the current-gen console and PC versions of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive edition.
Released in 2021, GTA Trilogy DE – which is made up of GTA3, Vice City, and San Andreas – received significant criticism for its disappointing presentation and visuals. However, Tuesday’s surprise update seems to have made big improvements.
Patch notes simply note that a classic lighting mode – previously added to the mobile versionslast year– has been added to consoles. By itself, this appears to have improved the Trilogy’s visuals significantly, but fans have noted there are more changes thanRockstarhas mentioned.
X userBeskhas extensively detailed improvements they’ve discovered so far in The Trilogy, most notably new fire, rain, fog, and glass-breaking effects, new and fixed animations, extra bloom and lighting effects, and more.
Players can also now run while aiming certain weapons, pause cutscenes, see date/time information on game saves, view their correct position on the world map, and more.
GTA SA Defintive Edition after the New PatchLeft old Right Newpic.twitter.com/kxBij35K4z
I can’t believe I’m saying this but with the new Classic Lightning and the GTA Trilogy DE PatchI’m on Vice City and it looks absolutely gorgeous.pic.twitter.com/EjI4YRqE07
GTA DE New Patch has FINALLY fixed the aiming running animations across all guns in GTA 3 and VC DE which used to be extremely broken. This is by far the best fix for me.Left Old Right Newpic.twitter.com/PnG6LJX7m8
At launch the remasters were heavily criticised fora significant number of technical issues, as well as “unintended” documents found within game files such asunlicensed music and developer notes, resulting in thePCversion being pulled temporarily.
Despite the launch issues, sales figures shared shortly after launch suggested the title hadsold as many as 10 million copiesfollowing its release.
Take-Twohasn’t confirmed exact sales figures for GTA: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition, but CEOStrauss Zelnickclaimed last year that the collection hadperformed “great” since its release.
