If you have an Xbox they play a lot better because Microsoft ensured that old games have upgrades when played on new hardware.
If you have an Xbox they play a lot better because Microsoft ensured that old games have upgrades when played on new hardware.
I'm so excited for this. I grew up on these games and I've replayed the trilogy on basically every platform. I really hope this is a significant remaster/remake, because they could really use them (and based on the pieces of information from both Kotaku and Gematsu, it sounds like that's what this is). Per the Gematsu article, the presence of content changes makes me hopeful they'll also re-license the songs they've removed from the ports over the years.
I really hope these do well so we can eventually get remasters of Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories down the line, too. The best versions of those are the PS2 ports and even those are rough to play.
I really hope these do well so we can eventually get remasters of Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories down the line, too. The best versions of those are the PS2 ports and even those are rough to play.
Gematsu saying this is real makes me more likely to believe it since I've never seen them post anything they weren't sure was accurate.
Rumor: Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas remakes in development for consoles, PC, and mobile
Rockstar Games is developing remakes of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, Sta…www.gematsu.com
Gematsu corroborates, also reports that there will be changes in content:
Hmm, and this was recent too. I'm expecting something on the level of what Bioware did with Mass Effect 1 this year, maybe a bit more since these games are a gen older.Zelnick said that they won't do simple remasters
Take-Two Boss On Remasters: "We Don't Just Port Titles Over"
Strauss Zelnick believes there is reason why remasters from his company may perform better than the competition.www.gamespot.com
More substantial than your typical uprezzed, fps boosted port, but not enough to be considered a full-blown remake
Not uncommon might literally mean common, but in practice it's just an idiom for 'it happens more than you'd think'. And that's true.
Weird that they are using Unreal Engine when they have their own internal engine at Rockstar for the GTA games.
True, but you can still play it on current hardware and in modern display resolution. Not like the game is stuck on legacy hardware that no one has next to their TVs any more.
People surprised that GTA games are coming to a Nintendo console did not play Chinatown Wars and that makes me sad.
In any event, I do have some nostalgia for these old janky sandboxes so I might pick it up on Switch if it goes on a sale for a decent price at some point down the road.
In any event, I do have some nostalgia for these old janky sandboxes so I might pick it up on Switch if it goes on a sale for a decent price at some point down the road.
Sure but many people still wanna play it and there is no reason not to remake it when they have a lot of assets they can reuse and can profit a lot from the game.
Tbf I think you posted this before Gematsu article was up but just in case you haven't seen it yet, they describe it as: "The remakes are reportedly being developed in Unreal Engine using a mix of "new and old graphics," with one source stating that the visuals reminded them of a heavily-modded version of a classic Grand Theft Auto title. The user interface will also be updated, but retain the same classic style." So it seems kind of close to a remake for the most part especially if its getting ported to an entirely new engine.
It's actually pretty good imo with the advanced retical, some control tweaks, and high shooting stat. Like honestly better than many more even modern dedicated shooters.
That and managing the weight of SA will most likely get changed. I'm not to trusting of this thing with them removing the community mods. I'm betting on a majority of the things they add are what the mods were doing and they are just repackaging it. Although I hope to be wrong and they do do a full combat and control revamp, but doubtful.
Not everyone has an Xbox and RDR with graphics like the sequel would blow all those numbers away easily.
I hope they go far with the visual and gameplay overhaul, make it look and play like a modern game. The digital-only release is worrying, these are some beloved games and the GTA audience is bigger than ever so there's no doubt they'd check out these remasters especially if they were too young to play them back when they came out.
The Red Dead Redemption port is a long time coming especially since it never came out on PC, the only modern way to play that game was on Xbox.
The Red Dead Redemption port is a long time coming especially since it never came out on PC, the only modern way to play that game was on Xbox.
I played all 3 games on PC earlier this year. I had to spend several hours modding them to get them to run just right, and even then they were still jank AF, but I still had a great time playing them. I'm really looking forward to these remasters. Especially GTAIII as that was my favorite of the 3 games, even though it lacked the refinement of its successors.
Rockstar didn't even release any new games this gen and they're still going to win the holiday season lmao.
Switch ports I imagine will sell very well.
Switch ports I imagine will sell very well.
Not necessarily. They would make an automated system to move everything to Unreal and then test, fill in the gaps. Of course it's not that simple but it's not like they'd have to rebuild the games from scratch.
Then the "remaster" parts are probably a lot easier in Unreal. Don't have to add support for all the systems, all the inputs, new methods of lighting, etc… to an old engine.
