It wasn't unexpected, but it has still been surprising to see just how badly managed these gaming giants seem to be.
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Rockstar Removing Access To Play or Purchase GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition Until They Scrub Some Data
- Thread starter RockmanBN
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Further proof that the whole project probably only had like three people working on it, probably crunched half to death and with a non-moveable deadline that was impossible to hit even with a full sized team.
"How can we make the most amount of money possible with the least amount of effort or investment?"
"How can we make the most amount of money possible with the least amount of effort or investment?"
Considering it shouldn't take this long to just remove the music files I'm guessing they're removing/encrypting all the scripts that they left in there too. Stuff like this
What a shitshow, I was so excited to replay these but now I've been too soured from the whole experience. The desire to play them has been completely extinguished.
On PC I put in a ticket for a refund yesterday, they're also no longer on my list but I don't see anything when it comes to a refund for them.
I want a refund and I didn't even buy the game, what a disaster
MS should ask for a refund on the money they spent to get it on Game Pass
MS should ask for a refund on the money they spent to get it on Game Pass
"Hey should we use the metric fuckton of money that we make from GTA Online alone to do a proper remake of our classic GTA games that will assuredly also make a metric fuckton of money?"
"We could... or we could just spend the absolute bare minimum and release some unpolished and half-baked garbage because it will sell a metric fuckton anyways!"
"Genius!"
Leaked audio transcript from Take-Two headquarters.
"We could... or we could just spend the absolute bare minimum and release some unpolished and half-baked garbage because it will sell a metric fuckton anyways!"
"Genius!"
Leaked audio transcript from Take-Two headquarters.
They'd better be automatically giving the refunds, and letting folks keep it that already bought it as an apology.
Still there, it's likely they will either pull a Cyberpunk or they will update it and remove the files a la GTA IVs 2018 update.
Everyone talks about gamers, right. But what about press? My press review copy just disappear from my account. It's a fucking shame. I didn't want to handled this. I don't have the fucking time right now. Fuck you rockstar, I'm just gonna pirate this shit for my pleasure.
User Banned (2 weeks): Continuing to promote piracy after being told it was against the rules
I don't care.
Don't know if this is a widespread issue, but that is as amazing as it is terrible. Take Two is clearly more concerned about the record companies than their customers. To try to escape their wrath it appears as if they pulled some kind of experimental emergency brake they thought they'd never have to use, and which just fucked up the whole service.
Apparently @RockstarSupport deleted their tweet multiple times? They must believe they're in some potentially serious shit.
I don't understand how they can mess up easy money like this. Actually putting in a bit of effort into these remasters would have paid off huge.
Just mind blowing.
Just mind blowing.
Nah dude piracy is not okay. Buy second hand or just don't play at all and buy something better.
The CEO of Take 2 probably gave the development team an unrealistic budget and time table for making these remakes. Got to get the game out for Christmas and spend as little money on it as possible because those GTA fans will buy anything.
This is kinda upsetting. I was looking forward to the definitive edition but it sounds so trash, and I can't even buy the old ones.
This has somehow become even more of a dumpster fire than was expected pre-release. Unlicensed music hidden in game files (but apparently still sometimes played in-game somehow?), dev tools being included in the files, graphical bugs and oversights, the game being unplayable for over 24 hours for legitimate buyers, having to remove the game from sale... Damn. Rockstar fucked this up in almost every way imaginable.
And what's worse is they never really removed the old stuff, it was just locked only because they never thought anyone with the thought to dig into the code and expose everything.
What's worse? The cut content leaks into the actual game.
Gives you a look at how these games work, cut content, developer comments are the immediate benefits.
Theoretically could help with mod making, but these games are so old and moddable that idk how much more insight there is to be gained for veteran modders.
I will say the multiplayer folder there interests me, San Andreas originally had a 2 player mode which is turned off in the remasters. Maybe it could be turned on? Who knows.
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Speedrunners are gonna have a field day with them as now they'll know exactly how everything works.
So, wait, if the script to prevent the cut music from playing apparently doesn't reliably work, doesn't that mean that Rockstar has effectively sold versions of a game that plays music that they don't have licenses to use?
Well Take-Two's legal department is going get some work over the coming months.
Well Take-Two's legal department is going get some work over the coming months.
