Well..
I'm one of the few who actually WASN'T against the Definitive Editions, yes the models could have been better, yes the music that got cut sucks, and yes the originals are still fantastic overall~
But what these brought in were nice quality of life additions, GPS for all the games, modern drive-by controls, checkpoints for all the games, weapon wheels and radio wheels, really pretty lighting, smoother gameplay, hell I even LOVED playing through these all again for the first time since I was a kid.
But for San Andreas? God I'm glad I left this crap for last lol, after starting with my favorite game of the Trilogy; Vice City, and LOVING the Def. Edition! Then having this be the first time I 100% GTA 3, enjoying that to an extent too, I was really excited to play the commonly agreed upon best of the PS2 games for the first time since I was younger..
But I don't know what made this one so below the other two, but it was constant "Fatal Errors", crusty audio, broken achievements (which REALLY affected me since I just got off a 100% of Vice City AND 3.
I quite literally had to download someones save file that was a little bit ahead of me because I just couldn't get passed the mission Snail Trail without crashing midway through the train section then only a few hours later, reached ANOTHER unavoidable crashing with a different mission and had to do the same thing again, I don't understand why that was happening lmao
I feel kinda upset with myself for this 100% not being authentic like all my other games I do it for, I mean hell, I'm even close to doing it for GTA V, but for THIS game to be the one that was a hurdle? And for reasons outta my control? Screw that, haha..
But yeah, the other two games in the Trilogy are great in the Definitive Editions! And I'm an actual rare defender of them, but San Andreas "Definitive Edition" was absolutely flooded with issues, I feel like most people went straight to this one and got their whole opinion of the Trilogy off it, which is a shame because I do believe this is the better way of experiencing 3, and a great way to experience Vice City (if you really care about the music, just mod them back in!)
Rockstar should definitely take their time remaking each game one by one, not trying to do it like this lol..
Vice City DE: 9/10
GTA 3 DE: 10/10
San Andreas: 4/10
I'm one of the few who actually WASN'T against the Definitive Editions, yes the models could have been better, yes the music that got cut sucks, and yes the originals are still fantastic overall~
But what these brought in were nice quality of life additions, GPS for all the games, modern drive-by controls, checkpoints for all the games, weapon wheels and radio wheels, really pretty lighting, smoother gameplay, hell I even LOVED playing through these all again for the first time since I was a kid.
But for San Andreas? God I'm glad I left this crap for last lol, after starting with my favorite game of the Trilogy; Vice City, and LOVING the Def. Edition! Then having this be the first time I 100% GTA 3, enjoying that to an extent too, I was really excited to play the commonly agreed upon best of the PS2 games for the first time since I was younger..
But I don't know what made this one so below the other two, but it was constant "Fatal Errors", crusty audio, broken achievements (which REALLY affected me since I just got off a 100% of Vice City AND 3.
I quite literally had to download someones save file that was a little bit ahead of me because I just couldn't get passed the mission Snail Trail without crashing midway through the train section then only a few hours later, reached ANOTHER unavoidable crashing with a different mission and had to do the same thing again, I don't understand why that was happening lmao
I feel kinda upset with myself for this 100% not being authentic like all my other games I do it for, I mean hell, I'm even close to doing it for GTA V, but for THIS game to be the one that was a hurdle? And for reasons outta my control? Screw that, haha..
But yeah, the other two games in the Trilogy are great in the Definitive Editions! And I'm an actual rare defender of them, but San Andreas "Definitive Edition" was absolutely flooded with issues, I feel like most people went straight to this one and got their whole opinion of the Trilogy off it, which is a shame because I do believe this is the better way of experiencing 3, and a great way to experience Vice City (if you really care about the music, just mod them back in!)
Rockstar should definitely take their time remaking each game one by one, not trying to do it like this lol..
Vice City DE: 9/10
GTA 3 DE: 10/10
San Andreas: 4/10