Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition

Gaming NexusEric Hauter

7/10

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition is kinda rough and kinda janky, but it isn't quite the disaster that the dogpile claims it is. Sure, the character design looks rough in high resolution and there are a fair number of bugs, but the games largely function as they did three generations back when they released. It ain't great, but we've certainly seen worse.

Press StartAdam Mathew

6.5/10

I’m a diehard fan of the GTA series, but I’m of two minds about this up and down port to the Unreal 4 Engine. The initial wow-factor of the visual upgrade is undeniable, but the more you play it, the more cracks appear in that pretty veneer. Some of those are legacy fissures that have not been repaired. Others are eyesore imperfections wrought by a new team of less-than-master craftspeople.

WellPlayedAsh Wayling

5.5/10

A disappointing revisit to something fondly remembered, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition struggles to remind you of what made these games so memorable in the first place.

GameSpaceChris Bowman

5/10

Overall, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was set up to be one of the best things for GTA fans and it failed to hit that mark. It will now be remembered as a failure to launch title but I am sure Rockstar will step in and continue to fix some items within their game world. Released on November 11, 2021, this trilogy is listed at 59.99 USD and is available for all current and next-gen consoles and on PC as well. I hope for some updates soon. The games are playable but n...

Game RevolutionMack Ashworth

5/10

Combining GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas into some sort of video game Megazord seems like an easy win for publisher Rockstar Games. When it comes to remastering classics, nostalgia can carry a lot of the burden, but not even my fond memories of sneaking off to play GTA 3 at my mate’s house can shoulder the weight of this mess.

Checkpoint GamingKolby James

5/10

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition features updated versions of three of the most influential and successful video games of all time, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. On release, each of these games were incredibly successful as they were controversial and despite only releasing a few years apart, the improvements from one to the next at the time were mind-boggling. From a basic beginning set in Liberty City, to the neo...

COGConnectedRhett Waselenchuk

50/100

As I sit to write the review for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition (GTA: DE), I can’t help but be reminded of Vito Corleone, lamenting over the massacre of his boy in Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Godfather.’ I think many like-minded 30-somethings that grew up with Grand Theft Auto consider these games as more than just nuggets of blissful, adolescent nostalgia born out of sunny Saturday afternoons spent indoors. They’re very much part of the foundation that developed us into the gamers we are today. And so, we keep them close to our hearts, as if they were a long-lost friend.

PC InvasionAndrew Farrell

5/10

Two of the three games are still pretty great, but this is one of the most brazenly offensive cash grab releases I've seen in recent memory.

DestructoidDan Roemer

4.5/10

So, to recap my advice at the beginning: stick to your original copies if you still have them. If you need to see this mess in action for yourself, either wait until developer Grove Street Games heavily patches this collection or wait for a deeply discounted sale.

Capsule ComputersDustin Spencer

4.5/10

Grand Theft Auto takes us back to the trilogy that gave the franchise legs, only to make a few stops for some unwanted additions along the way.

GameSpotJustin Clark

4/10

Rockstar's remastered trilogy is, appropriately, an absolute car wreck of creative neglect.

NoobFeedAdam Siddiqui

20/100

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition fails to give these legendary games the treatment they deserve. The visual updates are poor, the titles have many graphical and performance issues, and the overall experience is just insulting. This game was not ready and the overwhelming amount problems are too large to ignore. Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is inferior to the original games and represents these phenomenal titles in the worse way possible.