For those also interested in the aesthetic and technical differences between each version of the game, give these comparison videos by Vadim M a watch, as well as this article by Digital Foundry a read.ĭowngrading the RGL version Note: You do not need this if you have the retail or Steam release.īefore proceeding to install The Essential Fixes, if you happen to own the Rockstar Games Launcher version of Grand Theft Auto III, there's more than just executable replacement to downgrade it to the v1.0 release as the Rockstar version will try to undo changes and restore some of the original files.
However, thanks to a talented modding community, we can not only fix many of these issues, but improve upon what the PC version has to offer. The PC version, while it has a few benefits over the original PlayStation 2 version, it also has some noticeable drawbacks, missing features from its PlayStation 2 counterpart, and many leftover issues that to this day has yet to be addressed by Rockstar themselves, some of which only has gotten worse thanks to growing compatibility issues on later Windows operating systems and newer hardware.
Over the course of time, the game has been ported to other platforms such as Windows PC in 2002, the original Xbox in 2003, and for its 10th anniversary, a mobile port for iOS and Android in 2011. But ahead of the launch, it’ll begin removing existing versions of each title from digital storefronts next week, so pick those up if you want them before you no longer have a chance.Grand Theft Auto III is often considered one of the most revolutionary PlayStation 2 titles of its time, known not only for making a huge leap from its top-down 2D predecessors, but also the wide-open sandbox genre by allowing players to freely roam in a fully 3D, fictionalized version of New York. Rockstar says that we’ll find out more about the collection of games in the coming weeks. It might feel weird to play a Grand Theft Auto game that doesn’t let you swap between protagonists, but the adventures of Claude, the silent protagonist in GTA III Tommy Vercetti in Vice City and CJ in San Andreas are still very much worth playing. In case you’re someone who grew up with Grand Theft Auto V (understandable, given it is eight years old) and haven’t had an easy way to play these earlier influential games, this seems like a great time to jump in. But it says that each of the games has gotten “across-the-board upgrades including graphical improvements and modern gameplay enhancements.” The company chose to take the faithful route for its remasters, leaving “the classic look and feel of the originals” how they were presented on PS2.
The company hasn’t explicitly mentioned what kind of technical improvements were made, nor has it shared any footage yet. Pricing and release date info hasn’t been shared. It will come to iOS and Android in the first half of 2022. The collection is coming to PC (via the Rockstar Games Launcher), PlayStation, Xbox, and, more surprisingly, the Nintendo Switch will host them, too. They’ll be released in a package called Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. After several rumors, Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas are each getting HD remasters.