I'm playing SA on Xbox Series X and it's great so far.
For perspective, I find the original GTA trilogy (PS2/PS4 releases) borderline unplayable today due to the horrific controls and framerates (but I can still play PS1 RE games and have no problem with those controls...), but this remaster is a VAST improvement. It still feels a little janky, but is much better and I'm enjoying playing this game again.
As for the graphics? Much better, runs smoother, and the animations are more or less the same.
I personally wouldn't buy them for full price (I rarely buy any game full price) but for $30-40 it's a no brainer if you were a fan of the original games.
It's essentially the same game in terms of looks, animation, design, everything. It's been upgraded over the originals in terms of visuals, controls, etc. A new game engine, yes, but it's still basically the same game in every way.
RE2 for PS4 was a remake, as the whole game was completely overhauled from the original and shared almost nothing in common with that game other than some shared story elements.
When you have people here complaining that this game looks like only a marginal improvement over the original, I think that lends more weight to this game being a remaster and not a remake.
Again, the people who made it don't call it a remake. If they felt it was such, they would advertise it as one. Call it a remake if you want, but in the opinion of the developers, you would be wrong.
The character animation/models in the original games were goofy and wonky looking as well. I don't mind that this remaster seems to keep that same aesthetic, except with better textures, framerates and resolution.
Again, the only people complaining are kids and/or people who never even played the originals.
As much as I hate Google and Amazon, I'd rather have my information given to advertiser's than be rounded up in the middle of the night by the Chinese government for saying something "bad" online and getting a bullet in the head
Sounds good. Their next project should be a strategy game where you build massive shipping ports in 3rd world countries using Chinese loans, only to take them over and turn them into military naval bases.
And there is something about the internet that makes people anonymously criticize/complain about their workplace to get attention rather than just quitting and finding a better job
To give you the full Australian experience, if you play as Kangaroo Yoshi and step outside his home, you get beaten and arrested by police for breaking curfew
I had an OLED Vita and the screen looked great, but since this new Switch is virtually the same as the original aside from the OLED, I wouldn't consider it worth upgrading if you already owned one.
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Re: Review: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition - Three Classics In One Shocking Package
@Dpishere
If you got straight ports of the original PS2 games, you do realize they would look, play, and control much worse than this, right??
Re: Review: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition - Three Classics In One Shocking Package
"This isn't the way we want to remember these games"
But that's exactly how they were 🤡
Re: GTA Trilogy Fans Aren't Happy With Some Of The Changes In The 'Definitive' Remaster
@HenHiro
I like your anime avatar! Super kawaii!! 🥺
Re: Watch: This Is What Grand Theft Auto Definitive Trilogy Looks Like On Switch
@PeteW
I'm playing SA on Xbox Series X and it's great so far.
For perspective, I find the original GTA trilogy (PS2/PS4 releases) borderline unplayable today due to the horrific controls and framerates (but I can still play PS1 RE games and have no problem with those controls...), but this remaster is a VAST improvement. It still feels a little janky, but is much better and I'm enjoying playing this game again.
As for the graphics? Much better, runs smoother, and the animations are more or less the same.
I personally wouldn't buy them for full price (I rarely buy any game full price) but for $30-40 it's a no brainer if you were a fan of the original games.
Re: GTA Trilogy Fans Aren't Happy With Some Of The Changes In The 'Definitive' Remaster
@Orpheus79V
Have YOU played the originals? Because those games were glitchy, had bad animation, weird looking characters, etc.
It's funny how this game is basically that as well (with a nicer coat of paint) but everyone is shocked by how "bad" it looks.
Re: GTA Trilogy Fans Aren't Happy With Some Of The Changes In The 'Definitive' Remaster
@Azuri
It's essentially the same game in terms of looks, animation, design, everything. It's been upgraded over the originals in terms of visuals, controls, etc. A new game engine, yes, but it's still basically the same game in every way.
RE2 for PS4 was a remake, as the whole game was completely overhauled from the original and shared almost nothing in common with that game other than some shared story elements.
When you have people here complaining that this game looks like only a marginal improvement over the original, I think that lends more weight to this game being a remaster and not a remake.
Again, the people who made it don't call it a remake. If they felt it was such, they would advertise it as one. Call it a remake if you want, but in the opinion of the developers, you would be wrong.
Re: GTA Trilogy Fans Aren't Happy With Some Of The Changes In The 'Definitive' Remaster
@Monkeysan
The character animation/models in the original games were goofy and wonky looking as well. I don't mind that this remaster seems to keep that same aesthetic, except with better textures, framerates and resolution.
Again, the only people complaining are kids and/or people who never even played the originals.
Re: GTA Trilogy Fans Aren't Happy With Some Of The Changes In The 'Definitive' Remaster
@ModdedInkling
Rockstar Games themselves calls it a remaster, not a remake.
I trust their opinion (the ones who made it) over anonymous geek avatar guy online 😎
Re: GTA Trilogy Fans Aren't Happy With Some Of The Changes In The 'Definitive' Remaster
@ModdedInkling
It's not a remake, it's a "remaster". It's in the title.
Try to keep up.
Re: GTA Trilogy Fans Aren't Happy With Some Of The Changes In The 'Definitive' Remaster
It's always refreshing to see kids born in the late 90's with anime avatars complaining about games they never even played
Re: Rare's N64 Classic GoldenEye 007 Is No Longer "Banned" In Germany
Hopefully if it's coming for Switch, Xbox gets to release their remaster in return.
Re: Mario Party Superstars Leaks Online Ahead Of Next Week's Official Launch
@Lordplops
The people who pirated it wouldn't have paid for it anyways, so no money lost.
Re: Charles Martinet Wants To Voice Mario For As Long As He Possibly Can
Love the people pretending that this dudes "Mario voice" is inimitable and that no one else could ever do it.
If the need arose, Nintendo could find some dude in the Philippines who could do an identical voice.
Re: Poll: The Hype For Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Is High, Is It In Your Switch Plans?
@Red_Silurian
But you will gladly slurp up Nintendo's offerings when they re-release the same games over and over 🤡
Re: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Gets Confirmed Release Date, First Trailer And Screenshots
@Slowdive
GTA San Andreas is going to be on Xbox Game Pass and is like 20GB. These 3 games won't be on a single cartridge.
Re: Oh No, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Has Been Delayed On Switch
Hopefully they add a lot more content to it, and overhaul the graphics
Re: Grasshopper Manufacture Joins Chinese Video Game Giant NetEase
@Burntbreadman
As much as I hate Google and Amazon, I'd rather have my information given to advertiser's than be rounded up in the middle of the night by the Chinese government for saying something "bad" online and getting a bullet in the head
Re: Grasshopper Manufacture Joins Chinese Video Game Giant NetEase
Sounds good. Their next project should be a strategy game where you build massive shipping ports in 3rd world countries using Chinese loans, only to take them over and turn them into military naval bases.
Re: Analogue Pocket Is Getting Its Own OS - Allowing Users To Explore, Discover And Preserve Video Game History
@X68000
You will 100% be able to play ROMs off the microSD card, just as you can with all other Analogue products
Re: Metroid Dread Studio Hit With Allegations Of Poor Organisation And Management
@NotoriousWhiz
And there is something about the internet that makes people anonymously criticize/complain about their workplace to get attention rather than just quitting and finding a better job
Re: GTA Trilogy's Definitive Edition Will Reportedly Feature 'GTA V-Style Controls'
@Ventilator
GTA 5 controls are already fine for the series, and will make the older games much more enjoyable.
Re: GTA Trilogy's Definitive Edition Will Reportedly Feature 'GTA V-Style Controls'
@Rpg-lover
The expectations are better controls, and high definition graphics. I think we are ok.
Re: GTA Trilogy's Definitive Edition Will Reportedly Feature 'GTA V-Style Controls'
@Ventilator
Because it's a third person action game, not an FPS
Re: Feature: Steven Spohn On Strides In Accessibility For Gaming, And Nintendo's Room For Improvement
@Noid
It's called "reality"
Not everyone is capable of doing anything they want. And when they are, the quality of said things tends to suffer.
Re: Feature: Steven Spohn On Strides In Accessibility For Gaming, And Nintendo's Room For Improvement
"everyone should be able to do everything!"
Re: Nintendo's Switch Exclusive Metroid Dread Is Already Being Emulated On PC
Wait....are you telling us that a Switch PC emulator is playing a new Switch game?! Shocking!!!!
What's next, letting us know a computer also plays a video file of a current Hollywood movie?!
Re: Banjo-Kazooie Is 'Coming Home' To A Nintendo Console Via Switch Online
This would be exciting if there wasn't a far superior HD remaster of this game available on Xbox consoles since 2008
Re: Random: IKEA's Gaming Range Has The Essentials, Like A Mug Holder And Neck Pillow
@elias84631
It's like when a guy grows a beard and it becomes his whole identity.
Re: Mario Kart Tour Adds Yoshi 'Kangaroo' For Sydney-Themed Event
To give you the full Australian experience, if you play as Kangaroo Yoshi and step outside his home, you get beaten and arrested by police for breaking curfew
Re: Quick Beats: Final Fantasy Composer And VGO Founder On Road Trip Music, Rock, And The '80s
David Lee Roth > Sammy Hagar
Re: The 'Unhackable' Wii Mini Has Been Hacked
@Gwynbleidd
Even when it's hacked it's still massively inferior to a hacked regular Wii, and you can get a Wii for $30-50, so I doubt it
Re: Blizzard Outlines Plans To Rename Popular Overwatch Character
Apparently he is going to be renamed after their website designer, Fred Hitler
Re: Quick Beats: Hades Composer Talks Weird Al, The Beatles, And Radiohead
I can't really respect a man who says The Beatles are his favorite band. It's a very NPC response.
Re: Soapbox: Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Was The Basis For My Taste In Music
If you don't like Steely Dan, get off this website
Re: Random: Rapper Soulja Boy Claims He Owns Atari, Atari Doesn't Agree
@TryToBeHopeful
Nothing. A rapper posted a troll comment to his Twitter to get some headlines and NL's editor took the bait and posted about it here.
Re: GameStop Reveals Top Ten Switch Pre-Orders Since June 2021
Metroid Dread looks like an XBL game from the 360 era. As much as I love the series, it's going to be a pass for now.
Re: Court Orders Popular ROM Website To "Destroy" All Of Its Unauthorised Nintendo Games
Damn! If he deletes that 200MB NES romset, it will be gone from the internet forever!!!
Re: Analogue Is Restocking The Super NT And Mega SG Later Today
@Specter_of-the_OLED
Get the RetroUSB AVS.
It's supposed to be back in stock in the late summer/fall, it's like $200, and works great
Re: Random: We've Been Wrong About This Streets Of Rage Special Move For Almost 30 Years
This game is my favourite side belt scrolling fighter game
Re: Random: Finally, Scientists Have Built A Robot Hand That Can Play Super Mario Bros.
I need one of these so I can keep one hand on the mouse and the other on the jar of coconut oil
Re: Video: How To Play Rare And Expensive Nintendo Games On A Budget
Armed robbery has always been my method of choice
Re: Book Review: Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO
@SuperSpreader
What did you say? I can't read this
Re: Book Review: Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO
I'd love to read it, but unfortunately it's not available in braille
Re: Random: That Guy Playing The Switch OLED In His Hallway Is Driving Social Media Bonkers
@Lanmanna
They all looked like normal people
Re: Random: That Guy Playing The Switch OLED In His Hallway Is Driving Social Media Bonkers
Realistically, none of the people in the commercial would be playing Switch
Re: Nintendo Switch OLED Screen: Why Is OLED Better Than LCD?
@Slowdive
I had an OLED Vita and the screen looked great, but since this new Switch is virtually the same as the original aside from the OLED, I wouldn't consider it worth upgrading if you already owned one.
Re: Nintendo Switch OLED Screen: Why Is OLED Better Than LCD?
This new OLED screen finally lets me believe my eyes have the right to exist
Re: Nintendo And Tencent Launch Super Mario Party And Switch Demonstrations In China
I saw "Demonstrations in China" and got excited 🥺
Re: "King Pokémon" Attracts The Ire Of Fans Over Comments Regarding Famous Artist's Signature
I'm not quite sure what any of this means, and I pray I never will
Re: Soapbox: Super Metroid Showed Me I Had The Right To Exist
@Muddy_4_Ever
"she eschews the tedious, woke, "grrl power" advocacy that defines iNcluSiVeNess in many media"
....by saying a videogame character gave her the "right to exist"....