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Post by One_Vurfed_Gwrx on Sept 12, 2023 14:33:55 GMT
Saw this thread appear and went, "Ooh, a remake of the good GTA" (and London/2) but no, old thread...
I wonder if they could do the original justice in a remake or best off just playing it as is... Not tried it on a modern PC in a long, long time... I never could get into the 3D entries and 2 wasn't great...
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Post by kal on Sept 12, 2023 14:59:59 GMT
The was a 3DS one that was old 2D style and was really fun.
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Post by dogbot on Sept 12, 2023 15:47:57 GMT
Oof! Thanks, dogbot - not what I was hoping to hear, perhaps, but your honesty is appreciated  No sugar coating around here, I'm afraid. |
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 12, 2023 16:07:51 GMT
dogbotI'd expect (and, indeed, want) nothing less 
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Post by baihu1983 on Sept 12, 2023 16:55:46 GMT
They patched a lot of issues but yeah it's still not worth going back to
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Post by simple on Sept 12, 2023 17:48:19 GMT
The was a 3DS one that was old 2D style and was really fun. Chinatown Wars? That was really good. Probably my favourite 2D GTA. |
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Post by baihu1983 on Sept 12, 2023 17:51:36 GMT
Yeah that was a really fun game.
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Post by cubby on Sept 12, 2023 17:54:49 GMT
I loved it back then but I tried replaying it recently and the engine absolutely sucks. The controls need a complete overhaul.
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Post by Lizard on Sept 12, 2023 19:07:52 GMT
Chinatown Wars is awesome. Grabbed a DS cart a few months ago and its still great fun.
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Post by One_Vurfed_Gwrx on Sept 12, 2023 19:14:12 GMT
I do have Chinatown Wars and remember enjoying it but gettung distracted. Theyvported it to PSP as well with a mote generic art stle IIRC.
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 12, 2024 14:29:58 GMT
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Post by rftp on Nov 12, 2024 15:53:07 GMT
"Removed all the references to Grove Street Games"
Don't worry, Rockstar. Everyone will remember.
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Post by zisssou on Nov 12, 2024 21:51:31 GMT
No update on Switch though.. kind of annoyed about that.
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 13, 2024 4:18:51 GMT
Yeah, that’s the only version I’m interested in. Not fussed about playing them on the TV anymore
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Post by zisssou on Nov 13, 2024 8:44:18 GMT
It is all the more laughable, that they could fix a 20 year games on modern consoles, but not on the previous gen.
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 13, 2024 12:01:59 GMT
I assumed the Switch version would have sold well enough to warrant it. It certainly did enough to warrant porting over Red Dead the following year.
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 13, 2024 12:02:45 GMT
Maybe they’re porting it to Switch 2 and want to be able to sell it to Nintendo users again?
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 13, 2024 12:26:26 GMT
From the video I watched, VC and SA look more like the originals now.
III just looks darker now.
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Post by Cappy on Nov 13, 2024 19:53:52 GMT
I booted up GTA III on an original PS2 not that long ago and it is pretty dark on a flat screen. Of the GTA games from that generation it is the darkest and the murkiest. It's got a pretty unique vibe, tones often smudge and there's an aura of fuzzy dinginess. I think the original holds up as it is (and was), if you have a CRT even better.
At this point, I think emulation with QOL hacks is the only solution for games of this period that keeps them feeling authentic. During that narrow span of time just before the PS2 arrived when PS1 and N64 games were getting ported to the Dreamcast, I played various games that were improvements on a technical level but somehow things that were never meant to be rendered cleanly getting a spit and polish and dragged out into the cold light of day never did them any favours.
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Post by zisssou on Nov 14, 2024 7:46:18 GMT
Switch patch has gone live. Nice.
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Post by zisssou on Nov 14, 2024 15:11:17 GMT
Definitely an improvement on San Andreas. There’s still weird texture issues around Tony in Vice City.. and the framerate is the same as far as I can see. Hopefully SwitchUp does a video soon.
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Post by rftp on Nov 14, 2024 15:12:17 GMT
Man, I really want to play through San Andreas again, but the first couple of missions on the PS5 were heartbreakingly bad. Younger me was sad.
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Post by zisssou on Nov 14, 2024 15:38:30 GMT
Yeah it’s pretty rough going. Especially if you played V recently. I said it in another thread, when you go outside the city for the first time, just didn’t have the same feeling  |
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Post by zisssou on Nov 15, 2024 10:01:27 GMT
Only minus is the framerate, which for me isn't a deal breaker.
The CEO of Grove Street games is annoyed that his company has been taken off..
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 15, 2024 10:18:47 GMT
I haven't played San Andreas.
Rockstar gave it away free on PC a while back, and I went to grab it, and there were so many pages of EULA and different launchers that it wanted me to install that I gave up.
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Post by dfunked on Nov 15, 2024 10:22:45 GMT
It's probably my least favourite of the trilogy.
Just felt too bloated with daft systems in comparison to 3/VC.
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Post by rftp on Nov 15, 2024 10:26:50 GMT
Downvote button required, stat.
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Post by rftp on Nov 15, 2024 12:25:13 GMT
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Post by dangerousdave on Nov 15, 2024 13:39:51 GMT
Yeah, all that weight and fitness stuff was naff. And the cities in San Andreas were big, but not crafted with the kind of detail and thoroughness of GTA 3.
I will almost certainly pick this up on Switch now, but I hope they haven’t fixed the bunny hop glitch from the original San Andreas, in which you jump about 20ft into the air and scale buildings. That was literally my favourite this about that game.
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Post by zisssou on Nov 16, 2024 19:06:46 GMT
I’ve been playing a bunch of SA and crazy the difference the fog makes. As much as they clearly fucked this up, a lot of these older games getting upscaled, I think they need some OG details otherwise all the textures just look utterly shit.
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