GTA: The Trilogy – the collection comes as part of a wider Rockstar sale (pic: Rockstar Games)



Rockstar has added the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy collection to Steam after delisting the original games in 2021.



You all remember the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition debacle, right? Essentially the Cyberpunk 2077 of 2021, this remastered collection of three classic titles was mired in controversy for the amount of bugs and glitches that were present at launch.



Even before it came out, Rockstar earned ire from fans by delisting the Steam versions of the original games. So, if you wanted to play them on PC, you had no choice but to purchase the remasters via Rockstar’s own launcher.



Over a year later, though, and those games have returned to Steam and are even Steam Deck compatible. The downside? They’re the remastered versions and, apparently, they’re no less buggy than they were at launch.



Rockstar dropped the collection on Steam very recently with surprisingly little fanfare, though the announcement on Twitter adds that it’s part of a big publisher sale.



Until February 2, GTA: The Trilogy and other Rockstar titles will be upwards of 70% off. In the trilogy’s case, it’s normally £54.99 but you can grab it for £27.49.



Three games for less than £30 isn’t a bad offer, especially since all three remain genuine classics so many years later.



However, the user reviews on Steam are already inundated with criticisms and complaints. Even some of the positive reviews admit the remasters aren’t good or, at the very least, aren’t as polished as the original releases.



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The same can be said for the responses on Twitter, with many asking why Rockstar has failed to meaningfully improve the collection.




I respect the company a lot, I admire it, I appreciate its work, I wouldn’t even know how to do your great work, but relaunching a product knowing that it is still in poor condition seems unfortunate, inappropriate for a company like yours. — Kifflom! (@KifflomGames) January 19, 2023




Brilliant, promoting this trilogy going on sale when people won’t even play it when it’s free, I really hope this is just a learning curve and in the future you won’t rush remaking some of the best games of all time
— Shay Plays (@ShayPlays10) January 20, 2023



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— NorthernLaw (@NorthernLawYT) January 19, 2023



Do not buy it it’s not fixed there are still so many bugs instead buy cyberpunk 2077 its in a playable state and also on 50% on steam. as a company R* really should patch the game then release it but they don’t even care anymore
— Wizardeus (@wizardeus) January 19, 2023



An update on Rockstar’s website adds that the collection will come to the Epic Games Store as well by the end of January. Though we can’t imagine it’ll be of any higher quality than the Steam release.









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