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The controversialGrand Theft Auto : The Trilogy — The Definitive Editiongot a surprisal update on Tuesday that brought some welcome and much - need variety to the game — and it only took three eld .

As report byRockstar Intel , the “ definitive ” versions ofGrand Theft Auto 3,Grand Theft Auto : Vice City , andGrand Theft Auto : San Andreason PC , PlayStation 5 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox Series X / S , and Xbox One stupefy a slew of hole and updates , include one that fixes a huge sticking spot with the expiration : lighting .

Carl Johnson piloting a boat in the water under the golden gate bridge in San Andreas.

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Much of the criticism besiege the microcomputer and console versions involve the lighting when they launched in 2021 . Each plot had a typical aspect , a heap of which come down to some broad hues . For example , GTA : San Andreasfamously has an orangish tincture . However , each of these hues was removed for theDefinitive Edition , leaving the games expect more flavourless . Lighting across the board was lacklustre , either looking too bright or being removed altogether . This Reddit threadshows how a lot of   the environmental lighting had been either toned down or take away . The game just generally felt like a downgrade in terms of graphics , with unusual - looking character model , and no clouds in the sky . That ’s not even taking into chronicle all the technical issues users account at launch , like crashes and other hemipteran .

It was so bad that Rockstar Games had toissue an apologyand release the classical personal computer versions of those three games back to the Rockstar Store , offer them up for barren for users who bought theDefinitive Edition .

A mess of these issue were fixed whenNetflix release the trilogyon its platform in late 2023 . It sport a classic lighting option that brought back the game ’ respective classic tints , fixture to water and habiliment , and more universal lighting fixes to thing like streetlights . It appears that a lot of these have now been play to PC and console in the new update .

Looks like reference of Grove Street Games and their logotype have been removed from the splash screen and main menu of the#GTADefinitive Editions as well.pic.twitter.com/ZmXpccyiyS

& mdash ; TJGM ( @TJGM_)November 12 , 2024

However , as Grand Theft Auto YouTuber TJGMnoted on X , mentions of Grove Street Games , the studio behind the original Definitive Edition , have been remove in the novel update . TheGTA Trilogywasn’t well receive , but it seems like an rum selection irrespective of the abstract thought .