New Screenshots Of GTA Trilogy Remaster Revealed Via Xbox Store

I don't really like the new Claude and Tommy models much but thankfully the San Andreas characters seem to have held on to their original look. Sweet still looks like Sweet and CJ still looks like Thierry Henry.

I think I will wait til these are on sale. Then buy them on switch. My Xbox has bigger fish to fry.

Yeah another remaster and this time it’s a trilogy crap feast, Looking so bad my Atari 2600 is definitely coming out to play 😂

I've been saying for years all most games need are a lighting update. This pretty much proves that.

That being said, all I'm interested in is Vice City and I'm not paying $60 just for that one. Should have sold it piecemeal.

@themightyant

Is it? From what I see this just looks like the PC version, which was upgraded over the console versions, with better lighting.

Did they specifically state it was improved in that regard over PC? AFAIK they didn't which would imply improvement over console instead.

@InterceptorAlpha it’s clearly completely different from the pc version

@Plonky Barring lighting, in what way?

@InterceptorAlpha nothing mate. Looking forward to it anyway.

@InterceptorAlpha Please show me the PC version that looks just like this Definitive Edition. I’ve just did a quick search and the best PC version I found just looks a lot similar to the PS2 version. This new Definitive Edition is a massive improvement in every way as @themightyant listed. In my eyes this trilogy is more than just a remaster, it’s a remake to me.

@themightyant @Plonky @MaccaMUFC Would you mind providing an example?

Any modern 4K recording I just glanced the game looks just about the same except the updated, claymation looking character models, and lighting. Lighting including diffusion, obfuscation and occlusion, reflections(direct and indirect) etc.

The models and maybe slight gesture touch ups, though it could again just better lighting, are all things achievable with simple ML tactics. A far cry from what I'd call a full remake

@InterceptorAlpha There are many games out there that are remastered but a lot of them simply just have a lick of paint over their originals. There’s been many changes with improvements to this new GTA trilogy and I’ll list what themightyant has already listed such as, improved textures, character and vehicle models, weather, foliage, surfaces and draw distances, as well as updated controls and targeting and also updated sound effects. So there’s much more than just better lighting.

You claim there is a PC version that looks similar, care to provide a link to prove it?

@MaccaMUFC Legitimately every comparison video all the way down the the official Rockstar one I guess.

Almost much every improvement can be chocked up to plopping the assets in a newer engine with ML doing the rest aside from maybe very fine details. The ML in particular is why everything, especially character models look unnatural.

This is similar to when you will see "ZOMB MARIO 64 IN UNREAL" and it is literally the same thing, but looks prettier.

Trees and bushes get replaced with assets already established as they're pretty generic. Anything with complicated geometry, again handled with ML.

This is just as lazy as a port as you could expect aside from those that are simply higher res and frame rate.

Not sure why anything else would be expected of a company that has been milking GTAV and RDR2 for how many years now though. Minimal effort, maximum gain.

I'll enjoy San Andreas thanks to Game Pass and wait for a sale to buy the rest of the collection.
Far to many games out or coming out to care about these remasters right now!

@themightyant I wasn’t expecting a full remake as I consider those to be built from the ground up but there are a lot of remasters out there that only bump up the resolution and that’s it. This Definitive Edition goes beyond that and makes many changes that improves the game in many ways, that to me is more than just a simple remaster which is why I said I consider it to be more than just that.

It’s the same with Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered, to me that’s more closer to a remake than just a remaster.

@InterceptorAlpha 😳 I played all 3 maxed out on Steam. Lol, remastered is much more than a "lighting update". The new re-texturing is a night and day difference.

@EVIL-C Get back with me once you've actually read the full discussion. 😂

and at 50$ its a no till i can nab it for 20$ used, new, or digital.

Firstly it’s a remaster and not a remake but it’s far more than just lighting and I’d say with the new controls and the massive leaps in terms of the look it’s one of the best “remasters” we have seen…..