



What seems to be one of the best all-round new features are the trilogy's updated controls, bringing them more in line with GTA 5 than the original games' stiffer control schemes. An increased draw distance also allows more of each game world to appear on screen than ever before. The remaster features upscaled, high resolution textures that apply to characters, buildings, weapons, vehicles, interior locations and more. The GTA Trilogy remaster, courtesy of the Unreal Engine, features an all-new lighting system that drastically improves just that, as well as weather effects, shadows and reflections. (Image credit: Rockstar Games) GTA Trilogy remaster improvements The team also ported the popular Ark: Survival Evolved to mobile devices. Interestingly sharing a name with the iconic location from San Andreas, the Florida-based company has worked on other ports for Rockstar, including iOS and Android ports for Bully: Scholarship Edition, Vice City and San Andreas. The GTA Trilogy remaster has been developed in the Unreal Engine, allowing the games to look better than ever with massively overhauled weather and lighting effects, lending a level of atmosphere to them we've never seen before outside of unofficial PC mods.ĭeveloper Grove Street Games is working on the GTA Trilogy remaster. The Switch version of the trilogy will feature unique control options to complement the system's bespoke features, too. This is surprising, considering the last game in the series to be released on Nintendo consoles was Chinatown Wars on the original DS. The GTA Trilogy remaster is now confirmed to be heading to Nintendo Switch as well as all other major consoles and PC. Releasing in November, 2021 (early December for the physical version), the GTA Trilogy remaster has us excited to revisit these classics with improved visuals, better controls and achievement and trophy support to name but a few new features. As we're still likely a few years away from being able to play GTA 6, the GTA Trilogy remaster is certainly the next best thing. GTA 3, especially, has needed a facelift as early as when it came out back in 2001. Now, those titles are coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC as part of this remastered trilogy.Īs good as this trilogy of criminal classics are, it's hard to deny that they're definitely long in the tooth, and each game has certainly aged considerably since they originally released. Each are among the best-selling PS2 games of all time, and have also found success on other platforms such as Xbox and PC. The GTA Trilogy remaster is comprised of three of the PS2 era's best games: Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
