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Looks fantastic! I’ve barely even started Zero Dawn yet but by the time I do finish it, this would probably be in a sale and I’ll definitely grab it then.

A Christmas gift? With the amount of games out there that offer a free next gen upgrade, this should be expected anyway.

There really needs to be a poll on this to see which of the site’s members contribute to this. To those of you who are part of the statistics:

@get2sammyb It’s worth mentioning that to make it look more realistic to turn the Matrix Filter off so it has a cleaner natural look.

I’ll definitely give it a try but I’m not a fan of Fortnite. I’m look more forward to seeing other games running on UE5.

@ShogunRok Is it just me or does Keanu’s face look malnourished? His character looks ill in that screenshot.

“make no mistake, other publishers will be keeping a very close eye on how this all plays out.”

Well if we really don’t want this to become a thing in video games we should all nip this in the bud and not support it at all, it would soon be scrapped and if enough negative noise is made then it may deter other publishers from implementing them in their own games. But it’s the casual gamers, mostly kids I imagine, that don’t care about the negativity that surrounds these sort of practices and it’s those who are part of the masses who make things like this successful. Sad times for those of us who dislike these sort of things.

I believe there’s a special place in Hell for people like him. What an idiot to jeopardise his job. Hope he hasn’t got a wife or any kids who would be affected by his horrendous actions.

If Sony doesn’t allow first party games day one on this new subscription model then it’s not a Game Pass competitor, not even in the same league. As someone who only plays PlayStation exclusives, this new sub model would only appeal to me if it included many exclusives like Days Gone, HZD, Spider-Man, R&C, GT etc then and only then I’d consider to subscribe to it.

Seeing as this is Sony, this will most likely be £69.99. Hard pass for me seeing as I already own each one separately.

@Texan_Survivor That’s 11 platforms you listed not 10 lol

I’m currently playing Vice City now on my Series X and with almost 15 hours of play I’ve not experienced any issues like crashes or bugs. Same with San Andreas but I’ve only put just over 2 hours on that. GTA III on the other hand, I’ve had a few issues. With over 36 hours of play it had crashed 8 times and I noticed it dipped well below 30 FPS at times while it was in performance mode, as well as things like flickering textures. But despite that I managed to 100% it and I’m still happy I pre-ordered. I’ll look forward to what patches do to the games though.

I’ve not long started GTA III and got to say it looks great, it plays exactly like the PS2 version as I remembered.

Just a couple of things that look odd to me though and that’s the small heads on the NPCs and picking up “ladies of the night” in the original they worked the suspension on the cars, in this Definitive Edition they just get in your car, give you a health boost up to 125 then get out and walk away. What’s that all about? In GTA V they get on top of your character and start moaning all sorts but in GTA III that’s a no-no? 😂

There’s a simple solution to this and that’s to play the missing songs through something like Spotify, sorted. It really makes me laugh people making a big fuss about the licensed songs being removed from the originals, as if they are the reason people play GTA. Behave 😂

Dammit we should of bought more Shark Cards people 🤦🏻‍♂️

Meh, it’s a bit disappointing but it’s not going to stop my enjoyment of the games. Plus if your that bothered about it just play a music app like Spotify in the background while playing the game, in doing that you can play your precious Billie Jean as well as songs that weren’t even in the originals.

There’s a reason why you couldn’t swim in any of the games in the trilogy, it’s the way the games were designed by making you progress the story to unlock the different islands. Allowing to hop between the islands from the beginning would defeat the purpose of that design.

@JB_Whiting We’re not talking about one game here, it’s three open-world games in one package. Rockstar haven’t just simply bumped up the resolution and called it a day, a lot of work has been put in to make many significant improvements. If only there was another category named for games in between a remaster and a remake because this would certainly fit into that category.

These look great and I’m happy that I pre-ordered. I heard a couple of licensed songs from VC so that’s a good sign.

I don’t get why some people are being negative about it, Rockstar said from the off that they would be keeping the Definitive Edition as close to the originals as possible. What where you really expecting? For them to look like GTA V? They are remasters, not remakes and they are as close to the originals just like Rockstar said they would be.

@Stocksy If that’s true about the licensed music tracks then that’s a pretty big omission as they play a big part of the games to many people. It just wouldn’t be the same without some of the iconic songs, especially in Vice City which the 80s music really adds to the atmosphere of the game.

I’ve already pre-ordered the trilogy and this won’t affect my enjoyment of it but I’d still be disappointed if a lot of the music is not included. It’s not as if Take Two and Rockstar are strapped for cash, they can absolutely afford to have every track included from the original trilogy.

@AFCC I’m in the same boat, I would of rather a midnight release cos I could of then played it at about 9 in the morning once the kids and wife was at work. But at 3PM that’s when my kids finish school so I’m having to pick them up then the wife, sort tea out etc. It’ll be 9 at night before I can sit and play it in peace.

@AFCC Usually games are traditionally released on either a Tuesday or Friday, so you could look at this as getting to play it early rather than being a Friday release.

@AFCC I agree, we’ve got Hell Let Loose for that. I was unimpressed after playing the Beta and I’m a big Battlefield fan buying every release day one since Bad Company. This’ll be the first time I won’t be buying a new Battlefield game on release, instead I’ll be buying the GTA Trilogy Remaster this month.

@Nightcrawler71 To be fair they are only remasters, if Rockstar claimed them to be remakes then fair enough.

I’m really happy with what Rockstar have done with the remasters. Everything just looks a lot cleaner, shaper and brighter, particularly the lighting effects. As for the price, £54.99, I think it really warrants it for the quality of the remaster and your essentially getting 3 great open world games for the price. There’s no questioning the quality of them either.

For those who have Xbox Game Pass you can try GTA: SA remaster day one on 11th November. It could be a great way to check out the remaster before laying down £54.99 for the other 2 games in the trilogy. Although if SA is coming to Game Pass on its own, doesn’t that suggest that the games can be purchased individually?

EDIT: Scratch that, I just saw that GTA 3 is coming to PS Now. It’s a great opportunity for both Xbox and PlayStation owners to try these games before deciding to pay full price. What about the poor Switch owners though? 😧

I doubt they’ll be on PS Now and Game Pass for long though going by how long GTA IV and RDR2 where on the services before, which was not very long. It’s a smart move by Rockstar doing this as it they’ll be expecting people to finish or really enjoy the game enough to buy the trilogy.

I’m sure @Quintumply is putting the gameplay trailer up as I type this. I’ve just watched it over on PureXbox and it is one mighty impressive remaster, all 3 games look absolutely fantastic.

@Quintumply No problem, I’ve edited my last post by adding the link to the PS5 pre-order on the PlayStation Store.

Although I’m going to be pre-ordering this regardless of Rockstar showing gameplay before it releases, I agree with others saying we should see some gameplay to see how it looks and runs before taking our money immediately upon pre-ordering it.

@Quintumply On the PS Store, the PS5 version is also up for pre-order for £54.99. I don’t know if the PS5 pre-order goes through with that price as I’m waiting for the Series X version instead.

Here is the link for the PS5 pre-order on the PlayStation Store https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/concept/10003543/

@JJ2 Would it though? I dare say there’s a lot more casual gamers out there who prefer to sit on their sofa for a quick game of their favourite game than PC gamers who sit at a desk. I don’t see consoles going anywhere at all unless Sony and Microsoft stop manufacturing them because they’ve come up with something else where you can game on the go, like Nintendo have do for many years and Xbox going the same way with Xbox Cloud Gaming.

Ponies, look away now.

@kingbreww We get how you feel about this trilogy but I’ve not played them since the original Xbox so it’s gunna be great for people like me to experience these games we grew up playing, all while hopefully being improved to today’s standards. You’ll just need to accept that Rockstar will not probably be bringing GTA 6 till close to the end of the PS5’s and Series X/S’s lifecycle.

@kingbreww Speak for yourself, I honestly can’t wait to revisit these classic gems. Your already writing the games off before you even know what kind of enhancements they are getting. I’d even take GTA IV if that ever came out enhanced.

@Sebatrox Agreed, I’d love the Max Payne Trilogy to be all spruced up for next-gen.

@OmegaStriver If anything this would make them even more successful, branching out to a much larger audience. Sure they’ll be a very small minority of Ponies who’ll turn their back’s on Sony but in turn they would gain many more consumers to their ecosystem.

Literally out of PlayStation fan’s hands and straight into anyone else’s regardless of them owning a PlayStation console or not. Wow.

It seems Jim Ryan and Sony want to do what Microsoft has been doing with Xbox by trying to get as many people to access the games and online service regardless of them owning a console or not. It does makes business sense for Sony as they stand to make a lot of money doing this.

@johncalmc You spent most of the review criticising the gameplay from a 11 year old game, what did you expect from it? It’s just a remaster, not a remake built from the ground up. I don’t think you reviewed the game with that in mind, instead probably comparing it to other “best-in-class third person narrative adventures”. As you’ll see in here in the comments, a lot of people disagree with your review despite it being your own opinion. I think someone else who is unbiased should of reviewed this IMO.

@velio84 You say John has done excellent work of highlighting what the good and bad parts of the game are but apart from praising the game’s atmosphere and soundtrack he has spent 95% of the review criticising the game with the majority of people in the comments disagreeing with him.

Going by the poll there’s a lot of ungrateful PlayStation fans when it comes to Hell Let Loose, it’s such an amazing game. I get that it won’t be for everyone but PS Plus subscribers are essentially getting a brand new £35 next-gen game for free day one. Maybe it should of came to Game Pass day one instead, it most likely would of been appreciated more as I’ve heard nothing but praise being sung about the game from the Xbox community.

When I eventually do get a PS5 I’m just getting it for the exclusives. If PS Now added all it’s exclusives I’d definitely subscribe or pay an annual fee.

I’ve heard it’s not so hard to pick up a PS5 these days now as most people will of bought one themselves and others bought from scalpers, eventually the demand will die down once people have managed to get one. But with Christmas soon upon us I expect it’ll go back to like it was when it first released.

@get2sammyb Off topic question but are you guys going to be covering Chernobylite, Insurgency: Sandstorm and Hell Let Loose anytime soon? All three games will be released by next week, in fact Chernobylite has released today and Insurgency: Sandstorm releases tomorrow and there has been no mention of them on here lately.

Thor you fat b*****d… Should be an easy boss fight, Kratos will run rings round him.

@oconnoclast Well I was expecting to see Sony’s answer to Game Pass. Last year in November, Jim Ryan said there would be “news to come” in response to Game Pass… it’s now almost a year since and we’re still waiting for that response.

Also I thought they would of shown limited edition PS5s, like MS did with the Halo Infinite Series X console and controller. There’s a few other designs too.

There’s no exclusives shown in that showcase that is coming out this year, some are next year, others are 2 and 3 years away. At least Xbox has a couple of big hitters out with Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5.

Considering Sony really needed to deliver, they just didn’t. It was no better than Xbox’s E3 showcase, it was actually very similar but obviously with different exclusives. The last part of the showcase saved it imo and I’m looking forward to most of the exclusives. But overall Sony needed to (in Sammy’s words) bring the house down and I think most can agree it really didn’t.

I’m expecting to see Sony’s answer to Game Pass, it’s been a while now since Jim Ryan said they would reveal what it would be. I’d like to see the GTA Trilogy Remaster confirmed if the rumour was true. Also expecting a trailer of Alan Wake Remastered. Apart from those I’m not expecting much else aside from God of War Ragnarok and maybe GT 7.

Oof! £229.99 for the Regalla Edition? Can almost get a Series S for that price. I’ll just be getting the Standard Edition when it goes on sale.

Yay! About bloody time too. Looking forward to seeing what exclusives I can play on my future PS5. I’ve no interest in PSVR2 though unless it included big games like GTA V or something.

“bottom of the Premier League side Arsenal”
That made me chuckle, let’s hope they lose again this weekend as I don’t want all this to stop 😂

I’m going to definitely give this a go but I’ll most likely just uninstall it after a few matches.

@Col_McCafferty I see your back to telling people what to do with their own money 🙄

I personally wouldn’t pay full price for it, it should of been no more than £35 imo but I get to play it for ‘free’ with Game Pass anyway. The differences between all console versions are barely noticeable, it’s just an “inferior version” on paper.

You can’t really go judging this game negatively from a cinematic trailer, just wait till we see some more info and gameplay before writing it off. I’m really looking forward to finding out more about it.

@Col_McCafferty So if someone hasn’t got a PC or Xbox, MS are a scummy anti-consumer company? I currently don’t have a PlayStation so would I be right in saying Sony are a scummy anti-consumer company because I can’t play their games on anything other than a PS?

Your just a salty Sony fanboy who hates the fact that a MS first party studio has created a really well made game. Be grateful you even have the choice to play it on your precious PS.

@Col_McCafferty And why should nobody buy this game on PS? Unless of course you mean people who can play this on Game Pass at no extra cost on which ever device supports it then yeah I’d agree.

@AdamNovice Please explain how MS are trying to “change the industry to be all quantity over quality”? Would you not class Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, Psychonauts 2, Back 4 Blood, Stalker 2 as quality titles? Some of those games are well worth paying the full years worth of subscription for.

I think we can all assume the real reason GTA V is still selling well to this day is down to the Megalodon shark card bundle that comes with the base game, which is usually under £30 when on a sale. It’s cheaper to buy that than buying the shark card on its own which is £64.99. But that’s usually with digital downloads, I’m not sure if there’s even many physical copies of that bundle these days.

I don’t get why physical sale charts are still a thing on its own these days as it really doesn’t give the full picture on how well a game is really selling given that digital sales play a massive part now. If it’s too much to work out how well a game has sold both physically and digitally then I think it’s redundant having one without the other. A physical chart could show a game that’s sold poorly but sold extremely well digitally. Thats just my two cents anyway.

Man you guys must be envious of Pure Xbox and Nintendo Life when it comes to reporting on games the way Sony are keeping you starved for info these days.