Forward of subsequent month’s Grand Theft Auto VI trailer, three basic GTA video games from the PlayStation 2 period are coming to Netflix’s cell library in December. These may not be the variations followers really need ported to extra platforms, although, even when some visible enhancements appear to have been made.
We first reported on Rockstar’s plans to remaster GTA III, Vice Metropolis, and San Andreas for brand new consoles and cell gadgets again in 2021. These remastered ports had been lastly launched as Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Version in November of that 12 months on Xbox, PlayStation, and Swap. Whereas choose elements of them appeared okay, the video games had been a multitude, with new bugs, damaged graphics, and different glitches. The problems had been so dangerous that Rockstar Video games did a really un-Rockstar factor and apologized to followers whereas providing them free copies of the unique variations of the video games on PC. And whereas the remastered GTA Trilogy did get some updates to repair its extra egregious shortcomings, the video games are nonetheless not fan favorites. That each one being so, I’m undecided many individuals might be enthusiastic about these remasters making the leap to telephones.
On November 29, Netflix introduced that Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice Metropolis, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas—all launched initially on the PS2 between 2001 and 2004—would be accessible on cell phones beginning on December 14. As with different Netflix-hosted video games, you’ll have to be a Netflix subscriber to play these GTA ports in your iPhone or Android system.
Issues look a bit totally different this time round…
Apparently, evaluating the screenshots of the brand new Netflix ports to the present console and PC variations of the GTA Trilogy reveals some adjustments have been made. I seen this so much in an early second in GTA: Vice Metropolis. It appears as if the colours have been toned down a smidge and the general picture seems to be darker and extra like the unique PS2 model’s.
![An image collage comparing different versions of GTA Vice City.](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/7ce7040c35ea40b5763d7f91857f6f10.jpg)
In the event you look rigorously, you may nonetheless see the remastered Vice Metropolis Definitive Version fashions and textures, so that is nonetheless (presumably) that model of the sport.
However it appears somebody has gone in and tweaked some visible settings—together with the fog, based mostly on different screenshots—to maybe enhance these new Netflix ports.
I’m intrigued by the adjustments, even when they’re minor, as they appear to assist the remastered variations of those beloved video games look a bit extra like Rockstar’s unique open-world classics. So I’d verify these out as soon as they arrive on cell gadgets subsequent month. I simply have to recollect how the hell you play Netflix video games on a cellphone.
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