From the very beginning of the year we expectthat the updated parts of the “Trilogy” will still appear. These conversations were facilitated by and Rockstar, and a policy of zero tolerance for global modifications, taken by Take-Two… Details about a possible exit reported by the Kotaku portal, the information of which began to be confirmed by other resources. But what if this is not as great news as it might seem at first? For what reasons? We express a subjective, harsh and possibly unpopular opinion.
Among the confirming rumors so far there are VGC editor Andy Robinson and Japanese site Gematsu…
The first reason is censorship
Moreover, the Japanese add: “changes will be made to the content to make the games more suitable for the modern audience.” In principle, the discussion could have ended at this point. Just imagine what the current tendencies will lead to to make everything “politically correct”: it will be forbidden to kill the yakuza in Gta 3; characters in GTA: San Andreas will be censored with n-word. Of course, the examples presented are twisted to the maximum in terms of absurdity, and the authors will make more imperceptible changes, but the very understanding that changes will be made, which are probably dictated by the modern agenda, is devaluating if we talk about the perception of the game as an integral work of art. There is nothing wrong with fighting prejudice and stereotypes, but only when they do not destroy anything. You should not engage in the substitution of concepts or the destruction of history, whatever it may be. A disclaimer informing about sensitive topics should be sufficient.
Of course, the absolute majority is in favor
a similar release, including our visitors – who want
try five times more “refuseniks”. But there are also doubters.
The second reason is a question of quality
Making a good remake is extremely difficult, sometimes impossible, and often simply unnecessary. GTA case: Trilogy is one of those when the original is more than self-contained.
By the first anniversaries of the games chosen for the “update”, remaster versions for a number of platforms have already been released (now a whole line is also announced, which casts doubt on the proper optimization). And, as practice and deep study by the players showed, they were disgusting: broken face animations, an infinite number of bugs, crashes and freezes, and other problems. Then the transfer was carried out outside peoplehired by Rockstar Games. Now this is the business of the company itself, but the recently bought-out studio, which was entrusted with either remakes, or new remasters, or something in between, will work with the Unreal Engine, and the big question is how classic GTAs will look on a universal engine. So far, the symbiosis of “old and new” graphics is presented as a graphic modification from the category of those that were available to everyone yesterday.
The third reason is the price of “happiness”
The main problem is the price the GTA community had to pay. The fact is that by numerous bans (to the cases we have described recently, deletions on LibertyCity.net have been added), the copyright holder has created a precedent, because of which he can now file a DMCA complaint regarding any mod created for R * games. Similar cleansing of global mods mods and ban re3 (the project helped to make fan ports on Nintendo Switch, which nevertheless became interested in Take-Two) modding, which was the main reason for the longevity of GTA. However, now the “rock stars” themselves want to extend the life of their creations, only the players will have to pay for [плохо или хорошо] a rethought game as a full-fledged one – this has already been done with the first “Mafia”… Alas, the old games are not going to be left to the fans, because the owners do not want to milk the projects dry, but even more. The supposed distribution method, not individually, but in a bundle, is another tricky way to set the price higher – this tactic has already been tested on Steam… It is also worth understanding that the more Grand Theft Auto earns today, it does not matter through additions to the “Online”, reprints of the “five” or a remake GTA: Vice City and other parts, the longer we have to wait Gta 6…
Let’s do it again, Strauss, everything [плохо]… “Double-two”…
In conclusion, it must be said that, of course, no matter what, we want to see a quality re-release of our favorite parts. But we prepare you and ourselves for everything …
Source: gta.com.ua