Rockstar have reportedly shelved plans for remasters of Crimson Useless Redemption and GTAIV after the poor reception of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Version. The trilogy, which launched late final yr, was a technical catastrophe and closely criticised depsite excessive gross sales.
Yesterday, Tez2 – a daily and dependable supply of data on GTA video games – tweeted {that a} “dependable supply” had advised them the remasters have been deliberate a couple of years in the past, however that Rockstar “selected to not proceed” and that “the poor reception of the Trlogy DE could be a cause”.
As per a dependable supply with clear accuracy on Rockstar plans, remasters of GTA IV & RDR1 have been on the desk a couple of years in the past, however Rockstar selected to not proceed with the tasks in thoughts.
The poor reception of the Trilogy DE could be a cause behind that call.#GTAIV #RDR1
— Tez2 (@TezFunz2) July 4, 2022
Kotaku have since reported that they’ve spoken to their very own Rockstar sources, and confirmed that Rockstar had “shelved all remakes” and have been specializing in improvement of GTA6. A Crimson Useless Redemption remake was rumoured final yr concurrently quite a few rumours in regards to the GTA: Trilogy remake.
When The Definitive Version lastly launched, it was an entire mess. Vehicles and other people would fall by means of the ground, fog and rain would not render correctly, human faces appeared like laminated potatoes, the OCR course of run on low-res textures had mangled previous puns, and and the web delighted in highlighting the issues. Shortly after launch, Rockstar pulled it from sale – not due to any of the bugs, however due to unintentionally bundled recordsdata together with unlicensed music and uncompiled code. Rockstar finally put it again on sale, began promoting the originals once more, patched a number of the points, and supplied a free sport by means of apology.
It is no marvel that Rockstar would wish to take a break from remasters for some time, though it is value noting that Take-Two stated in an investor name that gross sales of the Definitive Version outstripped their expectations. Kotaku’s sources reportedly say that remasters of Crimson Useless Redemption and GTAIV may nonetheless occur after GTA6.