GTA Trilogy Remaster Improvements Impress Original Technical Director
Obbe Vermeij says that he's now "tempted" to give Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition a shot.
Rockstar Games rarely misses, so it's a big deal when it happens. Case in point, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. Now that some time has passed since it came out and Rockstar has put a different developer in charge of the fixes, the remastered bundle is finally getting praised. So much so that one of the people who was behind the original release of all three titles now believes it's worth trying.
Obbe Vermeij, the technical director at Rockstar North from 1995 to 2009, recently replied to a tweet on X asking his opinion about the improvements done to the remastered trilogy. While he clarified that he hasn't played the re-release yet, he did praise the changes, saying that they help in "capturing the atmosphere of the originals" and that he's happy Rockstar is finally the "the love it deserves now", adding that he's "tempted to give it a shot."
This is high praise from the technical director of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which should be all the reason you need to change your mind and give it a try now.
Rockstar hasn't officially announced anything but the drip feed of updates for the remastered trilogy implies that more are coming. Unfortunately, it comes just in time for the trio of games to leave Netflix next month.
It's unclear if Rockstar has other plans for the remastered trilogy. So far, all it has done is make the games play and run better on modern consoles. However, it's worth noting that they have been paying more attention to their legacy titles lately. In fact, Grand Theft Auto 5: Expanded and Enhanced is arriving on the PC early next year. This comes months after Rockstar finally started adding quality-of-life updates to the PC version of GTA 5 and GTA Online, including BattlEye, among others.
Speaking of Grand Theft Auto, the upcoming sixthquel, Grand Theft Auto 6, was recently nominated for the "Most Anticipated Game" award at The 2024 Game Awards on December 12. Fans will have until December 11 to cast their vote.
