My strongest and most lasting memory of Grand Theft Auto will always be being completely hysterical while watching my friend run into a crumpled cop with a wooden baseball bat in GTA 3 after school one time. Young people these days simply don’t appreciate how revolutionary it is. there was a possibility of hitting the policeman when he had already fallen. Suffice it to say, I have fond memories of the series’ nascent open-world forays into 3D, though never enough to tempt me to revisit them, especially given the impoverished reception of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. I can sympathize. I’m annoyed by having to type a colon and a dash in the same game name.
If you’re in a similarly disturbed situation (I’ll never stop being annoyed that “consternation” doesn’t mean what it sounds like it’s supposed to mean) I can’t imagine the lighting update that was available in the mobile versions for just a moment would tempt you back. But what is a reporter’s job if not to miserably wade through Grand Theft Auto news clips, once published, Graham presses the button to release the nutritious pellets on which we all feed? I hope he doesn’t read the last sentence. I won’t get my pellet if the syntax gets too complicated. Fast forward.
As reported Intel Rockstar“Classic Lightning” mode was added last year when Rockstar released Definitive Edition games on mobile devices in partnership with Netflix. The mode – which is now available in all versions as a toggleable graphics menu option – apparently “restores the look of the sky from the original games.”
I cannot confirm this, but according to this Resetera threadthe up-to-date update also removed Grove Street Games’ remasters from the splash screen, which seems incredibly gross and petty regardless of what you think of the quality of the release. Take-Two, I guess.
In other Grandiose news, Theftacular and Automatic, Take Two are currently “very confident” of a fall 2025 release date. This is “autumn” for those of you who don’t go into theatrical convulsions when you see a picture of beans on a piece of toasted bread.