Rockstar have reportedly shelved plans for remasters of Crimson Lifeless Redemption and GTAIV after the poor reception of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Version. The trilogy, which launched late final 12 months, was a technical catastrophe and closely criticised regardless of excessive gross sales.
Yesterday, Tez2 – an everyday and dependable supply of data on GTA video games – tweeted {that a} “dependable supply” had instructed them the remasters have been deliberate just a few years in the past, however that Rockstar “selected to not proceed” and that “the poor reception of the Trlogy DE is perhaps a motive”.
As per a dependable supply with clear accuracy on Rockstar plans, remasters of GTA IV & RDR1 have been on the desk just a few years in the past, however Rockstar selected to not proceed with the initiatives in thoughts.
The poor reception of the Trilogy DE is perhaps a motive 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 Lifeless Redemption remake was rumoured final 12 months concurrently quite a few rumours in regards to the GTA: Trilogy remake.
When The Definitive Version lastly launched, it was a whole mess. Automobiles and folks would fall by way of the ground, fog and rain would not render correctly, human faces seemed like laminated potatoes, the OCR course of run on low-res textures had mangled outdated puns, and and the web delighted in highlighting the issues.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 information together with unlicensed music and uncompiled code. Rockstar ultimately put it again on sale, began promoting the originals once more, patched among the points, and supplied a free recreation by means of apology.
It is no surprise that Rockstar would wish to take a break from remasters for some time, though it is value noting that Take-Two mentioned in an investor name that gross sales of the Definitive Version outstripped their expectations. Kotaku’s sources reportedly say that remasters of Crimson Lifeless Redemption and GTAIV might nonetheless occur after GTA6.