Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy

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Jeg spilte GTA III for 20 år siden og kjøpte "Definitive Edition". Har skrevet mine tanker om nyversjonen av GTA III på Facebook:

- The game looks OK, I guess. But in no way close to modern standards.

-- The characters look awful, though.

- The gameplay and game mechanics are abhorrent. A lot has happened in 20 years:

-- For instance, you cannot punch and run at the same time, resulting in pretty awkward scenes where dudes and I run around each other while stopping periodically to punch the air.

-- You lose all weapons upon being "wasted".

-- The protagonist is sluggish as hell. Try running with this lazy bastard. He can't even throw himself out of a running vehicle, nor aim with grenades!

-- The new "checkpoint" system just sends you back to the beginning of the mission, which means you have to go through all the tedious chores to get to the actual action again and again (how awful was this originally?).

-- The controls are clunky and clumsy. The shooting system is a joke, the driving feels like ice skating, and it's way too easy to run over pedestrians by accident (and these suicidal pedestrians insist on walking straight out into the roads at any time—they also love throwing themselves at my car).

-- The aggression from enemy gangs is way too exessive. These Triads can apparently spot me in a fast running car from 50 meters away, and they start shooting instantly (and the cops don't care).

-- Due to all these factors, the game missions can be utterly merciless and thereby frustrating to play.

- The story is foolish and dumb. Is this the equivalent of old movies that weren't expecting too much of their audiences, due to the novelty of the medium?

So, in sum: I think some things are best left down memory road. But I will try to finish this game and start the sequels.

Eg kjenner ingen behov for å spele gamle GTA-spel på nytt. Det måtte i så fall vere GTA 1 eller 2. Dei tre første GTA-spela i 3D var gode då dei kom ut, men sjølv med oppussing vil dei ikkje nå dagens spel til skolissene ei gang, som Cuneax har gitt mange eksempel på. At det ser ut som eit 20 år gammalt spel, ev. eit som er forsøkt pynta på, er heilt greit. Det er mekanikken, gameplay, handlinga og alt sånt som gjer at dei ramlar gjennom for min del.

Nostalgi skal forbli nostalgi. Det kjem meir enn nok nye, gode spel i desse dagar for min del.

Dette her virker som en skikkelig "over helgen , med lørdagsfylla i mellom" port.

Mtp. hva slags serie og spillselskap det er snakk om er denne gjenutgivelsen skandaløst dårlig. Jeg trenger ikke en komplett visuell overhaling i samme stil som Crash Trilogy. Det eneste jeg ber om er at spillene kjører stabilt og uten visuelle feil. Take-Two og Rockstar både kan og bør gjøre mye bedre.