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[cormack12]

Option 1 - Vice City (mobile version), little to no change

Option 2 - Vice City, PC version with mods

Option 3 - Vice City, PC with ultra realistic mod

 

[Md Ray]

I think it will look like option 4.

 

[IDKFA]

I want the trilogy remade to modern standards, so went with option 3.

 

[GeekyDad]

Eesh, a remaster? I don't think that's gonna quite cut it. Yeah, those games need to be remade at this point.

 

[HighFlyingBird]

Between 2 and 3

2.2?

I think despite the naysayers they will actually splash some cash and get most (but not all) of the soundtracks back

 

[Skifi28]

It'll look exactly like Vice City.

 

[FrostyLemon]

Isometric 2d side scroller over the shoulder.

 

[Monado Blade]

It will look like Vice City but rebuilt in Unreal Engine

 

[GeekyDad]

Isometric 2d side scroller over the shoulder.

Oh, you mean like Chinatown Wars. Now, that would be awesome.

 

[bitbydeath]

The specs were leaked so if that was true, option 4.
Better than RDR2.

 

[Tschumi]

Option 1 - Vice City (mobile version), little to no change

ohh man i can just picture the semi-transparent newspapers sliding around there... oh what a fantastic game it was... i had it on PC and i loaded all my favourite A Perfect Circle songs into the playlist... i'll forever associate "A Stranger" with cruising in Vice City.. also eating chinese junk food while playing mercenaries: playground of destruction on my og xbox in beijing

 

[stranno]

It will probably be just Renderware, packed into Unreal Engine 4 for easier porting or UI, so I guess it will look the same, but with "better" less-fitting textures and models.

 

[Nico_D]

If they are going to charge the full price for it, it better look more like 3. But probably won't.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Option 3 or better otherwise its a pass from me.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Who cares about graphics, if the full radio OST isn't restored officially why give a fuck?

 

[wipeout364]

Who cares about graphics, if the full radio OST isn't restored officially why give a fuck?

This is actually my biggest worry about the game especially with the housers gone. I loved the music and the spoken word channels were so good but I am afraid they will censor some of the content.
I actually really want them to spend a lot of time on making the controls and camera really tight and modern, adding cover mechanics would be unlikely but nice as well.

 

[amigastar]

Who cares about graphics, if the full radio OST isn't restored officially why give a fuck?

Yes, i need my Scientist on KJah Radio.

 

[xpresstuning]

Option 1 with a modern UI and the Radio OST altered and censored. There is 0 hype for this and you should not be expecting anything.

I hope i'm wrong, i played Vice City and San Andreas to death and beyond, vanilla, slightly modded and heavily modded. I'd love a polished touch up to the controls and the shooting mechanics, wrapped in a modern, impressive graphical presentation. But i doubt it'll happen.

 

[Fugitive Sex]

Shit.

 

[chilleverest]

In the words of BJ smith, ''smash grab and run like hell''...so i expect it to be a cashgrab.

 

[Hunnybun]

I think it'll look significantly better so I went with option 3, even though I don't think it'll actually look like that.

I'm actually really intrigued to see what they do with it. If they've completely revamped the lighting and added high quality textures etc, then that's a proper upgrade, but how that would actually sit in such old games with such basic assets.... I can't imagine the final product not looking weird tbh.

 

[nightmare-slain]

whatever requires the least effort/time/money. that's what Rockstar will do.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

WIthout showing screenshots, I am inclined to believe it will look shit.

 

[Thabass]

It'll look exactly like Vice City.

This is the correct response. It won't look much different than this.

 

[Fbh]

My guess is like option 2 with slightly better textures and slightly higher poly models for characters and cars.

 

[existensmaximum]

Somewhere between option 1 and 2. Closer to 1.

 

[Sidney Prescott]

I'm going to say a mix between 1 and 2. They said it's keeping the classic feel so I'd expect it to have the look you'd expect with some lighting improvements, improved models etc.

Personally fine with that as long there is some noticeable changes.

I would not expect 3 as it's pretty unrealistic and I don't think Rockstar is going to go all out with the remasters. Would love to be proved wrong, but it's highly doubtful.

 

[Sosokrates]

Did they say it has new lighting and better textures?

If that is the case it hards to know how good it will look, because quality and implementations of lighting vary from small to drastic, i mean if it had Raytracing like quake or Minecraft it would radically changed the look of the game, but if they change it slightly it would look more like an artistic change.

 

[Sosokrates]

Did they say it has new lighting and better textures?

If that is the case it hards to know how good it will look, because quality and implementations of lighting vary from small to drastic, i mean if it had Raytracing like quake or Minecraft it would radically changed the look of the game, but they change it slightly which would look more like an artistic change.


Also wasn't option done in UE4?

Such a drastic change would require a full on remake on a different engine, which has been confirmed to not be happening.

My hope is it looks like GTA5 remake but with the polycount of the originals.

 

[shaddam]

I'm afraid it will lose the vice city feel. Option 3 looks disgusting

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[RoadHazard]

Like the original with AI-upscaled textures, better draw distance, etc. So I guess option 2?

Anyone who seriously believes it will be anything like option 3 is delirious.

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

Shit.

Came to say it!

It's gonna be so trash! I think actual mobile games will be better and run better. I expect huge tech problems on PS5 and XBOX X, low res, slowdown everywhere, 1080P. And of course, full loop box integration for costumes and musics.

 

[Fare thee well]

Rockstar has annoying tendancies with some of their practices and multiplayer aspects of their games. But they are a massive studio. I remember looking at the credits of RDR2 and being pretty damn surprised. They tend to give a shit about the production and polish of their singleplayer experience.

It really just boils down to how much resources are going into the new GTA and how much of the old game remaster is just a money-boost or side-project. In my experience, when big gaming companies try to multitask big projects, it leads to mediocrity on both ends. That's kind of the concern I have for any future Elder Scrolls games.

 

[dotnotbot]

Those ultra-realistic mods always crack me up, it's so fucking ugly

 

[Stuart360]

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[BusierDonkey]

I expect the least effort possible as usual. Original games at a higher resolution and a ton of bugs at launch. Don't worry though 20% of them will be fixed maybe.

 

[Diddy X]

Like shit honestly, I just hope they update the controls, would be interesting to play them today.

 

[CapnAmaricrunch]

Bro- I said it before ill say it again, gta trilogy is gonna be amazing. Raytracing, better textures, 4k, AA, 60fps, something like what the 3ds version of ocarina of time did to the original.

 

[Neo_Geo]

Somewhere in between the OP's Mom and Sister. Extremely fuckalicious,, but with a couple decades of Sass under the belt, you know.

 

[GeneralKird]

Whatever the minimum effort needed is to get Gen Z to not reject them.

 

[Edgelord79]

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That top photo looks atrocious. I mean really bad. Looks like one of those overly processed photos.

 

[Sybrix]

Look at the Command & Conquer remaster….

That’s the level this GTA remaster will be

 

[BigBooper]

I'm expecting 1, the mobile port. At least then I'll save some money.

 

[Anchovie123]

Full UE remake. Anything less i will be disappointed.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

If the game didn't look like shit, they would have shown it long ago.

Mix between Option 1 and 2.

 

[German Hops]

 

[Sophist]

 

[abcdrstuv]

Were the Tony Hawk games a full on remake or just a repaint? Roughly similar era right? I can usually live with remastered graphics but they lose me when the levels are small and boxed in and the controls are clumsy. It’s easy to put upressed textures on something but keep the level design that was done to the same hardware limitations.

its a big enough occasion and at a point in their release cadence there’s like a ten percent chance they’ve done major work and are under promising to over deliver..

 

[kikonawa]

It will look like gta5 i guess