In terms of their interfaces, each game offers updated weapon and radio station wheels, along with new mini-maps that let players set waypoints and destinations.
Targeting and lock-on aiming has been overhauled in each game. That alone should do a lot of heavy lifting in making these games feel more modern. Rockstar Games confirmed that each game has Grand Theft Auto V-inspired controls.
There are increased draw distances, smoother surfaces, and “higher resolution textures across buildings, weapons, roads, interiors, and more.” The list provided in Rockstar’s press release includes improved shadows, weather, and reflections, and upgraded character and vehicle models. Rockstar says it used Unreal Engine and a “completely rebuilt” lighting system, and the graphical improvements seem to touch practically every part of the games. The game features legendary soundtrack, played by radio stations that broadcast various music genres: rock, pop, techno, jazz and soul.San Andreas - The Definitive Edition is coming to Game Pass on launch dayĮach of these games was remastered by Grove Street Games, which appears to have done extensive work to make them far prettier and more playable than their PS2 counterparts. The player can also select from 30 different weapons, starting with a baseball bat and on sniper rifle and Uzi ending. What’s new is the possibility to use bikes, sport motorboats and helicopters. Few dozen of vehicles can fall into the hands of the player, including some from GTA3 and some completely new – for example Chevrolet Corvette. The player can move through the city in various ways. Various people can be also encountered on the cities of VC, from common Johns to famous politicians. Here one can find sunny beaches, recreation facilities, crowded city center with skyscrapers, and slums. Vice City is a giant and varied metropolis (so-called gate to Southern America and the Caribbean). The player is tasked with car theft, robberies, murders, delivering valuable packages, planting bombs etc. The game, similarly to its predecessors, consists of series of missions that combined together create one consistent and non-linear story. Tommy Vercetti, the main protagonist of the game, is sent there by Sonny Forelli to “take care of” the local gangs, Cuban gangsters and corrupted cops. The game takes place in the eighties in a new metropolis called Vice City. The game expands the ideas introduced in the previous entry in the serious – Grand Theft Auto 3. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is another installment of the very popular series of games that tell the story of the criminal underworld.