Three years later, GTA Trilogy finally gets PC and console fixes from improved mobile port

GTA Trilogy originally launched for PC and consoles exactly three years ago to adecidedly negative receptiondue to its various graphical issues and glitches, prompting a sarcastic response from the port's original development studio and an apology from Rockstar itself.

Now, three years later, improvements already found inGTA Trilogy's warmly-received smartphone version- launched viaNetflix- can finally be found elsewhere. Most notably, this includes the trilogy's Classic Lighting mode, which restores the brighter and more colourful vibes of the games' original versions.

AsRockstarIntelnotes, you can find the Classic Lighting option now in each games' pause menu - though, somewhat tellingly, the feature has been enabled by default. Other additions include character model improvements, plus visual improvements for heat haze and ambient clouds.

GTA Trilogy'sdisastrous launch sparked countless refund requestsas the game arrived in a buggy state.Rockstar quickly pulled the game offlinefor three days, albeit with different concerns - apparently to scrub the inclusion of unlicensed music within the game's files, as well as files with developer comments andthe infamous Hot Coffee sex mini-game.

"There are a lot of problems here,"Digital Foundry wrote of the GTA Trilogyupon the package's original launch, "issues that are so blatant and jarring and ridiculous, it's hard to understand how the game made its way through quality control."

Rockstarapologised, offered afree Rockstar gamefor PC owners, and began providing patches. But problems persisted - andGTA Trilogy's Steam launch in January 2023 drew similar complaintsover its poor quality. Here's hoping now, finally, Rockstar has provided.