GTA: San Andreas Mod Upscales Visuals Better Than Definitive Edition

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When the Definitive Edition of Grand Theft Auto hit digital storefronts late last year, it was met with unanimous negative reception and basically mockery. It's perhaps an even worse video game launch than Cyberpunk 2077, and fans felt that its developer, as well as Rockstar, had not given the classic trilogy the love that it deserved. Since then, there have been some significant improvements to the GTA remasters, but there are some out there who are deciding to take things into their own hands instead.

As an example, modder flyaway888 has taken Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and upscaled it «six times» to give the original installment a much crisper look. Images and video footage show that, while retaining the look of the 2004 release, the visuals have been given a bit of a boost. Many would likely argue that this version is a vast improvement of the upscaled trilogy that Grove Street Games did. The details in this mod breathe a new kind of life into the beloved GTA entry, so players may be interested in checking it out.

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So bad was last November's remaster that GTA Trilogy players demanded refunds, citing the incredibly poor quality of the three beloved games. What was made worse at the time was that the original trilogy, that many will remember from the PS2 era, was promptly removed from digital marketplaces to make way for the Definitive Edition. Rockstar did eventually reinstate the classics, but by that point, the damage had already been done and the new trilogy had received very negative feedback.

Out of all the games in the long-running open-world franchise, San Andreas is considered one of the best GTA games, just falling shy of the money-spinner