Rockstar’s new and improved model of Grand Theft Auto 5 isn’t taking place nicely on Steam following its launch earlier in March.
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced, which launched on March 4, has a ‘blended’ consumer assessment ranking on Steam, with 54% of the 19,772 consumer opinions flagged as optimistic.
To place that into context, the authentic GTA 5 on Steam, now unlisted at the request of Rockstar Video games and because of this unable to look in search on Valve’s platform, has a ‘very optimistic’ consumer assessment ranking on Steam.
In truth, GTA 5 Enhanced is at present the worst user-reviewed GTA on Steam, with its closest competitor for the undesirable crown, Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Version, on 66% optimistic opinions.
GTA 5 Enhanced is a free improve for GTA 5 on PC that features sought-after options beforehand solely accessible in the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X and S variations of GTA On-line — together with all the newest automobiles and efficiency upgrades accessible at Hao’s Particular Works, animal encounters, and entry to buy a GTA+ Membership — together with improved graphics choices and sooner loading instances. All gamers who at present personal GTA 5 on PC can improve to this new model at no cost, with the capacity emigrate your Story Mode and On-line progress.
You’d suppose that may be a comparatively easy course of, however it seems the account migration isn’t working as meant for a lot of gamers. Certainly, account migration issues are at the coronary heart of most of the adverse opinions flagged as ‘most useful.’
“ ‘The GTA On-line profile related to this Rockstar Video games account just isn’t eligible for migration presently,’ ” reported one disgruntled participant. “In the event you suppose I am throwing away almost 700 hours of gameplay on one character so that you could make a couple of extra bucks off me, then you may lick my anal orifice clear.
“That is an goal downgrade from the ‘previous’ model. Gonna faux this was by no means launched and proceed to get pleasure from Legacy model till the new recreation comes out after I’m 60.”
“I am leaving a adverse assessment primarily because of Rockstar deciding that some accounts ought to arbitrarily not have the ability to migrate, and when you ask for assist from help, they only say they cannot do something about it,” reads one other.
“I can not migrate both of my two accounts,” one other adverse assessment reads. “R* help is totally ineffective and can not help. With the recreation being over 10 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ years previous I’m positive as hell not going to utterly restart all my progress in On-line simply to get marginally higher graphics (if that) and HSW and no matter different minuscule ♥♥♥♥ they added.”
Regardless of these points, GTA 5 Enhanced stays one in all the most-played video games on Steam, with a 187,059 peak concurrent participant rely since launch. However it has sparked concern over the inevitable PC launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, with some PC players worrying that Rockstar’s struggles with GTA 5 Enhanced might sign launch hassle down the line.
GTA 6 is deliberate for launch throughout the fall of 2025 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X and S solely, leaving PC players out in the chilly. In December 2023, a former developer at Rockstar tried to clarify why GTA 6 is coming to PC after it hits console, and referred to as on PC players to present the studio the “good thing about the doubt” over its controversial launch plans.
We’ve obtained lots extra on GTA 6, together with Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick’s response to concern about the destiny of GTA On-line as soon as GTA 6 comes out. In the meantime, Take-Two has sued on-line market PlayerAuctions, alleging it accommodates “hundreds of listings for unauthorized, infringing GTA 5 content material – together with closely modified participant accounts, in-game belongings, and digital foreign money – all gained by utilizing hacking software program, cheats, and technical exploits.”
And in different information, Rockstar just lately acquired Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Version developer Video Video games Deluxe and renamed it Rockstar Australia.
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