Are the PS2 versions of GTA the definitive way to play the games?

no but play what you have

>>11884616 (OP)
Yes.

>>11884616 (OP)
Yeah pretty much.

>>11884616 (OP)
III is better on PC but the other two are better on PS2

>>11884819
you don't like the pc mouse aim?

I think 3 and VC have better controls on the PC, so with some PS2 visual and audio restoration mods they are probably the definitive versions.

San Andreas, however, is best on PS2. Looks the best, has the best difficulty, has all the music, and it has the best controls on the PS2. You may think free-aim on PC is great in 3/VC but it's nowhere near as godlike as the lock-on targeting on the PS2.

>>11885049
I should say that if you have that trilogy box set for PS2, play those. You'll get the experience that most people got when these games created such huge impacts.

>>11884616 (OP)
Yep.

>>11884616 (OP)
Xbox is better than the PS2 for almost all those games. The only one that's debatable is San Andreas because the Xbox version doesn't have that orange hazy smog that's iconic for the game.

>>11884616 (OP)

The PS2 version is what the vast majority of people played when it came out.

I like the PC version (it was the version I played, and it made the shooting sections much more playable IMV), but the motion blur etc. and driving experience on the PS2 version is fairly iconic.

you will cope

you will seethe

>>11885156
>>11885158
>muddy textures and shit resolution are... Le good!

>>11885160
No argument that the Xbox was technologically superior, but muddy textures and shit resolution are what people remember Anon. It's the same reason people like fuzzy CRT filters and keep coming back to Vaseline smeared N64 games, it's about what you experienced at the time, what gives you that nostalgic feeling, and the experience that made people love the game at the time, on the PS2.

If you want to make that comparison though - the PC version has lots of HD mods and texture packs to improve it now, so really that's the version you should play if you want graphics quality.

>>11885175
So basically you're saying that the best version of GTA is the one you played first

Which is kind of a dumb argument because really we should be discussing which versions are objectively best

>>11885156
>glitched out lighting
>uncanny hands instead of sovl mittens
>dogshit slow menu clearly grafted over the original game
>every car has more polygons than the rest of the game
saar gaming

>>11884616 (OP)
>>11884630
>>11884682
>>11884819
Yes. PS2 was the target console for GTA. Everything else is a port.

>>11885156
>>11885158
Xbox looks heinous

>>11885206
Xbox version is better.

>>11885198
>So basically you're saying that the best version of GTA is the one you played first

This is a nostalgia board Anon, so the answer in most cases is yes, but as I've said - if you want technical superiority, the PC version is far superior now to the Xbox version.

Everyone should use unofficial mods, that's the definitive way to play!

You should've seen this guy pushing this 'use 2025 mods dude it better' argument the other day, he was seething about the console wars still.
Most likely lost loads of arguments back on the GameFAQs forums and it's happening again!

>>11885217
Nah - different guy. I'm happy playing my game fairly vanilla for the most part.

>>11885214
I've already said - PS2 is the definitive way to play, but if you're going to do some kind of 'the best looking is the best way' thing, then a PC version with unofficial mods is probably going to give you the best experience.

>>11885214
Unironically - in 2025, yes in the case of a lot of PC games made for Windows XP and before unless you're going to make a retro PC.

>>11885207
>>11885205
>>11885160
you will defend

>>11884616 (OP)
Maybe

>>11885301
Xbox's reflections are hideous. I can see why someone who is an idiot would prefer them.

>>11885156
>>11885158
He has the trails option turned on in the ps2 footage.

>>11885301
>deep fried youtube thumbnail
you haven't played either of them, rajneesh

>>11884616 (OP)
Consoles sure, but PC is best because of the modding that can be done to get it closer to consoles and more

>>11884616 (OP)
>"the trilogy"
>it isn't just GTA I, II, and III

>>11884616 (OP)
3 and VC are arguably better on PC, I find 3 to be significantly better VC is pretty similar on both. SA is pretty much fine on PS2, Xbox, and PC are all acceptable options. Though the PC one I would put put the disclaimer of mods to make add back in a lot of the lost PS2 effects. The Xbox version is pretty unique and has some fun minor differences no other version has. For example in the UFO Cafe place there's some different pictures which really fucked with me back in the day. Added to the whole mystery of the game world.

>PC is better if you get the PS2 textures mod and use the PS2 timecyc and run the SkyGfx mod with the ini set to PS2 settings dude

>>11885545
That's true. You get all of the PS2's lighting effects etc with the PC's better performance and draw distance.

>>11885545
I mean if you're asking what the best version of the game is then yeah, it would be the modded PC port. If you don't want to go through all that effort then stick with the original console versions. It's pretty simple mang.

>>11885549
>>11885551
Just so we're clear - they're in agreement that the best version to play is one modded with unofficial mods to try and look/act exactly like the PS2 version i.e. exactly what Rockstar intended before they got side studios to port the game.
Next time just say 'yes' to OP.

>>11885553
No, not exactly like it. Nobody wants that shitty draw distance or lack of anti-aliasing etc.

>>11885563
Garbage people pretend to care about, the PS2 version is in fact the way to play.

>>11884616 (OP)
>tfw my walmart was still selling sealed copies of this collection in 2014 and I just didn't have any spare cash to buy it at the time and now they're gone

>>11885572
That's just consolecuck cope, everyone knows the PC versions of games are technically superior

>>11885591
That's just Pcuck cope, everyone tries to make it like the PS2 version.

>>11885608
Again, nobody's disabling AA and lowering draw distance to make it look like the shitty PS2 version

>>11885642
Completely unnecessary garbage. Like bragging about playing GTA with a HOTAS. "Why would you ever want to?"

>>11885643
>making the game look better is unnecessary garbage
There's that consolecuck cope again. Just save up and get a gaming PC. You won't have to post nonsense like this anymore.

>>11885647
>It just looks better
Weird way to say you like unnecessary garbage.

>>11885545
Well, you can't port pc controls and draw distance into ps2 version

>>11885650
Higher framerate, larger draw distance and AA is not at all akin to some shitty smudge filter

>>11885670
>we filtered it, slapped on some fxaa, threw on an enb shader and rendered it at 4x the res of PS2...that makes it better because bigger number.

>>11885684
Who mentioned ENBs? The PC version of GTASA supports MSAA, not shitty FXAA, but you're a consolecuck and don't know any better.

>>11885684
>white CJ
I'm sold

>>11884616 (OP)
The Xbox version (not the censored versions from the trilogy edition)
>no piss yellow filter on San Andreas
>better draw distance
>added foliage

>>11885768
>The Xbox version
oh no no no no

>>11885768
>>no piss yellow filter on San Andreas
This is the cope way of admitting that they couldn't properly render the intended LA smog lighting effect

The PC versions of the trilogy (the originals, not the """"definitive"""" editions) can be modded to be identical to the ps2 versions, and you can install other mods that improve immersion, draw distance, etc. PC is the way to go at this point. Most big mods include the game itself so you don't even have to pay some sketchy pajeet on a key site for the games

>>11885745
We both know what PC gamers do, don't play coy.

>>11885806
all the mods and you still have that ugly color banding in the sky. and yes, there is a mod for that :^)

>>11885825
always wondered if that could be fixed but never looked too hard for a mod lol

>>11885806
>Most big mods include the game itself so you don't even have to pay some sketchy pajeet on a key site for the games
You can just rip the discs or download the .iso from archive.org, run the installer, get the nocd patched .exe, and throw on ginput, framerate vigilante, and the silent patch, and install the PS2 effects mods yourself like a normal person. It takes like, 5 minutes to set up the trilogy yourself. The Steam versions have the butchered soundtracks and you have to do all that shit anyway minus the nocd crack. May as well download a sketchy repack if you're going do download pre-modded versions.

>>11885301
literally no difference on a CRT.
Xbots fanboys are so stupid.

>>11885156
xbox literally looks worse + less accurate here lol
are you retarded

>>11885301
>>11885158
>>11885156
You have to be joking here lol. There are plenty of games which are undoubtedly better on Xbox.

GTA is 100% not one of them

>>11885874
>piss filter = good

>>11885874
xbox looks better

More modded pc screenshots. These have the ps2 visual effects applied 1/?

>>11885874
PS2 looks like shit

2/?

3/?

>>11885904
>>11885907
Looks bad, make it look like the superior Xbox version instead

4/5

>>11885907
>gay purple filter
>>11885909
>more piss filter

5/5

>>11885910
I'm used to the ps2 filter, so I prefer it over the overly clean and sterile xbox filter. You do you, though

>>11885897
>>11885903
>>11885906
samefag

Reviced is my preferred way of playing Vice city nowadays on PC, I just make sure to remove the 7 star wanted level in the file directory, not sure what the mod creator was thinking with that one, it causes frame dips and just doesn't feel right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvuD-teYdMA

>>11885874
soul vs. soulless

orange filter was kino

>>11885545
Thanks