Rockstar’s new and improved model of Grand Theft Auto 5 isn’t happening nicely on Steam following its launch earlier in March.
Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced, which launched on March 4, has a ‘combined’ consumer assessment score on Steam, with 54% of the 19,772 consumer opinions flagged as optimistic.
To put that into context, the unique GTA 5 on Steam, now unlisted on the request of Rockstar Games and consequently unable to look in search on Valve’s platform, has a ‘very optimistic’ consumer assessment score on Steam.
In reality, 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 Edition, on 66% optimistic opinions.
GTA 5 Enhanced is a free improve for GTA 5 on PC that features sought-after options beforehand solely obtainable within the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S variations of GTA Online — together with all the most recent automobiles and efficiency upgrades obtainable at Hao’s Special Works, animal encounters, and entry to buy a GTA+ Membership — together with improved graphics choices and quicker loading occasions. All gamers who at present personal GTA 5 on PC can improve to this new model at no cost, with the power emigrate your Story Mode and Online progress.
You’d assume that may be a comparatively easy course of, but it surely seems the account migration isn’t working as meant for a lot of gamers. Indeed, account migration issues are on the coronary heart of a lot of the destructive opinions flagged as ‘most useful.’
“ ‘The GTA Online profile related to this Rockstar Games account just isn’t eligible for migration at the moment,’ ” reported one disgruntled participant. “If you assume I’m throwing away almost 700 hours of gameplay on one character in an effort to make a couple of extra bucks off me, then you’ll be able to lick my anal orifice clear.
“This is an goal downgrade from the ‘previous’ model. Gonna fake this was by no means launched and proceed to get pleasure from Legacy model till the brand new sport comes out when I’m 60.”
“I’m leaving a destructive assessment primarily because of Rockstar deciding that some accounts ought to arbitrarily not be capable of migrate, and if you happen to ask for assist from assist, they only say they can not do something about it,” reads one other.
“I can not migrate both of my two accounts,” one other destructive assessment reads. “R* assist is totally ineffective and can not help. With the sport being over 10 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ years previous I’m certain as hell not going to utterly restart all my progress in Online simply to get marginally higher graphics (if that) and HSW and no matter different minuscule ♥♥♥♥ they added.”
Despite these points, GTA 5 Enhanced stays one of many most-played video games on Steam, with a 187,059 peak concurrent participant rely since launch. But it has sparked concern over the inevitable PC launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, with some PC avid gamers worrying that Rockstar’s struggles with GTA 5 Enhanced may sign launch bother down the road.
GTA 6 is deliberate for launch through the fall of 2025 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S solely, leaving PC avid gamers out within the chilly. In December 2023, a former developer at Rockstar tried to elucidate why GTA 6 is coming to PC after it hits console, and referred to as on PC avid gamers to present the studio the “advantage of the doubt” over its controversial launch plans.
We’ve obtained a lot extra on GTA 6, together with Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick’s response to concern in regards to the destiny of GTA Online as soon as GTA 6 comes out. Meanwhile, Take-Two has sued on-line market PlayerAuctions, alleging it comprises “1000’s of listings for unauthorized, infringing GTA 5 content material – together with closely modified participant accounts, in-game belongings, and digital foreign money – all gained through the use of hacking software program, cheats, and technical exploits.”
And in different information, Rockstar just lately acquired Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition developer Video Games Deluxe and renamed it Rockstar Australia.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
