Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced Now the Worst User-Reviewed GTA on Steam

Rockstar’s caller and improved mentation of Grand Theft Auto 5 isn’t going down good connected Steam pursuing its motorboat earlier successful March.

Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced, which released connected March 4, has a ‘mixed’ idiosyncratic reappraisal standing connected Steam, with 54% of the 19,772 idiosyncratic reviews flagged arsenic positive.

To enactment that into context, the archetypal GTA 5 connected Steam, present unlisted astatine the petition of Rockstar Games and arsenic a effect incapable to look successful hunt connected Valve's platform, has a ‘very positive’ idiosyncratic reappraisal standing connected Steam.

In fact, GTA 5 Enhanced is presently the worst user-reviewed GTA connected Steam, with its closest rival for the unwanted crown, Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition, connected 66% affirmative reviews.

GTA 5 Enhanced is simply a escaped upgrade for GTA 5 connected PC that includes sought-after features antecedently lone disposable successful the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S versions of GTA Online — including each the latest vehicles and show upgrades disposable astatine Hao’s Special Works, carnal encounters, and entree to acquisition a GTA+ Membership — on with improved graphics options and faster loading times. All players who presently ain GTA 5 connected PC tin upgrade to this caller mentation for free, with the quality to migrate your Story Mode and Online progress.

You’d deliberation that would beryllium a comparatively straightforward process, but it appears the relationship migration isn’t moving arsenic intended for galore players. Indeed, relationship migration problems are astatine the bosom of astir of the antagonistic reviews flagged arsenic ‘most helpful.’

“ ‘The GTA Online illustration associated with this Rockstar Games relationship is not eligible for migration astatine this time,’ ” reported 1 disgruntled player. “If you deliberation I'm throwing distant astir 700 hours of gameplay connected 1 quality truthful that you tin marque a fewer much bucks disconnected me, past you tin lick my anal orifice clean.

“This is an nonsubjective downgrade from the ‘old’ version. Gonna unreal this was ne'er released and proceed to bask Legacy mentation until the caller crippled comes retired erstwhile I'm 60.”

“I'm leaving a antagonistic reappraisal chiefly owed to Rockstar deciding that immoderate accounts should arbitrarily not beryllium capable to migrate, and if you inquire for assistance from support, they conscionable accidental they can't bash thing astir it,” reads another.

"I can't migrate either of my 2 accounts," different antagonistic reappraisal reads. "R* enactment is wholly useless and can't help. With the crippled being implicit 10 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ years aged I americium definite arsenic hellhole not going to wholly restart each my advancement successful Online conscionable to get marginally amended graphics (if that) and HSW and immoderate different minuscule ♥♥♥♥ they added."

Despite these issues, GTA 5 Enhanced remains 1 of the most-played games connected Steam, with a 187,059 highest concurrent subordinate number since launch. But it has sparked interest implicit the inevitable PC merchandise of Grand Theft Auto 6, with immoderate PC gamers worrying that Rockstar's struggles with GTA 5 Enhanced could awesome motorboat occupation down the line.

GTA 6 is planned for motorboat during the autumn of 2025 connected PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S only, leaving PC gamers retired successful the cold. In December 2023, a erstwhile developer astatine Rockstar attempted to explicate wherefore GTA 6 is coming to PC aft it hits console, and called connected PC gamers to springiness the workplace the “benefit of the doubt” implicit its arguable motorboat plans.

We’ve got plentifulness much connected GTA 6, including Take-Two brag Strauss Zelnick’s effect to interest astir the destiny of GTA Online erstwhile GTA 6 comes out. Meanwhile, Take-Two has sued online marketplace PlayerAuctions, alleging it contains "thousands of listings for unauthorized, infringing GTA 5 contented – including heavy modified subordinate accounts, in-game assets, and virtual currency – each gained by utilizing hacking software, cheats, and method exploits."

And successful different news, Rockstar precocious 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 connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine wesley_yinpoole@ign.com oregon confidentially astatine wyp100@proton.me.