why do people hate the gta san andreas remaster so much?

mostly how it launched. the definitive edition came out in late 2021 with redone character models that looked like plasticine, rain that turned the whole screen into streaks, typos on shop signs, and the old fog stripped out so you could suddenly see how flat and empty the map was from a distance. then rockstar pulled the original pc versions off digital stores that same week, so you couldn't just buy the old one instead. that's what turned a disappointing remaster into an angry one. it's been patched a fair bit since and plays ok now, but first impressions stuck.