I had forgotten about the remaster. I do remember that a lot of people were saying that the graphical "upgrades" looked horrible and to many it seemed like a downgrade.
For me the GTA games lose their appeal after you get tired of stealing cars or run into a story episode that is too hard. Perhaps I didn't give it enough of a fair shake and need to go back and revisit it. If that many people love it, there has to be something to it, right?
That being said I despite Dark Souls and lots of people really enjoy that too