With Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition newly released, players have quickly started to pick apart the three games found within this collection. This has led players to discovering what is missing from the Grand Theft Auto trilogy, including some files that still exist but aren't available to unlock in-game.
In the case of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, one of these seemingly missing sections includes a controversial scene called "Hot Coffee" in the original release of the game. It's one of the stranger mini-games from the Grand Theft Auto series, and had seemingly been removed from the Definitive Edition.
The "Hot Coffee" scene itself is a strange mini-game from the original Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that takes the various sex scenes players have become familiar with throughout the series and gives the player control during these moments. Due to the controversy of this scene when it was found in the original game, it appeared that the whole scene would be removed from the game altogether. However, while "Hot Coffee" isn't active within Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy, players have found the code in the Definitive Edition with the triggers turned off.
Considering the backlash to the "Hot Coffee" scene when the game first released, it isn't surprising that the mini-game isn't active, but it is strange that the code is still in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy. The original scene forced Rockstar to remove Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas from some store shelves, and eventually led to a lawsuit over undisclosed sexual content. So, most fans might have expected for the developer to fully remove the mini-game instead of leaving it in and simply keeping it inactive.
While "Hot Coffee" is relatively tame by modern gaming standards, as the scenes have been outdone by the likes of The Witcher 3 or Ride to Hell: Retribution, it was surprisingly explicit for 2004. Considering that similar mini-games like those from God of War would more than often pull the camera to the side at the time, "Hot Coffee" does stand apart from this era of gaming. Still, keeping the mini-game disabled could be best considering that the original controversy led to Rockstar having to pay out in the aforementioned lawsuit and issue refunds for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas due to the unmentioned sexual content in the game.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.