Something's rotten in the land of the dead, and you're being played for a sucker. Meet Manny Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death. He sells luxury packages to souls on their four-year journey to eternal rest. But there's trouble in paradise. Help Manny untangle himself from a conspiracy...
Something's rotten in the land of the dead, and you're being played for a sucker. Meet Manny Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death. He sells luxury packages to souls on their four-year journey to eternal rest. But there's trouble in paradise. Help Manny untangle himself from a conspiracy that threatens his very salvation.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango's epic story of four years in the life (or death) of Manny Calavera, travel agent to the dead, has been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than when it won GameSpot's Game of the Year award upon its original launch. Grim Fandango still stands as a classic of the genre, with unforgettable characters and unique combination of film noir and Mexican folklore.
Grim Fandango Remastered includes:
Repainted, hi-res character textures
New, dynamic lighting
Classic score re-recorded with a full live orchestra
The writing is wonderful, the puzzles are interesting and the locations you visit are beautiful.
This is a game worth playing for just about anyone who cares more for writing and art direction than graphics and action.
Highly recommended!
when i play the game , i had some issues with mouse when i click on stuff, but minor .. but when i exited the building just after starting the game and talked to the guy who make balloon animals , as i take one from him .. the game freezes , the laptop freezes with a staggering sharp contentious noise .... i bought this game before from steam which turned out to be a big mistake since the game crashed on running .. but i thought GOG would be a more reliable source and that they respect their clients enough to check the games before putting them for sale ... this is shameful at the least
I picked this game because of the design. It reminded me of Book of Life and Coco, my favorite animated movies. Sadly, I am not good at point&click games, so it got very frusrtating at times. But the story was worth it. Manny's journey from a kinda selfish guy who just wanted to get back on top to basically a savior doing the right thing just because it was right was very well executed. Not to mention, he got some pretty funny comments. And one of the best side-kicks, imo! Glottis is just pure gold.
Overall, I would say it is a pretty good, solid game. No bugs, no groundbreaking issues. Whenever I felt like playing I just dove right back in it. Imo, it's a nice game to laze around and watch a story unfold.
This game is simply amazing, one of the greatest adventure I've ever played.
It's really long, puzzles are well balanced and intuitive, without being too easy. There are lots of dialogues, mouse and controller support (while tank-controls remains the best), interesting characters and an engaging story-arch that spans across several years.
Also, do yourself a favour and play the game with audio commentary ON. It's extremely interesting and adds a lot to the value of this remaster.
The only downside it's a common one with a lot of GOG releases from lazy devs: no trophies.
Apart from that, this game it's worth every penny.
Just buy it.