Some of the puzzles lack any kind of intuitive basis and there is no hint system. If you want to speed through a game play some Sonic (to stick with the nostalgic). Grim Fandango begs to be played slowly for maximum enjoyment. In fact, that’s one of the best parts of the game to me. If you examine them he will comment and most of those comments are pretty humorous. As Manny moves throughout the world you see him look at various things. The dialog is a blast and the game is filled with great characters to interact with. He’s a good guy trying to do the right thing. He’s a little bit smart-ass, a little bit cheesy salesman, a little bit ladies man, and is actually quite competent as evidenced by his success as he progresses through the four years the game covers. It was probably the first game where I really felt like I was the main character not just controlling a graphic on the screen. You have to solve various puzzles by paying attention to the clues from the conversations and utilizing objects you collect. Dialog takes place by choosing what Manny will say from a list of possibilities on the screen. Some stuff you can pick up, some you can only look at. Like most adventure games of the time it involves moving around and interacting with people and objects you see. The voice acting is outstanding, some of the best ever in my opinion, and game play is reasonably simple without a lot of complicated controls. The graphics, while dated a bit in today’s world, were and frankly still are, beautiful to look at. It has a very film noir feel and really nice sound track. Grim Fandango is an adventure game released in 1998 in which you play as Manny Calavera, a travel agent trying to sell the recently deceased upgrades to speed their trip through the Land of the Dead. That, it turns out, didn’t work out so well. So I welcomed the remastered version if only because it means I can play it without the issues. There are patches available and methods to work around the problems but they just don’t work. I’ve tried to play it over the years, yes I still have my original copy sitting right over there on the shelf, but the game wasn’t designed to run on today’s computers and routinely crashes. I just downloaded and began playing the remastered version of one of my all time favorite games, Grim Fandango.
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