What LucasArts tried to do with Grim Fandango was expand on the company's extensive collection of graphic adventure games by taking it to the next dimension, 3D. In the past, their games have been simple mouse based point-and-click entries with hand drawn backgrounds and 2D characters. This new direction the genre has taken proves to work out very well with Grim Fandango, easily one of LucasArts best productions.
- Grim Fandango (1998) (Full Game Repack Download) Grim Fandango is an adventure game, in which the player controls Manuel 'Manny' Calavera (calavera being Spanish for 'skull') as he follows Mercedes 'Meche' Colomar in the Underworld. The game uses the GrimE engine, pre-rendering static backgrounds from 3D models, while the main objects.
- Grim Fandango is a dark comedy neo-noir Windows adventure game released by LucasArts in 1998, primarily written by Tim Schafer. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered, static backgrounds. As with other LucasArts adventure games, the player must converse with other characters and examine, collect, and use objects correctly to solve.
- One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
Manny Calavera talking to Carla. If you’re looking for the definitive transcript of Grim Fandango‘s dialogue, you’ve come to the right place. Gownaar very kindly put together a document for us that contains all of Grim Fandango‘s dialogue, taken directly from the game’s resource files and matched up to the characters’ names.
The 3D rendering and characters really shine as each place you visit is beautifully presented and the artwork is magnificent. The environments are captured in such a way that you really begin to feel like you're in Manny's shoes. You'll travel from your office at the Department of the Dead to beautiful forests and city scenes. Reminiscent of titles such as Alone in the Dark or Resident Evil, each scene has a preset camera angle in which to move your character. Unlike LucasArts' games in the past which featured 2D sprite based characters, Grim Fandango features fully animated 3D polygonal characters. Each one, whether a skeleton or a huge, demon-like monster, has a cartoonish look which works incredibly well.
The highpoints of the game, though, focus on the incredible storyline, puzzles and dialog. The plot will immerse you for days and is thoroughly enjoyable and interesting from beginning to end. This is due in part to the fabulous script and dialog heard and witnessed in the game. Each character has his or her own mannerisms that are amplified by superb voice acting. The voices fit their characters quite nicely which is an essential ingredient in this type of game. Puzzle solving elements are seamlessly integrated into the story and the purpose of each makes sense in the overall context of the game. Made up of logic puzzles or simple use-this-item-here types, you never seem to be doing anything out of the ordinary or illogical.
Also a departure, the game is played from the keyboard rather than with the mouse. Using the arrow keys, you move Manny around the rendered scenes in which he can look, run or pick up items. Instead of an interface driven by hotspots, your character's head moves in a looking fashion when you're near an item to be used or obtained. This is a really nice feature that works great. Unfortunately, it is also in the interface where Grim Fandango has most of its technical glitches. For instance, Manny gets turned around sometimes while running or walking around. At times, it looks like you can go certain places but you really can't. Another problem is that the elevators never seem to work right. Half the time, you cannot just walk in the elevator as it makes you push the action button to do so. After doing this, he may start walking back and forth in place, instead of entering the elevator. Instead of being presented with a box or a full-screen bag of your inventory, you can only see one item at a time. The inventory is located in Manny's jacket and he can only pull items out one at a time.
Apart from these few trifles, Grim Fandango is an extraordinary adventure game. With its great story, beautiful artwork and fabulous voice acting, you'll be missing out by not giving this game a whirl.
Graphics: The artwork and 3D rendering is absolutely gorgeous. Each character looks different and has an overall cartoonish look that works well.
Sound: Because of a nice, laid back jazzy soundtrack and fabulous voice acting, the sound is superb.
Enjoyment: With its immersive storyline, great cast of characters and one of the best plots and scripts you'll ever see in a graphic adventure, Grim Fandango is a blast to play.
Replay Value: Like all graphic adventure games, once it's over, it's over. Upon completion, there really isn't a reason to play through it again.
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