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Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a game that was enjoyed by teens to adults. Manny is very entertaining, and it keeps you interested throughout. Good graphics, no problems with running it repeatedly and for hours on end!

Buy! Now!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The other reviews describe the plot and gameplay, so this review will focus on the element that really makes this a game that is not to be passed up - the graphics. This is the most beautiful game I've ever played. Sure there are a lot of games that have more realistic or moodly graphics, but there are none which are more masterfully rendered. Grim Fandango presents one cut scene after another that perfectly capture the best elements of Mexican "Day of the Dead" art, film noir, and the style of Shag. I'm very tempted to buy a high quality laser printer just to capture and print images from this game to display in my den/tiki bar.

Like all computer games the publishing life of Grim Fandango is limited. I urge you to buy this game now while you still can.

Love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have to say I am not "great" at this type of games but I truely love GF. This was an entertaining game: story line and "puzzles." It kept me interested the whole time I played and I was quite sad when the game came to an end. I wish they would create a sequel to this game.

Film Noir Atmosphere

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game for adventure game fans. You can wonder around at your leisure, and the dialog is actually entertaining.
Our hero, Manny, inadvertantly finds a bit of corruption in the office, and ends up doing some harm himself when he tries to get ahead. This harm involves an injustice to a very attractive lady, so Manny is on his way to right a wrong, and hopefully get the gal (or is she really a femme fatale?...)
Great fun, very cinematic in tone, and some nice jazzy music.

INCREDIBLE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This games is incredible, when I played it I couldn't stop. I would like it if the guys at lucasarts made a new game or something but don't let Manny fade away. BUY THIS GAME IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, YOU WILL LOVE IT!!!

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Another good bargin priced game with an unusual twist. Graphics are done well, story is involving, good replayability and easy interface.

Great little game, good mystery

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

great game for a 1 time play. the story line is wonderful, along with the voices and humor. Wonderful for a 1 time play. Not replayable in my opinion, but worth the buy, old game, so don't expect current graphics etc.

Amazing narrative, characters, settings, and dialogues...and it's smart!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

An exemplary adventure game, this story of Manny Calavera and his quest through a Mexican limbo (in the afterlife sense) for a beautiful woman cheated from the afterlife she deserves takes us through a vivid world of politics, corruption, and heroism. This is no shallow game, but that doesn't mean it doesn't offer the thrills and fun of one. The script, music, and performances are of the highest quality, and the effect is both fun and moving. Play this!!

Tim Schafer delivers a delightfully macabre tale of the beyond.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

One of the last great examples of the dwindling graphic adventure genre of video games, Grim Fandango combines a compelling plot, lovable characters, razor-wit dialogue, and head-scratching puzzles to create an enjoyable adventure for anyone who can poke a bit of fun at death.

The player steps into the shoes of Manny Calavera, a travel agent for the Land of the Dead. Manny's job is to find recently dead clients and send them on the way to their eternal rest. Bemoaning of poor clients that prevent him from gaining enough good karma to find his own rest, Manny sets out to improve his lot, which runs him across Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, a veritable saint who for some reason doesn't earn her deserved passage on the vaunted "Number Nine", an express train that shortens the normally four year journey to four minutes. What follows is a trip across the Land of the Dead, finding lots of interesting characters to interact with as Manny unravels the conspiracy surrounding his woes.

Created by noted game designer Tim Schafer (Full Throttle, Psychonauts), this game is presented as a graphic adventure of the classic variety, where Manny wanders around areas, finds items to use elsewhere, and converses with characters to forward the plot. Action is secondary to the relaxed feel of being able to take your time, explore, and think on how to solve all the myriad puzzles you encounter. The graphics and sound are a little dated, the game having been released in 1998, but still retain a stylistic charm, from the vivid and varied environments, to the deceased characters themselves, who take on the form of Mexican "calaca" figures. Only two complaints come to mind. The first is common with most graphic adventures: that there will be times when the puzzles just seem to wacky or esoteric, and you find yourself more trying to follow the designer's train of thought than logical conclusions. The second is that the control scheme is based around the keyboard (or joysticks/gamepads), so the usual mouse control is sacrificed.

Despite these minor failings, I'd recommend this to anyone who loves witty dialogue and solving puzzles.

A different kind of game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I like these kinds of games. Unfortunately I got stuck and got fed up and bored. Maybe if I had tried harder, I would have had more fun with it. But I really liked the look, animation and feel of it.

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