Great voice acting (subtitles option) and dialogue overall (fairly in-depth dialogue trees, no parser option though) Level Design-6.5 Frustration-8 Fun-6.5 Originality-7 Developed by Double Fine.Graphics-8.5 Sound-8 Control-6.5 Challenge-7 Story-8 Grim Fandango Remastered is out now for Linux, Mac, PC, PS4, PS Vita.But in 15 years, the new breed of puzzle games has at least learnt to make puzzles make sense.ĭespite these failures though, Grim Fandango Remastered is to be heartily recommended – not just for nostalgic gamers, but because it still is a genuinely funny, bizarre and brilliant piece of noir storytelling. Fortunately, the internet has an answer for everything. Secondly, and a far bigger issue, Grim Fandango represents surely the absolute pinnacle of frustratingly opaque puzzle design. Control tweaks here go some way to solving the issue – but it's still obvious why so few videogames these days force you to wander blindly round the edges of a room in the hope of finding a door you can't see. Doors don't get noticed, tables can't be approached because the camera shifts etc.
GRIM FANDANGO REMASTERED TREE PUZZLE SERIES
Firstly, controlling and moving your character around rooms with static viewpoints is a pain in the backside – something the early episodes in the Resident Evil series also amply proved. Now the bad: it turns out there were primarily two reasons 90s point-and-click games died out. It remains one of the high points of brilliantly witty in-game dialogue and characterisation, with this matched by uniquely-stylised design – the result is a love letter to noir, and simultaneously a surreal Mexican trip. The game is a bizarre, off-kilter and brilliantly imaginative tale based on Mexican "Day Of The Dead" mythology, with you as a struggling sales rep for souls passing through purgatory.
Returning it to modern day PCs and consoles showcases why it was so loved, but also the way some design decisions and control schemes have aged in videogames badly. It was the last great adventure game of the point-and-click era. Which is (largely) welcome, because Grim Fandango is a genuine classic. But aside from that, nothing has been changed. On top there's an optional commentary from the game's creators. The graphics have been improved, the sublime score has been rerecorded by a live orchestra and there have been some control tweaks. So, Grim Fandango Remastered isn't a reboot – it doesn't swap out elements, or redesign levels. Particularly as most videogames companies seem content to keep the key elements of the game untouched. The return of warmly-remembered titles, brought back for those who miss them, and those that missed them first time round, is not then a worry – but a potential boon. That's so ancient in games terms, you might as well try plugging cave paintings into a flatscreen TV.
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