Grim Fandango (Jewel Case)
by LucasArts Entertainment
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Product Summary
Brand: Lucas ArtsFormat: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98
Model: 10981
Publisher: LucasArts Entertainment
Product features:
- A bizarre afterlife adventure -- a homage to Mexican folklore with a film noir twist.
- Extraordinary 3D Art Deco -- and Aztec-inspired environments.
- The dead come alive in a cast of 55 characters and over 7,000 lines of brilliant dialogue.
- Hundreds of puzzles to challenge the novice and veteran adventure gamer.
- * Designed by Tim Schafer, creator of Full Throttle and Day of the Tentacle?.
Video Game Reviews of Grim Fandango (Jewel Case)
Customer Review: Tim Schafer delivers a delightfully macabre tale of the beyond.
Summary: 4 Stars
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.
Description of Grim Fandango (Jewel Case)
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.Join Manny, the undead travel agent, and uncover a conspiracy to keep new additions to the underworld from buying a safe passage through purgatory. Grim Fandango combines a unique story line and complicated puzzles to create an adventure different from any you have experienced before. Follow Manny through four years of mystery on his quest for true love and eternal salvation.
The game opens to find Manny in search of the perfect client, one with the means to place them both on the fast track out of purgatory and into eternal paradise. Enter Mercedes Colomar, the client who has it all--beauty, brains, and enough money to buy them each tickets on the exclusive No. 9 train. Following the film-noir formula, Mercedes promptly vanishes, leaving Manny to solve the mystery behind her disappearance and her connection with the Department of Death.
With fantastic graphics--stylishly rendered in the film-noir style--and art from the Mayan, Aztec, and Mexican traditions, Grim Fandango is imaginative and appealing. The challenging puzzles call for attentive play and serious exploration of the Land of the Dead--not an unappealing job when surrounded by such beautiful animation. Include the original story line and humorous characters and you won't want to stop playing--we didn't!
A trip into Mexico's Day of the Dead, where you experience a film noir epic adventure.
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