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2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
One of a kind game, 2007-11-07
This is without a doubt one of the best games ever made - adventure or otherwise. It is fun, amusing, original, colorful, and challenging without being annoying. The only games that came close to it may be the Monkey Island series or The Last Express. The game is beautifully designed, with unforgettable characters, amazing landscapes, and reminds me of being inside a really well-written movie. Sadly, LucasArts stopped making games like this, a loss for the world.
6 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Simply the best, 2006-10-12
I think this game is simply the best game I've ever played. I think about it, after the fact, all the time. The visuals are gorgeous. The voice acting is superb. The soundtrack is good enough that I actually listen to it by itself! No other game has influenced me so much as this. Do whatever it takes to play this game.
5 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
Masterpiece, 2006-07-09
Although still a gamer (or at least an interested former gamer), I have been sceptic about games as of late. Almost no game has managed to captivate me at all for the last 5+ years, and that is tragic. But I don't give up on the medium, largely because of this game. Grim Fandango is proof that video game design can be an art, and as video game art, this is a masterpiece.
Of course, Grim Fandango is really only 1 part game, and 5 parts story. If you have played any Graphic Adventure game before, especially one by the fantastic Tim Schafer or his contemporaries Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman, than you should know the gameplay already. If you haven't, then it is going to seem weird, ungame-like, and maybe even boring. What makes this game so great is that it is really a vehicle to drive the story more than anything else. With the fantastic music, graphics (for it's time), voice acting and dialogue (by far the best dialogue in any game before or since), you could be more than entertained watching this as a movie. However, it is more than obvious that an interactive game is the very best way to tell this story, and all the characters, conversations and plot twists are designed to take advantage of your interaction with them.
Replacing the point and click style that dominated the adventure game genre since it replaced the text adventure style, this game uses a new keyboard based interface. It is the same interface (almost) later used in the (dissapointing) fourth Monkey Island game. While it is better used in this game, it still isn't as good as the old mouse system. If there is any complaint to make about this game, it is that.
I recomend this game to anyone. If you haven't played an adventure game before, this may turn you on to the genre... which might actually be misleading, because no other game gets as good as this one. Adventure game lovers would have already played it, chances are, unless they are old fogeys who haven't played it because other new adventure games have been sub-par. If this is you, I understand your frustration. But this game is a beacon of light in the dying genre. It was the game engineered to save it from extinction, and it should have worked. But it didn't, and now it is more like a swan song.
4 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
One of the Greats., 2006-01-04
Not only is Grim Fandango a really fun computer game, but it's a work of art. I really can't say enough about this game; the art direction is phenomenal, the voice acting is incredible, the soundtrack is superb, it's hilarious and it's genuinely intriguing. Unlike many PC adventure games, Grim Fandango will keep you coming back repeatedly to see all the things you might have missed in previous playings thanks to the huge attention to detail. The puzzle and problem solving aspect isn't terribly challenging or unique, but that's not what makes Grim great, it's the way it plays like a movie, even more so than most games in the genre. Every 'stage' and environment in the game is exciting and relevant to the gameplay so you're almost never walking back and forth pointlessly through the same environment for hours on end. But even if you did it wouldn't be that much of a problem because most of the time you'll find yourself enthralled by the architecture and character design.
Anyway, the game is amazing and (in my opinion) the standard (maybe even the high point) for the adventure genre. Hopefully the appreciation and cult following will continue to grow until one day we might get to see more of Manny Calavera.
4 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
One of the best adventure games ever!, 2005-09-18
This is one of the best if not the best adventure game ever produced! It has the most innovative and creative story line, graphics and puzzles. The characters are funny and even has some depth (which is rare in any video games). The game play is so engaging that I have a hard time turning it off and feel a sense of sadness when the game ended. I hope the maker of this game could continue with their good work.
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