What Gamespot Users have to say about Grim Fandango
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Rating:9.7
A Beautifully Perfectly Complex and Fullfilling Experience
Ok it isnt quite a 10, their are controll issues anoyed alott of us, For gods sake get in the bloody elevateor manny!!!!!! other than that if your looking for a chalengeing alternative to FPS in the half life league, ... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.3
i love it
Something's rotten in the Land of Dead and you're being played for a sucker. Meet Manny Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death. He sells luxury packages to souls on their four-year journey to eternal rest. B... Read Full Review
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Rating:10
In my 15 years experience in PC games, Grim Fandango stands as the most emotional, intelligent and beautiful game.
Once you have played it, you will start looking for Adventure games that could give you yet another Grim Fandango experience. This 1998 game stands as one of the best computer games ever made. The context of this game is... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.6
This game is one of the best games that Lucas Arts ever made.
Gameplay: Grim Fandango is based upon Mexican folklore, set in the land of the dead. You play Manny Calavera, an employee of the Department of Death and travel agent to newly dead souls who are just setting out on the da... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.8
The final work of the Tim Schafer at Lucas is GREAT!!! Its what adventure games MUST BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grim reaper: "I'm ready to take you now Mr.Florez" Florez: "take me!?" "Take me where?" Grim reaper: "Now, now...no need to be nervous!" Florez: "I'm sorry its just you loo... Read Full Review
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Rating:10
Smooth as a Humphrey Bogart movie, Grim Fandango is a game of pure beauty.
Every once so often, we are treated to a game truly inspired as Grim Fandango. Developed by the pioneers of the graphic adventure genre, LucasArts, Grim Fandango is simply a timeless piece of work. Written and designed b... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:10
Another LucasArts' classic... VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!
This game makes a 'before' and an 'after' in the story of games. Everyone should play it, and even you don't like Adventure games, you'll love this one. Gameplay: The gameplay is great. The controls are really easy, t... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:10
Fantastic voice talent, brilliant writing and memorable characters mean that this is one of the best games ever made.
Grim Fandango, in it's premise, is an odd idea for a game. But since when has the 'odd' stopped LucasArts from putting out great games? The adventure is set in the Land of the Dead, and you play Manny Calavera, an emp... Read Full Review
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Rating:8.5
Great production value and genuinely interesting puzzles. But it is still an adventure game that not everyone will like.
I must admit that I am not an adventure game expert and this is pretty much the first adv game I have played. My strongest impression of the game is the consistently solid voice acting. Thankfully, the good voice acting ... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.4
Sod half life and Grand theft auto. this is a game that kills them and the undead
Another fine adventure game by Lucas arts coming straight from the bizarre mind of Tim Schafer a great game with some good creative puzzles that are well put together. A game about skeletons and crime set in a 1930s 7th... Read Full Review
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