Welcome to the land of the dead! The land where the restless souls wander and desperate...salesmen battle.
Oh, and there's is even lousier option than the walk. If there wasn't, there wouldn't be any salesmen, so that's why the lousiest guys are being the salesmen. Hehe, this is truly is a hilarious idea, yet very genius. Thumbs up!
So, you are Manny Calavera, a top selling agent in the past, a flop nowadays. Everything has their reasons, don't they? So does the downhill of Manny. There is something crooked behind the scenes, there must be. And there is, and it's up to you to reveal the corrupted background.
Everything starts with a dull day. It's the annual Day of The Living, when all the dead people can visit their living friends and relatives for one day in a year. Wouldn't that be marvelous in real life too? Oh yeah. That'd be great! Anyways, the story of the game is one of the most interesting I've met. It has many twists, and lots of humour! The jokes are very good and make you smile even after days! Brilliant.
Talking about the world of Grim Fandango, they're beautifully rendered 2D -backgrounds that please your eye anytime, any place. Simply just top notch! The playing characters and objects are rendered in 3D, which also look very good. The cutscenes are very well made too, so you shouldn't have any problem with that. Simply put beautiful.
I do not wonder the hype of this game, this sure was a jackpot by LucasArts, it's too bad they don't make these games anymore. To change the subject, the audio world made me speechless. First of all, the music. Ahh, the melodies, Latin -influenced lounge-music that make you chill to the bone. I couldn't think of better songs in this game. Also, the voice acting is a true diamond. There are no voices that sound wrong, and especially the voice of Manny and Don are just terrific, not to forget Domino. I just can't say a bad word of this game.
The only thing that worried me in the beginning, is the controlling system, which has converted from mouse to keyboard. You find it difficult and stupid in the beginning, but you'll get used to it as soon as you catch on with the plot. Good thing that it doesn't spoil the game.
Oh well, the conclusion. Grim Fandango is one of the best adventure games of all times. It's innovative, interesting, intriguing and marvelous in overall. I recommend this game for everyone that like a jolly good adventure. The game is a bit difficult, it has very hard puzzles in several places, but after using time and your head, you'll figure the most of them. Anyways, this is Top Notch!
That compass will surely come handy too.