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Grim Fandango
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A LucasArts adventure game that follows skeletal travel agent Manny Calavera's four-year journey across the Land of the Dead in a film-noir-inspired tale of love, betrayal and corruption.
5 ★ (25)
4 ★ (12)
3 ★ (3)
2 ★ (0)
1 ★ (0)

A good adventure game that stands the test of time but not much more than that.

A wide cast of unique characters livens up the sections between doing adventure game stuff. Over the years I’ve been somewhat fascinated by Lucasarts adventure games. Yet not till long after they have… Read more

Not So Grim A Game

One of the first point and click adventure games i ever played and got absolutly addicted it was one of those games that consumes your every waking hour trying to solve every puzzle to push foward the… Read more

Testing

Testing. Grim Fandango moves away from the point-and-click interface of the SCUMM engine that most earlier LucasArts adventure games used, and instead makes use of the GrimE engine that lets the playe… Read more

My All Time Favourite Video Game Ever!

Making a good adventure game is not easy. It takes a lot of creativity and patient to put everything together. There are three things that designers must always tackle with: storylines, graphics, and… Read more

One the greatest Graphic Adventures with many Issues

One of the lastest games that Tim Schafer made during his work in LucasArts back in 08 is still worthy, especially in these days that actually less than one good game is realesed per year. The first t… Read more

Classic Puzzle Adventure

Grim Fandango ? What's a Grim Fandango and why would I want to put it in my disc drive? Do you find yourself asking this question when seeing such a game on the shelf at your local game store? No? Yes… Read more

"The epitomy of what an adventure game should be."

Ok, think back. This might sound a little weird to some, but there was a time when LucasArts didn't make nothing but Star Wars games. Granted, these Star Wars games are good, most recently with the in… Read more

A game I refure to as an all time favorite

Grim Fandango is an adventure game inspired by Mexican folklore and told in a film noir-like style. You play Manny Calavera, a travel agent in the land of the dead cursed to selling travel packages to… Read more

Undead Shenanigans

Let me just tell you, that the only reason i've play 100 or more hours is because i've simply played the game over and over. I love it. I don't own many adventure games (compared to the other genres I… Read more

Grim Fandango: Possibly The Greatest Adventure Game

The Land of the Dead is actually a fascinating, wondrously surprising and beautiful place so maybe the graphics seem outdated but the gamer is pulled into one of the most compelling, unusual and creat… Read more

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