Grim Fandango Remastered

after almost an hour trying for her to burn the stockings, seeing her tap it while i push away for at least 5 times n nothing happening im rage quitting and uninstalling. f this

the game was cool until here but this is ridiculous.

A classic
I hope you like backtracking

oo la la mucho buene

overflowing with charm

A great classic ...

não acho que é um jogo fácil de jogar, principalmente em 2025
ele é lento, confuso, nem um pouco claro em o que quer que tu faça
mas que obra linda
da pra sentir o carinho em cada parte do jogo
dublagem brasileira da uma vida ao jogo absurdo, mas a original em inglês é muito boa também
me senti muito feliz jogando, quebrando a cabeça, lembrando da época que jogava os point and clicker em flash
incrível

This has to be one of the best games ever.

Story didn't seem all that interesting at first but as it went on I appreciated how well thought everything was, with creative world and various references.

Not much needed to be said about humor, it is just pure fucking bliss and elevates the game to heavens (or should I say the 9th underworld).

For a game like this, characters are to key to convey the story (you could say they are the skeleton of the game!!!), and here each one brings their unique flavor with their own distinct personalities, further enhanced by topnotch voice acting. Despite, with a few exceptions, every single one of them being literal skeletons in different outfits, they all are highly memorable and fun to interact with.

Most of the puzzles solvable with a bit of thinking, and some are really thought provoking and cleverly designed, giving you those strong dopamine kicks once you solve them.

As you can probably tell, I fell in love with Grim Fandango but I also see the problems it has, and I believe there is one in particular worth mentioning. While I called "most of the puzzles" as solvable and even praised "some of the puzzles" thought provoking, there are also a remaining portion of puzzles that make up the game's singular major flaw, though a VERY major one for a p&c. This minority of the puzzles are totally illogical, require some non-causal reasoning, or are just outright stupid. Almost in every act, I found myself wasting time on tow or three of these kind of puzzles, ultimately giving up and looking for hints, or if there was none, solutions. Still, I must say, thanks to the intriguing story, interesting characters, and fantastic humor, I could easily forget the bitter taste these puzzles left behind.

So my suggestion is: DEFINITELY experience this masterpiece if you enjoy the humor and the characters, but when things start to look unsolvable, put your pride aside and use one of those hint sites (or a walkthrough, though if the puzzle is actually a good one and you have just missed some clue, the walkthrough will spoil the solution for you, whereas hints can at least help you realize the what you are missing).

Amazing

Never played the original but this one does not stand the test of time. Started out on my own but now using a guide because the puzzles are beyond unreasonable. In some cases puzzles don't become active until performing dialogue in a very specific order without any reason to prompt or explore such dialogue, and I have just reached a point with the game where it isn't fun.

Another installment in the recurring parade of old-school remasters, slotted neatly into the schedule amongst "Myst", "Monkey Island", "The Journeyman Project", "Postal" and our other favorite titles from long decades of yore. It's not that "Grim Fandango Remastered" is a bad game at all, but many modern remastered titles leave me feeling ambivalent and with mixed feelings about the features that studios choose to add while leaving out the important one that I'll come to in a moment.

The New GF features improvements in graphics (true) and more modern keyboard controls (also true) while also adding better sound quality (maybe) and stability improvements (a bald-faced lie) and packaged with the obligatory Director's Commentary accompanying any modern remaster. It's is also a joy to switch between them by hotkey in the same way as "Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition" making it possible to jump between nostalgia and contemporary in a single game depending on your mood. While the title does run well on either Windows or the Steam Deck, it is extraordinarily important to point out that the game breaking bugs have not been thoroughly ironed out in this release. The remaster doesn't include autosave, a disappointing relic of the original, and left at least one important game breaking bug in Year 3 that you should certainly know about as it can cost a player very valuable progress.

When the game doesn't bug out however, it remains an interesting story and comes together well. It's very organic and consistently unexpected throughout, so the old writing team still earns credit for originality. Some of this novelty is due to the story being a little loopy and not committed to logical uses for objects or environments. Much of the Petrified Forest puzzles and most of Year 4 confuse me even now, and I still don't understand what my character did in the botanist shop that advanced the plot. "Grim Fandango" falls into the same trap as "Syberia", "Full Throttle" and "Shivers" in that your character often must use every possession on every object to see which one does a thing in order to progress slightly. It's a small drip of dopamine when something works, but a long withdrawal when it isn't.

Which brings me to the cardinal sin of the title: No Hint System. As with "Monkey Island", it would have been sooo easy to implement and would have saved considerable time while also preserving some sense of accomplishment, but the devs omitted this lowest hanging fruit leaving the ordinary player with only complete walkthroughs, forcing a choice of the virtuous ironman route of trying every sensible or inane possibility, or damping the exploratory experience with a player's guide.

"Grim Fandango" still works as a hit of nostalgia or a cozy adventure or an artistic time capsule. But I can't judge it better than "satisfactory" for meeting minimums with the least possible effort. All of the boxes are checked off for the studio to earn another bag of money on old IP and consumers can have another go at this macabre journey, but the experience feels rote and joyless, much like the game's characters, part of a soulless journey to eventual insouciance.

although it's impossible to beat it without a guide, it was still an incredible game

The world was made forever better by grim fandangos original release, the remaster has allowed this game to stay as relevant as it deserves.

Fun, lovable characters, great writing, great game! I highly recommend this to anyone who's a fan of point and clicks.

charming and silly

Run, you pigeons. It's Robert Frost....

Re god la musica y personajes pero NI EN PEDO podes ganar sin ayuda de un gameplay de youtube xxd

i could nitpick ofc...a couple puzzles that boil down to arbitrarily doing the same action multiple times...a couple puzzles that require some amount of Input Precision that recall the less successful experiments from full throttle (tho its cool adding more Immediacy was still something on schafer's mind, given we're just about to jump to psychonauts)...perhaps worst of all is that the minimalist UI approach occasionally creates more confusion than it clears up, leaving intractable elements obscure, or making it difficult to tell which element u even have selected. but even if those problems were worse than they are, it would be difficult to deny schafer's team pulled off the most lavish, lovingly made game in the entire genre to that point...and perhaps ever. i never rly thought ab my surprisingly dense history w/ this game, attempting to play it several times and getting a lil further each time, over the course of several years, getting locations and bits of dialog and backing tracks seared into my head as i bashed myself against the puzzles that esp those years back i just was not good at...it aids in the game's greatest strength, which is its sense of gravity and scope and sweep. aside from a bit of narrative rush in the third chapter (which was still v enjoyable), everything just feels so involving and Significant...a game that fully believes in itself, and makes full use of the time u spend in it struggling to make progress by impressing every layer of the thick vibe upon u. the second chapter is the best experience ive ever had with a point and click adventure game, and id be willing to believe its the height of the genre for even many who are more experienced than me. more than anything, schafer and co are fully in their bag in the realm of vibrant characters, memorable dialogue (it has to be, youll need to remember it for a puzzle solution hours later), and one of the best (and best-realized) settings a video game has probably ever had...rather than de-mystifying the spiritual journey, it brings the metaphysical and emotional consequences to the forefront whenever possible. im not sure if this game is as much of a shoe-in for Best Game Of All Time lists as it used to be...people rly seem to have lost their taste for even the most beloved old school adventure games. but its hard to imagine one that makes better use of your patience and persistence than this one, at least for me. love u glottis.

What can I say about Grim Fandango that hasn't already been said countless times before? The game features a beautiful, funny and unique blend of Aztec and Mayan-inspired artistry, classic Hollywood references, Mexican folklore, and neo-noir storytelling—all accompanied by a brilliant musical score. If any of that sounds appealing to you, I'd highly recommend playing it.

It's locked.

pretty good game

Funny and engaging, with a fun aesthetic.

Manny Calavera is my literally me character holy fuck he's so awesome

Skeleton puns, deadpan humour, film noir shenanigans... A fun and hilarious game in this dull genre.
Spent a lot of hours on this game 15 years ago when I didn't have internet to check guides and solutions. Finally beat it and never got bored until the end. Bought it again because it must exist in my library.

⠀

It is a game that I was too young to witness when it came out. Now, it feels dated (even remastered), and while I was playing it, I was constantly thinking about wasting my time and would rather watch it being played on YouTube. I appreciate it for what it is.

She a fan of my dango till i grim, Calavera

grim fandango

Awesome story. A classic and the puzzles are way less frustrating in the remaster

Fun interesting story. I would recommend having a guide on standby just in case, there's always the issue of these types of games having some crazy leaps in logic but also things you click on can overlap so it can be hard to know what exactly is interactable.

Nice story, likable characters, refreshing concept overall; but puzzles are nonsensical for me. I couldn't play without a walkthrough. I'd love to see it as a movie though.

Goofy point and click adventure game with good humour. Art style is very fitting. Story and characters are well written. Many Calavera is very relatable and it is nice to see his development through out the game. At the very end, the feeling of completing your journey really hits you. Game has two problems though. One is bugs there are tons visual and gameplay bugs. You can easily get locked out of progressing. Be sure to save your game very frequently. The other is some puzzles are really cryptic and because of the bugs sometimes you think what you tried was wrong but it was actually the right way.

Funny latin-american skeletons overthrowing a corrupt system and become anarcho-communists

It's like playing a Saturday morning cartoon made by Pixar, pre-Disney; it's got jokes for kids and jokes for adults. And playing it directly after Disco Elysium, the communism and union bits made me very happy.

Though very goofy and full of old-school adventure game logic, this game has a story and vibe that's unlike anything else in the space. Play this game with a guide if you want, but do, indeed, play it.

i'd sacrifice سهيل for you Mr. Calavera.

one of very unique game that I ever played. I've already finished this game more than 10 years ago. but I just bought on steam for pay a respect. and wanted to kept the connections with this game and reminiscing the whole good memories back then. that specific day of the dead vibe, flowers, romance, noir and witty. this game influenced me in a lot.

Top-notch.

Very unusual and atmospheric game. I've played it twice over the past few years and on both occasions I needed some help. I'll probably play it again in the future, it was that enjoyable.

for real gamers

Great art style and atmosphere. A lot of the puzzle solutions are very subtlety explained in cutscenes/dialogue which led to a fun experience. But some puzzle's solutions are "read the developers mind" or interact with an object/character at very specific moments.

great game

Its a fun adventure game. it needs clues to beat the game

Awesome game, great story, love the art style. Classic point and click from back when they made those kinds of games. The interface is much more forgiving for modern players with the update. If you like adventure games, check this one out!

Whenever you are stuck for a while not knowing what to do next, just check a guide for that particular thing and then continue on your own. You'll experience the story without sacrificing the fun. Not all the puzzles are logical. They are just there to slow you down...

great adventure sadly no sex missions :(

Exquisite game with such a unique atmosphere, story, and even sound. However sometimes figuring out what to do next is very complex, needing some backtracking, which may not be for everyone (I didnt mind).

10/10 game must buy

One of the greats. I bought this when it came out and I still go back to it every few years.
It's cute, it's funny, and the puzzles are clever without being crazy difficult.
Also, the atmosphere (day of the dead + film noir) really works.

This version does not work on Steamdeck. Fix your dependencies!

Amazing, hilarious, incredible, fun game

One of those games where you are bummed out in the end not because the ending is sad but because it's ended, it was just that good

so funny and the art style is very funky and cool