Grim Fandango is a graphic-adventure game: it's no platformer or action-adventure game, but it's one driven by story, character and exploration of the game's graphical world and assets. Basically, gameplay elements are treated like beats in a film's screenplay: and sometimes it takes a bit of wrapping your head what exactly you're supposed to do some of the time.
The way to play graphic-adventure games is like this: treat them like interactive movies, where the puzzles involve the player thinking about all of the 'Chekhov's Gun' elements at their disposal. It takes some getti used to for Grim Fandango, but once you're into the gameplay you can be immersed in this game's legendary storytelling. You're Manny Calavera: a travel agent in the Land of the Dead uncovering a conspiracy where you're right in the criminals' crosshairs.
This game is fantastic stuff, and be it PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch or Mac OSX, Grim Fandango is an adventure for the ages, and a wonder from the 1990s that more than deserved to be brought back into the modern gaming limelight.
The way to play graphic-adventure games is like this: treat them like interactive movies, where the puzzles involve the player thinking about all of the 'Chekhov's Gun' elements at their disposal. It takes some getti used to for Grim Fandango, but once you're into the gameplay you can be immersed in this game's legendary storytelling. You're Manny Calavera: a travel agent in the Land of the Dead uncovering a conspiracy where you're right in the criminals' crosshairs.
This game is fantastic stuff, and be it PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch or Mac OSX, Grim Fandango is an adventure for the ages, and a wonder from the 1990s that more than deserved to be brought back into the modern gaming limelight.