The “X” button will be your main interaction button to search areas, use items or even talk with characters. Pressing “Triangle” will open up your inventory, which is Manny pulling items from his coat for you to see and decide. Camera relative controls are being able to push the analog in the direction you desire to move depending on the camera angle. Tank controls are still an option if desired, which is where you turn your character with the left analog and push up or down to go forward or backwards in that direction. The original Grim Fandango used tank controls and with this remastered version they added camera relative controls that make it a bit easier to navigate for newcomers. Even though you can’t die, it still can cause an issue if you forget to save before quitting since there is no auto-save. One thing that can get frustrating at times is having to manually save your progress throughout the game. You can gain hints at what to do next by asking a lot of questions to characters you encounter and some of their hints are vague, but helpful. The only way to notice if something can be interacted with, Manny will look in that general direction to give hint that there is something of use or interest. It would be hard for me to fully explain how the system works, although it revolves around literally finding or obtaining objects to use with other objects, people or the scenery to advance in the story. The puzzle system is extremely clever and might be a bit too difficult for gamers that haven’t played games like this before. That is the whole point of the dialogue system and it makes you want to dig deeper into each character you talk to. In this game though, you’re more prone to asking absurd or even making ridiculous comments. Usually with games that have multiple dialogue options, players choose what they feel most relevant to. The characters you encounter in Grim Fandango are so full of life and sass that it keeps you interested to ask as many questions as possible. To solve these puzzles, you will be finding objects to use with other items to create sometimes hilarious results and succeed in your goal. You will be exploring areas and talking to many characters to solve puzzles with a formula that has always struck home with me. The travel packages that are available to each recently deceased person will vary depending on the amount of good deeds they did during their living life. The premise of the story is to offer travel packages to the recently deceased so they can go to the Ninth Underworld, while helping yourself reach that place as well. Grim Fandango is a dark comedy adventure that has you taking control of Manny Calavera, a travel agent in the afterlife. Double Fine Productions have managed to take the cult classic and bring it back to life for many gamers to play on the PS4, PS Vita and PC. Grim Fandango was another famous hit by LucasArts and I played the mess out of it when it released on the PC in 1998. From the Monkey Island series to Indiana Jones and many others games in the genre have created a great impression towards PC games when I was growing up. Memories….So many good memories have been made from all of LucasArts’ old point-and-click style games.
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