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Grim Fandango
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Overall Critic Score:3.7609
Grim Fandango Critic Reviews
Grim Fandango is the latest installment in the LucasArts’ long series of successful adventure games, including the Monkey Island Series, The Dig, Indiana Jones and Full Throttle. All of LucasArts’ previous adventure games have been loads of fun to...read the complete Grim Fandango review at Games First!
This is what other adventure games only aspire to be. It is extremely well-written, well-executed, and above all, fun to play....read the complete Grim Fandango review at Four Fat Chicks
If the Academy Awards opened themselves to video games, Grim Fandango would be looking at a sweep. Best acting: Grim Fandango. Best script: Grim Fandango. Best cinematography: Grim Fandango. The game’s creators wouldn't have to leave the podium....read the complete Grim Fandango review at Cincinnati Enquirer
Quite possibly one of the top five adventures of all time, and certainly in the Top Ten. The style, atmosphere, wit, creativity and inventiveness are what makes Grim Fandango remarkable....read the complete Grim Fandango review at Just Adventure
Hotspots in this game are signified by Manny's head movements. He looks up or down to show that you can interact with a particular object or person. This works most of the time, but is needlessly frustrating when Manny is at a distance (did his tiny...read the complete Grim Fandango review at Game Boomers
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One of the best, most thematic (Swing-Era Bebop and Jazz, Mexican folk, and others), and most memorable soundtracks ever to grace the inside of a cranial cavity where an ear drum used to be....read the complete Grim Fandango review at Game Revolution
In a day where three-dimensional, first person gaming platforms are prevalent, Grim Fandango stands as a true testament to the origins of Graphical Adventure/RPG games. The spatial backgrounds and foregrounds create a nice mix between flat screen...read the complete Grim Fandango review at Game Vortex
LucasArts flexes their storytelling muscle in this near-perfect adventure game....read the complete Grim Fandango review at IGN
With this title Lucasarts has completely revolutionized the adventure game genre much like Sierra did when it invented the clickable mouse interface....read the complete Grim Fandango review at Game Over Online
Grim Fandango is based upon Mexican folklore, set in the land of the dead. You play Manny Calavera, employee of the Department of Death and travel agent to newly dead souls who are just setting out on the treacherous four-year journey to the...read the complete Grim Fandango review at GameSpot
Graphically speaking, Grim Fandango is not the best looking game. The visuals do their job to an adequate degree, but there are still occasions when the graphics stand out - just check the Day of the Dead fair outside your work building (Lost Souls...read the complete Grim Fandango review at My Gamer
If you have been looking for a great game that combines humour, a great story, appealing graphics, and long game play with a reasonable price, then Grim Fandango is what you seek. Quality has never been so much fun....read the complete Grim Fandango review at Adventure Gamers
The graphics are excellent and the characterisations are equally as good with great voice acting and a motley gathering of humorous characters. I even liked Glottis, Manny's oversize demon mechanic and sometime companion. He reminded me of Thud from The...read the complete Grim Fandango review at Quandary
Manny meets up with crime and corruption in his journey to meet his status quo. Manny finds himself in the middle of an embezzelment ring, which is robbing him of all the best customers. After finding this out, Manny steals a prime prospect from a rival...read the complete Grim Fandango review at AllGame
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