Grim Fandango

"One of the Best Adventure Game That You Ever Played!"

This game, Grim Fandango, can be the best adventure game I've ever played. I like the games Lucus Arts produce because of their attention to the games they paid. The music, sounds, graphics....are all very good. As for the controls, it can be a bit troublesome but you will get used to it as time goes along.

This gameplay, is very good. You are the main character, Manny Calevera. You seemed to get into quite a sticky mess, but you somehow cleared the mess later on. Your rival Domino Hurley,is always getting all the good clients but not you, and that's the problem. You'll get sacked if you don't get at least a premium client. However, you have friends who can help you along the way. Glottis, a big orange hippo and your friend, is always there to help you. Your ONLY premium client, Meche, somehow walked away. You go on in 4 years, searching for your client.....If you want to know what happens to you, Meche, Glottis, and Domino, buy the game and find out for yourself.

When you play this game, you need not worry that you will die, because you CAN'T die even if you want to. You need not worry about talking wrongly because you can always go back to the correct sentence and say it, you can even go through every sentence.

My first impression of this game is actually quite good. Lokking at the front cover of the game gives me a good impression. However, there is one thing I did not like, that is the controls. But time seems to hep me get used to it. For example: I used E for examine, P for pick up, ENTER for talking or picking up things I for inventory..... Or if you don't like using the keyboard for controls, you can use a controller(that's what I did). This game is so good that you can play as long as you like. I played it almost 5 times and every time I played it I found something new. If you got stuck in a puzzle, do not read a walkthrough! It will spoil the fun of this game! Instead, try various ways of solving the puzzle. Remember, you are not a horse, do not always think straight, think sideways and in any direction you want. Use your imagination!

The cutscenes are very good, very exciting. The sounds, the music, are aso very good. Once a while, the cutscene, will BOOM, and sometimes it wil be soft and eerie. Like I said, I like the makers of this game because of everything, except the controls.

I give this game 9/10 because it is very good. Ideal for all ages, except for small kiddos. But where has the other 1 mark gone? It had been eaten up by the controls. But using the controller is also very good. I bought this game for only 30 over dollars. The game is wroth twice as much as this. Buy this, and play this, and enjoy this.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99