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Summary: The most fun you'll have playing a puzzle solving game!
Review: My wife and I got this game because we had heard so many good things about it. It has turned out to be a hilariously fun game that has given us hours of fun together. THE GOOD: 1) The graphics are great! It is like playing in a dreamland made of modern Aztec architecture. 2) The way your can manipulate the 3-D character is a fresh approach that is easy to learn. Just use the keypad to walk, run, rotate, talk, pick up things etc... (This makes the game much more enjoyable than games like Riven where you just get screen shots.) 3) The story line is funny, creative and a blast to follow along and play! I found myself eagerly anticipating the opportunity to explore more of this world. 4) The non-player characters add another dimension of fun. I couldn't believe how many times I found myself laughing out loud at what they said and did! THE BAD: 1) Like all games of this nature it eventually gets to the point where it is hard to play anymore because you either can't solve the next puzzle, or you are tired of trying. We did find some free tips online though, and that made it so that we could progress through the game. 2) We are running it on a 366 MHz computer without a video card. This is fine except for the times where there are a lot of moving graphics and animation. Then our computer slowed down some, but this only happened about 10% of the time. If you have a better computer I doubt if you will have any problem. OVERALL: Sure, the characters smoke, but so does most of the world, and this second hand smoke won't even bother you! This game is so much fun that if you overlook playing it you will be missing what we consider the most enjoyable puzzle game yet made!
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Summary: A fantastic adventure game from Lucas Arts
Review: Although it's not as great i repeat great as the Curse Of the Monkey Island it still beats any other adventure game avalible. the graphics are not anything to scream horray for but they are still clean and pure, there are no defect's in the game and the sound is great to, besides being a great graphical adventure it still posesses a great deal of thinking for the user cause there are some mistery's going on in "The Land of the Dead" all the work for the game is very good and they obviously did spend alot of time doing this game so if you are an adventure game lover or you've grown tired of endless Quake playing just get this game buy it or borrow it from a friend .........its worth it........
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Summary: LucasArts looks to Mexican tradition for adventure's future
Review: Possibly the most original game idea in the history of adventure games, _Grim Fandango_ has a charm which is all in the execution. This is as close to being in a movie as the adventure game genre has yet allowed. Blending the tradition of Mexican folklore with the suave of sixties' beat culture and the style of _The Big Combo_, _Fandango_ is a sensory explosion. Somewhat courageously, it does *not* attempt to make its graphics realistic. Rather, it searches successfully to use its medium to best effect. Like the best films, _Fandango_ manipulates its elements to produce a world unto itself. Its first-rate direction and hitherto unique-to-adventure-games 3D technology points the way forward for the adventure games. True, some of the puzzles are hard, but none of them really seem out of place. Indeed, there is with _Grim Fandango_ a true sense of plot. Maybe the characters don't develop as they do in novels or great films, but, thanks to fine vocal talent and crisp writing, they do maintain charming integrity throughout. If I have a complaint with the game, it is the interface by which your character, Manny, communicates with others. You choose from among several sentence options, like those old "choose-an-ending" books. It's not a *bad* way to play a game, I suppose, but just as multiple choice tests are always easier than writing essays, being able to choose from amongst a few limited options make it easier to get information out of the rest of the game's cast. As a result, solving problems is sometimes dead simple. Of course, there aren't many better options for game developers trying to give players a sense of control of their destinies, but it makes one long for the day when the promise of a game like _Titanic_, with its limited ability to understand unique phrases typed in by the player, might be more fully realized. Some people, though, might like the fact that they exhaust their investigations of other characters pretty quickly. It does speed game play, and isn't as frustrating as trying to find the right questions on your own might be. This *is* a big game, with lots of scenes and lots of people to meet. Speed-of-play matters. So, even if I personally believe there must be a better way to communicate to other characters, I can hardly rate the game down for what is possibly the best solution currently available. Thus, even if you think you don't like adventure games, you should still buy _Grim Fandango_. Likewise, if you don't have time to play adventure games, you should get a walkthrough and cheat your way to the end, because the graphics, story, and soundtrack are just that good. This is one of the seminal achievements in the genre, and to miss out on it would be to accept a huge gap in your understanding of where the games industry might be heading.
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Summary: I didn't like the game:believe it or not
Review: the game's okay, although i don't think making the charactersin 3d was a very good idea, plus at some points game gets outrightboring,and all the main characters smoke... although the game will crash sometimes, and it might get stuck, overall, the game is pretty much okay if you don't count crashes and how the characters act and look... END
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Summary: The other side of the medal
Review: It is a very good game, and challeging too, but at some points it will get stuck, plus you only get to use keyboard, plus some places are a bit buggy, aside from that, it's a pretty good game, though
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Summary: Great game, except...
Review: Ok, so we have a unique premise, outstanding graphics and sound, tough puzzles...and a KEYBOARD-BASED INTERFACE????? It's clumsy, and takes some practice to learn, especially in controlling character movement.
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Summary: THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN THE HISTORY OF ADVENTURES!
Review: Wow. This has to be the most amazing adventure game ever created, even better than **shock** Monkey Island? Once you get involved in the game, you can't escape it's grasp. It is so stylishly made that it would not look out of place in a cinema or on video. I would pay money to watch someone complete this. Buy this game- you will not be dissapointed.
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Summary: One of the best games, ever!
Review: I found this to be a VERY interesting and fun game to play. Very original plot and great characters. Excellent graphics too! If you buy it you will have endless hours of fun and you'll wish it would never end. Are they going to make a Grim Fandango II? Let's wish!
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Summary: the best adventure game yet
Review: This game has an exellent story line and is very fun to play, although a few puzzles are TOO challenging and it gets frusterating. I also like its uniqe graphics. So, BUY IT!
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Summary: GREAT game!
Review: This was definitely the best game I have ever played! The music was great for the locations, the voices were great, and the game was sad, funny, and entertaining. I would give this ten stars if I could!
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