Grim Fandango

Published by LucasArts/Activision
Platform: PC CD/ROM
Price £9.99 Released: Out Now

System requirements
Windows 95/98/98SE/ME
Pentium 133 or better
32MB of RAM

You are Manuel Calavera, a travel agent at the Department of Death. The basic idea of your job is to give luxury packages that journey to the place of eternal rest to deserving souls. However corruption is rife and Manny seems to be being conspired against. The final straw is when Manny makes sure he gets a saintly client, Mercedes Colomar, only to find that out that according to his computer she isn't entitled to any thing. His boss fires Manny after finding that Miss Colomar left the DoD without any package when she was entitled to a ride on the Number Nine express train that turns a four year journey into a four minute one. Aided by Sal Limonez and Glottis, Manny goes after Miss Colomar.

The game is hailed by many as a classic. Originally the game did not have subtitled cutscenes (they still have to be knocked on in the options menu) but thankfully in this version it does. The method of control is either keyboard or joystick and as a result it feels a little awkward at times. To highlight an object you can interact with Manny moves his head to look at the object. All the high production quality of a LucasArts game is present in Grim Fandango and it will keep you busy for ages. If you liked any of the previous LucasArts adventure games then you will love Grim Fandango.

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Recommendation: Highly Recommended. One of LucasArts finest games.
Suitability for deaf gamers: Suitable. All cutscenes can now be subtitled.