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$15? heck yes. and it’s DRM-free on GOG too.

after watching the ‘making of’ vids it’s pretty clear that the devs have tried to keep the game as faithful to the original as possible. yeah yeah, we all would have liked to see a ‘true’ HD remake or whatever, but surely, the mere fact that this is getting released on a bunch of different platforms that will run without problems on current-gen hardware and (most importantly) is back ‘in print’ as it were for the first time in a decade or so is nothing short of awesome.

personally i have avoided playing loads of adventure games because i hate sitting in front of a computer. being able to do this on my couch with a controller in my hands is a dream come true.

i have been begging my friends to play this game since i was a teenager (10+ years ago). i don’t think any of them ever did. now that the re-release is coming out and it gets a whole new round of press coverage will both introduce this classic to a new generation and hopefully serve to further reinvigorate the adventure game genre overall.

broken age and day of the tentacle coming out will be more insta-buys for me!

2 playthroughs confirmed.

Reviews are out mostly 9.

IGN 9.3

Most reviews are positive. One thing that I was surprised by (http://www.gamesradar.com/grim-fandango-review/):

Some complaints about technical issues:

’ (...) here’s no auto-saving whatsoever, meaning if you don’t take time to save your game often, you could find yourself reeling from a show-stopping bug. And boy, are there bugs. Sound effects frequently cut in and out, weird lighting issues cause certain objects to blink incessantly, and cutscene transitions can be especially jarring. One time I clipped through a door and couldn’t get back out; another time, I gave an item to someone who then began to spin around in place for the rest of eternity. Each one required me to reboot my game - and without auto-saves in a time when most people have come to expect them, many bugs can potentially set you back several hours. There were many times where I felt like Grim Fandango’s code was hanging together by a tenuous, skeletal thread. ‘

‘Those bugs, though? Those are all new.’

Another strong contender for a Community Playthrough when the current one ends…

This Gamesradar reviewer apparantly does not know the difference between remastering an older game and releasing an entirely new edition/remake.

Some of his points are valid, but you simply can’t compare this remaster with f.i. the new MI editions or expect such improvements as part of a remastered game.

downloading now! argh! can’t wait!

subbi - 27 January 2015 04:19 AM

This Gamesradar reviewer apparantly does not know the difference between remastering an older game and releasing an entirely new edition/remake.

Some of his points are valid, but you simply can’t compare this remaster with f.i. the new MI editions or expect such improvements as part of a remastered game.

REmake Remaster HD says Hi!

Clearly those bugs and issues mean its DoubleFine game, and they have so much in pipeline for their manpower to pull off, they clearly pushed it out of the door.

Am I losing a bit of perspective if I think an 8 out of 10 from Eurogamer is bordering on a travesty?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-27-grim-fandango-remastered-review

Didn’t the author name it his second best adventure game of all time on a recent best of list?

Anyway, its a 10 out of 10 for me, and all those issues he seems to suggest no one in their right mind would appreciate(challenging puzzles? Who likes challenging puzzles these days? NO ONE!) are part of what make it the EPIC it is.

Really disagree with the writer on that front.

Yeah, seems weird complaining the puzzles are too hard for todays people. “Game was amazing in the 90s, now it should have auto-save, teleporting and easier puzzles because that’s how todays game are”.

Also don’t watch remastered classic movies in black and white because today everything is in color and 3D… (I may be exaggerating )