Rank and Play ID: RNP-IGDB-8682

Grim Fandango Remastered

Rank and Play

No ratings

Critic rating

82.3 / 100

12 votes

Release

Jan 26, 2015

Genres

Point-and-click, Puzzle

Overview

Something's rotten in the land of the dead, and you're being played for a sucker. Meet Manny Calavera, travel agent at the Department of Death. He sells luxury packages to souls on their four-year journey to eternal rest. But there's trouble in paradise. Help Manny untangle himself from a conspiracy that threatens his very salvation. One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango's epic story of four years in the life (or death) of Manny Calavera, travel agent to the dead, has been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than when it won GameSpot's Game of the Year award upon its…

Storyline

In the Land of the Dead, the recently departed must undertake the Four Year Journey of the Soul to reach their final eternal rest. Those who led virtuous lives earn luxurious travel packages to ease the passage, the finest being the Number Nine, an express train that whisks its passengers to their destination in mere minutes, while the less deserving are left to make the long trek on their own. Manny Calavera works as a travel agent at the Department of Death in the city of El Marrow, grudgingly selling these journeys to work off a mysterious debt. Frustrated at being stuck with unworthy clients, Manny discovers that a pure-hearted new arriva…