Grim Fandango

Postby **bigsleepj** » Fri May 14, 2004 4:27 am

Just out of curiosity, have anyone here played the old classic adventure game "Grim Fandango" from Lucas Arts?

Interesting, although game magazines and fans of the genre consider it the best adventure game ever made, it was also the only Lucas Arts game never to show a profit.

This is one of my favourite games. Although its not an action game, and is more concerned with characters, plot and such, I can't help but love it. The puzzles are probably too hard, though. :lol:

Postby **ThaKladd** » Fri May 14, 2004 4:44 am

I've played the demo version all the way to the end

it was fun, but I did not get the full version. Games like that take time, time that I dont have :grin:

Lucas art have also mad the Monkey Island games, and they're all funny. It's the same grene...

Postby **shooraijin** » Fri May 14, 2004 4:45 am

I played a demo of it. The setting and style is *very* clever.

My favourite LucasArts adventure is a toss up between Sam and Max hit the Road, and Full Throttle. (*kicks the piano* "Play.")

Postby **bigsleepj** » Fri May 14, 2004 4:51 am

ThaKladd wrote:I've played the demo version all the way to the end it was fun, but I did not get the full version. Games like that take time, time that I dont have

Hmmmm. Considering that the time-frame of the game is (more or less) four years with puzzle chains about as long as the Great Wall of China, then its maybe for the best...

Postby **Zilch** » Fri May 14, 2004 4:55 am

I love old LucasArts games, 'specially the graphic adventure ones like Monkey Island and Full Throttle. I never played Grim Fandango, however...hmmm...maybe I should...

Postby **bigsleepj** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:03 am

shooraijin wrote:I played a demo of it. The setting and style is *very* clever.

The references the "Casablanca" and "Glen Gary Glenross" were fun, too. I've always held the oppinion that Grim Fandango would make a good 3D animated movie.

shooraijin wrote:My favourite LucasArts adventure is a toss up between Sam and Max hit the Road, and Full Throttle. (*kicks the piano* "Play.")

Sam & Max had a nasty sense of humor, but I loved it. One of the most bizarre games I've ever played...enjoyed every minute of it. Full Throttle's "in-games" I disliked, but as story, characters and puzzle-solving go, it's great. I always think back with a smile on my face to the "Land-Mine Bunny Attack" puzzle as well as that "lady" at the projector at the end. Ah, those were the days. Why can't they make games like that anymore?

Oh yes. They're not as popular anymore.

Postby **ThaKladd** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:11 am

lol to Zilsch's sig

A fun thing about Lucas Arts humour is that they use parst(as parodies) from other lucas arts games in thier games.... so there are many parts in the games you can laugh to if you played them all... :grin:

the best example is the Monkey Island games, but I think Lucas Arts use that kind of humour in almost every game....

Postby **bigsleepj** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:18 am

Zilch wrote:I love old LucasArts games, 'specially the graphic adventure ones like Monkey Island and Full Throttle. I never played Grim Fandango, however...hmmm...maybe I should...

Maybe you should. But some people were putt off by the fact that it's not a point or click game but works with the keyboard. It's still available for sale. And if you finish this game without a walkthrough....then you must join MENSA because then you'd be a genius!!!

Postby **Zilch** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:27 am

Oh? Not point and click? Must belong on a C64...(ducks Shooraijin's dagger stare)

Postby **bigsleepj** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:28 am

ThaKladd wrote: the best example is the Monkey Island games, but I think Lucas Arts use that kind of humour in almost every game....

Like in Monkey Island 3 where Threepwood discovers one of "LeChuck's Men" stabbed to death...and it turns out to be Manny from "Grim Fandango" with a button pinned to him. "Ask me about Grim Fandango."

"He complained about me chicken," says the Pirate Cheff.

Yip, those are great! Even in "Day of the Tentacle" there is a portrait of Max with a 18th century wig in it...three years before Sam & Max appeared.

Unfortunately there are not a lot of in-jokes to other Lucas Arts games (or none that I can remember off the top of my head) in Grim Fandango. It's very hermitical, if you know what I mean.

Postby **ThaKladd** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:38 am

It was a long time ago I playde Grim Fandango, but as I remember there was some in-jokes to other Lucas Arts games, but I dont remember any of them :-/ maybe I'm wrong..

edit: yea.. I'm definetly probably wrong.. :eyebrow:

Postby **bigsleepj** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:48 am

ThaKladd wrote:It was a long time ago I playde Grim Fandango, but as I remember there was some in-jokes to other Lucas Arts games, but I dont remember any of them :-/ maybe I'm wrong..

edit: yea.. I'm definetly probably wrong..

Hmmmm. I SHOULD play it again this weekend. Maybe I will... :sweat:

I'm probably wrong as well.

Postby **Shinsei** » Fri May 14, 2004 6:09 am

I also love old Lucas Arts games. I've played and beaten all 4 Monkey Islands, and I have Grim Fandango, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, The Dig, AND Sam and Max hit the road lying around in my game collection. Maybe I should dig them out and play them.... :sweat:

Postby **shooraijin** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:47 am

> Oh? Not point and click? Must belong on a C64...(ducks Shooraijin's dagger stare)

Actually, my C64 has a mouse. --> :shady:

!!!dagger stare!!! :shady:

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