I was excited by the prospect of finally seeing what the fuss was about, but I honestly expected much of the praise to be based on rose-tinted nostalgia: a great game, perhaps, but nothing close to the Holy Grail status it seemed to hold among those who had played it. I knew beforehand that Grim Fandango was influenced by film noir, but I came to the game with almost no preconceived notions whatsoever about the story and its characters, having somehow avoided major spoilers over the years. This release has been updated with an intuitive point-and-click interface, mildly-enhanced graphics, and optional in-game "director's commentary," but clearly Double Fine Productions was determined to preserve all the elements that made the game great in the first place, while fixing the few elements that dragged down the original. The legacy of this LucasArts classic truly runs deep, and in light of this legacy I jumped at the chance to review the remastered version of Tim Schafer’s comedy-noir adventure. Growing up in the southwestern United States, where the cultural fabric has been heavily influenced by the Mexican-American community, I’ve always found it amusing that the first thing I associate with Day of the Dead, or “Dia de los Muertos,” is Grim Fandango, despite having only brief exposure to the game myself.
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