Not much is known about the life of Manuel "Manny" Calavera. It is, however, known what happened to him after he died. The Land of the Dead is where all people are reincarnated after death, turning into skeletal figures. The Land of the Dead is also very similar to the world of the living: people work, have careers, fall in love, and can even die again, turning into flowers. And they all await their final destiny - a trip to the underworld. Depending on their deeds in life, they might get a good journey or be destined to walk there without any means.
Manny works in a travel agency that takes care of such trips. But recently, something has been going wrong. Manny is unable to get good clients, and he suspects that there is a scheme to falsify the dossiers of dead people, offering the best trips to scoundrels for bribes. Manny's grand adventure begins as he steps into the world of corruption and intrigues.
Grim Fandango is a puzzle-solving adventure game that describes several years of Manny Calavera's afterlife. Influenced by Mexican mythology, film noir and Art Deco, the game combines 3D characters with pre-rendered backgrounds. The traditional mouse interaction was abandoned in favor of keyboard control for movements and actions. Manny is navigated with arrow keys, and tilts his head whenever something attracts his interest; the object or character in question can then be examined or interacted with.
As usually in LucasArts' adventure games, conversations offer plenty of different responses that can be chosen by the player. Despite the lack of the option to combine items with each other within the inventory, the game still contains many challenging puzzles that require manipulating inventory items and the environment.
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The title screen appears in the beginning of the stylish introductory video
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Main menu
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Starting location. Our hero Manny Calavera is posing for the camera in his office
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Exploring the office building, the game's first major hub area. Talking to the secretary - dialogue options are displayed
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Reading your mail
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Helping Glottis build self confidence
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Manny the Grim Reaper
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Day of the Dead festival
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You won't see much of the initial city. Manny refuses to walk on the highway anyway
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One of the game's most artistically surreal scenes - our world is presented with distorted images, and Manny arrives to reap the soul of person who just died...
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Inventory items can only be displayed one by one. You can't combine them. That doesn't make the game any easier
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What are we up to, Manny?
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One of the game's many cutscenes. The hero seems to have troubles with his unpleasant boss...
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Manny looks depressed. The first Act of the game is reaching its end, and Manny's life will never be the same...
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Salvador's underground base. The plot thickens from that moment on
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The game is full of journeys, and the amount of different location themes is very high. Here we go through an atmospheric forest
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This part of the game allows you to drive a car though forest paths
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One of the game's many complex, mechanical puzzles. Your best friend, the orange demon Glottis, is as helpful as ever. Note his animation in this shot
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The bulk of the game takes place in the sinful city of Rubacava. The atmosphere is film noir with a touch of art deco, indeed
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The new Arthur Rubinstein?... Can you play Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata? No? Not even the third movement? Oh...
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Manny becomes the boss of his own establishment, the Cafe Calavera. Talking to one of your employees
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The game is full of secret relationships, affairs, double-crossing, and so on. You've just witnessed a rather... intimate scene
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Interior of Cafe Calavera. People of different professions are united by their passion to gambling
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The Blue Casket, another major location of Rubacava
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No epic tale of crime and corruption is complete without showing the ominous dwellings of the rich and powerful
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A view of a different area in Rubacava. The zeppelin is towering over the city
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Viva la revolucion!Those bees are fighting for the rights of the oppressed proletariat! No kidding
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Dead similarities
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Breaking your promise is not a nice thing to do
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Manny changes occupations every year
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Flirting
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A rather provocative scene
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One of the game's many dramatic scenes reminiscent of a crime novel. A meeting with a shady character against the backdrop of artful cats
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The SS Lambada, a ship you'll eventually be able to commandeer
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Double-N To Hell - one of the available transportation means, and a very colorful one at that...
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It is possible to die again in the afterlife. When this happens, the skeletons "sprout" - hence the second death is associated with flowers...
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Mariachi Of The Dead
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The love relationship between the hero and the heroine will undergo quite a lot of sudden changes...
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No big city is complete without the lair of the ultimate, corrupted archenemy. Note the viewing angle - the protagonist is that tiny shadowy figure near the gigantic heel...
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There are many female characters in the game. This one appears to be very cynical...
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Oh, no... Can this... can this really be true?..
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Okay, I have my disguise. Now... where's the costume party?
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