Grim Fandango 1998

Is it still worth playing?

LucasArts' 1998 graphic adventure for Windows, directed by Tim Schafer. You guide Manny Calavera, a travel agent in the Land of the Dead, collecting objects, talking to characters and solving puzzles in a four act noir mystery about a conspiracy involving arriving souls. There is no HUD, Manny pulls items from his coat, and conversations use dialogue trees. You cannot die or reach an unwinnable state. Animated 3D characters move over static pre rendered backgrounds, and it was the first LucasArts adventure in 3D and the first since Labyrinth not to use SCUMM. A remaster by Double Fine in 2015 added mouse, point and click and analog controls, with the original tank controls optional. Play it now for a Day of the Dead inspired afterlife styled as film noir, in a game where you cannot get stuck.