The good old point-and-click adventure genre has been past its sell by date for a long time, excluding the recent revival of Broken Sword. This makes obtaining these gems of yore like collecting gold dust, leaving a generation robbed of this storytelling experience. One such title, 1998 PC classic Grim Fandango, is being excavated with its re-mastering exclusively for the PlayStation 4 and Vita. Developed by Double Fine of The Cave glory in collaboration with Disney Interactive, the search for a computer able to run this artifact finally ends.
Manuel Calavera is our beached white travel assistant, helping the recently deceased journey to the afterlife in the Land of the Dead. While being a good boy and eating all of your broccoli can land you a fast-track train ticket taking only four minutes, those more partial to the Grand Theft Auto thug life end up having to take this final quest by foot, adding on four years of travelling time. Using items and your puzzle solving ability, you'll help a lost soul journey to the next life in this film noir-inspired adventure.
Does this bring a blast from the past, or will this be your first time playing the adventure classic? Leave your memories in the comments section below.
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This was the best news of the show for me. Anyone who played the original (and who knows how difficult it was until very recently to get it working on modern machines) has to appreciate not just a port, but a full-on remaster.
Disappointed that we didn't even get a screenshot. A character model would have gone a long way. It's hard to stay mad though.
Absolutely great news. Stated in the other post earlier this is a game I am hyped about. Classic game
This is one of the games I always wanted to play but never could. I'm excited to play it on my Vita.
@NicolaHayden I managed to play it first time round, it's a lot of fun!
I'm really out of the loop. I've never heard of this game, but it's popularity was obvious during the stream...
Never played it, don't recall it, looks really good. Will definitely be picking it up.
Childhood memories, oh the childhood memories... this is so great.
I was so surprised, but in the best possible way Sony broke this out. This has definitely got me excited!
Oh yes! This was an amusing part of Sony's E3. I'm not interested in the game, but it was a funny reveal.
The best news coming from Sony E3 this year
WOW! This is the best news. I can't wait! What a game - I have not played this in ages.
As MatGrowcott mentioned, it is a pain to run on modern PC's - I recently tried and it resulted in one issue after another....
Can't wait to see some footage.
Now... just waiting for the Shenmue 3 reveal....
Never played it seems cool though so definitely on my radar.
@Jazzer94 Think Monkey Island if you have ever played that. Along the same lines play wise.
Now if only they would do a HD remake of Discworld 2! I would be in heaven haha
@Mrskinner If it's like Monkey Island then I'm certain I will like it.
This had me jumping up and down like a mad, the way they were teasing it on stage my mind was going "Oh please be Grim Fandango" I still have my PC copy when I dabbled in PC games back in the early 00's
Brilliant. Another game for Playstation Plus that I don't want.
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