#Grim fandango remastered opengl fix movie
Grim Fandango's dialogue trees are little treasure chests that dispense gags, movie references and sudden poignant moments with outstanding generosity. It's rare that a game compels me to exhaust every last line of enquiry with every character. I'd only wish for a three things: autosaves, a replacement for the laborious inventory system and a hint system. An optional point-and-click interface fixes the original's glaring control issues, and there's an optional director's commentary that lets you trigger anecdotes in most scenes. Characters cast long shadows across the static old backgrounds, which give the streets of Rubacava extra film noir cred. The 3D models have been faithfully retextured, and look much better at modern resolutions thanks to revamped lighting in every scene (you can switch between the original models and the remastered versions in the menus).
It's disappointing that the backgrounds haven't had a retouch, but not unexpected, and the rest of the remaster is good. The art mixes film noir and Mexican Day of the Dead iconography with Aztec and Egyptian influences in strange and beautiful ways, and while the remastered version does little to improve on the hazy 3:4 ratio backdrops-the widescreen mode merely stretches the image to fit your screen-the vision alone makes the journey worthwhile.Īn optional point-and-click interface fixes the original's glaring control issues. Its status as a technical achievement has faded since, but the humour still cuts, the performances still shine and Grim Fandango's vision of the afterlife still stirs the imagination. Grim Fandango's setup is as exciting today as it was in 1998 when LucasArts was at its peak.
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