Grim Fandango Remastered Reviews – Page 4
4/5 rating based on 136 reviews. Read all reviews for Grim Fandango Remastered for iPhone.
Grim Fandango Remastered is paid iOS app published by Double Fine Productions, Inc.
Black Screen of Death
alleecatLB
Got well into year 2, playing on my iPhone, when suddenly the screen went black, and I can’t see or do anything (though I can hear music). Every time I restart, it takes me back to the black screen of death (no start menu). I’ve tried contacting their tech support, but get no response. I see others have had the same problem, so I’m not sure why the company hasn’t fixed it. It’s too bad, because it was pretty awesome up to that point.
Good but not great
Flangers
This game needs a cursor option or an option that illustrates what can be clicked on screen. It’s nearly impossible to play without a walkthrough since you don’t have a cursor that helps indicate what is clickable and what isn’t. I spent hours in one area because there was absolutely no indication of what needed to be done. Had there been a cursor or option the illustrate the clickable objects it’d be a perfect iPad game.
Not bad...I really like it
Aweomesauce
Loved the original game and the remastered version on the PS4, so I thought I’d give this a try. Read some of the reviews and it wasn’t looking too good but I tried it anyway. I honestly really like it. It’s not a bad mobile port imo. My only problems are it’s size (honestly can’t argue about it much) and the controls. The controls are okay but could be better. More updates and better controls would make this one of my favorite games on iOS!
Only for the Nostalgic
player58z
To a great extent, Grim Fandango is an example of how NOT to design a video game. The "puzzles" are mainly arbitrary inventory puzzles that make no sense and are "solved" by the brute force method of applying every inventory item to every hot spot in the game until something happens. The poor design of the puzzles is exacerbated by the game elements that move about with no warning or that don't appear or don't work until the game is ready to let you solve that particular puzzle. Furthermore, the interface for the inventory is slow and clunky, and it uses repetitive animations that cannot be skipped. The game uses pre-rendered 2D screens instead of 3D movement, and there are no indicators for where a screen transitions to another area. Furthermore, doors and pathways can be difficult to spot, making it hard to find your way around. This difficulty is not helped by the finicky movement controls. There is no map within the game, so unless you can remember all the areas and how they connect, you may get lost frequently. In at least one place, the game actually showed Manny running in the wrong direction, making it even easier to get confused about how to navigate the game's environment. Unfortunately, the puzzles require a lot of travel back and forth, and Manny has a tendency to go the long way around. Furthermore, many of the transitions from one area to another include slow-running animations that cannot be skipped. Add in the clunky interface for the inventory with its own oft-repeated animations and you'll spend a lot of your time in this game just figuring out how to get places and wrestling with the interface. Because nearly all of the "puzzles" make no sense, unless you use a walkthrough, you are likely to spend a lot of time wandering about aimlessly and trying stuff at random. This might be more forgivable if the interface were better and the scenery were beautiful, but although there are some attractive design elements, the world is a bleak, ruined dystopia. The game does have its virtues. The sound is good, and the music is excellent. The noir vibe enriched with dark humor makes for an unusual atmosphere and a game environment that is fun to explore, despite the clunky interface. The story doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but it is well paced, has a well-developed character arc for Manny, and is enough fun that you're not likely to care too much about plot holes. The voice acting is both good and bad. The delivery is just fine, but some of the voices sound worse than fingernails on chalkboards. Glottis is the worst offender, and he's with you through the whole game. In summation, this game is best left to people who played it in the past and are now nostalgic about it. For new players, there isn't enough that's good enough to make it worth struggling with the painfully clunky interface and trudging through brute force repetition in order to get past the "puzzles". Not recommended. Update: I did NOT leave a 5 star rating for this game. So how come that's what you had for my rating, Apple?
Unplayable
Niklpikl
The glitches in the game make it utterly unplayable. For example, once you enter the inventory screen, you cannot do anything except for examining the items—you can’t even exit the screen. DO NOT PURCHASE
Fun!
StephWoodstock
I really enjoyed this game. Take advantage of it being on sale right now and get it! Clever game play.
Wish they made more like these
Media-amp
Games today just don't have this kind of flair. The only negative about games like this and day of the tentacle is that some parts can be impossibly difficult without looking up solutions. Overall though tremendous game they just don't make em like this anymore!
Help!!
Xenathewondercat
Ok, so I was enjoying the game, and hadn't gotten very far. But something really weird has happened. I exited out of the game, having saved everything. But, the next time I tried to enter the game, it showed the start screen, and then would just go all black. I've tried countless things to get it to work again. I really don't want to delete and reinstall because I don't want to start over again. If anyone knows what to do please help! Thx
Best game ever but bug prevents finish
AlinaAurin&Papa
The game seems to have issues with some of the movie transitions but I currently can't get past where you drop the chain down the conveyer at the end of the world. It crashes every time. With bug fixes 5 star game