Grim Fandango NOT A SEQUAL
I was looking at some of the forums on here about Grim Fandango and how a lot of people are opposed to a sequal because the story of the first was so good. which it was!!!
However I wanted to engage the idea of having a Grim Fandango game but with a different character in the lead thus not having to back track or tread on the toes of the previous story line.
Maybe one with Glottis or something. Following this idea, what are peoples thoughts and possible story ideas?
However I wanted to engage the idea of having a Grim Fandango game but with a different character in the lead thus not having to back track or tread on the toes of the previous story line.
Maybe one with Glottis or something. Following this idea, what are peoples thoughts and possible story ideas?
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The only way I could see it working is if they did it like the Dante series. First. Hell. Then. Purgatory. Then. Paradise. Without Tim Schafer it's impossible.
1. Manny and Meche arrive to the 9th underworld only to find out that it isn't all it's cracked up to be, in fact it is just a world full of many dangers. Manny and Meche must then spend their time trying to find a passage back to their previous world.
2. Manny and Meche arrive at the pearly gates. St. Peter says that for some strange reason, Manny's name is not on the list (of people allowed into heaven). Manny must go back on a mission to prove himself worthy of a place in the 9th underworld.
3. Manny discovers that Glottis is in a spot of bother or some major trouble and must return to help him.
...okay then, you come up with a better one!
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We got Oct 15th release, so not too bad of a delay.
And its not an adventure game, which is what most folks here are fans of.
Talking about adventure games >>>> playing RTS/Action/Driving hybrid games.
(Im still getting it, of course. If only to support TS)
GAH!
Brutal Legend is gonna be awesome. Reviews gave it 8.5~9.0, so even though it's a TS it's a hit with the mainstreamers. I'm looking forward to it, it's fun sometimes to just play something mindlessly fun, especially if it's made by Tim Schafer.
Let Tim move forward. Let him make the awesomeness.
Some of my favourite titles are stand alone: killer7, Ico, Grim Fandango, Hotel Dusk etc.
Anyway, no, I don't want to see a sequel to Grim Fandango. It feels like the original storyline was solid enough; the four-year travel (three-year, actually, but still), the enormous corruption in the land of the dead and the fate of Manny was enough for one storyline. Also, the way we didn't find out about the world thereafter, since nobody in the Netherworld knows of it.
No sequel or prequel could top it, and a spin-off would just make it stand out as a sell-out to me. : S
I have noticed forum activity has dropped...
I wonder why.....
Also people parading the idea the sequals and spin-offs are rubbish to the originals is rubbish itself. Fraser was better (arguably by some) and ran for longer than Cheers. But both we're great shows.
Story and character are the two things that make a good piece of entertainment, CGI a close third. So long as they can make a good story and have some good characters, a sequal or spin-off to grim fandango, I don't think, would be detrimental to the reputation of the original.
Maybe because it is spelt "sequel"?
Sorry, very pedantic.
"We will QUELL the rebellion!"
NOT
"We will QUALL the rebellion!"
If there were a sequel, the only way I'd support it is with the removal of Manny. That said, I'm not sure if things can/should be pulled off in the same way. Maybe a spiritual sequel, but reusing the world seems a bit wasteful.
I didn't say spin-offs in general. Comparing Grim Fandango to Cheers is like comparing Titanic to Simpsons, or something.
I'm usually open to this kind of thing, but GF is not as light-hearted as other games.
Generally, though, I'd want new IP's over anything else.
Well...I could see it with Manny too, but it'd be very hard to pull off.
Actually, the ending of Shadow of the Colossus sets-up Ico, but Ico takes place around a thousand years later. And you can see the castle in Shadow (when running up on the platform to Colossus 3, stop and look around after you jump out of the water).
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I understand that, but I'm saying, even though they share a universe, they have different gameplay and don't contribute much to each other. Some auteurs like to give their works a common world, even if this isn't stated explicitly (for example, Quentin Tarantino has said his movies are set in one world, and there are some veiled references to other movies). That doesn't mean Pulp Fiction is a sequel to Reservoir Dogs, even though it is set after it in the same universe.
Of course there are tons of examples of sequels that should never have been made, but the problem is that business led the way over art. The first film was such a huge success that from a business perspective, the studio would be crazy not to make a sequel, and so to grab hold of the inertia of the first film, a second one is rushed through production.
There are also several examples of sequel movies that worked--sometimes better than the original. 'Back to the Future' ended with the tag "To Be Continued" ...purely as a joke! They never expected to make any sequels, but when they did, they made 2 and 3 at the same time, and both were a great success. All three films flow together so well, you'd think they planned it that way from the start.
Even more, I thinkm that in the DVD release of the movie, they removed the "To be continued" tag beause they wanted to be more faithful to the original theatrical release. I think they say something on this on the audiocommentaries or the DVD extras, I'll have to check it.
But maybe I'm wrong, anyway.
There should never be a sequel.
my suggestion would be to involve reincarnation in someway so we can spend a little more time in the trippy world of the living. also, to hire me as head writer.
I've seen a lot of suggestions of doing the stories between the years that we didn't see in the original, the only problem there is that the creators would have to make sure very meticulously that they didn't mess up the continuity of anything.
If I was going to make it (I WISH!!!!) I would have a new character and a new story with elements, characters and enviroments from the previous game. Something like the portals to the living world are closing and the main character plays an unwilling part to find the cause and solve the problem. (just an example, please don't pick it apart).