Grim Fandango?
One: Who remembers this game? It was the first LucasArts adventure game I ever played, and the second adventure game ever for me (the first being Starship Titanic). I recently got my old copy of it to work again on my Vista computer, and boy did I miss it! One of the best games I ever played, and my favorite Tim Schafer game ever. Including Psychonauts, although the Milkman Conspiracy kept me laughing like a hyena ("look at that woman. Her breasts are large").
Two: Who thinks Telltale should make not necessarily a sequel, but something set in the same world? I think it'd be perfect for their episodic set-up, assuming they go with the four-year-journey thing. Four years, four episodes. It'd be a different flavor from Sam & Max, and even if it's not nearly as good as the original, it'll definitely boost the commercial flop's popularity.
I've also noticed that GF's lip-syncing method has never been topped since, except maybe by Half-Life.
Two: Who thinks Telltale should make not necessarily a sequel, but something set in the same world? I think it'd be perfect for their episodic set-up, assuming they go with the four-year-journey thing. Four years, four episodes. It'd be a different flavor from Sam & Max, and even if it's not nearly as good as the original, it'll definitely boost the commercial flop's popularity.
I've also noticed that GF's lip-syncing method has never been topped since, except maybe by Half-Life.
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Also, in my opinion, Full Throttle is the Tim Schafer classic that needs a Telltale series the most. That world had so much potential, it'd be a waste to not create more.
Just so everyone knows where I stand with this.
Grim Fandango seems to match with episodic format (the original game is already episodic), but it must have a very good overall plot. Grim Fandango needs a very strong background, I'm not sure Telltale have the shoulders for that…
And I'm not sure they can redo such a good lipsyncing, yeah. :P
For sure, I'd love to see GF back, but on the other hand, I prefer the license to rest in peace than to pop out with an average come back.
Honestly, I didn't like Full Throttle as much as I did Grim Fandango. The motorcycle segments were extremely sub-par and broke the flow of the game.
I think Telltale's up to the task of great writing, they just haven't exactly had a requirement for it as of yet, or they just don't want to waste. Monkey Island and Sam & Max are both more ridiculous series that use more slapstick than anything else. Grim Fandango has a drier sense of humor as is overall more down-to-earth. It'd be a great challenge for their team, and I'm sure at least one of their developers would be willing to try it.
Anyway, after seeing what Telltale can do with Sam and Max season 3, I actually want to see them make Full Throttle more. The thing about Full Throttle is that it was too short, and the world looked really interesting and beautiful. Yeah, the biking parts weren't that great, but that was years ago, and now with the technology available, they could do countless more ideas with the biking scenes.
I do agree with you, though, that Grim Fandango deserves more recognition. But inside the Adventure Gaming community, I think everyone knows it already.
I'd love to see a sequel episodic or not, but id be very very frightened of it tarnishing the GF legacy (there was no such problems with ToMI as Monkey 4 (and 3 for some even) had soured the series for quite a few)
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It always bugged in the water level. I've played up to that point 3 or 4 times, but then it bugged. I bought the game twice, played on different computers, same bug at the same point.
At this point, I think I'd be much too frustrated to replay it all even if I had a working copy. It's a shame because I enjoyed the game.
Grim Fandango and Full Throttle were more comedic at heart (FT much less so), but the characters were part of a bigger world with thousands MORE possibilities. The world was alive in both games, and there was definite room for expansion beyond the primary plot.
Is it the point when you need to
Cause I had very similar issues with that part. Actually, my computer had issues with the entire game...it took me nearly three months to get it working at all. I did get past that part (after a long time), and if you want, I think I have a saved game that I always use get past that bit.
If that's the case, pause, save the game, then load the game, and he'll stop. That's how I fix mine.
Yeah, that's how I got through it the first time, but I find it easier to just use the saved game. That bit's not really a puzzle, so I don't feel guilty about skipping it.:D
Well, in mine, he keeps doing that even though I already saved. So, I had to save again, quit the program, enter the program, then load the game.
Ah, Grim Fandango! The trials and tribulations that we go through just to make it through the game!
I am now inspired once more to attempt fix the sound issues that I have for the cutscenes. The ones that go: "S-s-sorry f-f-for t-t-the w-wait M-mister F-f-flores."
Maybe I'll read a walkthrough one day an pinpoint where it is that it would bug.
Oh and LOOM haven't played that either.. Should I be ashamed?
errr in other words where can I buy them, if at all? Same goes for HtR btw if anyone knows.
I need to get Hit the Road first and foremost though... I'll get on that soon.
But I was always glued to the monitor when he was playing back in the days
Always worth watching the playthrough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXzyB0nMCQ0&feature=related
I should find Grim Fandango on amazon. I feel awful for not playing it yet, especially since I've talked to that guy in the Scumm bar about it every time I've replayed SMI for the last 20 years.
SMI? Grim Fandango, or Loom? I think you mean Loom, right? Grim Fandango is in CMI, Blonde Beard's restaurant.
Oh yeah, you're right. Loom was in the Scumm Bar, and the reference to GF was in Blonde Beard's.
I think you already knew that, you just mis-spoke.
Yep, let's go with that. I had Loom on the mind.
I didn't like GF that much at all.
Sat down with a walkthrough to finish the game, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered finishing it at all.
I cry at such news.:(