I bought a CD rom and from ebay and played it a while ago.. pretty much needed a FAQ the whole way through the puzzles are so hard.

I'm not sure how well the gameplay has aged.. but I'd probably be up for trying to finish it as it glitched at a common point and wouldn't go any further.

What platforms are getting it?

WorKid wrote:

What platforms are getting it?

I beleive PC/Mac/Linux and PS4/Vita 

http://www.doublefine.com/news/comments/grim_fandango_remastered_pre-orders_now_available/

I enjoyed both of the Monkey Island remasters, thought they were tastefully done.  That was the first time I played Lechuck's Revenge. 

It was lost on me.

danclarke wrote:

This released on the 27th of Jan, which has crept up quickly - One f the things I've been looking forward to most since it was announced, having loved the original. I'm planning on picking it up and playing through it without a guide (It's been long enough that I'll have forgotten most of it) Anyone else getting this? ——

Once you play these games through, there's almost no way you can forget the puzzles. I probably will buy it again though, just to do my bit to support a call for a sequel.

Few games have a better written script.

Easier just means less fucking stupid.

Never played it. Always wanted to, but ended up being quite hard to come by, not on any of Steam etc. So very much looking forward to it.

adkm1979 wrote:

I've never played it either. My concern, from the trailer, is that it sits within that 'try-too-hard' unfunny comedy writing category in which Douglas Adams reigns supreme, 90s PC titles vie for the position of his jester, and the otherwise untouchable Terry Pratchett occasionally dips his toe.

There are some laugh out loud moments. It might well surprise you. But once you compare anything to the likes of Douglas Adams, then you're just setting yourself up.

P.S. Don't use the hints...

I'm saying quite the opposite.

Whilst I welcome this, like many remastered games which require heavy investment I won't be getting involved.

AJ wrote:

Isn't the only other game Adams had a hand in Starship Titanic?

That sounds like a great idea for a game.

Is adkm slagging off Douglas Adams? Not that I can be arsed to argue the toss but Adams is definitely funny, and as far as I can remember so is grim.

I tended to be friends with the nerdier kids at school, what with me being one of their kith and kin. As such, I was exposed to the kind of humour that was apparently popular with my ilk, chiefly because they seemed intent on endlessly reciting it to each other. Monty Python became unbearable, Monkey Island intolerable, The Fast Show simply irritating. They would rave about Hitchhikers and it left me utterly stony cold. Not once even remotely funny. I've lost count of the times I've tried to read it, I feel like I'm supposed to like it, but not only is punishingly unfunny, it's so irritating in its relentless pursuit of something witty in every fucking clause, it's like nails on a blackboard. If you like it, brilliant, I'm glad you've got something that tickles your funny-bone. I just don't find it funny. At all.

Grim Fandango looks like it's from that stable.

I used to laugh at the Magic the Gathering kids, but 18yrs later I find them much more intentionally amusing than the ones at the other end of the Secondary school cool chart.  I didn't read Pratchett until I was in my mid-20s.  Good Omens was a cracker. Monkey Island is consistently amusing but it was rarely 'lol' funny imo.  Consistently amusing is a very unusual thing for a videogame though, kinda like how Heavy Rain would've made a Godawful Channel 5 movie but as as game I enjoyed the fact that it was like a film.  I'll be happy if Grim makes me smile and titter rather than guffaw.