November 2nd, for those not in the know, is the Day of the Dead - a Latin America holiday focused on remembrance of friends and family that have passed away - and as such, it's no surprise that the game is rich with the cultural artifacts of this holiday. Grim Fandango is divided into four distinct acts, each taking place on November 2nd over several consecutive years. That's where the game gets really interesting. Manny discovers that something fishy is going on, and he's drawn into a plot involving a revolutionary group trying to overturn a conspiracy within the Department of Death. He finally thinks he's found his big break when he finagles a dream client - only to have her snatched away.
Try as he might, though, Manny can never get ahead.
The tale takes on a nourish caper bent, with Manny as the lovable anti-hero - a slacker travel agent trying to work off a debt in order to pass to the Ninth Underworld, a soul's final destination after it departs the land of the living. Grim Fandango is a weird mix of Aztec folklore and film noir, owing much to classic Humphrey Bogart films like The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca. Double Fine has produced a number of excellent original titles in its tenure as a game studio, like last year's Broken Age (which iMore recognized as Mac puzzle game of the year).
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The company is run by Tim Schaefer, who worked as a designer on the original Grim Fandango, along with Full Throttle and The Secret of Monkey Island. But that's where the game's new developer, Double Fine Productions, comes into play: Double Fine's pedigree is directly descended from LucasArts.
Most of us thought we'd seen the last of Grim Fandango years ago, and when Disney bought out LucasArts and made it clear there weren't plans to resurrect the company's classic point-and-click adventure games, its fate looked bleak.
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