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Posted January 13, 2015
Grim Fandango resurrected.

Grim Fandango Remastered marks the return of gaming's most recognisable, and notoriously unavailable, cult classic - now on Windows, Mac, and Linux. This upcoming release got everybody so excited, Tim Schafer even prepared a special trailer all about how you can pre-order Grim Fandango Remastered (and why that’s a fine idea) right now, exclusively on GOG.com for the first week!

Grim Fandango is by far the single most wishlisted game by the GOG.com community with an overwhelming 45,000 votes. It's a unique blend of Mexican folklore with film noir stylings, and has been critically praised for its art direction, writing, and memorable characters.

Grim Fandango Remastered refreshes, refines, and remasters the award winning title and Tim Schafer's last hurrah as LucasArts' adventure-gaming-extraordinaire. The remaster modernizes the game's presentation and gameplay with completely repainted textures, widescreen support, and quite possibly best of all: modern controls. You can now say goodbye to unwieldy tank controls, a staple of the early 3D era, and enjoy a fully point-and-click interface - but only if you want! The option to play the game as originally envisioned is always there.


Have you missed Grim Fandango the first time around? Now's your chance to experience gaming history like never before, or if you have played it in its heyday - you're probably long overdue for another go anyway. You can pre-order Grim Fandango Remastered right now on GOG.com!
The pre-order will last until Tuesday, January 27, when the game is expected to launch on GOG.com.


It took a lot to bring this classic back to life. If you’d like to learn more about the remaster, Double Fine and 2 Player Productions have just released the newest episode of The Making of Grim Fandango Remastered - a recommended watch.

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Posted January 13, 2015
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darthspudius: yes I remember monkey island fans crying because they butchered the original soundtrack. When in reality it sounded a hell of a lot better.
First of all, the reality of what sounds better is entirely subjective. Secondly, many might not even care, just wanting to hear the music the way they remember it from back when it was playing to them for the first time. Why did they remake the music anyway? Were they not happy with the original, or did they no longer have the rights to it? I'm guessing the latter and if so, it's maybe not the best of reasons from the perspective of trying to make a great product.

What can and has been objectively stated is that the old music is not included. Hence it is simply false to say that the re-release includes the entire old game, and not absurd by any means to keep wishing for the original. I'm a bit annoyed over the way the wishlist was handled.

As for my stake in this, I have none. I already have the original, and I think that it's great that the remake comes to gog.com. I might even buy it. As for the music, can't really say as I haven't heard the new tracks, but the old tracks were pretty sweet, and I have been burnt by this sort of thing before.
Posted January 13, 2015
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RottenRotz: Meh..gonna wait for original
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zeffyr: It's not possible to release the original Grim Fandango on GOG. Please read the info from the wishlist:

1. The aim of the Wishlist is to let you vote on games that we will be able to release. With the release of Grim Fandango Remastered (with its functionality to return some of the old version's style with changing to old controls/graphics), it's highly unlikely (if not a complete 0%) that we'll ever publish Grim Fandango in its original. 2. We do not have any way to access Grim Fandango in its original to test, publish and sell/distribute on GOG. 3. There are virtually no plot differences between the original and the remastered version, characters and motives remain the same - making it further unlikely that we'll have the original on the site. 4. The original wish also referred to including the old version with the new, which is something we, in a way, fulfilled by the remastered version allowing for changes to old graphics+controls & not changing the plot and feel of the game.

C'mon guys, don't whine! The game is coming! :)
Where does it say or imply a wish on wishlist includes any new versions or remasters?.
Posted January 13, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Then no hablamos espanol (yes, I know there's a tilde missing in "espanol") as far as Grim Fandango is concerned :P

I've made a note that you and only you are to receive only the English version of the game as punishment for not checking the game card :P
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rodrolliv: Maldito seas mil veces, Iscariote *bumps fist*

Oh, well, it could be worse, you could have locked me to a Polish version or something XD
With Cyrillic subtitles... >=)

Flynn
Posted January 13, 2015
Wishlisted for now and waiting for some reviews to see if it is reasonably close to the original. If that is the case, there is nothing to consider about...
Posted January 13, 2015
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zeffyr: That's absurd. It's clearly stated that you they aren't able to bring the original one, so isn't it better to have the opportunity to purchase the HD version rather than none of them?

You don't have to buy it, you know. It's up to you. And I'm grateful to GOG that they made it come here eventually :-)
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Djungelurban: Well, they did manage to get System Shock 2 working, and that was a way more unruly beast to tackle, so I hardly think the obstacle is a technical one... And if the problem is a legal one? That's a problem of will power, not inability. Not saying that makes it easy to solve, since that would potentially require 3 different parties (GOG, Disney and DoubleFine) all pulling in the same direction... Legally speaking... And people may be stubborn, but it's hardly insurmountable...

And I'm not saying I don't want the HD version to be released... I'm fine with that, I'm just against it taking the place of the original. And thus yes, I will not buy it... I wasn't itching that hard to sit down and play it, would mostly just be a bit of gaming history on my virtual shelf but it could have been interesting in a time capsule kind of sense... The remake doesn't even have that going for it though and thus I have no interest.

And why would I be grateful to GOG? I mean, first of all they haven't given me what I wanted and second of all, I don't owe them anything. They're a store and I'm a customer of that store. In a sense I guess it's kinda like a symbiosis but really, they need me a hell of a lot more than I need them. If anything they owe me since I'm staying loyal to them. Doesn't mean that I'm really entitled to anything of course but since you started throwing around words like "grateful"...
C'mon, like for real? Read again - I am grateful to GOG because they're doing fantastic work. You don't have to.

You clearly came to whine and you did it. What would GOG have to do in order to please you, I don't know. And I don't want to ;-)
Posted January 13, 2015
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JudasIscariot: OK, folks, the languages have been confirmed for Grim Fandango Remastered so please check the game card :)
I am very glad to read that German is included too but will it be a new dub or the one used in the original game?
Posted January 13, 2015
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Rixasha: Secondly, many might not even care, just wanting to hear the music the way they remember it from back when it was playing to them for the first time. Why did they remake the music anyway? Were they not happy with the original, or did they no longer have the rights to it? I'm guessing the latter and if so, it's maybe not the best of reasons from the perspective of trying to make a great product.
Well its actually the former according the composer himself Peter McConnell because he was not happy about using patches for some parts of the music in the game. The latest making of video linked in the OP highlights this in the following section.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4rOgZ3RINE#t=548
Posted January 13, 2015
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JudasIscariot: OK, folks, the languages have been confirmed for Grim Fandango Remastered so please check the game card :)
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MarkoH01: I am very glad to read that German is included too but will it be a new dub or the one used in the original game?
AFAIK, the original voices should still be there. I think the only audio that's getting an update would be the music :)
Posted January 13, 2015
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Djungelurban: Getting a remake when you want the original also isn't a solution.
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zeffyr: That's absurd. It's clearly stated that you they aren't able to bring the original one, so isn't it better to have the opportunity to purchase the HD version rather than none of them?

You don't have to buy it, you know. It's up to you. And I'm grateful to GOG that they made it come here eventually :-)
I think the point is -- if GOG does it for this wish, who is to say dev's wont just go and *cough* remaster a game (and has been pointed out - *always* is a possibility of differences from old to new and not in a good way ie look at Wings!) which is on the list, just to justify jacking up the price instead of offering a usable original game?.
Posted January 13, 2015
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MarkoH01: I am very glad to read that German is included too but will it be a new dub or the one used in the original game?
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JudasIscariot: AFAIK, the original voices should still be there. I think the only audio that's getting an update would be the music :)
That would be so incredibly awesome that I nearly cannot believe it. Thank you very much!
Posted January 13, 2015
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Djungelurban: And I'm not saying I don't want the HD version to be released... I'm fine with that, I'm just against it taking the place of the original. And thus yes, I will not buy it...
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FrasierWCrane: Well, it is getting replaced, if we want it or not. I don't believe the original version will ever be released by Disney or someone else as it wouldn't make any sense financially.
I think it's futile to keep pestering GOG for releasing the original version as I see no way this could happen in the future. The remastered version is the best we'll get.
Sure it might be futile as far as getting the desired result, but it doesn't mean there's no value in sending a message anyway... And really I don't need to buy any game ever again... With all that stuff I've bought in the past that I haven't finished, or even played, I'm probably set for life, I've got all the games I need. And a remake like this is unlikely to bring us something "new" anyway so no, I don't need this game either way. If it was the original I would buy it though, but I'm not gonna buy the remake. And if the original was released I might buy both. That's my offer. If it's not good enough (almost certainly isn't) that's fine, I've got like 70 unfinished JRPGs waiting for me...
Posted January 13, 2015
Anybody wanting to remind gog not to manipulate the community wishlist for its own designs in future can vote here:

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/gog_stop_manipulating_community_wishlist
Posted January 13, 2015
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Rixasha: Why did they remake the music anyway?
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stg83: the composer himself Peter McConnell because he was not happy about using patches for some parts of the music in the game.
My guess was wrong, and I'm happy to stand corrected. Perhaps it will be fine.
Posted January 13, 2015
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JudasIscariot: AFAIK, the original voices should still be there. I think the only audio that's getting an update would be the music :)
Great. That means we're getting the Alf voice for Manny Calavera. :D (Tommy Pieper, Manny's German voice actor, was primarily known for dubbing Alf, aka Gordon Shumway, back in the day. ;) )
Posted January 13, 2015
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MarkoH01: I am very glad to read that German is included too but will it be a new dub or the one used in the original game?
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JudasIscariot: AFAIK, the original voices should still be there. I think the only audio that's getting an update would be the music :)
@JudasIscariot could you also clarify or request a clarification from DF with regard to being able to switch between classic and remastered versions on the fly in-game with a button similarily to the Monkey Island special editions?

Because there seems to be some confusion about that and it would be nice to sort it out.
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