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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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Post edited January 13, 2015 by Konrad
Posted January 14, 2015
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darthspudius: Well on this case then they should just not release the remastered edition at all because of you ungrateful pricks. See how people feel then!!!
I think he's making a valid point. The game people voted for was Grim Fandango, not Grim Fandango Remastered. It's not ungrateful to want the original to be available as well.
Posted January 14, 2015
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SirPrimalform: Well LucasArts literally doesn't exist any more, so it couldn't be published by them. I was expecting either Disney Interactive or Sony though (Sony helped with the deal in exchange for console exclusivity and I sort of got the impression they were publishing but evidently not).
I think Double Fine have probably just licenced the rights though. Telltale self published Tales of Monkey Island without owning Monkey Island.
Not quite; GOG and Steam are still using the Lucasfilm and LucasArts label respectively as publishers. Disney has a separate section of games on Steam too.
Post edited January 14, 2015 by Grargar
Posted January 14, 2015
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darthspudius: Well on this case then they should just not release the remastered edition at all because of you ungrateful pricks. See how people feel then!!!
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SirPrimalform: I think he's making a valid point. The game people voted for was Grim Fandango, not Grim Fandango Remastered. It's not ungrateful to want the original to be available as well.
But as some people very clearly cannot read, the original will be accessible in this new version. A detail they have mentioned for a very long time since the games announcement.

I do find these opinions quite ungrateful. It's the screaming of a child who didn't get exactly what he wanted.

Edit: FYI Grim Fandango the original is very affordable on Ebay by the boat load at the moment. If you want the original it is right there!
Post edited January 14, 2015 by darthspudius
Posted January 14, 2015
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SirPrimalform: Well LucasArts literally doesn't exist any more, so it couldn't be published by them. I was expecting either Disney Interactive or Sony though (Sony helped with the deal in exchange for console exclusivity and I sort of got the impression they were publishing but evidently not).
I think Double Fine have probably just licenced the rights though. Telltale self published Tales of Monkey Island without owning Monkey Island.
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Grargar: Not quite; GOG and Steam are still using the Lucasfilm and LucasArts label respectively as publishers. Disney has a separate section of games on Steam too.
Good point! I remembered the news about LA being dissolved without remembering that I saw all those LA games appear on GOG mentioning LA.
Posted January 14, 2015
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darthspudius: Well on this case then they should just not release the remastered edition at all because of you ungrateful pricks. See how people feel then!!!
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SirPrimalform: I think he's making a valid point. The game people voted for was Grim Fandango, not Grim Fandango Remastered. It's not ungrateful to want the original to be available as well.
People want a lot of things on the wishlist, doesn't mean it's going to be sold here. It also doesn't mean that remasters of games that are on the wishlist should not be sold here because people didn't vote for it.
Posted January 14, 2015
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SirPrimalform: I think he's making a valid point. The game people voted for was Grim Fandango, not Grim Fandango Remastered. It's not ungrateful to want the original to be available as well.
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darthspudius: But as some people very clearly cannot read, the original will be accessible in this new version. A detail they have mentioned for a very long time since the games announcement.

I do find these opinions quite ungrateful. It's the screaming of a child who didn't get exactly what he wanted.

Edit: FYI Grim Fandango the original is very affordable on Ebay by the boat load at the moment. If you want the original it is right there!
And some people can read things that aren't there? I seriously haven't found anything saying the original is included. The only goody included is a wallpaper and I've not seen anything mentioning a classic mode like say SoMI:SE (which people also have perfectly justifiable reasons for wanting the original version of). Can you quote and link me the bit where it says the original is included?
Posted January 14, 2015
I won't partake in the flamefest anymore. Jeez.

Meanwhile, not trying to sound negative, but what exactly is the incentive to pre-order?
Posted January 14, 2015
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SirPrimalform: I think he's making a valid point. The game people voted for was Grim Fandango, not Grim Fandango Remastered. It's not ungrateful to want the original to be available as well.
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synfresh: People want a lot of things on the wishlist, doesn't mean it's going to be sold here. It also doesn't mean that remasters of games that are on the wishlist should not be sold here because people didn't vote for it.
No of course not, but it's cheating to move all of the votes for the original version into the remaster and then say "We did it!", which is what they did.

There were separate entries for the original and the remaster and they just merged the original (which had more votes) into the remaster. It's like how the wishlist entry for "No regional pricing!" is marked as "In progress" and GOG continue to release regionally priced games.

They 'disappeared' all of the votes for the original GF. Someone has started a wishlist entry from scratch but since it's only been a couple of days it only has 47 votes.
Post edited January 14, 2015 by SirPrimalform
Posted January 14, 2015
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synfresh: People want a lot of things on the wishlist, doesn't mean it's going to be sold here. It also doesn't mean that remasters of games that are on the wishlist should not be sold here because people didn't vote for it.
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SirPrimalform: No of course not, but it's cheating to move all of the votes for the original version into the remaster and then say "We did it!", which is what they did.

They 'disappeared' all of the votes for the original. Someone has started a wishlist entry from scratch but since it's only been a couple of days it only has 47 votes.
Right and I agree that low brow for GoG to do. If the original does in fact come with the game then perhaps in their mind that fulfills the wish. Does this happen with other games (wish goes away once it's on sale here)?
Posted January 14, 2015
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SirPrimalform: No of course not, but it's cheating to move all of the votes for the original version into the remaster and then say "We did it!", which is what they did.

They 'disappeared' all of the votes for the original. Someone has started a wishlist entry from scratch but since it's only been a couple of days it only has 47 votes.
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synfresh: Right and I agree that low brow for GoG to do. If the original does in fact come with the game then perhaps in their mind that fulfills the wish. Does this happen with other games (wish goes away once it's on sale here)?
Darthspudius said that the original is included but I'm still waiting for a source on that info because there's nothing on the game's page on GOG.

It's possible that he's talking about the fact that you can still play with tank controls, but that doesn't change the music back to the original recordings or anything else...
Post edited January 14, 2015 by SirPrimalform
Posted January 14, 2015
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darthspudius: But as some people very clearly cannot read, the original will be accessible in this new version. A detail they have mentioned for a very long time since the games announcement.

I do find these opinions quite ungrateful. It's the screaming of a child who didn't get exactly what he wanted.

Edit: FYI Grim Fandango the original is very affordable on Ebay by the boat load at the moment. If you want the original it is right there!
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SirPrimalform: And some people can read things that aren't there? I seriously haven't found anything saying the original is included. The only goody included is a wallpaper and I've not seen anything mentioning a classic mode like say SoMI:SE (which people also have perfectly justifiable reasons for wanting the original version of). Can you quote and link me the bit where it says the original is included?
The stupidity that has popped up on this board is painful to watch. Perhaps if you had kept in touch with the development progress for this game you wouldn't have to ask myself to find it for you. It won't take long if you actually put some effort into it sonny.
Post edited January 14, 2015 by darthspudius
Posted January 14, 2015
I've been thinking to ask this since I saw the pre-order and I'll finally do it:

Does someone who purchases the game really need to have

Minimum system requirements - Windows: Windows Vista or Later
Processor: Dual Core CPU or faster
Memory: 4 GB RAM

as is stated on the store page?
Ok, the first two are probably manageable, but the third one not so much for not-brand-new pcs/laptops. I mean, 4 GBs of Ram, seriously? I have only 1gb on my main laptop and 2GBs on another I use when on holidays(oh, and at most 2ghzs for the processor). Can I manage to run the original version that is inside the remastered version if I don't even meet the quoted (supposedly) minimum specs? (But seriously now, I was at a retail store recently and Ryse:Son of Rome for the pc required 4GBs-why would a remaster of an early 2000's game require the same amount of Ram?). And that's why I supported the asking for the original game on the wishlist-but I didn't dare appear in this thread till now as I thought I'd be called an "entitled crybaby" or something.
Well, tl;dr-I'm asking-can I run this game with 1/2 Gbs of Ram and 2 ghz? I'd like to know 'cause I don't like buying products and have them not run at all on my pc or run with a huge lag-I feel my money is wasted. So if I can't run it, I won't get it-it's GOG who loses mostly, not I. (edit:that last comment is to show I'm not an "entitled crybaby", and, as such, not regarding GOG staffers).

P.S. I have the exact same problem with Monkey Island Special edition for the same reason and, as an addendum, GOG please do fix your specs for Alien vs Predator-I managed to run it just fine on my 1Gb Ram laptop so it certainly doens't need 4GBs. Regarding Fandango, just tell me if I can run it and/or change the specs to reflect reality once it's released!

P.S.2 are the specs of my 1GB laptop and [url=http://www.gog.com/forum/general/computer_specs_post_yours_here/post155]here the specs of my 2GB laptop, if you GOG staffers need to know them.
Post edited January 14, 2015 by Treasure
Posted January 14, 2015
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zaine-h: You can run the data files in . There is even a [url=http://kotaku.com/hooray-someone-finally-fixed-grim-fandango-1529330636]point-and-click mod that gets you the same control scheme so you don't have to wait until the remaster comes out.
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PraetorianWolfie: This is correct, but it still is not 100% crash proof or bug proof (compatibility support is tagged as "good" not "excellent"). ResidualVM is still under development and they haven't reached an 1.0 build yet. To be fair they have released stable versions (most recent is the 0.2.0, a few days ago on Dec 31) where they added support for Myst III.

But if the developers are not comfortable/confident enough to get to a 1.x release, then it is doubtful that GOG or another party will choose to use this method (like they did with scummvm or dosbox) to package and distribute a playable original version of GF (on top of it being largely redundant based on what the remastered offers)
Version numbers don't mean much in the open source world, especially when DOSBox hasn't reached 1.0 yet either. Many of the ScummVM games seem to be marked as "good" and not "excellent" as well. And nowhere did I mention that GOG should package Grim Fandango with ResidualVM and sell it. I simply advocated that it would be a decent way to experience a little nostalgia while waiting for the much improved remaster.
Posted January 14, 2015
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synfresh: Right and I agree that low brow for GoG to do. If the original does in fact come with the game then perhaps in their mind that fulfills the wish. Does this happen with other games (wish goes away once it's on sale here)?
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SirPrimalform: Darthspudius said that the original is included but I'm still waiting for a source on that info because there's nothing on the game's page on GOG.

It's possible that he's talking about the fact that you can still play with tank controls, but that doesn't change the music back to the original recordings or anything else...
What difference would the original music make? The music was very poor in comparison to the rest of the game. I could understand if it was anything to go on about (like say Command & Conquer being released without the soundtrack) but the soundtrack was really not the greatest.
Posted January 14, 2015
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SirPrimalform: And some people can read things that aren't there? I seriously haven't found anything saying the original is included. The only goody included is a wallpaper and I've not seen anything mentioning a classic mode like say SoMI:SE (which people also have perfectly justifiable reasons for wanting the original version of). Can you quote and link me the bit where it says the original is included?
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darthspudius: The stupidity that has popped up on this board is painful to watch. Perhaps if you had kept in touch with the development progress for this game you wouldn't have to ask myself to find it for you. It won't take long if you actually put some effort into it sonny.
I looked on the game's page. That should be enough.

So what, it has the actual original assets included? Textures, music, etc.? Including tank controls does not the original game make.
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