![]() Players still have the option of switching over to the old style tank controls if they prefer a purist experience, or just want that gold trophy Tim Schafer insisted on having for people that play the game old school. Manny Calavera is now much more nimble, making the solving of puzzles faster and less clumsy. For audiophiles, the music has also gotten a major, orchestral touch up with fantastic noir/big band sound that plays great on modern speaker systems.Īnother big change, and certainly a welcome one for 21Ĭentury gamers, is the addition of modern, screen-relative controls, as opposed to the “tank” controls of the 90s from games like Resident Evil. Because these are upgrades to original graphical assets, they were never intended for the widescreen format, and suffer visibly as a result if people are trying not to “waste” screen real estate. Switching over to the modern 16:9 widescreen ratio simply causes a “squash n’ stretch” effect that makes all people and objects look short and fat. ![]() ![]() One thing I’d strongly advise players to do for this game is maintain the traditional 3:4 aspect ratio of the screen. #Grim fandango remastered ps4 upgrade#The characters themselves were an early foray into polygonal graphics, but because Schafer’s team went with a simple, cartoony approach, the only real benefit of the HD upgrade is real-time lighting effects, and nice, sharp, aliased textures for a smoother look. Because Grim Fandango’s backgrounds were all pre-rendered, aside from looking a bit sharper, they haven’t changed much. Surprisingly, the change isn’t that gigantic not compared to something like The Secret of Monkey Island or Halo. Like other remasters of much older games, Grim Fandango allows players to toggle back and forth between the original 90s appearance and its modern graphical update. The other big change is, of course, the graphics. ![]() The most pressing is that the game is simply unavailable to anyone who didn’t buy the original CD in 1998, or stumble across it in garage sales. Unlike most of the games that are getting remasters after having only come out a year ago, Grim Fandango is a necessary HD port for a number of reasons. ![]()
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