Grim Fandango's minimal presentation was praised for its cinematic qualities, but it was also criticized for being unwieldy compared to a more traditional point-and-click adventure game interface. As Manny walks through the environment, his head will turn to look towards certain important objects or characters players may examine, pick up or use the object Manny is looking at with the appropriate keyboard commands. Grim Fandango moves away from the point-and-click interface of the SCUMM engine used in preceding LucasArts adventure games it instead makes use of the GrimE engine, which allows players to directly manipulate the movements of 3D characters using keyboard tank controls. Grim Fandango was the first LucasArts adventure game to feature 3D polygonal characters moving and interacting in a pre-rendered 2D world. Many of Grim's characters including Manny are voiced by Hispanic actors, and the game's script is peppered with Spanish words and phrases. The game's story and setting primarily draw from aspects of Hispanic culture, Aztec mythology, and film noir cinema.
Players take the role of protagonist Manny Calavera, a travel agent for the Department of Death and grim reaper, as he travels through the Land of the Dead on a quest to reach the Ninth Underworld and his eternal rest.
Grim Fandango is an adventure game directed by Tim Schafer and released by LucasArts in 1998.
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