Grim Fandango Remastered

Grim Fandango Remastered ranks among the most distinctive adventures LucasArts ever released, and behind its creation stood Tim Schafer, later the founder of Double Fine Productions, which also prepared the remaster. The game places the player in the Land of the Dead, inspired by Mexico's Day of the Dead and the film noir style, where travel agent Manny Calavera tries to unravel a conspiracy around souls denied their rightful journey to eternity. Adventure puzzles here intertwine with darkly comic dialogue and a striking visual stylization of skeletons in suits.

The original is still cited today as one of the pinnacles of the genre thanks to its atmosphere, music inspired by jazz and mariachi, and its boldness in pairing humor with the theme of death so effortlessly. The remaster updated the controls, which in the original version suffered from clunky tank controls, to a more modern and accessible scheme, finally giving the game the controls its story always deserved.

On mobile it's a paid game with no ads, controlled by touch with a virtual cursor or by tapping directly on objects of interest, which simplifies the controls compared to the computer version and suits the game well on a touchscreen. It's a longer, content-rich adventure split into several chapters with different visual stylization, so you should expect a significantly longer time commitment than with shorter titles in the same genre.

Why play: For players looking for an adventure with an unconventional story and atmosphere who will appreciate that the remaster finally fixed the original's once-clunky controls.