thanks man. twp is great with reshade, but for Grim Fandango the problems are more serious, not the rendering 
Donât you like the backgrounds and/or characters at all?
I donât know whatâs worse, between the backgrounds and the characters.
It reminds me of a mixture of Coraline with splatter movies⌠with a Tim Burtonish touch.
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Did you enjoy Broken Sword 5? How do you compare it with the previous installments of the series? To me it was quite well done.
I can understand your opinion of the characters because itâs really a graphic style that relies a lot on the playerâs taste about blocky 3D objects.
The background art, though, is a real pleasure for the eyes of those who like architecture inspired by mesoamerican cultures and Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
Thatâs the same reason why I like the architectures shown in Sinking Island: itâs full of Art Deco. 
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Iâm sorry, I never played it. I read a little while ago that it is pretty good anyway, and you seem to confirm that opinion. It was a kickstarter project too, if Iâm not wrong.
Maurizio, Iâm just a Grim Fandango Former Player but⌠is really the game so bad? I remember characters being quite good, too.
I like still like Manuel and Glottis. Probably the game is too long and a little unbalanced, but not bad at all.
Yes, it was a Kickstarter project, very well managed, by the way.
The overall quality is quite good. A few puzzles are a bit obscure and the game doesnât provide enough hints, but they are exceptions. The story is interesting, especially if you like all those typical references to religious history that you find also in âThe Shadow of the Templarsâ.
There is a main character that in my opinion is a bit cliche and maybe not well developed, but for the rest is a good game full of interesting events and supported by good art.
Oh, and there is a reference to an (in)famous puzzle:
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Eheh, I remember that, almost impossible to solve without a lot of trial and error, almost a game in the game. Frankly speaking I didnât solve that puzzle, I read a walktrough. This one is very similar to the inner courtyard of the castle of the first installment. Bet this time things will be simpler.
GK2 is both a very different experience and one that makes you really feel like youâre in the same world as GK1. If anything, play it for the awesome characters, the great historical story, and the atmosphere. Oh wait â isnât that why we played and loved GK1?
Side note: I sometimes play the game just to feel like Iâm getting a tour of Munich and the (far) surrounding areas. If this game doesnât make you want to visit or revisit Germany, then I donât know what will.
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Oh yes, way simpler.
I liked Beneath of a Steel Sky, even if my copy was corrupted, back then, and after a long playtrough Iâve never seen the ending.
Strange, but true, it happened the same with Phantasmagoria.
The game was on 7 CDâs which you had to change often. I distinctly remember when I was close to the end, I was swapping between CD #6 and #7 for the tenth time, I was excited and CD #7 fell off my hand into ground, getting a radial crack! Nowadays those two games are abandonware so Iâll download them, and Iâll replay them some day.
In spite of the graphics, I loved Phantasmagoria. I mean, the fact that characters are real actors is good, but the resolution and the low compression quality is appalling. And the appearance and lighting of the characters strikes with the unlikelihood of the background. But to me, it is one of the most immersive games ever. It has THE MOST AWESOME mansion ever in adventure games. The mansion, here, is not only a setting: it is a character. You feel it alive. Itâs really creepy. Itâs huge, weird, with lots of hidden areas. I recommend it.
Another fantastic game which has a remarkable mansion (again, which is almost a character) is Alone in the Dark I, even if itâs not properly an adventure game as we perceive it. It has puzzles and an inventory, but it has a big action component, and no P&C UI. Anyway, really immersive and scary too.
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Out of curiosity, have anyone of you heard of the MI parody game called The Secret of Donkey Island?
I remember it being quite funny but Iâm unusure if it was ever translated to English (or German or anything).
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Heard it, but never played.
There is no such thing like âabandonwareââŚ
Regarding these two games:
- BASS is freeware and can be downloaded from ScummVM or GOG.
Even the iOS version is free: Revolution Games - Phantasmagoria can be bought e.g. from GOG (currently -74%)
I definitely liked Alone in the Dark back then, it was scary and had those mean Resident Evil-like camera angles!
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Thanks for your clarification. I think youâre right.
Here is my partial list, I played a ton more but I canât remember all of them and others I should play again to see if they go in my list (and if I should make a -didnât like- list haha).
These I love and are part of my top favorite list (besides LA games):
.-Veil of Darkness
.-Kyrandia Book 3
.-Chains of Satinav
.-Memoria
.-Sam & Max season 2 & 3 (telltale)
.-Space Quest 5 (still hate the timed parts as well as the constant deaths scenes⌠but love the game :P)
.-Latest Kingâs Quest (episode 1 was amazing- havenât bought the other episodes yet)
.-Bone (episodes 1 & 2)
.-Runaway 1 (the 2nd was terrible, havent played the third)
.-Secret files Tunguska (the following âsecret filesâ sequels suffered of too many wtf puzzles and stories to be enjoyable)
.-Wallace and Gromit (telltale)
.-Thimbleweed park
The I like them quite a bit but are not on my top favorite list:
.-Gabriel Knight 20th Anniversary (not fond on the voice acting though)
.-Broken Sword 2
.-Tales of Monkey Island
.-Sam & Max season 1
.-The Next big thing
.-Prisoner of ice
.-Shadow of the Comet
.-Sanitarium
.-A Vampire story (not fond of Monaâs voice)
The Ok list:
.-A new beginning (didnât like how the female character was treated, some wtf moments too)
.-Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island (amazing visuals, not a great story)
.-Space Quest 6 (only saved by a great narrator)
.-Leisure Suit Larry: reloaded (the graphics are nice, story didnât hold too well over time, should get to finish it though)
.-Deponia (there are too many wtf puzzles, havenât played the sequels yet)
.-The incredible adventures of Doc Mendoza (the demo was really great, the final game not so much)
.-Strong Badâs cool game for attractive people (Iâm not fond of the characters, but the game was ok)
.-Toonstruck (I love Christopher Lloyd, but his acting for this game was terrible, under developed characters too)
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The Silent Age. It has almost everything an adventure should have: gorgeous graphics, captivating story and time travel.
I really enjoyed The Inner World. Nice story, great voice acting, and cute graphics: The Inner World
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Did anyone played Westerado?
Not a adventure game but it has a cool story and you have to talk with the characters to advance the plot.
Itâs like the show Westworld but in pixel art style.
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