Editing Grim Fandango (section)

===Reviews===
{{Video game reviews
| title = ''Grim Fandango'' (1998)
| MC = 94/100<ref name="Grim Fandango pc: 1998">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/grim-fandango/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Grim Fandango (pc: 1998) |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=March 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703020957/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/grim-fandango |archive-date=July 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| AdvGamers = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="adventure gamers review">{{cite web |url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17517 |title=Grim Fandango Review |publisher=Adventure Gamers |date=May 20, 2002 |access-date=March 4, 2008 |first=Heidi |last=Fournier |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702120226/http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17517 |archive-date=July 2, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9420&tab=review |title=Grim Fandango |first=Michael L. |last=House |publisher=[[AllGame]] |access-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012025513/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=9420&tab=review |archive-date=October 12, 2014}}</ref>
| Edge = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |date=October 28, 1998 |title=Grim Fandango Review |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |issue=65 |url=http://www.edge-online.com/review/grim-fandango-review/ |access-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904225252/http://www.edge-online.com/review/grim-fandango-review/ |archive-date=September 4, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GameRev = A−<ref name="game revolution review">{{cite web |author=Manny |year=1998 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/pc/grim_fandango |title=Dang! I Left My Heart In The Land Of The Living! |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820081303/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/grim-fandango |archive-date=August 20, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpot = 9.3/10<ref name="gamespot review">{{cite web |first=Ron |last=Dulin |date=October 30, 1998 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/grim-fandango-review/1900-2537300/ |title=Grim Fandango for PC Review |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317093833/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/grim-fandango-review/1900-2537300/ |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| IGN = 9.4/10<ref name="ign review"/>
| NGen = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="NG"/>
| PCGUS = 91%<ref name="Grim Fandango pc: 1998"/>
| PCZone = 9.0/10<ref name="pc zone review"/>
}}

''Grim Fandango'' gained critical acclaim upon its release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://adventuregamers.com/games/view/15609 |title=Grim Fandango |publisher=[[Adventure Gamers]] |access-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007211924/http://www.adventuregamers.com/games/view/15609 |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Aggregating review website [[Metacritic]] gave the game a score of 94/100.<ref name="Grim Fandango pc: 1998"/> Critics lauded the art direction in particular, with [[GameSpot]] rating the visual design as "consistently great".<ref name="gamespot review"/> ''[[PC Zone]]'' emphasized the production as a whole calling the direction, costumes, characters, music, and atmosphere expertly done. They also commented the game would make a "superb film".<ref name="pc zone review">{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Hill |date=August 13, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014032109/http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3039 |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/3039/reviews/grim-fandango-review/ |title=Grim Fandango |work=[[PC Zone]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |access-date=January 25, 2006}}</ref> The ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' stated "''Grim Fandango'' feels like a wild dance through a cartoonish film-noir adventure. Its wacky characters, seductive puzzle-filled plot and a nearly invisible interface allow players to lose themselves in the game just as cinemagoers might get lost in a movie."<ref name="sfgate review"/> The ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', in naming ''Grim Fandango'' the best game of 1998 along with ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'', complimented the graphics calling them "jaw-dropping" and commented that the game "is full of both dark and light humor".<ref>{{cite news |first=Dwight |last=Silverman |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=December 15, 1998 |title=Outstanding in their fields |access-date=March 15, 2008 |url=http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/tech/98/12/18/main.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041210151900/http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/tech/98/12/18/main.html |archive-date=December 10, 2004}}</ref> [[IGN]] summed its review up by saying the game was the "best adventure game" it had ever seen.<ref name="ign review">{{cite web |first=Trent C. |last=Ward |date=November 3, 1998 |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/153/153100p1.html |title=LucasArts flexes their storytelling muscle in this near-perfect adventure game. |website=IGN |access-date=March 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912090435/http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/04/grim-fandango |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it five stars out of five, and stated that "''Grim Fandango'' is a smart, beautiful, and enjoyable adventure game that will leave you holding your breath waiting for ''Grim Fandango 2''."<ref name="NG">{{cite magazine |title=Finals |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=50 |publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]] |date=February 1999 |page=96}}</ref>

The game also received criticisms from the media. Several reviewers noted that there were difficulties experienced with the interface, requiring a certain [[learning curve]] to get used to, and selected camera angles for some puzzles were poorly chosen.<ref name="ign review"/><ref name="adventure gamers review"/><ref name="gamespot review"/> The use of elevators in the game was particularly noted as troublesome.<ref name="ign review"/><ref name="gamespot review"/> The review from Adventure Gamers expressed dislike of the soundtrack, and, at times, "found it too heavy and not well suited to the game's theme".<ref name="adventure gamers review"/> A ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' review also noted that the game had continuous and long data loading from the [[CD-ROM]] that interrupted the game and "spoils the fluidity of some sequences and causes niggling delays".<ref>{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314113056/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=8331 |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/8331/reviews/grim-fandango-review/ |title=PC Review: Grim Fandango |first=Stephan |last=Fulljames |date=August 15, 2001 |archive-date=March 14, 2009 |access-date=March 21, 2008 |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]]}}</ref>

In 1999, ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' listed ''Grim Fandango'' as number 26 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time", commenting that, "''Grim'' offered adventure fans funny, touching, and infuriating moments in following its characters, and it did so through a magnificently beautiful game."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 50 Games of All Time |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=50 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=February 1999|page=77}}</ref>