If books and videogames were movies and if Grim Fandango was a 4-movie series the movie was the 2nd highest-grossing movie in the world at the time of its release (behind Harry Potter 7) in my imagination
If books and videogames were movies those were the 10 highest-grossing movies in the world at the time of its release in my imagination: 1 - Harry Potter 7 (1997) - $1.843 billion 2 - Grim Fandango 4 (2001) - $974 million 3 - Grim Fandango 2 (1999) - $924 million 4 - Harry Potter 3 (1993) - $914 million 5 - A Series of Unfortunate Events 3 (2001) - $871 million 6 - Harry Potter 6 (1996) - $817 million 7 - Astérix 17 (1977) - $775 million 8 - Harry Potter 4 (1994) - $763 million 9 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1 (1982) - $701 million 10 - Superman: The Man of Steel 9 (1994) - $677 million
@@jota7577 yeh i thought so idk im not even sure i want a sequel or something i just want some exposure of it its like so good it needs something i just cant exactly say what......you get me?
Re: Sals body / using the ticket. What an annoying puzzle. Don't bother trying to use the ticket to follow the sound, just run around until it works. You litterlly have to be at the exact spot BUT also pointed in a specific direction, come in from the east side and it will come out of your hands.
@@masterengin But I wonder what happened to the Lost Soul Alliance now that their leader is finally dead in this world like Manny and Meche are still together, and DanEdge who told me about M&M is of course forever.
It such an amazing piece of storytelling. Like I mean of course it hasn't aged the best, but its not bad either gameplay wise. But the story, characters, music, its a very high recommendation if you can look past old point and click gameplay.
Hectors plan was that he'd actually been hoarding all the stolen tickets and selling counterfeit ones, because he thought that would somehow allow him to pass into the Ninth Underworld. Of course, it was never going to work, it doesn't matter how many tickets you have, you only need one if you qualify. And if you don't, you don't.
Domino explains the scam in year 3, but in the original game there was a bug that meant you couldn't ask him unless you'd met and spoken to Maximino in year 2, which could easily be missed because you can get through all of year 2 without ever setting foot in Maximino's room, and the entrance isn't especially prominent. Salvador also gives you a lot of the broad shape of it back in Year 1 if you ask him the right questions, but that's also optional, and he only has a general suspicion at that point, not any details or proof. The 8th Underworld is supposed to be a challenging 4-year journey for tarnished souls who led imperfect lives, testing whether they still have it in them to earn a place in the 9th Underworld (the land of eternal rest). Good souls get to skip it in 4 years with a Double-N ticket; corrupt souls have to travel the long and hard way. Hector & Domino knew that they hadn't earned a place in paradise during their lives, and were also too lazy and corrupt to even try to redeem themselves by making the journey in the 8th Underworld, so they figured out a scheme to just steal Double-N tickets from noble souls. They just might have suspected, however, that a Double-N ticket will only work for a person who genuinely earns it, and that they couldn't actually use the tickets themselves to pass through the gate, so instead they decided to sell the stolen tickets to other rich, corrupt souls - who *didn't* know that the tickets wouldn't work for them - in exchange for enough wealth and power to simply maintain a luxurious and comfortable existence in the 8th Underworld, forever, which wasn't supposed to be possible. We then find out, however, that there is a scam within that scam, because Hector isn't actually selling the stolen tickets to other corrupt souls; he's selling them counterfeits and keeping all the real ones for himself (it's not 100% clear in the game, but it seems that even his henchman Domino did not know about this part of the operation). All the above is what the game directly tells you; what follows is more conjecture on my part. I think Domino was smarter and colder than Hector, probably a psychopath, and realised and accepted that he'd never make it to the 9th Underworld, and so was content to pragmatically go along with the scheme as stated above. Hector was more childish and narcissistic and had an unstable temper, however, and though maybe he told himself that he was content with the plan, I suspect he was never really happy with that arrangement, and craved true paradise. Manny implies he believes this in his final speech to Hector, and Hector at one point says "I'm going to need most of these to get myself out." We will probably never know, but that's just the nature of Film Noir, you seldom ever get a completely clear picture of everyone's motives by the end. Dom seems to have travelled further around the land of the dead than Hector, so maybe Dom saw what happens to people who try to use stolen tickets (it ain't pleasant, but maybe that only happened because those were *fake* tickets, despite the gatekeeper strongly implying that even real ones won't work if you haven't earned them?), but Hector didn't and so clung on to the false hope that he still had a chance to get out. One thing the game subtly hints at is that it is the very act of making the journey that not only tests the soul, but maybe also *redeems* it. We know that trying to use stolen Double-N tickets gets you punished (probably?), and we know Manny never got one, but he waves one at the end, claiming the company gave it to him as a retirement present in a slightly shifty way implying it might be a fake, but then he *is* able to use it to enter the 9th Underworld without incident - the only possible conclusion is that he is not the same person we met at the start of the game (lazy, manipulative, self-entitled, happy to vandalise and steal to get what he wants), but has actually earned his ticket over the course of the game, and either was indeed given a real one for his efforts, or he redeemed himself so much that even a fake ticket will work for him (which raises the delicious possibility that he *thinks* he's slightly scamming his way into heaven because he never actually realised he earned it fair and square - old habits die hard, and Manny's behaviour throughout the early game strongly suggests that he had deep self-esteem problems). Maybe the tickets were only ever a symbol in the first place, and all that mattered was the nature of the person holding one, no matter if it was real or counterfeit.
![Grim Fandango Remastered Any% Speedrun in 49:32 [WR]](/img/1.gif)
I can't help but smile like a toddler everytime I see Glottis hugging Manny.
6:36 This is my favourite scene in the game. It's awesome ♥
I call that scene "the last work"
*I don't really wanna do that.*
Not picking that up
I personally believe that this ending is the most romantic moment in all of video games
Randomly thought about this game today, definitely one of my favorites
If books and videogames were movies and if Grim Fandango was a 4-movie series the movie was the 2nd highest-grossing movie in the world at the time of its release (behind Harry Potter 7) in my imagination
If books and videogames were movies those were the 10 highest-grossing movies in the world at the time of its release in my imagination:
1 - Harry Potter 7 (1997) - $1.843 billion
2 - Grim Fandango 4 (2001) - $974 million
3 - Grim Fandango 2 (1999) - $924 million
4 - Harry Potter 3 (1993) - $914 million
5 - A Series of Unfortunate Events 3 (2001) - $871 million
6 - Harry Potter 6 (1996) - $817 million
7 - Astérix 17 (1977) - $775 million
8 - Harry Potter 4 (1994) - $763 million
9 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1 (1982) - $701 million
10 - Superman: The Man of Steel 9 (1994) - $677 million
@@matiaspereira9382 ¿¡Que haz estado fumando!? Te has vuelto loco. ¿De qué estás hablando en nombre de Dios?
There should be land in the 9th underworld too, there's no reason why Glottis can't go there.
I was also confused when the game started a new file after the credits, I thought it was a bonus cutscene or something, lol.
God my childhood game it needs a remaster
The game have a remaster today xd
@@jota7577 yeh i thought so idk im not even sure i want a sequel or something i just want some exposure of it its like so good it needs something i just cant exactly say what......you get me?
Begging for a Tim Burton movie
Ugh, no, he's lost his touch.
Maybe in the 90s, this decade? I'll pass!
NO PLEASE GOD NO
I just finished the remastered version on PS4. Think there were some differences in the puzzles, but still amazing
Re: Sals body / using the ticket. What an annoying puzzle. Don't bother trying to use the ticket to follow the sound, just run around until it works. You litterlly have to be at the exact spot BUT also pointed in a specific direction, come in from the east side and it will come out of your hands.
Agree, it was a very silly puzzle tbh
I prefer the original ending, with the "companeros" song.
I'm here for this 3:48
My favorite part of game
¡Viva la Revolución!
@@masterengin But I wonder what happened to the Lost Soul Alliance now that their leader is finally dead in this world like Manny and Meche are still together, and DanEdge who told me about M&M is of course forever.
Well, when it comes to shreds, Dom is the expert :D
Wow. After watching this video I wanna say I’m in year 4 and just found out you can run .
Ooooouch, that sounds torturous...
Lmao
😂
Why does Manny have to be so cute?
'I died.'
I miss the original end credits music. :/
Masterpiece
Nice! Never played Grim Fandango, only heard about it, but nice!
It such an amazing piece of storytelling. Like I mean of course it hasn't aged the best, but its not bad either gameplay wise.
But the story, characters, music, its a very high recommendation if you can look past old point and click gameplay.
I still don’t understand what hecktor wanted
He was selling counterfeit tickets, stealing the rightful ones to get his own happy ending
Hectors plan was that he'd actually been hoarding all the stolen tickets and selling counterfeit ones, because he thought that would somehow allow him to pass into the Ninth Underworld. Of course, it was never going to work, it doesn't matter how many tickets you have, you only need one if you qualify. And if you don't, you don't.
Domino explains the scam in year 3, but in the original game there was a bug that meant you couldn't ask him unless you'd met and spoken to Maximino in year 2, which could easily be missed because you can get through all of year 2 without ever setting foot in Maximino's room, and the entrance isn't especially prominent. Salvador also gives you a lot of the broad shape of it back in Year 1 if you ask him the right questions, but that's also optional, and he only has a general suspicion at that point, not any details or proof.
The 8th Underworld is supposed to be a challenging 4-year journey for tarnished souls who led imperfect lives, testing whether they still have it in them to earn a place in the 9th Underworld (the land of eternal rest). Good souls get to skip it in 4 years with a Double-N ticket; corrupt souls have to travel the long and hard way.
Hector & Domino knew that they hadn't earned a place in paradise during their lives, and were also too lazy and corrupt to even try to redeem themselves by making the journey in the 8th Underworld, so they figured out a scheme to just steal Double-N tickets from noble souls. They just might have suspected, however, that a Double-N ticket will only work for a person who genuinely earns it, and that they couldn't actually use the tickets themselves to pass through the gate, so instead they decided to sell the stolen tickets to other rich, corrupt souls - who *didn't* know that the tickets wouldn't work for them - in exchange for enough wealth and power to simply maintain a luxurious and comfortable existence in the 8th Underworld, forever, which wasn't supposed to be possible. We then find out, however, that there is a scam within that scam, because Hector isn't actually selling the stolen tickets to other corrupt souls; he's selling them counterfeits and keeping all the real ones for himself (it's not 100% clear in the game, but it seems that even his henchman Domino did not know about this part of the operation).
All the above is what the game directly tells you; what follows is more conjecture on my part. I think Domino was smarter and colder than Hector, probably a psychopath, and realised and accepted that he'd never make it to the 9th Underworld, and so was content to pragmatically go along with the scheme as stated above. Hector was more childish and narcissistic and had an unstable temper, however, and though maybe he told himself that he was content with the plan, I suspect he was never really happy with that arrangement, and craved true paradise. Manny implies he believes this in his final speech to Hector, and Hector at one point says "I'm going to need most of these to get myself out." We will probably never know, but that's just the nature of Film Noir, you seldom ever get a completely clear picture of everyone's motives by the end. Dom seems to have travelled further around the land of the dead than Hector, so maybe Dom saw what happens to people who try to use stolen tickets (it ain't pleasant, but maybe that only happened because those were *fake* tickets, despite the gatekeeper strongly implying that even real ones won't work if you haven't earned them?), but Hector didn't and so clung on to the false hope that he still had a chance to get out.
One thing the game subtly hints at is that it is the very act of making the journey that not only tests the soul, but maybe also *redeems* it. We know that trying to use stolen Double-N tickets gets you punished (probably?), and we know Manny never got one, but he waves one at the end, claiming the company gave it to him as a retirement present in a slightly shifty way implying it might be a fake, but then he *is* able to use it to enter the 9th Underworld without incident - the only possible conclusion is that he is not the same person we met at the start of the game (lazy, manipulative, self-entitled, happy to vandalise and steal to get what he wants), but has actually earned his ticket over the course of the game, and either was indeed given a real one for his efforts, or he redeemed himself so much that even a fake ticket will work for him (which raises the delicious possibility that he *thinks* he's slightly scamming his way into heaven because he never actually realised he earned it fair and square - old habits die hard, and Manny's behaviour throughout the early game strongly suggests that he had deep self-esteem problems). Maybe the tickets were only ever a symbol in the first place, and all that mattered was the nature of the person holding one, no matter if it was real or counterfeit.
@@tommcewan7936 dude, I know you wrote this 7 months ago, but props to you for writing this. I like your theory a lot!
@@tommcewan7936 I applaud you, my friend, that's a solid interpretation!
Cutscene by cutting scenes... fun