When comparing Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader vs Grim Fandango Remastered, the Slant community recommends Grim Fandango Remastered for most people. In the question“What PC games have the best storytelling & plot? ” Grim Fandango Remastered is ranked 15th while Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader is ranked 50th. The most important reason people chose Grim Fandango Remastered is:
Grim Fandango is self admittedly inspired by the Day of the Dead Mexican holiday as well as Noir style films.
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Pros
Pro Choose your own path
Instead of a straightforward plot, you can add some depth to your character. At different points throughout the game you will be able to choose either good or evil - much deeper than other games of its time.
Pro Historical figures and locations
The story will take you through history, meeting up with historic figures like Shakespeare, and Leonardo Da Vinci and visiting actual places such as Barcelona. It helps bridge the gap between fantasy and real life, bringing players further into the game.
Pro Inspired by the day of the Dead holiday, Mexican folklore and film Noire
Grim Fandango is self admittedly inspired by the Day of the Dead Mexican holiday as well as Noir style films.
Pro Challenging
Compared to modern point and click Grim Fandango actually requires the player to pay closer attention to details or even take their own notes. While this may not be everyones cup of tea, for long time point and click adventure game players it is a refreshing change back to the norm.
Pro A world of depth
The world is immersive and the characters feel like real people.
Pro Stellar writing and voice acting
While the art design and music come together to create a cohesive world oozing with atmosphere, the near-Pixar quality voice work and writing breath life into the characters in way few other games have managed to achieve.
Pro Improved controls and UI
The controls were remastered to feel like more modern point and click adventure games I instead of the tank controls that turned so long time gamers off. From fully enjoying the game. The UI was cleaned up and made easier to use
Pro New commentary track
The current remastered developers have added a new commentary track from the original key developers to the game.
Cons
Con Limited audio tracks
The original tracks are great, however you will get very familiar with the songs because of how few of them there are. There are long gaps between when songs are played as well, leaving much to be desired on the audio front of this game.
Con Combat is very basic
Combat happens very quick, and because of the low resolution you can't see enemies until they are virtually right on you. Combat itself is very basic - left click on a target to melee attack them, and right clicking will use your abilities on the target.
Con Improved controls and interface
The controls were remastered to feel like more modern point and click adventure games I instead of the tank controls that turned so long time gamers off. From fully enjoying the game. The UI was cleaned up and made easier to use
Con Some puzzles are obtuse
While the quality of puzzles is generally fantastic, there are a few offenders that may force players to resort to a "hail Mary" strategy of clicking anything and everything in hopes of stumbling on the solution.
Con No tutorial
A missed opportunity with this remake is the chance to finally add a tutorial.