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[Lord Error]

Anybody knows how bigis the Vita version? I need to make some space for it.

Download is around 3.1GB. Does Vita version support touch controls to interact with objects etc?

I wonder how I can insure I get "The Right Way" Achievement for Tank Controls.

I've been exclusively using the controls, but I also use the mouse to look around the room for objects to interact with.

Does PC/Mac version of the game allow for playing with mouse exclusively, like that fan patch for ResidualVM? WIth that patch, you could click where you want to go etc, just like in typical P&C game.

 

[DJ Lushious]

My lunch break can't come soon enough. I've got the game downloaded to my Vita, just taunting me. I missed out on this at the time of release, though I don't remember why. I have always loved point-and-clicks, so to have passed on it is an odd choice, in retrospect. Did Half-Life come out around the same time as this? I remember seeing it in the stores, just never biting the bullet on it.

 

[purpletentacle]

Is it me, or does this game take forever to make a save file on the PS4?

 

[kazooycar]

I've never played Grim Fandango, so what's all this fuss with the tank controls? If it was so great back in the day, when why shouldn't people use tank controls today? I don't get why using tank controls is a "feat" of sorts to a lot of people (enough to warrant a trophy for playing the whole game with them I believe)?

 

[Khaz]

1- No true 16:9 support.
2- No auto-saving.
3- No hints system.
4- No big graphical improvements.

1- assets are in 4/3. To get widescreen they would have had to crop them vertically, since you obviously can't expand them horizontally. I'm sure you have a zoom option on your TV if you really want to have cropped 16:9.
3- why would you want that? It's a remake, if you start adding stuff like hints it becomes a different, easier game. Difficulty shouldn't be rebalanced in remakes unless blatant unfair stuff like the Water Temple in OOT3D or the goat in Broken Sword.

4- I haven't seen it myself yet, but I believe the polycount is actually part of the art. Blocky characters add to the athmosphere of the game. Textures should have been given a cleanup if it wasn't the case, yes.

2- I don't know, I always save manually before quitting a game. When I don't have the option it makes me uncomfortable as I'm not sure if the game did save or if I just missed the option.

 

[Visualante2]

Is it me, or does this game take forever to make a save file?

Real quick for me on PC, guess you're talking about console? I just noticed when testing that the save menu seems to highlight the mural for your progress through the game. That's kinda cool.

I've never played Grim Fandango, so what's all this fuss with the tank controls? If it was so great back in the day, when why shouldn't people use tank controls today? I don't get why using tank controls is a "feat" of sorts to a lot of people (enough to warrant a trophy for playing the whole game with them I believe)?

This is the first time I've played with tank controls in years, if not ever. The main problem is that Manny turns very slow. As a passive viewer it can sometimes break the immersion, sometimes it is just easier to make Manny walk backwares or do a 3 point turn like you're driving a car. That isn't how skeletons behave in real life. There are some minor issues where Manny doesn't do exactly what you want also, like I've walked into doors and not been transported to the next area, or gone off camera and had some difficulty moving Manny back on screen. Without tank controls this would be a lot easier.

 

[Green Yoshi]

Download is 3.1GB I think. Does Vita version support touch controls to interact with objects etc?

Yes.

 

[Justice_Bolt]

Well.. I re downloaded the game and it still says playable in 12 hours. When I click start the game ,there are no time remaining.. What the fuck.

 

[Lord Error]

Yes.

That's awesome. Time to buy that bigger memory card for Vita it seems.

 

[Grief.exe]

Does PC/Mac version of the game allow for playing with mouse exclusively, like that fan patch for ResidualVM? WIth that patch, you could click where you want to go etc, just like in typical P&C game.

Yes, it does have traditional P&C controls.

This is the first time I've played with tank controls in years, if not ever. The main problem is that Manny turns very slow. As a passive viewer it can sometimes break the immersion, sometimes it is just easier to make Manny walk backwares or do a 3 point turn like you're driving a car. That isn't how skeletons behave in real life. There are some minor issues where Manny doesn't do exactly what you want also, like I've walked into doors and not been transported to the next area, or gone off camera and had some difficulty moving Manny back on screen. Without tank controls this would be a lot easier.

They need a quick turn button like in Resident Evil.

 

[robotrock]

The copy I bought at 12:30am EST still won't work on PS4. It doesn't even show up in my download list.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Anyone playing on PC can tell me if its possible to change the audio dub?

 

[Grief.exe]

Anyone playing on PC can tell me if its possible to change the audio dub?

Yep.

English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese available.

 

[Visualante2]

I have German too.

 

[mcwizardry]

Anyone playing on PC can tell me if its possible to change the audio dub?

Yes, it should be possible. I've at least tried German and English.

 

[RiverKwai]

next to nothing about this game. I played it a little back in the day, don't think i ever finished.

Downloaded last night, played about an hour - just trying to figure out how to get the work order signed.
Ah, old school games.

looks good, sounds good. Was cheap.

 

[Mononoke]

Manny runs around at 60fps on PS4, but some of the animations run at less to remain original consistency. Also the sound is less compressed on PS4.

Thank you! PS4 it is.

 

[Drencrom]

When is the game up on the EU store?

 

[Charlouie Jonesman]

They need a quick turn button like in Resident Evil.

I dunno, your turn speed is pretty fast already I think.

I did try the mouse controls, which I would prefer for this kind of game honestly, but they don't work that well, sometimes when you want to examine something, Manny just walks away from it before he says his line, the pathfinding in general can be a bit wonky and for example, when you just want to examine a door, not open it, you need the keyboard anyway. Clicking through the interface and navigating your inventory with the mouse also takes longer than just using the keyboard.

 

[Agent X]

The copy I bought at 12:30am EST still won't work on PS4. It doesn't even show up in my download list.

I'm having the same problem.

I somehow missed out on Sony's shortened preorder window, which they abruptly decided to shut down early without any prior notification. Despite this, I purchased the game about 20 minutes ago anyway...but now the system won't even allow me to download it!

The entry for the game in the Library shows a message "No content was found". There is a "Start" button, but it says it cannot find the application and brings me to the entry on the PlayStation Store. This entry has a "Start" button of its own, but clicking it has the same effect, bumping me back to the PlayStation Store listing with the same error.

 

[jimbobsmells]

When is the game up on the EU store?

Apparently tomorrow.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Yep.

English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese available.

Yes, it should be possible. I've at least tried German and English.

Oh, ok!! I thought it would only change the subtitles. Thanks a lot!

 

[Tek]

I'm having the same problem.

I somehow missed out on Sony's shortened preorder window, which they abruptly decided to shut down early without any prior notification. Despite this, I purchased the game about 20 minutes ago anyway...but now the system won't even allow me to download it!

The entry for the game in the Library shows a message "No content was found". There is a "Start" button, but it says it cannot find the application and brings me to the entry on the PlayStation Store. This entry has a "Start" button of its own, but clicking it has the same effect, bumping me back to the PlayStation Store listing with the same error.

I'm having the same issue as well. When I go to the SEN website and try to download it that way, it shows 14.99 instead of the download link. I also did not receive any sort of confirmation link from Sony in my e-mail regarding my purchase

Why has Sony made it so hard to buy this game? My credit card DOES show a pending charge of 14.99 listed so I don't know what to do.

Edit: After a few minutes, it finally showed up on my download list on SEN. Its downloading now thankfully.

 

[Pandacon]

Well, I look forward to trying to play this game when I get home today. Well, if it doesn't work, I guess I can just work towards getting plat in Saints Row or something.

 

[Mr. Nice_Guy]

Have it downloading at home, never played it before but have wanted to for years based on the art style, and know virtually nothing about it. Can't wait to jump in blind.

 

[Deleted member 126221]

I have 2 questions, and didn't find the answer by scanning the thread, so sorry if it has already been answered...

1. Will I get the theme by buying the game even if I didn't pre-order?

2. Is the audio in the PS4 version english-only, or does it also contain french, german, etc.?

 

[Agent X]

I'm having the same issue as well. When I go to the SEN website and try to download it that way, it shows 14.99 instead of the download link. I also did not receive any sort of confirmation link from Sony in my e-mail regarding my purchase

Why has Sony made it so hard to buy this game? My credit card DOES show a pending charge of 14.99 listed so I don't know what to do.

Edit: After a few minutes, it finally showed up on my download list on SEN. Its downloading now thankfully.

Yes, I went to the PS Store on the Web, and my game is now downloading to my PS4 as well.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

I have 2 questions, and didn't find the answer by scanning the thread, so sorry if it has already been answered...

1. Will I get the theme by buying the game even if I didn't pre-order?

2. Is the audio in the PS4 version english-only, or does it also contain french, german, etc.?

I can tell you the game have mutli audios not only english.

 

[Nzyme32]

Bugger. Completely missed that the game released before 6pm, so only started the download for the game an hour ago. Hurry up slow ass internets

 

[down 2 orth]

I have 2 questions, and didn't find the answer by scanning the thread, so sorry if it has already been answered...

1. Will I get the theme by buying the game even if I didn't pre-order?

2. Is the audio in the PS4 version english-only, or does it also contain french, german, etc.?

I'm pretty sure you won't get the theme, and thats literally driving some Gaffers mad. But don't fret, this kind of stuff almost always goes up in the PSN store at some point. If it doesn't, we should start a mini campaign to let Sony know that there's interest. Because this theme is AWESOME. By far the best theme I've downloaded... Its simple but it looks great and plays one of the great songs from the soundtrack. It will be on my PS4 permanently.

 

[robotrock]

Edit: After a few minutes, it finally showed up on my download list on SEN. Its downloading now thankfully.

Yes, I went to the PS Store on the Web, and my game is now downloading to my PS4 as well.

You guys are lucky. I've got nothing over here.

 

[muzzymate]

So excited! Just bought this on Steam since I don't have a Playstation. Hoping this behaves well with Big Picture Mode. Still have my 2 discs from when I bought the original release back in 1998.

Now bring on Day of the Tentacle, my all time favorite Lucas Arts' adventure game.

 

[Byron Bluth]

I'm pretty sure you won't get the theme, and thats literally driving some Gaffers mad. But don't fret, this kind of stuff almost always goes up in the PSN store at some point. If it doesn't, we should start a mini campaign to let Sony know that there's interest. Because this theme is AWESOME. By far the best theme I've downloaded... Its simple but it looks great and plays one of the great songs from the soundtrack. It will be on my PS4 permanently.

Mad is an understatement...

 

[bananafactory]

I'm pretty sure you won't get the theme, and thats literally driving some Gaffers mad. But don't fret, this kind of stuff almost always goes up in the PSN store at some point. If it doesn't, we should start a mini campaign to let Sony know that there's interest. Because this theme is AWESOME. By far the best theme I've downloaded... Its simple but it looks great and plays one of the great songs from the soundtrack. It will be on my PS4 permanently.

Sony said that everyone who bought the game last night will get the theme. It not being available is probably just a glitch.

 

[BouncyFrag]

It took three downloads, including the pre-order download, but it finally works!

 

[CosmicQueso]

thats literally driving some Gaffers mad.

Usually the use of the term "literally" is a big pet peeve.

In this case though, its use is fully justified. It's perfect.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Pardon my ignorance, but do LED TVs get burn in? I'd much rather play in 4:3 but I don't know if I want to risk it. D:

 

[Firebrand]

Pardon my ignorance, but do LED TVs get burn in? I'd much rather play in 4:3 but I don't know if I want to risk it. D:

No, "LED TV"s are just LCDs.

 

[Spineker]

Pardon my ignorance, but do LED TVs get burn in? I'd much rather play in 4:3 but I don't know if I want to risk it. D:

Are you talking about the border patterns? Just disable them and make them black bars

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Are you talking about the border patterns? Just disable them and make them black bars

Why would the border patterns do something to the TV?

 

[Boem]

Yep.

English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese available.

Dutch isn't available (games very rarely get translated to Dutch, and when they do (see: Heavy Rain, where they actually got some (bored) Dutch celebrities to do the voices) we tend to play them in English anyway.

You mean Deutsch, which is German for German. Dutch is English for Nederlands, which we speak in the Netherlands. Confusing, I know .

Handy guide:

In English: Germans from Germany speak German. Dutch people from The Netherlands speak Dutch.
In German: Deutsche Menschen from Deutschland speak Deutsch. Niëderlandische Menschen from Die Niederlande speak Niederländisch.
In Dutch: Duitsers from Duitsland speak Duits. Nederlanders from Nederland speak Nederlands.

Really it's the English language that makes it confusing.

Oh yeah, Grim. Still good.

 

[Grief.exe]

You mean Deutsch, which is German for German.

Yep.

 

[MMaRsu]

Guys how do you turn on the point and click controls on ps4?

 

[cheesekao]

Why would the border patterns do something to the TV?

If a certain screen displays the same image for an extended period of time, burn in may occur, something that causes physical damage to the screen.

 

[Byron Bluth]

Sony said that everyone who bought the game last night will get the theme. It not being available is probably just a glitch.

I will give them until the store officially updates today to see. Then I will be calling them.

If the person I spoke with provided false information I will be getting a refund and purchasing it on Steam.

Will likely never buy anything off the PSN store I don't have to. The fact they basically ruined the launch of one of my favourite games will stick with them forever.

 

[Grindlefly]

I know that it releases tomorrow (uk) but does anyone know the price in £??

Edit: really annoyed I couldn't preorder this

 

[RE_Player]

This is officially the last time I pre-order and pre-load anything on the PS4. Seriously this is the worst.

 

[Calmine]

I know that it releases tomorrow (uk) but does anyone know the price in £??

Edit: really annoyed I couldn't preorder this

Well it's £10.99 on Steam. It being on console though it's likely to be more expensive. I reckon £11.99 or £12.99.

 

[Grief.exe]

This is officially the last time I pre-order and pre-load anything on the PS4. Seriously this is the worst.

You guys are still waiting for this?

 

[bananafactory]

This is officially the last time I pre-order and pre-load anything on the PS4. Seriously this is the worst.

Don't let this sour you. The preload experience on PS4 is generally flawless, with the exception of this game.