Grim Fandango (without music or sound) is an adventure game with a dramatic and mythical story of crime and corruption set in a surreal world inspired by Mexican folklore. Manny, a true working stiff, is stuck in his own personal purgatory with the ultimate dead-end job. Employed by the Department of Death, Manny must pick up people in the Land of the Living, bring them to the Land of the Dead, and set them off on a four-year journey across the underworld -- an excursion that all souls must make before they come to their eternal resting place.But Manny canlt move on until he meets his sales quota, and what he doesnlt know is that the cards are truly stacked against him. Hels caught in the middle of an embezzlement ring thatls preventing him from getting the right clients. Manny soon finds this out and steals a prime prospect, setting in motion a chain of events that not only threaten his job, but the eternal destiny of his soul.At the heart of Grim Fandango is a gripping story about one manls journey in a dark underworld fraught with mystery and intrigue. The gamels four year saga intertwines the themes of classic film noir with exotic mythology of ancient Mexico.