I was eventually forced to contact Double Fine's support team but it was not for these freezing problems. While I don't own a PS4 I've been told the cross save function also bugs the game out so I would avoid that too. If you feel you have to buy the Vita version for the updated console controls, which I would say are an absolute pleasure to use in combination with the touch screen in comparison to the PC version, I would advise you to save often (even though saving takes literally about 5 minutes to do) and turn off the updated graphics. The game has no autosave function and when playing the game with the remastered graphics in particular, it would often freeze meaning you had to turn the system off and lose all your data from the last save. Whatever you do, don't buy it for the Vita until Double Fine come out with significant patches. That being said I would advise first timers like myself to not be ashamed of the online walkthrough for this one. Of course not all puzzles are completely abstract and you receive a warm rush of accomplishment whenever you achieve one by yourself. Without spoiling too much, here are some things that aid you in solving "puzzles": a held in burp, liquefied vomit, two foam filled phallus' and my personal favourite someone's arm you put in a grinder.
I, in some ways, refuse to call certain parts puzzles as they are so mindboggling I'm not sure how anyone would figure them out without brute force. Unlike Double Fine's more recent releases, such as Broken Age or The Cave, Grim Fandango Remastered does very little in terms of dialogue or textual clues to point you in the right direction. The game mechanics, however, are typical of the 90's point and click adventure genre and could easily cause you to throw the PC out of the window in frustration at several points.
The only problem is that it seems all the good souls are gone and when the saint-like Mercedes Colomar is refused safe passage, Manny will travel to the ends of the earth to figure out what's up. Spanning over 4 years we follow the story of Manny Calvera, a bad guy gone good, who must sell the best travel packages to good souls in order to help them pass to the other side and redeem his own soul enough for his own ticket. The story is as it ever was, one of the most intricate and touching in gaming history.
While the original 90's point and click adventure game was a critical but not a commercial success, Double Fine has included several updates to the remaster refining graphical textures, including a full orchestral soundtrack and bringing the game to the PS4 and Vita with a whole new range of control options.
Grim Fandango Remastered is the latest release by Tim Schafer working with his company Double Fine to update an over 15 year old Lucas Arts classic.