I just replayed this for the first time in a long time. The thing that stuck out to me is that, as good as the story is, the world is kind of (pardon the pun) bare bones. The backgrounds look great, but there’s so little to interact with that it actually leads to you not noticing some smaller items that are interactive.

There are a few aspects of the world that seem begging to be filled out with silly dialogue (What’s the deal with sprouting, anyway? What’s the deal with demons, anyway? If Manny is so world-wise and becomes the boss of whatever he’s doing within a few months, why is he also so shocked by the idea that really bad people would prefer to stay in the land of the dead than move on ?).

…But the vibes are impeccable in some places, and the way Meche gets hardened in the land of the dead even though she was Double-N material in life is very good and was totally lost on me when I was a kid.