Recent reviews by Aetheryeon

Overall the experience of playing this game is worth it.
From the voice acting and the old school pre-rendered graphics all the way to the plot.
This game does suffer from pretty wild to guess puzzles (e.g. some of the puzzles make no sense whatsoever), which is quite common for the genre/time period, but is especially true for Grim Fandango.

If you've been wanting to try this game:

I would recommend to play the game until you get stuck, then for that part specifically look up in a guide how to advance and then just resume playing normally (rinse and repeat where necessary). This way you get to experience the full world and take it in on your own time.

On the flip side of this if you just stick to the guides that are out there and just follow those, I feel like you're missing out on most of the charm this game has to offer.