The Mummy

Well, it's clear, they invented Tomb Raider, but without Lara and all her jumping around something is lost, though the game in appealing and you will hardly dump it, the darkness and the feeling you're actually going to discover something will keep you playing for some hours even if you had other taks to accomplish. It's not a success but it works, though being took out of a movie doesn't really add anything to the game.. so if you did like the movie don't care about this one, if you love the third person genre, here you may have found something for you.

Ein einziger Tropfen Galle verwandelt selbst den süßesten Wein in bittersten Sauerampfer. Und so verhält es sich auch mit der Mumie. Die schaurige Pyramidenduft-Atmsphäre, furchterregende Gegner, hübsche Texturen und das solide Level-Design laden sicherlich zum Verweilen ein. Und das, obwohl die kantigen Figuren und die unpräzise Steuerung für leichtes Murren sorgen, und der Bildausschnitt viel zu oft im unübersichtlichen Nahbereich verweilt. Vor allem aber treibt mir die üble Speicheroption besagte Galle hoch: Wenn ich zum zehnten Mal das gleiche Kapitel abwandern muss, nur weil mir mal wieder kurz vor Schluss der Lebenssaft ausgegangen ist, dann artet das Ganze in nervtötende Arbeit aus - und diesen Grusel muss ich echt nicht haben.

The Mummy s'avère être un produit mal situé dans le temps. S'il était sorti il y a 5 ans, nous aurions eu droit à une effigie de Chris O'Connel, mais c'est Lara qui a ouvert le chemin et elle reste la meilleure dans son domaine. En attendant, ce n'est pas un jeu sans originalité, moins beau, au gameplay ridicule et aux possibilités réduites qui prendra le flambeau...

The Mummy isn't necessarily a poor game, it's just been done before, several times. The movie was charming and entertaining in it's own right, but this game has formula written all over it. It was designed by the book, with very few surprises to speak of. The puzzles are generic, as are most of the action elements. The usual third-person control and camera issues are present and besides the decent sound, there's not a whole lot to brag about in this game. With the collection of third-person games currently available on the market, there's no way I can recommend such a formulaic effort.

The roughest spots in The Mummy are the areas in which it tries to break up the action by introducing different gameplay elements. In one of these areas, you find yourself floating on a log on the Nile, jumping over or ducking under different obstacles. Since the draw-in distance is very limited, you often need to start a jump before an object actually appears in order to clear it entirely, which will cause you to go through a few lives rather quickly. In another spot, you jump over rolling pillars and avoid raging flames in a side-scrolling perspective similar to Pitfall 3D's. The placement of these different elements in the game is admirable, but their execution is extremely flawed. If it weren't for these segments, The Mummy could have been either a good rental or a great gift for a younger brother, but they drag down what is otherwise an oftentimes surprisingly playable game.

I have this little part of me that wants to really like The Mummy. I'm pretty sure it's the little kid inside of me that just loves games no matter what phenomenal problems the game has. I can't help it, but I do like parts of the mummy, and yet I very difficult time recommending it to anyone. It's really a simple action game all dressed up in a clunky 3D outfit, but parts of it are almost fun. There are a good amount of weapons to pick up and use, there are tons of artifacts and power-ups, and it's got all of the trappings of a good adventure, just none of the imagination, good gameplay, or polish. It's too bad, because if any movie was made to be a potentially good videogame, it's The Mummy.

Regelmäßig geht aufgrund der hakeligen Steuerung und der ungenauen Kollisionsabfrage ein Heldenleben flöten, was ob der fehlenden Möglichkeit, das Spiel jederzeit zu speichern, ziemlich frustriert. Ohnehin will nicht so recht Freude aufkommen: Dafür ist die Grafik zu grob und der Spielablauf zu altbacken.

Spelet följer mallen för ett godkänt filmspel i 3D. Trist att det inte ens är ett försök till nyskapande titel. Dyrkar man filmen kanske detta kan vara något ändå, speciellt eftersom man får med en trailer för uppföljaren. Om man inte har spelat något liknande spel så är det ju ytterligare ett plus. Själv blir jag bara trött på det hela och stänger av.

The Mummy est un jeu d'action/aventure/exploration de plus, sans originalité autre que de s'inspirer du film du même nom. Les niveaux sont sans grande surprise, la réalisation moyenne (animation parfois grotesque, environnement 3D bien texturé mais accusant des erreurs de finition, maniabilité décevante), bref, rien ne permet à ce jeu de se hisser au dessus de ses concurrents (Tomb Raider en particulier). Reste qu'en faisant abstraction de ces défauts gênants, les fans du film et de Brendan Fraser s'amuseront quelques heures avec ce jeu très moyen, mais finalement pas désagréable.

If you aren't going to be timely, you should at least be good, and The Mummy is neither. I haven't seen a belated game translation this bad since Blues Brother 2000 turned platformers into a pixilated version of bamboo shoots under the fingernails. Bad mummy. Bad mummy.

Gemächlich schleicht mein Held um die Ecke, um eine Sekunde später schleppend langsam den Rückwärtsgang einzulegen, weil ihm zwei Schurken mit Spitzhacken näher kommen. Verflixt, geht das nicht ein klein bisschen schneller? Das hab ich mich damals bei Indiana Jones 5 übrigens auch gefragt, aber da musste ich mich nicht zusätzlich mit langweiligen Rätseln und einer mangelhaften Speicherfunktion rumschlagen.

The Mummy is a licensed game that isn't terrible, which is rare, and with a few tweaks, it could have been a fine way to waste some time on a slow afternoon. Thanks to a few problems that could have been corrected in development, it now has the feel of an unfinished, poorly tested game, and while Mummy die-hards might find some enjoyment wrapped up in its oozing bandages, most gamers will want to take a pass.

Будемте подбивать бабки, господа. Как я уже говорил, многим до сих пор невдомек, что мы живем практически в двадцать первом веке. И уже давно нельзя изваять примитивный клон Tomb Raider, надеясь, что это так вот просто сойдет тебе с рук. К счастью (а в данном случае, — к сожалению), чтобы сделать хорошую игру по фильму, недостаточно наделить ее героев портретным сходством с актерами и за уши притянуть ряд сюжетных событий.

Un jeu médiocre qui n'a d'autre mérite que de reprendre une licence. Vous apprécierez peut-être l'ambiance si vous avez adoré le film mais The Mummy est loin d'apporter sa contribution au genre.

How have I completed this game in such a short while and what inspired me to play it in the first place? I guess I'll never now. I didn't see the movie, so I definitely wasn't inspired that way. Perhaps I enjoyed the constant action; on the other hand the enemies are too monotonous and recurring to hold your interest. The game dynamics have been improved with a symphonic-orchestra kind of background movie music; unfortunately, the themes cycle and will very soon start to annoy you. Anyway, to summarize, I seriously advise against buying this game, particularly if you've enjoyed the movie. So for all you Mummy fans out there, and for anyone of human species, don't play this one; you don't need the aggravation.

Sometimes it's amazing to see just how low a game can go and still make it to the market. From the moment you gain control of Rick O’Connell and watch the pathetically bad animations, you know this game should have never surfaced from the bowels of the hell from which it came. The Mummy is so horrendous, that it’s almost…almost…worth renting to just to sit around and laugh at it with your friends.

Ultimately, this game is a movie rip-off perpetrated by greedy execs who are certain that the people who enjoyed the movie will be intrigued enough to shell out for this stinker. No doubt the true Imhotep is presently trying to kick a hole in his sarcophagus lid to get at the Konami programmers who have blasphemed his name by attaching it to this abomination. After he's done with them, maybe we can convince him to go after the makers of Blade, Crow: City of Angels and Space Jam.