The Mummy is an action horror released as a tie-in for the 1999 Film of the same name. It is a platform game for the PlayStation 1 game console and Microsoft Windows. The game is based mostly on the first film in the The Mummy series, taking place immediately after Evie resurrects Imhotep.
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I'll admit a certain fondness for this game, both between the source material and this being one of those games I had as a kid but never got particularly far in. It's basically a budget Tomb Raider with shorter levels. There's a lot of jank to the game's motion, and not strictly a consequence to the tank controls; there were quite a few beats of trying to line up a jump and having Rick move juuuuust a bit too much one way or another, threading the needle. Not bad, just takes some getting used to.
I think the game's strength overall is its pacing. Those golden rhombus key thingies make for solid pace-setters in each level. There are a lot of experimental levels throughout, too, which I appreciate. I don't think I love any of the experimental levels per se - "River of Blood" is contingent on jumping in a game that doesn't have jumping down pat, the chase set pieces in "Storm of Sand" and "Swarm of Gadflies" look REALLY dorky, why on earth is "Beni's Downfall" a Donkey Kong level - but I think they're well-timed and well-placed within the overall flow of the game. You could do way worse.
This was localized in Japan, but under an unrelated title? Did Japan get the movie this was based on, or was this just released out of context? Wonder what that must've been like for PS1 kids.
I think the game's strength overall is its pacing. Those golden rhombus key thingies make for solid pace-setters in each level. There are a lot of experimental levels throughout, too, which I appreciate. I don't think I love any of the experimental levels per se - "River of Blood" is contingent on jumping in a game that doesn't have jumping down pat, the chase set pieces in "Storm of Sand" and "Swarm of Gadflies" look REALLY dorky, why on earth is "Beni's Downfall" a Donkey Kong level - but I think they're well-timed and well-placed within the overall flow of the game. You could do way worse.
This was localized in Japan, but under an unrelated title? Did Japan get the movie this was based on, or was this just released out of context? Wonder what that must've been like for PS1 kids.
Un juego divertido, tiene los ost de la pelicula, pero se vuelve repetitivo y bastante largo. Igualmente es disfrutable
Even though it's a movie tie-in, this is genuinely an amazing game and i'd go as far to say it's better than Tomb Raider.
It's one of my all time favorites and maybe growing up with the game made me biased, but it has such fun exploration, amazing atmosphere supplemented by well timed and truly great music, and rewarding collectathon elements on top of that where i just can't give it any less but 5 stars.
The levels are divided into sections, each ended by finding a key that allows you to progress to the next section. However if you find all the collectibles in a section, the key fills up with a little drop of blood. All of these add up in the extras menu allowing you to unlock neat bonuses typical for games at that time.
It takes a lot of exploring, good perception and puzzle solving to 100% the game.
Also it has fun combat where you're either blasting mummies to shreds with pistols and a tommygun, or you can choose to master blocking and countering with a sword, it's pretty satisfying.
It's one of my all time favorites and maybe growing up with the game made me biased, but it has such fun exploration, amazing atmosphere supplemented by well timed and truly great music, and rewarding collectathon elements on top of that where i just can't give it any less but 5 stars.
The levels are divided into sections, each ended by finding a key that allows you to progress to the next section. However if you find all the collectibles in a section, the key fills up with a little drop of blood. All of these add up in the extras menu allowing you to unlock neat bonuses typical for games at that time.
It takes a lot of exploring, good perception and puzzle solving to 100% the game.
Also it has fun combat where you're either blasting mummies to shreds with pistols and a tommygun, or you can choose to master blocking and countering with a sword, it's pretty satisfying.
The battle system was kinda junk, but the puzzles were hard and funny, I enjoyed better than the movie and it was one of my favorite PS1 games, the terror atmosfere was also good but I don't know if it was intended.