Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
- November 12, 2003 11:07 AM PST
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Satiate your urge for rampant mummy abuse.
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The game's hook is that you alternate between two characters, each with a distinct style of gameplay. As the compassionate young adventurer, Sphinx, you explore massive levels, solve simple puzzles, and fight indigenous creatures with an enchanted sword, blowgun, and mind-controlled scarabs. You traverse immense worlds populated with characters who assign you tasks to complete in return for items and weapons that help you complete your quest. Meanwhile, as decrepit mummy Tutankhamen, you progress by solving more complex puzzles that demand careful observation of your environment. Play as Tut, and you'll satiate your sadistic urges by allowing yourself to be immolated and electrocuted in order to burn down barriers or supply energy to machines. Both characters' stories intertwine, and items you find as one can be transferred to the other, enabling both of their abilities to evolve.
Sticky controls sometimes mar play, and a temperamental camera makes for difficult combat. Sphinx showboats lush, densely populated environments, good texturing, and fantastic character animations. The sound is a bit lightweight?the music seeps into the background rather than sucking you into the action, and there is no spoken dialogue. All in all, Sphinx is a solid, whimsical adventure and a nice surprise.
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