The Mummy Returns (PS2)

Story: Seen the Mummy Returns movie? Well this is totally diffrent. Well sort of. Because its a game there are some modifications but they make the game , IMO , BETTER THEN THE MOVIE!!!!

You play either the Mummy or the Hero(Forgot his name, the brendan fraiser charecter). While the Hero isnt exactly anything that much diffrent from most games the Mummy is to me the best part of the game. While using the mummy you have powers like you can devour peoples souls and grow stronger.

What is it like?: Its feel like Tomb Raider, Resident EVil and some cary kind of game. It ahs puzzles, villians, good graphics and a easy to learn control set up. But its not a easy game. Its far from it. I am only at the 5th level and im stumped on what to do.

Control:It feel exactly like tomb raider. You have to see it to see what i mean. The controls are REAL easy and dont require having to pause and see what button you need to push over and over. Now the Mummys controls are a little advanced as in you would hold R2 for powers and then press either X,O , Triangle or Square for a certain power. But thats as hard as the controls get!

And to anyone saying how am i going to remeber which of those buttons does what. Have no fear it shows the four buttons in the top right corner of screen. And the writings change depending on what your doing. EXAMPLE: If you near a edge the Square button says ''Jump''.

Graphics: I here people say ''Those graphics arent anything special''. Well my friends thats way off unless you play the game you dont see the greatness of the graphics. From Fire to Mummy powers the graphics are amazing for a movie-to-game game. Whats really cool is with the mummy instead of you seeing his half rotted flesh magically turn healed when he devours souls you see his skin sweetly morph into healed skin. While the graphics are top notch like MGS 2 they were some of the best ive seen.

Sound and Music: The music kicks butt. Its that same freaky music from the movie and then some. Maybe its because i got surround sound stereos but the music made the game very creepy in some parts. Not much to say about the music though its your normal scary game music.

The sound was amazing. When the Mummy devours souls or basically does anything that lets you hear him its totally freaky. Some of the sounds can be annoying like the stupid cats near the beggining running around. The voices of the game sounded just like the actual actors. Although the mummys was a little diffrent sounding it felt as though you were playing the movie itself at times.

Levels: Basically the leves are the same as what you see in the movie. There are some levels that are duplicites of scene in the movie but most of them are big and like mazes almost. The detial of certain levels is pretty good and the charecters are pretty darn amazing if i say so myself.

Replay Value? Well that might be the only big thing i really have. It doesnt have that ''Umph'' that makes you want to play it more then 5 times. Although it is fun just doing nothing but devouring souls! But i havent beat it to know if there is any secrets. Although i havent heard of anything so i am assuming there are no secrets to unlock. This would be a rental and not a buyer....well.... depending on your point of view.

The Bad and the Good:
Lets start with the Bad:

They should have added like a Multi-Palyer thing to it to extend its replay value.

Some puzzles are almot impossible to figure out unless you play same level over and over(Which isnt all that bad).

The Hero absoulutly stunk. I didnt even bother with the first level of the Hero story. Although maybe it gets better i dont know!

The good:

Easy controls.

Good sound and music.

Awsome Mummy guy with all his fun things to do!

Impossible Puzzles. A must for gamers that want a challenge.

RESpawning guys in Mummy story. At first i thought this was a stupid thing but then i realized if you dont keep devouring souls the mummy dies. So.....

Fun and Exciting game. Never really a dull moment.

Pretty smart A.I.

Hints(No spoilers):
Always save. Just because you think your great doesnt mean you are invincable. SAVE SAVE SAVE.

When playing as Mummy look hard for what you have to do. The respawning is a pain sometimes.

When the Hero watch EVY for she is apparently not smart enough to defend herself with her gun that often.

Never and i mean NEVERRRRR go off the edge in any level. Theres alot of sinking sand the kills you in the Heros story.

Dont try and devour your friends soul in the game. It messes up everything.

My final thought:
If you liked the Mummy movies( more the second then first) youll like this game. This is nothing like The Mummy for PSX(The flop). Rent it though before buying it.