Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy is an amazing 3rd-person adventure game with incredible 3D graphics on the level of hit animated films. Become Sphinx, a headstrong young demigod fighting Set, the lord of death. With his friend the Mummy, they'll collect the stolen crown of Egypt & save the world!

Use Sphinx's skill with weapons to face deadly mythical monsters -- and transform to a winged lion

Fantastic graphics bring this mythical world based on Egyptian legends to life

Take control the Mummy when strength & combat skills aren't needed -- use Mummy's stealth abilities to avoid enemies

Interact with hundreds of unique and imaginative creatures, enemies and allies

Totally immersive storyline and epic gameplay, with Hollywood-quality cinematics

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The graphics in the game are great.Your tail swishes from side to side, the wooden bridges sag beneath your weight, your shadows move along with you. It has a cartoony feel to it, which is fine for its style. The smoke and fire aren't very well done, but those are always tricky.

While sound really shouldn't be a key for a game, it is sadly lacking in this one. The background music and ambient noises are OK, usually very faint. But this game has a ton of dialogue and there is no speaking! That might have been fine back in the days of Final Fantasy 8, but in this day and age it really feels lacking every time an important dialogue is going on and there is just ... silence.

The actual gameplay is very enjoyable. The characters' movements are smooth and natural, from swinging up a rope to leaping across chasms. Each map has enough area for you to explore and not feel stuck, but it's not so huge that you get lost. There are good assortments of puzzles and action sequences to keep both your fingers and your brain engaged.

Sure, a few of the puzzles are a bit hokey - but that's the case in any game. The save feature isn't great, but you learn to deal with that. In general it's a fun game for all ages!

8 of 10 found the following review helpful:

Good, but needs a little something for flavor.Nov 25, 2003
By Tien'kou "Virgo"
On the good side the game is beautiful and flows smoothly. I've only had it a couple of days but the rendering is great I found it quite easly to get lost in the background and colors. The Movent of the characters we just as bewitching. The puzzles are not too chalenging but the keep you interested.

As for missing ingredient:

It seriously needs voice overs. The characters act like they're speaking as the captions are displayed but no sound. It is difficult to become one whith a character who has no voice, even Rayman made noises.

Secondly why on earth would you have a game that only lets you save on one module. In english you cannot save different parts of the game on seperat memory locations, you select the location at the begining of the game and you are stuck with it.

Lastly the game give you no clue of where you should be going. This is a plus and a minus. If you like to spend an hour looking for a key and another hour trying to figure out what to do with it great. I you want to find things quickly and get to the action, you're out of luck. There are no hints on less obvious puzzles. That frustrated me but once I figured out a puzle I was like "Oh" and moved on.

The game is great for Tomb Raider types you like puzzle solving get thing game (just use the voices in your head, since characterizations are not included) I would give it a 3.5 but Amazon does offer it.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Hidden GemAug 22, 2005
By Listens and Waits
This is a brilliant little game. Although little-known, any gamer who likes good story and imaginative world-design should pick this up. I love it, my daughter loves it - you will too...

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

4.5 stars....great game!Apr 06, 2004

This game is fantastic!

The graphics are gorgeuos, and gameplay is a lot of fun. I could not put my controller down!

Its one of those games that makes you think the entire way, solving puzzles, how to beat the boss monsters. The puzzles are not too hard, not too easy....just hard enough to make it fun. I only needed internet help for 2 puzzles.

Played at least 30-40 hours in the end.

A must have.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Very fun gameFeb 18, 2004
By Melanie Chitsaz
This is a very fun game:) You can control both Sphynx and the Mummy. U use the mummy if you want to rely on stealth and puzzle solving.

So whats the point in Sphynx???!!! I don't know

Pros
1No delays when making the game, (thank God)
2Long levels and pretty hard gameplay make it so that you are for once not wasting your money.
3Good story
4Lots of different moves, and puzzles and monsters so you don't get tired of the same moves, monsters,(etc)
5EXTREMELY FUN GAME

Cons
1No dialogue
2You cant save your game unless you approach a saving statue (sometimes their isn't a saving statue for the entirety of the level:(
3If you want to start the game over, you cant skip all the dialogue and talking

Overall, a fun game.

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