Mystery of the Mummy

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $4.82

Features:

• Inspired by the writings and characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• An involving storyline in true Sherlock Holmes style
• Wonderfully appointed, atmospheric and graphically detailed mansion
• Many rooms to search, all uniquely decorated and furnished
• For 1 player

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

An average puzzle-adventure. [Posted on 2004-02-07]
Typical puzzle type game--find items and use them to solve the puzzles. The puzzles themselves ranged in difficulty; some were easy, some not. One of the most difficult things was finding all the items needed to solve particular puzzles. Not all puzzles are intuitive. You can die in this game, as well. The story was not very exciting and the animation was clunky. Sherlock's voice was annoying, but play the game if you like puzzles.

average [Posted on 2004-05-06]
The reason I bought this game was so that my daughter and I could play a game together that had no blood and gore.
It was confusing sometimes and we needed the help of a hint and walkthrough web site at times. I enjoyed it because my daughter liked it. If it weren't for her I probably would have never finished it because I would have lost interest from the beginning.

A step up from Nancy Drew [Posted on 2004-08-09]
My daughter and I purchased this game while waiting for the next Nancy Drew
We were not disappointed. Lots of puzzles, cool graphics, good story.
Our complaints were:
Some of the objects that we had to pick up were too SMALL to be seen.
We had to get use to the inventory box being in a different window.

Biggest complaint... "We could sure use George and Bess right now"... Sherlock works alone

Worth the effort [Posted on 2006-01-30]
Synopsis: A young woman writes Sherlock that her father was involved in some Egyptian archeological adventures and has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. He comes to their manor to investigate what happens alone, except for a mummy stalking him.

Unlike some of the other reviewers, I thought this was a visually pretty, at moments lush, game. Sometimes the generation of the people seemed flat, but you seldom saw people, so it wasn't a big deal. I liked the music and the other production styles and any flaws in the period feel were minimal.

This is a very hard game to play. There are some clues and some puzzles I simply couldn't have solved without a hint site. There was no intuitive way to find some items I needed and there didn't seem to be a continuity between the types of puzzles played (i.e., figuring out how to solve one was no help in figuring out how to solve another). It was also a completely different style of game then the other games I've played, especially Nancy Drew. The puzzles are much less straightforward and much more intertwined, and there was simply no instinctive or obvious way to follow them. On the upside, they also didn't have the random, somewhat pointless aspects of the ND puzzles; everything relates directly to the storyline and to each other.

It is more fair to say that this is an adventure story with some puzzles to follow to help you progress. If you can get over the fact that you will have to cheat at some point (the major drawback of the game), it's a lot of fun and worth the time spent playing. I wanted to rip my hair out at parts when I was playing it, but I was sorry to see it end when it was all over. I'd buy another game in the series, if there is one.

Excellent Game [Posted on 2006-12-25]
This is a good game with up to date graphics.
I hear people say they don't like how some of it is timed, but the thing is, you HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO WHAT YOU WANT.
and the firsy level that starts timing you is the 3rd level, and they give you 20 minutes to do a 5 minute job.

This game has a bunch of chalenging puzzles that will keep you going at this for a while.

Sometimes you may even need the internet =]
i did.
but bottom line is this game is REALLY good for fans of ancient egypt, puzzle game lovers, or people who like a challenge and have a lot of patience.

P.S. It may even scare you.

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