Inspired by the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,
Mystery of the Mummy drags you along through a tale of deceit and murder, while in control of the famous Sherlock Holmes himself. With Watson out of the picture, (he's not dead, just not there) you get to tackle the puzzles and traps in this game all by your lonesome. Relying on just your brain, however, will probably leave you, or the game disk, in shambles, depending on how violent you get.
In the common format of puzzle games like this one, you travel around various locations, picking up objects, storing them, and then using them later to open a locked door. And there is no shortage of locked doors in this game. After a while, they seem kind of pointless, as do the items you use to unlock them. Strangely enough, you cannot combine anything together in your inventory. It seems the developers instead decided to wrack your brain with obscure puzzles that are only solvable by trial and error.
When you actually get a clue to a harder puzzle, it does you no good, for a couple of reasons. The graphics are blurry enough to hide any visual clues, and the astute Holmes will offer the worst advice you could ask for.
If that wasn't bad enough, trying to find those damn items, which are cleverly hidden on, in, or around the background, is nigh impossible. They are so well hidden in fact, that you could scour an entire room thrice over and still be missing that one amulet, key, matchbox, etc. that you have been looking for.
