Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy strikes a great balance between its fantasy and Egyptian-history-based elements to create a world that is rich with character, color, and originality, and its unique method of puzzle-solving makes it an easy recommendation to any fan of the genre. Topping it all off are its superb graphics, which really hammer home the overall level of quality to be found in the game. Although it is certainly not devoid of flaws, Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy is a great game that any action adventure fan should not pass up.

By Alex Navarro

Closing Comments
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy is a fun, challenging action- adventure that I can easily recommend. This is actually a fairly well balanced title that, like Zelda, serves up a semi-non-linear experience complete with huge worlds to explore, difficult and satisfying puzzles, entertaining weapon and item advancements, and more, and it's all very much on the same epic scale as Nintendo's franchise. Did I mention it's easy on the eyes?
There are some problems here, too. The game can start off a bit slow. There are some tedious fetch quests. The battle system, without a lock-on camera, feels malfunctioned. The level load times occasionally disrupt the action. And the glaring lack of voice dialogue definitely hurts overall presentation.

But all said and done the good far, far outweighs the bad and Sphinx is one of the better action-adventures you can pick up this holiday.

Recommended.

-- Matt Casamassina