Though Rick can be found jumping and climbing from time to time, the focus of the game is much more on action. The Mummy is a third-person action game that uses devices found in many other licensed games, though often with better results. Now you must stop Imhotep and send him back to his rest before the world falls prey to his evil machinations. While exploring the hidden pyramids and hunting for treasure, O'Connell and his companions (an Egyptologist and her brother) accidentally awaken Imhotep, a fallen priest who was cursed and mummified alive thousands of years before.
In it, you play as Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser's role in the film), a Foreign Legionnaire who's stumbled onto Hamunaptra, the fabled lost Egyptian city of the dead.
The Mummy almost escapes this fate, as it fares better than most, but it still doesn't manage to leave a pretty corpse. It's true that the same can be said for most movie-to-game conversions, but nearly all of them end up dying a hideous death somewhere in the process.
Its high adventure premise, exotic locale, larger than life hero, gruesome villains, elaborate special effects, and tongue-in-cheek sense of humor are fertile ground for the cultivation of a game translation. It's easy to see why Universal's multimillion dollar blockbuster film from last year would be made into a game for the PlayStation.
