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Run From Mummies will probably tickle Power Stone players as much as it does pyramid-robbing childrenLocal co-op for those keeping up with the Indiana Joneses
Local co-op for those keeping up with the Indiana Joneses
Image credit:Lost Turnip, LLC
Image credit:Lost Turnip, LLC
I do, however, understand the appeal of same-screen co-op games likeRun From Mummies- which, being a bloodless comedy dungeon romp, seems like a fair pick for those encumbered with boisterous selfspawn. Don’t worry, the “mummies” of the title are just regular old disembowelled corpses wrapped in cloth, not those sinister, non-embalmed “mothers” you’ve been hearing about down the grocers.
Run From Mummies - Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Run From Mummies - Announcement Trailer
Run From Mummies is a game about archaeology in much the same way that Whack-A-Mole is a game about moles. You and up to three friends are tourists trapped in a giant pyramid filled with rambling undead, spike traps and laser-beam statue bosses. Your only weapon is a camera – you can stun the inhospitable relics and mess with other objects using the flash, in what is probably a serviceable metaphor for the effects of tourism on archaeological sites generally. Snapping a picture means standing still while an AOE triangle extends from your feet, however, so try not to do it whilst running away from a rolling boulder.
Too cartoonish for your tastes? I can only assume you have older children between the ages of ten and twenty, “teen-agers” if you will, who think 2D is way uncool, ma. Perhaps they’ll be happier withthe new Indiana Jones game. It’s fully 3D, boasting the finest polygons Microsoft’s money can excavate from all the programmer brains they’ve got stowed in the cellar. It also has a photography mechanic where the point is actually to take photos of stuff, rather than giving hangry skeletons a seizure. Bit off-the-wall, but let’s see where it goes.
