Windows Phone Game Review: Rise of the Mummies

Okay, so this Windows Phone game may not deal with zombies just Rise of the Mummies has potential.

You lot play an "Indian Jones" looking graphic symbol who's sole mission is to accept out an invading army of mummies. Y'all detect yourself in the middle of a grassy pasture with mummies sprouting out of the ground similar dandelions. You begin the game with a semi-automated pistol and equally yous battle these monsters, power ups volition announced to give you a little more than bang to your weapon. Yous have a flame-thrower, shotgun, machine gun, rocket launcher and grenade launcher to name a few of the ability-ups.

Controls tin can be a lilliputian catchy to master. If y'all tap and hold the lower left portion of the screen a virtual joystick will appear to control your character'southward movement. From the right side of the screen, the same type control volition appear to fire and aim your weapon. Just wiggle your finger around to command direction. The bad matter nigh this control set-upward is that your fingers tin can arrive the fashion and limit your field of view.

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As you progress through Ascent of the Mummies, your enemy becomes stronger with mummies rise up that require multiple hits to take out and mummies carrying bombs coming after you. If any of the mummies make contact with you, they drain your health. When your health meter (upper left corner of the screen) hits zero, game over.

Ascent of the Mummies does have an online leaderboard and a link to the developer'south Facebook page is on the Main Card. All in all, Rise of the Mummies isn't a bad game. Game play was simple and the pace gains speed rather rapidly. The simply downside is the controls take a fiddling fourth dimension to get used to and places your fingers in the way at times.

Rise of the Mummies is a free, ad-supported game for your Windows Phone and you tin can download information technology hither at the Windows Telephone Marketplace. It is a mango app requiring Windows Phone 7.5.

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