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Worst Games Ever - The Scorpion King: Rise of The Akkadian

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The Scorpion King, a spin-off of The Mummy franchise, is infamous for the scene in which Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson transforms into a CGI scorpion monster. However, the real monster was the video game prequel that was spawned as a result.

Thank you to Ellie Nickless for sending us this game!

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20 Comments

@kyleclark4449 5 years ago

Ancient Egyptians were well known for their love of Godsmack

@MrPajamaShark 5 years ago (edited)

As somebody who beat this game to completion a few times when I was a kid, the fact that you got to the main menu, listened to the music, dicked around in the special features, THEN struggled in the opening levels really means you guys got the ultimate experience out of this. There wasn't much more to it.

@NikSwiftDigs 5 years ago

Hi TripleJump, I am an archaeologist and can attest to the following:
The Akkadians were a Bronze Aged civilisation from Mesopotamia. Less well-known than the Sumerians who preceded them or the Babylonians and Assyrians who succeeded them, the Akkadians nonetheless left their impact through the influence of their language and writing, which appeared in later cultures and even influenced the development of our own modern English.
The historical Scorpion King, being a protodynastic ruler in Egypt, could be considered contemporaneous with the Bronze Aged Akkadians. Unfortunately they were not the same culture, but I am sure this is the only historical flub the creators of the Scorpion King franchise ever made.
That being said, the use of 'Akkadians' and 'Scorpion Kings' in their nomenclature very-much places this franchise within the historical Middle Eastern Early Bronze Age, so hats off to the franchise creators for their research, firmly making this one of THE BEST Bronze Age Themed Games out there (out of a very competitive pool of other games)!

@Spacemutiny 5 years ago

What’s funny is that The Mummy Demastered probably got the best reviews of any Mummy game. It was pretty well received.

@kyleholloway3470 5 years ago

For anyone wondering, the song they played for a second is I Stand Alone by Godsmack.

@SponchHour 5 years ago

Dad bought me this when it released because of the Godsmack theme song. This is violent nostalgia to me, bless this video.

@Dseraph1808 5 years ago

Oh yeah here we go, Dwayne Johnson time. I've seen a Dwayne Johnson movie before. I have even played a Dwayne Johnson game before (I own this game on me Gamecube collection). But I'm still gonna watch this with everything I've got

@Phrogly 5 years ago

Weirdly enough Demastered was a sleeper hit that ended up being well regarded.

@andersstensson 5 years ago

"Are camels dinosaurs?"- TP 2021

@sunny1992s 5 years ago

ME: Mom I want AC Origins

Mom: We have AC Origins at home

AC Origins at home.

@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS 5 years ago

Rock in the menu art looks like it's a freezeframe of when Rock mocked the Undertaker in his promo before Armageddon 2000.

@Aikisbest 5 years ago (edited)

19:37~ "Now I lay my task before you" "I am ready, My King" becomes so much more hillarious if you're a swede (with a slightly juvenile mind), since "Task" is slang in Swedish for your "Johnson".

One hell of a test then XD

@Tintinjournalist 4 years ago

I'm sure somebody else in the comments said it. But it doesn't mean that it doesn't need to be repeated. The Mummy Demastered is an incredible game worth your time and money...

@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS 5 years ago

Also that Godsmack song is amazing.

@wyzeguy6 5 years ago

I see "Rise of the Akkadian" and immediately read it as "Rise of the Acadian". All I envision is a French-Canadian lobster fisherman.

I'll see myself out...

@destho4308 5 years ago

The Mummy Demastered is a solid game with sweet pixel aesthetics and a bumpin' soundtrack.

@PerishingPurplePulsar 5 years ago

This was one of my 2 first ever games, took me 10 years to beat it. I loved the hell out of this game

@nathanielnalls2578 5 years ago (edited)

At least the E3 trailer had actually gameplay instead of a cgi scene

@WhatAreMovie 5 years ago

The Mummy Demastered was actually really good! I love Metroid so it was a great surprise.
It looks and plays amazingly well! I never saw The Mummy reboot but the game is well worth playing.