Frogger: Ancient Shadow

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  • Summary: Frogger is Back to His Classic Beginnings. His home of Firefly Swamp is being overrun by Dr. Wani and his evil plans. Join Frogger in his latest adventure as he explores seven different worlds and tries to restore order to his beloved swamp. Features classic, addictive "hop andFrogger is Back to His Classic Beginnings. His home of Firefly Swamp is being overrun by Dr. Wani and his evil plans. Join Frogger in his latest adventure as he explores seven different worlds and tries to restore order to his beloved swamp. Features classic, addictive "hop and dodge" gameplay. Mini games with up to 4 players on all platforms. Over 30 levels of play. Wide range of character moves, such as the double jump, tongue grab, and more. Special bonus - orignial 1981 Frogger arcade game included on all platforms.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 6 out of 11
  1. TeamXbox
    60
    The gameplay mechanics of Ancient Shadow are too standard, and the experience felt un-needed, and is hard to recommend to any gamers looking for a platforming fix.
  2. Gaming Age
    58
    Lastly, with 30 levels, you would think that there would be plenty to do in Frogger. Unfortunately, the levels are simple and short, so the length of the story mode won't last more than an afternoon.
  3. IGN
    53
    The control mechanics in the title, initially jarring and overly complicated, aren't likely to mesh well with younger players, and the die-and-retry level design can be tedious.
  4. Gaming Horizon
    48
    An uninspiring platformer with unintuitive controls, bland gameplay, repetitive environments, and a missed target audience – kids aren't going to have neither the skill nor the patience to play this game, if they even have the desire to.
  5. Game Chronicles
    48
    While I do appreciate some of the more conceptual features of Ancient Shadow, the control scheme left me frustrated to the point where the game became more a lesson in aggravation than it was the nostalgic hop back to my childhood I was expecting.
  6. Gamezilla!
    45
    The lack of quality in this game, its very short and simplistic play, and a slightly higher than 'really cheap' price point serves to, in my opinion, produce a game that isn't worth purchasing.
  7. Official Xbox Magazine
    25
    Coupled with atrocious cutscenes and a pathetic story (how can a shadow be "ancient," anyway?), this is a real toad of a game. [Holiday 2005, p.73]
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  1. aspentitan
    Nov 22, 2020
    3
    It is a critical error when you list a title as E for Everyone and then have poor controls. If you check almost every professional review theyIt is a critical error when you list a title as E for Everyone and then have poor controls. If you check almost every professional review they all contain the same thing - bad gameplay mechanics and I can confirm this as my complaint as well. Let's talk about who this game was made for and that is both retro gamers who loved frogger back in the day, or children. Now, if you are a retro gamer you aren't going to like the control mechanics. It is a larger problem to think children will be ok with fighting the controls as they don't know who frogger is, as it's from their parents generation. And there you have a critical flaw this game will not be suitable for either. Some games start bad but get better and unfortunately I found the controls so bad combined with the necessary needed actions that it made the game nearly unplayable. True, you can struggle and some may find it a rewarding challenge but wouldn't it be so much better to have good gameplay mechanics instead? This is a game I fear would cause your child to get OCD if allowed to play too long.… Expand

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