Frogger: Ancient Shadow

 Xbox
Metascore
47

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 6 out of 11
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  5. G4 TV
    40
    It's definitely preferred to the average character-based kids' games; just don't expect to cast your Tony Hawk or Katamari aside to play it.
  6. GameSpy
    40
    Maybe one day Frogger will get his chance to recapture his '80s video-game glory, but if Ancient Shadow is any indication, you can probably expect a new hit single from the Bee Gees first.
  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.… Full Review »
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