Way of the Samurai 3 is a unique action hybrid with role-playing elements that immerse you into the ancient world of the samurai. Its most distinctive feature is its interesting focus on cause-and-effect relationships, which it promotes by rewarding you for good behavior and punishing you for acts of reckless villainy. Unfortunately, the gameplay is complicated by an annoying camera and an occasionally sluggish frame rate, while repetitive combat and quests severely lessen your motivation to replay. Its core mechanics and interactivity options also remain primitive and outdated, culminating in a substandard samurai adventure.

The PS3 was home to some of the year’s best titles, but Frogger Returns is destined to be ignored for its clunky play and lack of online mode.

The game play is essentially the same as the classic arcade version. You control a frog trying to cross some treacherous landscape to some safety zones at the top of the screen. Unfortunately, the controls in this version are clunky, and the view in one player mode, which is from slightly behind the frog, makes it hard to understand where your frog will move.