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'''RIP Robbery Bob'''{{Infobox video game |
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| developer = Level Eight |
| developer = Level Eight |
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| publisher = [[Chillingo]] (formerly) <br> Level Eight AB (iOS)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPCgr0cv6EE |title=Bob's Big Move (iOS)! |date=2017-09-08 |website=[[ |
| publisher = [[Chillingo]] (formerly) <br> Level Eight AB (iOS)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPCgr0cv6EE |title=Bob's Big Move (iOS)! |date=2017-09-08 |website=[[YouTube]] |publisher=Level Eight AB |access-date=2024-03-01}}</ref> <br> [[DECA Games]] (Android) |
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| released = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|May 3, 2012}}|'''iOS''': May 3, 2012|'''Android''': October 24, 2012|'''Windows''': October 21, 2015}} |
| released = {{Collapsible list|title={{nobold|May 3, 2012}}|'''iOS''': May 3, 2012|'''Android''': October 24, 2012|'''Windows''': October 21, 2015|'''tvOS''': December 12, 2019}} |
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| genre = [[Stealth game|Stealth]], [[Action game|action]] |
| genre = [[Stealth game|Stealth]], [[Action game|action]] |
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| platforms = [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] |
| platforms = [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] |
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== Gameplay and release == |
== Gameplay and release == |
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Throughout 50 levels,<ref name="Gamezebo_Review" /> the player controls Bob, the titular [[player character]], from a [[Video game graphics|top-down perspective]]. Bob must sneak around houses and steal items without being caught.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Frushtick |first=Russ |date=May 1, 2012 |title=iOS Gaming Watch List: ''King of Fighters'', ''Brainsss'', ''Robbery Bob'' and More! |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/24/3711472/ios-gaming-watch-list-king-of-fighters-brainsss-robbery-bob-and-more |access-date=December 26, 2023 |archive-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227000705/https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/24/3711472/ios-gaming-watch-list-king-of-fighters-brainsss-robbery-bob-and-more |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TouchArcade_ReviewOne">{{Cite news |last=Saricks |first=Brendan |date=May 8, 2012 |title=''Robbery Bob'' Review – A Sneaky Game of Sneaking |work=[[TouchArcade]] |url=https://toucharcade.com/2012/05/08/robbery-rob-a-sneaky-game-of-sneaking/ |access-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230184043/https://toucharcade.com/2012/05/08/robbery-rob-a-sneaky-game-of-sneaking/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Enemies, including police officers, dogs, and family members, will roam around the house.<ref name="TouchArcade_ReviewOne" /><ref name="Paste_Review" /> Bob can put on disguises, hide, change the enemies' direction,<ref name="TouchArcade_ReviewOne" /> and make distractions.<ref name="Paste_Review" /><ref name="PocketGamer_Review" /> The player can run, but it will lure enemies towards them.<ref name="PocketGamer_Review" /> |
Throughout 50 levels,<ref name="Gamezebo_Review" /> the player controls Bob, the titular [[player character]], from a [[Video game graphics|top-down perspective]]. Bob must sneak around houses and steal items without being caught.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Frushtick |first=Russ |date=May 1, 2012 |title=iOS Gaming Watch List: ''King of Fighters'', ''Brainsss'', ''Robbery Bob'' and More! |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/24/3711472/ios-gaming-watch-list-king-of-fighters-brainsss-robbery-bob-and-more |access-date=December 26, 2023 |archive-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227000705/https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/24/3711472/ios-gaming-watch-list-king-of-fighters-brainsss-robbery-bob-and-more |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TouchArcade_ReviewOne">{{Cite news |last=Saricks |first=Brendan |date=May 8, 2012 |title=''Robbery Bob'' Review – A Sneaky Game of Sneaking |work=[[TouchArcade]] |url=https://toucharcade.com/2012/05/08/robbery-rob-a-sneaky-game-of-sneaking/ |access-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230184043/https://toucharcade.com/2012/05/08/robbery-rob-a-sneaky-game-of-sneaking/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Enemies, including police officers, dogs, and family members, will roam around the house.<ref name="TouchArcade_ReviewOne" /><ref name="Paste_Review" /> Bob can put on disguises, hide, change the enemies' direction,<ref name="TouchArcade_ReviewOne" /> and make distractions.<ref name="Paste_Review" /><ref name="PocketGamer_Review" /> The player can run, but it will lure enemies towards them.<ref name="PocketGamer_Review" /> The level ends once they are out of the house, and stars grade the player's performance based on speed and accuracy.<ref name="PocketGamer_Review" /> On May 3, 2012, [[Electronic Arts|Chillingo]] released ''Robbery Bob'' for [[iOS]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Paste_Review">{{Cite news |last=Larsen |first=Luke |date=May 14, 2012 |title=Mobile Game of the Week: ''Robbery Bob'' (iOS) |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/mobile-game/mobile-game-of-the-week-robbery-bob-ios |access-date=December 26, 2023 |archive-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227003636/https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/mobile-game/mobile-game-of-the-week-robbery-bob-ios |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== Reception and sequel == |
== Reception and sequel == |
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| MC = 71/100<ref name="MC" /> |
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| TA = 3.5/5 (''Robbery Bob'')<ref name="TouchArcade_ReviewOne" /> <br> 4/5 (''Robbery Bob 2'')<ref name="TouchArcade_ReviewTwo" /> |
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| rev1 = ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' |
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| rev1Score = 7/10<ref name="Paste_Review" /> |
| rev1Score = 7/10<ref name="Paste_Review" /> |
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[[Category:Fiction about robbery]] |
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Latest revision as of 05:07, 20 December 2024
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| Developer(s) | Level Eight |
| Publisher(s) | Chillingo (formerly) Level Eight AB (iOS)[1] DECA Games (Android) |
| Producer(s) | Johan Westin |
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| Platform(s) | iOS, Android, Windows |
| Release | May 3, 2012
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| Genre(s) | Stealth, action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Robbery Bob: Man of Steal (a pun on man of steel, an epithet associated with Superman, and also known by the subtitle King of Sneak[2][3]) is a 2012 stealth action game developed by Swedish[4] studio Level Eight and originally published by Chillingo. In the game, the player controls a robber named Bob and must sneak around houses to complete missions. The game was released for iOS on May 3, 2012, and has been met with a mixed reception for its gameplay and art quality.
Gameplay and release
[edit]Throughout 50 levels,[5] the player controls Bob, the titular player character, from a top-down perspective. Bob must sneak around houses and steal items without being caught.[6][7] Enemies, including police officers, dogs, and family members, will roam around the house.[7][8] Bob can put on disguises, hide, change the enemies' direction,[7] and make distractions.[8][9] The player can run, but it will lure enemies towards them.[9] The level ends once they are out of the house, and stars grade the player's performance based on speed and accuracy.[9] On May 3, 2012, Chillingo released Robbery Bob for iOS.[6][8]
Reception and sequel
[edit]Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | 71/100[10] |
| Publication | Score |
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| Pocket Gamer | 3.5/5[9] |
| TouchArcade | 3.5/5 (Robbery Bob)[7] 4/5 (Robbery Bob 2)[11] |
| Paste | 7/10[8] |
| Gamezebo | 70/100[5] |
The game has a "mixed or average" score on Metacritic.[10]
The gameplay was received poorly. In a TouchArcade review, Brendan Saricks felt that the game's sneaking mechanic went from "real strong" to "a repetitive room-by-room hunt".[7] Saricks compared Robbery Bob to the 2011 video game The Last Rocket, criticizing that the game mechanics did not go together and that the gameplay was luck-based.[7] James Nouch of Pocket Gamer thought the controls were "clumsy",[9] while AJ Dellinger of Gamezebo thought they were "pretty fluid".[5] Although he thought the dialogue was "cringeworthy", Dellinger found that the story was "intense", writing about the crimes Bob commits in the game.[5]
Robbery Bob's art style was met with criticism. Luke Larsen of Paste magazine described it as "tacky", presented through "cartoonish antics" and "forgettable characters".[8] Dellinger said the graphics mostly consisted of smoothed "pixels from the '90s", and he stated that the plants were "drawings from kindergarteners".[5]
A sequel, titled Robbery Bob 2: Double Trouble, was released on June 3, 2015.[12] TouchArcade rated it four out of five stars, with reviewer Chris Carter praising it for filling a niche for heist games and focusing on stealth over action while criticizing the story’s premise as "stupid" and the art design as "forgettable".[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bob's Big Move (iOS)!". YouTube. Level Eight AB. September 8, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- ^ "Robbery Bob - King of Sneak". Google Play. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "Robbery Bob - King of Sneak". App Store. February 27, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "About". Level Eight. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Dellinger, AJ (May 3, 2012). "Robbery Bob Review". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on December 30, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ a b Frushtick, Russ (May 1, 2012). "iOS Gaming Watch List: King of Fighters, Brainsss, Robbery Bob and More!". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Saricks, Brendan (May 8, 2012). "Robbery Bob Review – A Sneaky Game of Sneaking". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on December 30, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Larsen, Luke (May 14, 2012). "Mobile Game of the Week: Robbery Bob (iOS)". Paste. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Nouch, James (June 5, 2013). "Robbery Bob". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on December 30, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "Robbery Bob". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Carter, Chris (June 24, 2015). "Robbery Bob 2: Double Trouble Review – Sneak Prince". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on December 30, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ Nelson, Jared (June 3, 2015). "Out Now: You Must Build A Boat, Move the Walls, AlphaBetty Saga, Robbery Bob 2: Double Trouble, The Ember Conflict and More". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.