Robbery Bob
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| Robbery Bob | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Level Eight |
| Publisher(s) | Chillingo |
| Producer(s) | Johan Westin |
| Artist(s) | Fredrik Johansson, Rickard Jäger, Markus Lundberg, Johan Wallberg, Anna Windseth |
| Platform(s) | iOS, Android, Windows |
| Release | May 3, 2012
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| Genre(s) | Stealth, action |
Robbery Bob: Man of Steal (shortened as Robbery Bob) is a 2012 stealth action game developed by Level Eight and published by Chillingo. The game was released for iOS on May 3, 2012, and has been met with a mixed reception.
Gameplay
Throughout 50 levels,[1] the player controls Bob, the player character, from a top-down perspective. Bob must sneak around houses and steal items without being caught.[2][3] Enemies, including police officers, dogs, and family members, will roam around the house.[3][4] Bob can put on disguises, hide, change the enemies' direction,[3] and make distractions.[4][5] The player can run, but it will lure enemies towards them.[5] Once out of the house, the level ends, and stars grade the player's performance based on speed and accuracy.[5]
Release
On May 3, 2012, Chillingo, the publisher of Angry Birds and Cut the Rope, released Robbery Bob for iOS.[2][4]
Reception and legacy
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 71/100[6] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Pocket Gamer |    [5] |
| TouchArcade | (Robbery Bob)[3] (Robbery Bob 2)[7] |
| Paste | 7.0[4] |
| Gamezebo | 70/100[1] |
The game has a "mixed or average" score on Metacritic.[6]
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".[3] 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.[3] James Nouch of Pocket Gamer thought the controls were "clumsy",[5] while AJ Dellinger of Gamezebo thought they were "pretty fluid".[1] While he thought the dialogue was "cringeworthy", Dellinger found that the story was "intense", writing about the crimes Bob commits in the game.[1]
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".[4] Dellinger said the graphics mostly consisted of smoothed "pixels from the '90s", and he stated that the plants were "drawings from kindergarteners".[1]
A sequel, titled Robbery Bob 2: Double Trouble, was released on June 3, 2015.[8] TouchArcade rated it four out of five stars.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e Dellinger, AJ (May 3, 2012). "Robbery Bob Review". Gamezebo. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ a b Frushtick, Russ (May 1, 2012). "iOS Gaming Watch List: King of Fighters, Brainsss, Robbery Bob and More!". Polygon. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Saricks, Brendan (May 8, 2012). "Robbery Bob Review – A Sneaky Game of Sneaking". TouchArcade. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Larsen, Luke (May 14, 2012). "Mobile Game of the Week: Robbery Bob (iOS)". Paste. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Nouch, James (June 5, 2013). "Robbery Bob". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "Robbery Bob". Metacritic. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Carter, Chris (June 24, 2015). "Robbery Bob 2: Double Trouble Review – Sneak Prince". TouchArcade. 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. Retrieved December 26, 2023.