Robbery Bob

Aggregate score
Metacritic	71/100
Review scores
Pocket Gamer
TouchArcade	(Robbery Bob) ; (Robbery Bob 2)
Paste	7.0
Gamezebo	70/100

Robbery Bob
Robbery Bob
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Developer(s)	Level Eight
Publisher(s)	Chillingo
Producer(s)	Johan Westin
Artist(s)	Rickard Jäger; Fredrik Johansson; Markus Lundberg; Johan Wallberg; Anna Windseth;
Platform(s)	iOS, Android, Windows
Release	May 3, 2012 iOS: May 3, 2012; Droid: October 24, 2012; Win: October 21, 2015;
Genre(s)	Stealth, action

Short description: 2012 video game

Robbery Bob: Man of Steal is a 2012 stealth action game developed by Swedish^[1] studio Level Eight and published by Chillingo. In the game, players control a robber named Bob, sneaking around houses to complete missions. The game was released for iOS on May 3, 2012, and has been met with a mixed reception.

Gameplay

Throughout 50 levels,^[2] the player controls Bob, the player character, from a top-down perspective. Bob must sneak around houses and steal items without being caught.^[3]^[4] Enemies, including police officers, dogs, and family members, will roam around the house.^[4]^[5] Bob can put on disguises, hide, change the enemies' direction,^[4] and make distractions.^[5]^[6] The player can run, but it will lure enemies towards them.^[6] Once out of the house, the level ends, and stars grade the player's performance based on speed and accuracy.^[6]

Release

On May 3, 2012, Chillingo released Robbery Bob for iOS.^[3]^[5]

Reception

The game has a "mixed or average" score on Metacritic.^[7]

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".^[4] 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.^[4] James Nouch of Pocket Gamer thought the controls were "clumsy",^[6] while AJ Dellinger of Gamezebo thought they were "pretty fluid".^[2] While he thought the dialogue was "cringeworthy", Dellinger found that the story was "intense", writing about the crimes Bob commits in the game.^[2]

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".^[5] Dellinger said the graphics mostly consisted of smoothed "pixels from the '90s", and he stated that the plants were "drawings from kindergarteners".^[2]

Sequel

A sequel, titled Robbery Bob 2: Double Trouble, was released on June 3, 2015.^[9] TouchArcade rated it four out of five stars.^[8]

References

↑ "About". Level Eight. http://www.leveleight.se/about.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Dellinger, AJ (May 3, 2012). "Robbery Bob Review". Gamezebo. https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/robbery-bob-review/.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Frushtick, Russ (May 1, 2012). "iOS Gaming Watch List: King of Fighters, Brainsss, Robbery Bob and More!". Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/24/3711472/ios-gaming-watch-list-king-of-fighters-brainsss-robbery-bob-and-more.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Saricks, Brendan (May 8, 2012). "Robbery Bob Review – A Sneaky Game of Sneaking". TouchArcade. https://toucharcade.com/2012/05/08/robbery-rob-a-sneaky-game-of-sneaking/.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 Larsen, Luke (May 14, 2012). "Mobile Game of the Week: Robbery Bob (iOS)". Paste. https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/mobile-game/mobile-game-of-the-week-robbery-bob-ios.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 Nouch, James (June 5, 2013). "Robbery Bob". Pocket Gamer. https://www.pocketgamer.com/robbery-bob/robbery-bob/.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "Robbery Bob". https://www.metacritic.com/game/robbery-bob/.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Carter, Chris (June 24, 2015). "Robbery Bob 2: Double Trouble Review – Sneak Prince". TouchArcade. https://toucharcade.com/2015/06/24/robbery-bob-2-double-trouble-review/.
↑ 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. https://toucharcade.com/2015/06/03/new-iphone-games-june-4th/.

External links

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[L8-1] "About". Level Eight. http://www.leveleight.se/about.

[Gamezebo_Review-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Dellinger, AJ (May 3, 2012). "Robbery Bob Review". Gamezebo. https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/robbery-bob-review/.

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Frushtick, Russ (May 1, 2012). "iOS Gaming Watch List: King of Fighters, Brainsss, Robbery Bob and More!". Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/24/3711472/ios-gaming-watch-list-king-of-fighters-brainsss-robbery-bob-and-more.

[TouchArcade_ReviewOne-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Saricks, Brendan (May 8, 2012). "Robbery Bob Review – A Sneaky Game of Sneaking". TouchArcade. https://toucharcade.com/2012/05/08/robbery-rob-a-sneaky-game-of-sneaking/.

[Paste_Review-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 Larsen, Luke (May 14, 2012). "Mobile Game of the Week: Robbery Bob (iOS)". Paste. https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/mobile-game/mobile-game-of-the-week-robbery-bob-ios.

[PocketGamer_Review-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 Nouch, James (June 5, 2013). "Robbery Bob". Pocket Gamer. https://www.pocketgamer.com/robbery-bob/robbery-bob/.

[MC-7] 7.0 ^7.1 "Robbery Bob". https://www.metacritic.com/game/robbery-bob/.

[TouchArcade_ReviewTwo-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Carter, Chris (June 24, 2015). "Robbery Bob 2: Double Trouble Review – Sneak Prince". TouchArcade. https://toucharcade.com/2015/06/24/robbery-bob-2-double-trouble-review/.

[9] 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. https://toucharcade.com/2015/06/03/new-iphone-games-june-4th/.