Robbery Bob

Short description: 2012 video game

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

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.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Release
* 3 Reception
* 4 Sequel
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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

Reception

| Aggregate score

Aggregator| Score
Metacritic| 71/100[7]
Review scores
Publication| Score
Pocket Gamer| [6]
TouchArcade|  (Robbery Bob)[4]
(Robbery Bob 2)[8]
Paste| 7.0[5]
Gamezebo| 70/100[2]

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

1. ↑ "About". Level Eight. http://www.leveleight.se/about.
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/.
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.
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/.
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.
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/.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Robbery Bob". https://www.metacritic.com/game/robbery-bob/.
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/.

## External links

* Robbery Bob at MobyGames

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