The Room Three

The Room Three
Developer(s) Fireproof Games
Publisher(s) Fireproof Games
Series The Room (video game series)
Engine Unity
Platform(s) Android, iOS
Release iOS
  • WW: 4 November 2015
Android
  • WW: 11 January 2016
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player

The Room Three is a puzzle video game developed by Fireproof Games. It was released for mobile platforms in November 2015.[1][2]

Gameplay

The Room Three, as its predecessor, is three-dimensional and splits each stage into a large room. Different from the previous series however, after the completion of a room the player is required to return to a central "hub" to collect the items required to enter the next room. Gameplay is largely unchanged, utilizing swipescreen gestures to complete actions such as turning keys, flipping switches, etc. The player is also granted a special eyepiece to see special messages and enter the so-called "miniature areas" made from "Null", the central mystical material.

Plot

The game opens with the player-character sitting on a train. Tendrils suddenly enter the room as the train passes into a tunnel shortly before transferring the player-character into a strange place called the Grey Holm. It is revealed to him that he was transferred to this place by a mysterious person known as "The Craftsman", who also claims the credit of creating puzzles that were in the previous games. He wants to release the Null with help of the player characters. The player-character must gather several prism like structures called "Null Shards", which are parts of the final key called "The Craftsman's key". The player-character will be taken to a special room to use the key and open an exit. The player-character can also collect artifacts that are hidden in the Grey Holm by solving a series of bonus puzzles and use them to unlock three other endings.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic90/100[3]
Review score
PublicationScore
TouchArcade[4]

The Room Three gained critical acclaim, with Metacritic giving a Metascore of 90 out of 100 based on 14 critics,[3] and a reviewer from Hardcore Gamer giving a score of 4 out of 5.[5]

The game received a score of 9.0/10 by IGN,[6] 5/5 by TouchArcade,[4] and 8/10 by Game Informer.[7] It was entitled with the Pocket Gamer Gold Award.[8] Later it won iOS Game of the Year in Pocket Gamer Awards 2016.[9] The game was enlisted among 60 Best Educational Apps by Tutora.[10] It emerged as finalist under Best 3D Visuals and Best Mobile Game categories of Unity Awards 2016.[11] The game was nominated for a BAFTA award.[12]

Sequel

Sequel to this game was titled as The Room: Old Sins and was released on iOS on 15 January 2018[13] and on Android on 19 April 2018.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Fireproof Games on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Totilo, Stephen. "Nine Minutes Of The Room 3, An Excellent New Puzzle Game That's Best Unspoiled". Kotaku. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "The Room Three for iPhone/iPad Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 Musgrave, Shaun (5 November 2015). "'The Room Three' Review – My, How You've Grown". TouchArcade. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Review: The Room Three | Hardcore Gamer". Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Room Three Review". IGN.
  7. ↑ "The Room Three - Bending, Spinning, And Twisting Your Mind". Game Informer.
  8. ↑ "The Room Three - Another gloomy masterwork". Pocket Gamer.
  9. ↑ "Pocket Gamer Awards 2016". Pocket Gamer.
  10. ↑ "60 Awesome Educational Apps". tutorful.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Unity Awards 2016". Unity.
  12. ↑ "Games|Mobile & Handheld in 2016". BAFTA.
  13. ↑ "'The Room: Old Sins' Launching January 25th on the App Store, Android Release Shortly After". toucharcade.com. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "'The Room: Old Sins' set to release on Android April 19". androidpolice.com. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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