EyeToy: Play 3

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EyeToy: Play 3
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Developer(s) London Studio
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Composer(s) Richard Jacques
Matt Coldrick
Justin Proo Esgay
Series EyeToy
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • EU: 4 November 2005
  • AU: 10 November 2005
Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

EyeToy: Play 3 is a 2005 minigame compilation video game developed by London Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It is the third game in the EyeToy: Play series and the sequel to EyeToy: Play 2 . Unlike its predecessors, it was not released outside PAL regions. The camera takes snapshots during the game for your player and is a requirement to play the game. Unlike previous EyeToy: Play games, Play 3 was not released in North America. Unlike the previous games, 4 players were able to play on screen at the same time as opposed to taking it in turns like the previous games.

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Game list

Extras

Alongside the games, there was also the PlayRoom where the player could mess around with the motion capabilities of the camera including making special effect such as glitter or rainbows from their bodies, as well as annoying a beehive by tapping it to unleash a swarm of deadly bees that will follow the player as they move and will only go back to the beehive if the players restrict own movement.

PlayRoom:

There was also the Recog Cam option. Here, if the players were to show a particular card (basically an image) in front of the camera while in this mode, it will activate something within the game. 3 of these cards were available on the manual supplied with the game. One of them was the logo of the then upcoming game, EyeToy Kinetic. Displaying that card in front of the camera would activate a video promoting the game. After the video, some information on the game would then show up where they could go Next to read more. Additional prints could have been downloaded from www.eyetoy.com to unlock further hidden secrets. The size of the pages was 1 page of a PS2 manual page.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1]

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