The Room: Old Sins is the latest release in a series that goes back to 2012, which I regret to inform you was more than five years ago. Wait, don't focus on the existential dread! There are games to play, after all. Now, the games in this series are puzzle games first and foremost. You're meant to enjoy the intricately-designed puzzles and the way everything connects before anything else. But there is also an intricately-designed, connected story going on in the background, and each game has revealed clues and plot pieces at a steady rate. Maybe you're excited for Old Sins, but you can't quite remember what happened in the last game, or the one before that. Well, we've got your collective backs, friends. Here's a spoiler-heavy summary of the first three games in the series for those who want a quick refresher. In case you didn't see me warning you about the spoilers in that last sentence, I'm saying it one more time. There are spoilers for the first three The Room games in the rest of this article.

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The Room (2012)
In this game, you find yourself trying to solve the puzzles found in a single room. You've been brought here by a letter from a mysterious person known only as "A.S.", who also provided you with a key to get things started. After completing the first puzzle, you'll gain access to a special lens that allows you to see previously hidden objects and marking. As you solve puzzles, you'll come across more le...