I'm surprised you didn't mention Builders club. It was one of the very last things that was remaining until their corporate overlords nuked it, and removed any shred of personality left in the platform. No longer do you get cool rewards like hats or outfits and feel like an exclusive part of a community: you're just.. Premium. Like every other service ever.
@@L0ngb0wCaravelrec room is probably the biggest contender to Roblox. But now that Roblox Vr is more accessible i believe rec room won’t be an issue for them
This is what happens to every game, not just on Roblox but every game. They start out small, experience is so fun, quality is wild, playerbase is great, and then their game gets so big they start to get greedy and make over the top forced purchases and decisions
Sometimes greed isn’t even the case. They just keep adding more and more content, until the game eventually becomes over saturated. And you are correct, it is sadly inevitable.
What made Roblox so special back when I first played over 10 years ago is that it felt more like a community project more in line with something like Garry's Mod than an actual platform to play games on, which I think fits the theme of the whole platform a lot better considering it's limitations compared to a normal game engine. The site wasn't just about playing games, but messing around with the platform's features and goofing off with the community. They've pretty much moved away from that, and the result is the corporate husk we have today in it's place. Sure, modern Roblox has more features than ever to better assist game developers in making high quality and profitable games using the site, but for me, that was never the point. The simplicity was key, and the creations that spawned from the limitations usually had more of a focus on passion than profit, and ultimately had much more of a soul than anything on modern Roblox.
If I remember correctly the guest accounts were removed for a pretty good reason if you ask me, the reason was that most hackers would just abuse the feature since it was impossible to ban a person using a guest account permanently since they could just log in again using another one. Script Kitties and bots were probably a bigger issue back then compared to now.
People always say that but I’ve barely ever seen a hacker in roblox ever. Also, a hacker could just as easily use a vpn to hide ip, then hack with a fresh account. Also, game devs could choose to ban guests from their games or not.
@@Jays-cw5vn its hyperion + trust me byfron causes more issues in performances then it fixes expliters while the script kiddies may be gone there are private exploits
I feel like the core reason why Roblox is not working, Is that they're trying to be like discord. Discord used to be exclusively marketed towards gaming, and that worked. Eventually, more people started making servers for other topics, so discord saw that, and decided to widen their scope by becoming a more generalized social media. Roblox is trying to do this, going from a predominantly game platform to more of a social interaction platform, but the problem is that a very large amount of people are still not wanting to change. Roblox is desperately trying to widen the platform's scope, but falling flat. They need to realize that most of their audience is just there to play cool games.
Ah yeah, Roblox trying to be an "all-in-one" type thing when being a gaming/creative platform was something that already worked for them. If anything, I think Roblox needs to do a better job at supporting single-player games when their current platform inherently puts them at a disadvantage.
Honestly, all they need is a search filter for things like R6, voice chat disabled, layered clothing disabled, etc. They're focusing too much on avatar customization and not enough on front-page customization. Probably because games are free and accessories aren't.
What I miss the most about OG Roblox (2016 for me) is for sure the old tycoon and obby music. Ever since they took out the old songs bc of copyright it hasn't ever felt the same. Not only that, but so many games are so oversimplified now. Most of these simulators all have the exact same boring outline that's just meant to make people spend money to get good. If they could bring back old Roblox music and more original games, Roblox might actually be as enjoyable as the past.
yeah I agree, I am a bit more OG than you (2010) but I miss the times where the real good maps were made by people who were just passionate about the game and just made content without the intention to monetize it. I notice alot of the newer games that are on roblox nowaday that are high quality but lack the soul that some of the older games had. bit hard to explain
I started in 2009 as a guest originally, I still try to rediscover these old tycoons that just have a crude charm to them, instead of the rainbow strobe buttons telling me to BUY ADMIN GAMEPASS FOR 2000R$ and the floors littered with robux purchase buttons for "OP boosts". Modern tycoon games fall into a garbage dump of bad mobile games but in Roblox form, all made out of the same template for a tycoon game with a different kid-magnet title.
You sir, have hit so many points well. I joined all the way back in 2012, and I was able to experience the growth and decline of Roblox firsthand (albeit with a fuzzy memory). Early Roblox really reeked of old internet. It was basically like a 3D flash game arcade where people usually made games-not because they wanted money-but because they wanted to make something fun. So many early games (albeit crude) had so many fun and neat concepts that you don't see often anymore and, if you do, are so heavily monetized that you feel like you're playing a mobile game. Or they're so hidden behind Roblox's terrible search algorithm that you sometimes don't even know they exist. I understand why Roblox needs money (they're supplying free servers for us) but I really wish they weren't so open about how you can "get rich" on Roblox. I honestly feel like the mindset of making a game for profit has really hurt the whole platform's innovation mindset. At least, do a degree that is.
I agree, I also joined in 2012 but you made one really good point that I want to clarify. Back in the early days, roblox was a small, private corporation which had a higher incentive to retain its player base so this culture easily shifted down to the games themselves. Before 2013 developers weren’t even paid. Roblox as a company could afford to do that. Nowadays, roblox is a multibillion dollar huge corporation that actually needs to optimize for revenue to pay for its expenses, or they will go bankrupt, so they can’t mess around anymore. Now it can be seen how this culture has traveled down to the games where developers try to micro optimize their monetization and focus on reaching KPI goals rather than making a fun experience just for the fun of it. Funnily enough, the top roblox game, Brookhaven, doesn’t do any of this. It’s simply fun.
the thing about the search feature being a direct downgrade compared to ye olden days is something people dont bring up often. im glad im not the only one who noticed it's been dogwater for a long while now
The creativity decline didn't really hit me until seemingly any game with a grind ended up with a set of eggs you can hatch, one or more costing a premium currency, that give you some stupid "pet" to help you grind more. Speaking of grinding, modern roblox games should be charged for the amount of time they try to get you to play/how much they encourage microtransactions. I remember playing games like the first Lumber Tycoon or those "nfs" or "gta" games that were kinda just car tycoons. Wasn't much put into them but enough to maybe keep you occupied for a day or two, maybe you'll come back for shiggles. Gamepasses available but didn't change much and were cheap. Now everything requires weeks or months of grinding or more(all the while they shove their many expensive gamepasses down your throat), which for certain games with a lot of content is acceptable. Most games however don't actually have that much content and instead expect players to sit there doing the same thing for hours at a time, some even expecting the player to have macros set up for autofarming (like why tf should I need to leave a game running whenever I'm not using the computer to unlock a car in a game for example). "roblox is dead" really hit me when I found out "fishing simulator" is another autoclicking dumpsterfire with pets and skins.
Yup. Roblox overall has just fallen off when it comes to fun games. Sure quality and graphics have improved but that’s just obvious and most games do. Gameplay and creativity is what matters, and when it comes to 2023 roblox, only a couple games have that. I find this year of roblox to be pretty alright and a HUGE improvement from 2022 roblox (which was easily the worst year of Roblox don’t even try to change my mind), but games have just become the same thing and nothing truly interesting. My favorite Roblox game to play atp is Guts and Blackpowder because it’s actually fun, simple, and easily replayable. Just a recommendation game for those who want to find actually fun games to play nowadays. Now let me actually finish the video lmao.
When you wanna find repayable fun games you really have to dig. I'm talking about those 374 players active and below games. When games blow up, it's a gamble if they stay fun or get gutted.
no its just ur growing up and cant enjoy the games anymore, roblox has been at its peak as of now with some of the new tech, its crazy cool, you may not like it but the other millions of active players certainly do
I work for the studio Cakebomb Studios, most popular for our game Make a Cake: Back for Seconds. We’ve seen the platform change a lot, and our game is sadly now on the more forgotten side of the algorithm despite being HUGE back in the day. I love this platform, and it’s a shame that the death of it’s culture was mostly caused by external forces (lawsuits.) We will see where the culture will continue to move, as the site becomes more of a profitmaker and to corporatism. Now that it starts to orient towards adults, maybe we can see a new renaissance in fun times, who knows. There is a lot of money to be made here, which has its own pros and cons.
You helped make Bake a Cake: Back for Seconds !?! That was literally one of my favorite games years ago. I still play it time to time. I absolutely love the music and the colors in that game and the creativity. It's like something straight out of a child's imagination and younger me consumeeddd it
Roblox's loss of identity really falls majorly on the staff team itself. Yes, the community sometimes had it's own issues and mistakes when it came to things, but the creativity they had to provide fun and entertaining games to make up for it. Meanwhile the Roblox staff we're making too many horrible decisions that changed up the original feel of Roblox itself and made it for more corporate business instead of the simplicity of true and fun enjoyment.
as someone whos been on the platform since 2014, i personally think they're going in the right direction business wise but other than that the game(s) feel so much more corporate and not as fun as they used to be. They're always adding features that absolutely nobody wants and removing completely fine features that should've stayed.
it hasnt fallen off, you have just grown up, some of the new games on roblox are amazing, you may not like them because they dont have the lego avatars but the millions of people playing those games certainly do
jesus christ clicking on a video with the title "roblox" on it and then having the video immediately flash you with 9/11 is a literal flashbang to the face
I started to play Roblox in 2016. From playing it I received much, but the most important thing - are my irl friends. I quit Roblox yesterday. Studying stuff and etc… It was a really good time playing it, but now, these beautiful times that you were talking about are gone. It’s so ironically that this video came out after I quit this game.
Roblox was never a good game to begin with. I'm probably only saying that because I never ever experience playing roblox with Irl friends. But overall if I did play it with a friend, I would probably get bored out of my mine. Sure, at one point it was good 2012-2017, but even then the game had numerous of problems. Go play actual good games instead of roblox. The game is for people who are brain dead.
I started playing as a guest in late 2014 and i will say that the game did feel more fun because i was younger, more naive, and oblivious, but then there is that undeniable fact that the community was more friendly and lively. I think its because more friendly teenagers + children played. And honestly, those who think that children being in the game is annoying are childish themselves. Children being in games makes them easier to play because you can have a chance to beat them, theyre funny to observe or be with, and overall just give the game more joy. I dont know if its just my personality but i dont like how every game i play is filled with grimey teenagers and adults, despite being a teenager myself, i miss the innocence and humor of kids in every game. After all, we are what made roblox popular, kids! Also there are so many players making games and items in the shop now that its lost its quality. Quality>quantity. I dont mind the better graphics of games because it can make the game nice and advanced. I just wish roblox would stop being so corporate. Its like theyre choosing to ignore our input! We want to play games, not chat and meet up and 'experience' things. We want to be involved in gameplay and special events that require us to actually PLAY the game! A fun game. If you read, thank you lol. If not, i understand 💀 i got carried away cuz i have nothing else to do
2015-2016 was probably the best for roblox ui, community, and games wise. People actually put effort into there games instead of spamming pet sim number 42
That opening caught me off guard. My personal favourite clients were the 2011-2014 one (I joined in 2013 but had played previously) there was just something I loved about that red and black UI. I remember when the client changed in 2015 I was pretty annoyed at the time, I still love the game now though. But the catalog and events are just a yikes ngl.
The removal of tickets and guests can be safely blamed on the rise of botters and exploiters. Still dumb that they couldn't have at least reworked tickets instead of removing it entirely.
I was one of the few people to play Roblox on the Xbox when it came out in 2016 and there were only 12-16 games you could play, and let me tell you that those games were simply the best and much better compared to modern day Roblox. Most of those games were wacky, fun, imaginative, and so much personality was dropped into those games that you can feel it. Even When I was limited to a few games at max I still had more fun then I do now.
I started playing Roblox around the time of 2016-17 after Tix got oofed, I think that most Roblox games have one thing in common, as the graphics improve, the creativity of said games decrease. I've paused playing any Roblox for the time being because of schoolwork and other stuff, but since it's pretty clear Roblox is going to go down the drain if the major problems with the platform don't get fixed, I'm contemplating quitting all together. I might play stuff like Blood & Iron, Guts & Blackpowder, D-day, and other great games, but lets all hope the creativity of Roblox games returns to its former glory.
There are so many oversaturated impassionate games out there flooding the roblox front page. The average quality of games has gone down but damn, when you find one or two of those hidden gems past the front page that took time, effort, passion and the blood sweat and tears of the developers, those games are some of if not the best games on roblox. The modern engines and systems of new roblox coming together with the fire and passion that were in so many older roblox games really can come together to make something special.
As someone who joined back in 2011 (or 2012 I don’t remember exactly) the story of Roblox’s decline makes me sad. I went through and favorited all sorts of classic Roblox games from back in the day so I could still experience my golden years back in the day.
honestly i'd love to see a popular game that actually focuses on what the community wants and not what corporations want Note: by game i meant outside of roblox
i’m a roblox developer, and the tools we’ve been given and the entry level to develop has shifted so much, but im not sure about the community. the people are so different and its strangely sexualized now in a way im not sure how to explain.
I would like to see tickets return in some form or another as unlikely as that is. It was a nice way of purchasing clothing decals and other avatar costumes.
sadly they cannot as any user who is greedy and has access to a powerful computer (or set of computers) can run (the) / (virtual) machine(s) with a shit ton of different browsers to rack up insane amounts of tix and therefore robux for free
i feel like they should add back tickets for game devs, and let UGC creators make items that can be bought with tix (and have tix be tradable with robux). this could pay devs very lightly who dont monitize thier game insanely
Nice ideas! I like what you've put here, except for the part where Tix can be traded with Robux (If Tix is easily obtainable, a dev could farm Tix, then transfer it to Robux, then developer exchange said Robux for IRL money).
The only problem with this currency conversion thing is that robux will no longer have exclusivity, allowing millions of users to find a loophole in the system. It sounds fine until you realize that Roblox as a whole is run by a company that isn't powered by "imagination" but real money as well. Though they have racked up a significant amount of funds, there's no doubting they wont stand for that loophole.
I joined in 2011 and as I grew older I have disassociated with community in various ways and stopped caring for it especially now that I'm 20 which is alot higher than the average roblox player age, but I still enjoy playing the really high quality games and hidden gems that usually have less than 1000 players
I've been on since 2009 and Roblox has undoubtedly lost its identity. A lot of old players similar to me think it started all the way back with the Robloxian 2.0 package when that simply isn't the case.
I joined in 2018, so I'm not someone that experienced what many considered "peak" Roblox, but in my opinion things weren't in a full downward spiral till pandemic hit. Yea looking back there were for sure cracks in Roblox as far back as mid 2010s era, but at that time it wasn't really on the mind of the average player. Nowadays with all these new features they're pushing in your face it's really annoying for your average person. (Like trying to moderate voice chat?) But let me get this clear, not EVERYTHING is bad. I'm not trying to be one of those guys that go like "oh all these new features are bad I wish it was whatever era" The webpage was horrid at launch, but I don't exactly dislike it nowadays. I think the platform’s biggest crime is just ignoring the community. I mean the recent TOS updates that Roblox tried to introduce would break GOD knows how many games. Plus the new avatars are just.... Off-putting. Rthro in like 2018 wasn't THAT bad, it was more of a optional thing for added customization and roblox's marketing at the time wasn't hyper focused onto it. In conclusion, while yes roblox has been on a downward trend, not everything has been bad. (Just like 75% of roblox's decisions are stupid, like the people making those choices don't even have roblox accounts)
I joined in 2016 and my opinion may be biased, but I think Roblox's direction is generally positive. I think the corporation is viewing the fandom long-term through their recent 17+ update because this shift will decrease their multimillionaire lawsuits from stricter internet policies. Overall, their profits are increasing as they shift their direction; slowly but surely for the company. Although as with any big corporation, their leadership ethics can be biased toward the fandom if the company decides to go to extreme lengths due to the post-pandemic economy it is just my personal take from a sales perspective.(Looking at you TH-cam) So hopefully their morals don't place their profits over the community to the extreme if isn't needed to. tdlr; Roblox is getting older so does fandom, corpo playing long-term. only worry is new leadership in office that are greedy that could take it to the extreme and lose Roblox's core identity/fan base if isn't careful in transition
It's strange. There's some horrible attempts at individual changes like trying to make all UGC items limited (something that will greatly harm both creators and consumers alike) and the whole "off-sale item" thing they tried pulling (which would pretty much destroy most of their games, old and new, and might lead to TH-cam-esque false copyright claiming shenanigans). But that's all wrapped in with excellent additions like more studio options for developers, more customization options, and just generally more things creators are able to do.
I joined Roblox in 2009. From that point the best years were through 2012 to 2018, then Roblox slowly started to get worse and hit its worst peak in 2019. All the older players have gone into high school or college and it was filled with newer people. Personally the people on Roblox nowadays just aren't the same as the people I used to meet and play with, I acknowledge that i'm older and games are not as fun for me anymore. It's such a toxic environment now.
dude, I joined 2014 but absolutely agree with you here. the 2016-2018 time range is overhated, especially 2018, which I would say had the best seasonal events.
I came around early 09, I feel like summer of that year to about fall 2015 was the golden era. After that I felt like the charm was slowly being lost, and 2020 and onwards was the final nail in the coffin.
im glad somebody finally mentions my type of nostalgia, twisted murderer was my shit. and real ones will remember when taymaster made a "twisted racing" game that stayed up for a solid month or so before getting taken down. bereghost games, mad murderer, any game you mentioned. those were the days
feelsbad you didn't cover OG roblox, been playing since 2008 and i've seen it lose its identity as games appeal to wider and wider demographics with a higher level of polish than any sole creator could make
Removal of guest made 100% sense from a quality standpoint. A lot of guest would hack (not all) and ruin lobbies they were in and once they were banned they could just instantly get a account a redo the whole process over and over again basically being unban able. Plus with today’s easy to access hacks it would have 100% ruined the game at whole
I started playing Roblox back in 2012 when some older kids introduced it to me at a computer lab. Played as guest until 2015 when I created an account. The Roblox that I’ve know for years is slowly turning into a corporate hellscape for the veteran players that played for years. Either way I will continue to play till the point it isn’t worth playing.
as someone whos enjoyed roblox since 2012 I'd say that one of the biggest losses within it were clans or just communities in general. Nowdays if you take any small to mid military group or gun clan as an example you will only see the most hideous things imagineable, lowest points of degeneracy to the most psycho leaders. But it didn't used to be like that: Before that roblox had many varieties to advertise your communities and the amount of groups with young people just expressing their creativity was truly a pinnacle of enjoyment. Nowadays you really gotta dig into the depths of roblox to even find anything new or interesting, groups like Empire Frаnçаis or TSC is a great example but now even those are losing their prime
First time logging into Roblox was 2014 and I remember playing the old "Stop It, Slender!" That was my first game, newer players saying we're fake and don't miss old Roblox is kinda hilarious and sad at the same time, I missed when we didn't have very high expectations for games like survive the disasters or simon says, because they were very, very basic games and we were just fine with that, bright clothing, no ugc items, we were satisfied with just the verified hat and cool nike clothes whenever we got the chance. Miss those days.
roblox sure has been losing itself its like a teenager going thru an emo phase with that dark ass logo and the just sad look of the website at all just makes it more likely roblox is losing itself
roblox isnt losing itself its making itself better, you conservatives cant accept the fact that roblox is becoming better because all of you "2016" people circlejerk the idea of lego= good, rthro and other realistic= bad
nah bro what im saying is that roblox today is just some trashy tech company that barely gives a shit to their community and saying the same 2016 better type crap is not even what i mean sure 2016 had alot of crap but you cannot disagree that roblox was still putting up love to the community unlike today where roblox only seems to barely glance on what the community needs and doesnt need all they do is grab some terrible ideas like making ugc public etc also making things realistic isnt bad its just that roblox keeps shoving realistic characters/rthros to the communitys face when literally 90% of the community dont like rthro cause of the uncanny and just shitty look no one is really trying to remove rthro people just dont want it being shoved into their faces to the point they hate it like basically all promotion updates on roblox always include a creepy looking rthro character that is just annoying thing is roblox pushes things the community doesnt want or need.@@Jays-cw5vn
god I miss the days where kohl’s admin house was my favorite game, and getting good at sword fighting was cool, nowadays, roblox devs want to make games like AAA
As someone who started playing in 2015 as a guest. I do miss those times a lot. And sometimes wish that roblox had stayed like it was back then but some of the new stuff is cool
I have been playing since 2008, I still play on the same character after 15 years, just less and less but, I have logged almost daily I think one thing you missed was the DevEx feature, while I do think this has brought gems over the years and given creators an ability to make a living on Roblox the amount of pay to win games, and cash grabs exploded shortly after. The quality of games severely declined after that it takes a while to find a game thats enjoyable
This was so well made that I actually sat down and listened/watched the whole thing. Bizarre, out of the ordinary introduction, impactful use of language that helps bring me back to the old days and feel a connection to what you're saying, and having the most vital pieces of information near the beginning and laid out in a great way. Excellent work
the problem with roblox now a days is probably the games the games similar to roblox themselves became more corporate and saturated to bring the cash this is why most games on the front page stay there while new games have a less likely to appear on the front page
I made my first account in early 2015, but I know I had been playing as a guest long before I had an account, so it’s possible I started playing in summer of 2014.. it’s hard to keep track of time. 2014-2018 were simple times. Definitely had better things than today. There are still games I play very often, but If seasonal events like egg hunts and games like mad paintball or medieval warfare were still around, i’d be playing those instead without a doubt.
While this was a really well made video, I can’t say I agree with your final statement. I think security and copyright issues surrounding Roblox are a bomb waiting to go off. The law will get involved and this company will struggle to get around that. They aren’t like Disney where they can throw in a few billion and say it never happened, they have an active playerbase relying on them.
The one thing that drove me away was how realistic a lot of Roblox was getting. Definitely in terms of the avatar creator, where I just knew people weren’t happy about it (and they weren’t). It was more meant to be a rival to, I guess Minecraft in a way, but then Roblox really started to become it’s own thing, and that alone took people out.
Roblox has consistently had an identity crisis for years on end. We were asking this back when 3.0 released and that body type basically took over their marketing, alongside a truckload of packages nobody realistically wore because it was like, 400-800 robux when you could buy multiple hats and faces instead with that money. This happened with Rthro's initial release, and only trolls would even breathe on that aspect of the site for years and only with UGC has it gotten even remotely considerable for use. Roblox has just been constantly disassociated from it's own community - it's best not to concern ourselves too hard with Roblox's next suicidal gesture, and instead focus on what we could do for ourselves if we're going to continue to be on the website. I've found Roblox is most sufficient when you are focused on yourself and the small communities that could exist - though, I am speaking as a veteran roleplayer, so my experience may be wildly different.
Roblox had something special and they were too stupid to realize it. From the distinctly Roblox charming character and level designs to the website UI. It is unrecognizable from its former self. Additionally 90% of website features were removed for no reason killing off every Roblox subculture one by one. The group leaderboard was removed sending war clans into obscurity. Forums were removed which hurt item traders / clans. The ability to see when items were uploaded / sale count needlessly removed. The trading community is a hollow shell of its former self after the UGC update due to users being able to get cooler items/copies for only 30 Robux. Commenting on places, being able to view how many times your profile was viewed, KO/s Wo/s, best friends list, shouts, etc all removed for no reason. Additionally they broke most of the build tools in multiplayer games for no reason destroying the casual building community and discouraging entry level builders. I can't believe Baszucki would let this all happen.
im sick and tired of this. The bad updates, and the overall negative community who whines about stuff all the time. Its annoying and i wish roblox would pick themselves back up, as well for the community to stop crying about it. Like thats ever going to happen.
I finally dived into Roblox like a year ago. And while it IS a cool service (and hay its free with micro transactions), I'm surprised it doesn't have a better SERACH function or ways to Find games. Like your telling me you have GOD KNOWS how many games and no way to Filter your search beyond tying in a name? I'm sure their are PLENTY of grate games to play, but good luck finding them without people like You Skit or Tankfish doing videos on said games.
Roblox in the 2010s was absolutely amazing, games like flood escape, work at a pizza place, epic minigames, MM2, Roblox High School, Speed Run 4, Prison Life, Deathrun, and Natural Disaster Survival were so fun to play back then, I played those games a lot. But now, unfortunately today roblox has tuned into a shitty corporate company that is EXTREMELY out of touch with their community, they dont care about their players anymore. Meanwhile, their moderation is absolutely terrible, lots of inappropriate assets, many incidents with predators, bad updates, trying to erase their past by going rthro, messy UGC, etc. you also have meepcity and the horror of its parties containing so much inappropriate content, with roblox taking barely any action whatsoever until constant outcry and many TH-cam videos made them act, permanently removing parties from MeepCity.
i like how people say " old roblox was better i wish it changed back" while simultaneously funding the roblox corporation with their money which is the sole reason why these changes were put in motion 😂 so if you truly want roblox to not go into the direction its going stop creating content or buying content that gives roblox the incentive to take advantage of you lol
me as a roblox user since November 2015, i can definitely say that roblox has changed significantly over the years. we are now getting all of this trashy AI generated and ugly avatars, i can still sorta remember when i used to play it in early 2016. and man times were simple back then. i kinda wished i had a time machine and go back to when i used to not get as many headaches back then when i used to not be an overload of everything on the internet now and days.
It isn't necessarily losing it's identity, it's only getting so big that its identity is way way more complex than before. In its current state, it is mostly the same game with new features. However, with the influx of Roblox's horrible changes that move the "game" towards being more generic and the newer generations of players who are content with them we might slowly lose any identity to begin with as it will either fade away or become completely unrecognizable as Roblox if the course is not corrected. I still find a small amount of love for parts of Roblox, that are around the same as they were years ago. As of now, the direction the game has gone can be mostly ignored as long as you know what you enjoy in the large catalogue of games, but this may change soon.
i am sad :( I mean there are alooottt of good games on roblox like most of the games skit reviews, but they are no where near as popular as the front page games and the only way you can find out about it is if you are extremely lucky.
@@Yellowcheeseclub Lack of good games being found means that actually good developers dont have a incentive to update games since they dont get much money.
Bro, everyone’s avatar looked similar back in the day too lmao. Now there’s more variety. People choosing not to be creative is not the catalog’s fault
Community diverges , shifts and ultimately changes . For better or for worst as trends and attitudes change . We get new players who think differently but similarly. They still want fun but want different from the same games had in 2013-2014 or even before . Personally i think its good I still play often with friends and it's just something I play with friends only often . Besides friends most game get bland and it's just better to play another game . There is also the idea of just doing something else entirely like a hobby. It's just people growing up and tides changing really. Mainstream appearances also helped a lot .
"oh damn, skit made a cool video, let's watch it"
*"ON SEPTEMBER 11TH-"*
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september 11th jumpscare
9/11 reference
bro got flashbacks 💀
I did too, and I wasn't even there
twin towers falling jumpscare
0:01 i mean thats one way to start a video
Yes. Roll credits
Edit: you should still watch the video tho
Yeah 100%
Your not cinema sins pal, your not that guy
@@andreyokunev9858you don’t need to be a youtuber to be right
DUN DUN DUNN
Yes
I'm surprised you didn't mention Builders club. It was one of the very last things that was remaining until their corporate overlords nuked it, and removed any shred of personality left in the platform. No longer do you get cool rewards like hats or outfits and feel like an exclusive part of a community: you're just.. Premium. Like every other service ever.
Damn I completely forgot about that. They had 3 types of builder club, I believe, too. Like OBC
@@kingfloyd0001yep. I had turbo. still have my hat, and I'm still depressed they changed it
the colors is why i loved bc :(
AHHHHH i love lifetime OBC, the epitome of power in roblox (i didnt have a single robux)
Shut up, Roblox is amazing, bro.
If Roblox had competition then they would have a reason to push out good updates
It does have competition but they are to small to make an impact
@@Lazy-Davewouldn't be surprised if roblox had obscure competitors
@@L0ngb0wCaravel Yea, there is Brick hill, its a competitor but it is miniscule.
@@L0ngb0wCaravelrec room is probably the biggest contender to Roblox. But now that Roblox Vr is more accessible i believe rec room won’t be an issue for them
@@Shawa_Skibidibrick-hill is run by a pedophile. Play polytoria.
This is what happens to every game, not just on Roblox but every game. They start out small, experience is so fun, quality is wild, playerbase is great, and then their game gets so big they start to get greedy and make over the top forced purchases and decisions
Sometimes greed isn’t even the case. They just keep adding more and more content, until the game eventually becomes over saturated. And you are correct, it is sadly inevitable.
@@Sh1ryyu I don't see an inherent issue with it. It just becomes a problem when the content itself turns into bloat and does absolutely nothing.
greed and capitalism ruins everything.
Except for Terraria, Terraria devs are goated
@@truffle7622I hear about that game, is it fun?
What made Roblox so special back when I first played over 10 years ago is that it felt more like a community project more in line with something like Garry's Mod than an actual platform to play games on, which I think fits the theme of the whole platform a lot better considering it's limitations compared to a normal game engine. The site wasn't just about playing games, but messing around with the platform's features and goofing off with the community. They've pretty much moved away from that, and the result is the corporate husk we have today in it's place. Sure, modern Roblox has more features than ever to better assist game developers in making high quality and profitable games using the site, but for me, that was never the point. The simplicity was key, and the creations that spawned from the limitations usually had more of a focus on passion than profit, and ultimately had much more of a soul than anything on modern Roblox.
It's like you took the words out of my mouth. I agree with everything you said
You can enjoy old Roblox games (which still have sizable communities) without insulting the projects of modern developers you know
@@shibavekreal Struck a nerve? not a single time in that paragraph did he insult modern developers' projects
@@train123z op claims that old creations had "more of a soul" than modern ones right at the end. Most ppl consider that an insult
@@shibavekreal because they did lol that's hardly an insult, it's just the truth
If I remember correctly the guest accounts were removed for a pretty good reason if you ask me, the reason was that most hackers would just abuse the feature since it was impossible to ban a person using a guest account permanently since they could just log in again using another one. Script Kitties and bots were probably a bigger issue back then compared to now.
there are no hacks now, its amazing
byfron is rolling out to ms store
People always say that but I’ve barely ever seen a hacker in roblox ever. Also, a hacker could just as easily use a vpn to hide ip, then hack with a fresh account. Also, game devs could choose to ban guests from their games or not.
@@Jays-cw5vn its hyperion + trust me byfron causes more issues in performances then it fixes expliters while the script kiddies may be gone there are private exploits
@@thebaldpizzaman6319I guess you’ve never played phantom forces
I really hate how roblox is making every UGC a limited, that is gonna suck.
remember when limiteds were supposed to be rare or unique nowadays its just like any another item except its way expensive for no reason
@@LevixTheCreator when limiteds were limiteds
It's a dumb idea.
I’m more surprised anyone gives a single fuck about them at all
What is a UGC?
Roblox is like that one really talented kid at school that started trying to be like the popular smoking and vaping kids
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I feel like the core reason why Roblox is not working, Is that they're trying to be like discord. Discord used to be exclusively marketed towards gaming, and that worked. Eventually, more people started making servers for other topics, so discord saw that, and decided to widen their scope by becoming a more generalized social media. Roblox is trying to do this, going from a predominantly game platform to more of a social interaction platform, but the problem is that a very large amount of people are still not wanting to change. Roblox is desperately trying to widen the platform's scope, but falling flat. They need to realize that most of their audience is just there to play cool games.
Ah yeah, Roblox trying to be an "all-in-one" type thing when being a gaming/creative platform was something that already worked for them. If anything, I think Roblox needs to do a better job at supporting single-player games when their current platform inherently puts them at a disadvantage.
Honestly, all they need is a search filter for things like R6, voice chat disabled, layered clothing disabled, etc. They're focusing too much on avatar customization and not enough on front-page customization. Probably because games are free and accessories aren't.
I play roblox to both socialize and play games so if thats the direction roblox is going for then i dont mind it at all
whats wrong with r6
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What I miss the most about OG Roblox (2016 for me) is for sure the old tycoon and obby music. Ever since they took out the old songs bc of copyright it hasn't ever felt the same. Not only that, but so many games are so oversimplified now. Most of these simulators all have the exact same boring outline that's just meant to make people spend money to get good. If they could bring back old Roblox music and more original games, Roblox might actually be as enjoyable as the past.
yeah I agree, I am a bit more OG than you (2010) but I miss the times where the real good maps were made by people who were just passionate about the game and just made content without the intention to monetize it. I notice alot of the newer games that are on roblox nowaday that are high quality but lack the soul that some of the older games had. bit hard to explain
Mine was 2012, good times honestly
I started in 2009 as a guest originally, I still try to rediscover these old tycoons that just have a crude charm to them, instead of the rainbow strobe buttons telling me to BUY ADMIN GAMEPASS FOR 2000R$ and the floors littered with robux purchase buttons for "OP boosts". Modern tycoon games fall into a garbage dump of bad mobile games but in Roblox form, all made out of the same template for a tycoon game with a different kid-magnet title.
You sir, have hit so many points well. I joined all the way back in 2012, and I was able to experience the growth and decline of Roblox firsthand (albeit with a fuzzy memory).
Early Roblox really reeked of old internet. It was basically like a 3D flash game arcade where people usually made games-not because they wanted money-but because they wanted to make something fun. So many early games (albeit crude) had so many fun and neat concepts that you don't see often anymore and, if you do, are so heavily monetized that you feel like you're playing a mobile game. Or they're so hidden behind Roblox's terrible search algorithm that you sometimes don't even know they exist.
I understand why Roblox needs money (they're supplying free servers for us) but I really wish they weren't so open about how you can "get rich" on Roblox. I honestly feel like the mindset of making a game for profit has really hurt the whole platform's innovation mindset. At least, do a degree that is.
I agree, I also joined in 2012 but you made one really good point that I want to clarify. Back in the early days, roblox was a small, private corporation which had a higher incentive to retain its player base so this culture easily shifted down to the games themselves. Before 2013 developers weren’t even paid. Roblox as a company could afford to do that.
Nowadays, roblox is a multibillion dollar huge corporation that actually needs to optimize for revenue to pay for its expenses, or they will go bankrupt, so they can’t mess around anymore. Now it can be seen how this culture has traveled down to the games where developers try to micro optimize their monetization and focus on reaching KPI goals rather than making a fun experience just for the fun of it.
Funnily enough, the top roblox game, Brookhaven, doesn’t do any of this. It’s simply fun.
oh my soy is that a realistic mental illness depiction in an omori style game
the thing about the search feature being a direct downgrade compared to ye olden days is something people dont bring up often. im glad im not the only one who noticed it's been dogwater for a long while now
The creativity decline didn't really hit me until seemingly any game with a grind ended up with a set of eggs you can hatch, one or more costing a premium currency, that give you some stupid "pet" to help you grind more. Speaking of grinding, modern roblox games should be charged for the amount of time they try to get you to play/how much they encourage microtransactions. I remember playing games like the first Lumber Tycoon or those "nfs" or "gta" games that were kinda just car tycoons. Wasn't much put into them but enough to maybe keep you occupied for a day or two, maybe you'll come back for shiggles. Gamepasses available but didn't change much and were cheap. Now everything requires weeks or months of grinding or more(all the while they shove their many expensive gamepasses down your throat), which for certain games with a lot of content is acceptable. Most games however don't actually have that much content and instead expect players to sit there doing the same thing for hours at a time, some even expecting the player to have macros set up for autofarming (like why tf should I need to leave a game running whenever I'm not using the computer to unlock a car in a game for example). "roblox is dead" really hit me when I found out "fishing simulator" is another autoclicking dumpsterfire with pets and skins.
NIKO!! THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IVE SEEN YOU IN COMMENTS LOL
Yup. Roblox overall has just fallen off when it comes to fun games. Sure quality and graphics have improved but that’s just obvious and most games do. Gameplay and creativity is what matters, and when it comes to 2023 roblox, only a couple games have that. I find this year of roblox to be pretty alright and a HUGE improvement from 2022 roblox (which was easily the worst year of Roblox don’t even try to change my mind), but games have just become the same thing and nothing truly interesting. My favorite Roblox game to play atp is Guts and Blackpowder because it’s actually fun, simple, and easily replayable. Just a recommendation game for those who want to find actually fun games to play nowadays. Now let me actually finish the video lmao.
at least its free
@@-Chromeozone good point because well…IT’S FREEEEEEE
When you wanna find repayable fun games you really have to dig. I'm talking about those 374 players active and below games. When games blow up, it's a gamble if they stay fun or get gutted.
if you just dig a little more there's so many good games on roblox
the only recommendation i can think of right now though is entry point
no its just ur growing up and cant enjoy the games anymore, roblox has been at its peak as of now with some of the new tech, its crazy cool, you may not like it but the other millions of active players certainly do
I work for the studio Cakebomb Studios, most popular for our game Make a Cake: Back for Seconds. We’ve seen the platform change a lot, and our game is sadly now on the more forgotten side of the algorithm despite being HUGE back in the day. I love this platform, and it’s a shame that the death of it’s culture was mostly caused by external forces (lawsuits.)
We will see where the culture will continue to move, as the site becomes more of a profitmaker and to corporatism. Now that it starts to orient towards adults, maybe we can see a new renaissance in fun times, who knows. There is a lot of money to be made here, which has its own pros and cons.
Tragic, ur gaem cool
You helped make Bake a Cake: Back for Seconds !?! That was literally one of my favorite games years ago. I still play it time to time. I absolutely love the music and the colors in that game and the creativity. It's like something straight out of a child's imagination and younger me consumeeddd it
Also I like what you said lol, about roblox becoming corporate etc.
I know that game
I miss that game
Roblox's loss of identity really falls majorly on the staff team itself. Yes, the community sometimes had it's own issues and mistakes when it came to things, but the creativity they had to provide fun and entertaining games to make up for it. Meanwhile the Roblox staff we're making too many horrible decisions that changed up the original feel of Roblox itself and made it for more corporate business instead of the simplicity of true and fun enjoyment.
"is roblox losing it's identity?" *proceeds to talk about a terrible event in US history that left hundreds dead*
MOM, I'M FAMOUS
that event indeed made roblox lose its identity
more like thousands
It's so asinine and it's just a setup for an unfunny joke. God I hate video essayists.
@@camblongkaras782 right like that was really weird to me
@@camblongkaras782exactly bruh
as someone whos been on the platform since 2014, i personally think they're going in the right direction business wise but other than that the game(s) feel so much more corporate and not as fun as they used to be. They're always adding features that absolutely nobody wants and removing completely fine features that should've stayed.
I agree as a 2011 user
As a 2019 user i agree, the top game is kick door simulator now, and not a game with effort in it like mall tycoon (it is a good game)
"Oh nice a cool Roblox video."
*ON SEPTEMBER 11-*
roblox choosing between making a bad update and making a bad decision every 30 days
I started playing roblox in 2016 and it's so so sad to see the platform fall off so badly.
First game I ever played was the normal elevator, I watched a video on it yesterday describing it as history... it was so odd
it hasnt fallen off, you have just grown up, some of the new games on roblox are amazing, you may not like them because they dont have the lego avatars but the millions of people playing those games certainly do
@@Jays-cw5vn I will never get how 500k people can play brookhaven...... like wuh? Natural disaster survival is where the fun is at.
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@@davidty2006 natural disaster is not where the fun is at 💀💀💀 ion know ask your 6yo self why they liked those games, hard to say
jesus christ clicking on a video with the title "roblox" on it and then having the video immediately flash you with 9/11 is a literal flashbang to the face
I like how all the "old" stuff you mentioned I still think of as new. I guess this is what getting old feels like.
Ikr haha. Super bomb survival came out yesterday.
I started to play Roblox in 2016. From playing it I received much, but the most important thing - are my irl friends.
I quit Roblox yesterday. Studying stuff and etc…
It was a really good time playing it, but now, these beautiful times that you were talking about are gone. It’s so ironically that this video came out after I quit this game.
I hope you get better soon
@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 I am fine.
I just grew up.
Roblox was never a good game to begin with. I'm probably only saying that because I never ever experience playing roblox with Irl friends. But overall if I did play it with a friend, I would probably get bored out of my mine. Sure, at one point it was good 2012-2017, but even then the game had numerous of problems. Go play actual good games instead of roblox. The game is for people who are brain dead.
I started playing as a guest in late 2014 and i will say that the game did feel more fun because i was younger, more naive, and oblivious, but then there is that undeniable fact that the community was more friendly and lively. I think its because more friendly teenagers + children played.
And honestly, those who think that children being in the game is annoying are childish themselves. Children being in games makes them easier to play because you can have a chance to beat them, theyre funny to observe or be with, and overall just give the game more joy. I dont know if its just my personality but i dont like how every game i play is filled with grimey teenagers and adults, despite being a teenager myself, i miss the innocence and humor of kids in every game. After all, we are what made roblox popular, kids!
Also there are so many players making games and items in the shop now that its lost its quality. Quality>quantity. I dont mind the better graphics of games because it can make the game nice and advanced.
I just wish roblox would stop being so corporate. Its like theyre choosing to ignore our input! We want to play games, not chat and meet up and 'experience' things. We want to be involved in gameplay and special events that require us to actually PLAY the game! A fun game.
If you read, thank you lol. If not, i understand 💀 i got carried away cuz i have nothing else to do
2015-2016 was probably the best for roblox ui, community, and games wise. People actually put effort into there games instead of spamming pet sim number 42
That opening caught me off guard.
My personal favourite clients were the 2011-2014 one (I joined in 2013 but had played previously) there was just something I loved about that red and black UI. I remember when the client changed in 2015 I was pretty annoyed at the time, I still love the game now though. But the catalog and events are just a yikes ngl.
my favourite client was this really early 2015 one without the top bar and with source sans, best UI, not clunky at all
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Ah I see, fair enough choice. I just really liked the Aesthetic of the 2011-2014 one.
@@Falkriim yeah I liked that too
on september ele-
The removal of tickets and guests can be safely blamed on the rise of botters and exploiters. Still dumb that they couldn't have at least reworked tickets instead of removing it entirely.
I was one of the few people to play Roblox on the Xbox when it came out in 2016 and there were only 12-16 games you could play, and let me tell you that those games were simply the best and much better compared to modern day Roblox. Most of those games were wacky, fun, imaginative, and so much personality was dropped into those games that you can feel it. Even When I was limited to a few games at max I still had more fun then I do now.
I started playing Roblox around the time of 2016-17 after Tix got oofed, I think that most Roblox games have one thing in common, as the graphics improve, the creativity of said games decrease. I've paused playing any Roblox for the time being because of schoolwork and other stuff, but since it's pretty clear Roblox is going to go down the drain if the major problems with the platform don't get fixed, I'm contemplating quitting all together. I might play stuff like Blood & Iron, Guts & Blackpowder, D-day, and other great games, but lets all hope the creativity of Roblox games returns to its former glory.
I'd also like to add, I love how Roblox's logo is just an obvious soulless corporate bleh.
@@MrShipBuffIt's a metallic cheezit
@@AwesomeYena Good point lol
There are so many oversaturated impassionate games out there flooding the roblox front page. The average quality of games has gone down but damn, when you find one or two of those hidden gems past the front page that took time, effort, passion and the blood sweat and tears of the developers, those games are some of if not the best games on roblox. The modern engines and systems of new roblox coming together with the fire and passion that were in so many older roblox games really can come together to make something special.
I wish more people would play games like dungeon shooter and empire clash, those are the hidden gems for me.
As someone who joined back in 2011 (or 2012 I don’t remember exactly) the story of Roblox’s decline makes me sad. I went through and favorited all sorts of classic Roblox games from back in the day so I could still experience my golden years back in the day.
honestly i'd love to see a popular game that actually focuses on what the community wants and not what corporations want
Note: by game i meant outside of roblox
sadly I doubt it'll ever happen
I would recommend the game decaying winter if you haven’t played it yet
Millions must be poor so I could have tickets
@@lewmio7375 - consumerism is the problem.
I would say the largest game on Roblox that isn’t completely corporatised is Rise of Nations.
i’m a roblox developer, and the tools we’ve been given and the entry level to develop has shifted so much, but im not sure about the community. the people are so different and its strangely sexualized now in a way im not sure how to explain.
I would like to see tickets return in some form or another as unlikely as that is. It was a nice way of purchasing clothing decals and other avatar costumes.
sadly they cannot as any user who is greedy and has access to a powerful computer (or set of computers) can run (the) / (virtual) machine(s) with a shit ton of different browsers to rack up insane amounts of tix and therefore robux for free
@xentaurro IDK because couldn't they just use an identification or smth also does Roblox not realize they're slowly becoming like IMVU
using identification is crazy for tix lmfao@@maybemints
@@maybemintsI don’t think they care LOL
Nah they gotta get their money
i feel like they should add back tickets for game devs, and let UGC creators make items that can be bought with tix (and have tix be tradable with robux). this could pay devs very lightly who dont monitize thier game insanely
Nice ideas! I like what you've put here, except for the part where Tix can be traded with Robux (If Tix is easily obtainable, a dev could farm Tix, then transfer it to Robux, then developer exchange said Robux for IRL money).
@@qwontz that’s the point. They earn money slowly if they don’t monetize their game, so they want to which would make them more robux.
Point taken.
The only problem with this currency conversion thing is that robux will no longer have exclusivity, allowing millions of users to find a loophole in the system. It sounds fine until you realize that Roblox as a whole is run by a company that isn't powered by "imagination" but real money as well. Though they have racked up a significant amount of funds, there's no doubting they wont stand for that loophole.
@@lunaticbeans8600 the idea is that they would earn robux at a very slow rate, but yeah Roblox would never do this
I joined in 2011 and as I grew older I have disassociated with community in various ways and stopped caring for it especially now that I'm 20 which is alot higher than the average roblox player age, but I still enjoy playing the really high quality games and hidden gems that usually have less than 1000 players
I've been on since 2009 and Roblox has undoubtedly lost its identity. A lot of old players similar to me think it started all the way back with the Robloxian 2.0 package when that simply isn't the case.
I joined in 2018, so I'm not someone that experienced what many considered "peak" Roblox, but in my opinion things weren't in a full downward spiral till pandemic hit. Yea looking back there were for sure cracks in Roblox as far back as mid 2010s era, but at that time it wasn't really on the mind of the average player. Nowadays with all these new features they're pushing in your face it's really annoying for your average person. (Like trying to moderate voice chat?) But let me get this clear, not EVERYTHING is bad. I'm not trying to be one of those guys that go like "oh all these new features are bad I wish it was whatever era" The webpage was horrid at launch, but I don't exactly dislike it nowadays. I think the platform’s biggest crime is just ignoring the community. I mean the recent TOS updates that Roblox tried to introduce would break GOD knows how many games. Plus the new avatars are just.... Off-putting. Rthro in like 2018 wasn't THAT bad, it was more of a optional thing for added customization and roblox's marketing at the time wasn't hyper focused onto it. In conclusion, while yes roblox has been on a downward trend, not everything has been bad. (Just like 75% of roblox's decisions are stupid, like the people making those choices don't even have roblox accounts)
I joined in 2016 and my opinion may be biased, but I think Roblox's direction is generally positive. I think the corporation is viewing the fandom long-term through their recent 17+ update because this shift will decrease their multimillionaire lawsuits from stricter internet policies. Overall, their profits are increasing as they shift their direction; slowly but surely for the company. Although as with any big corporation, their leadership ethics can be biased toward the fandom if the company decides to go to extreme lengths due to the post-pandemic economy it is just my personal take from a sales perspective.(Looking at you TH-cam) So hopefully their morals don't place their profits over the community to the extreme if isn't needed to. tdlr; Roblox is getting older so does fandom, corpo playing long-term. only worry is new leadership in office that are greedy that could take it to the extreme and lose Roblox's core identity/fan base if isn't careful in transition
It's strange. There's some horrible attempts at individual changes like trying to make all UGC items limited (something that will greatly harm both creators and consumers alike) and the whole "off-sale item" thing they tried pulling (which would pretty much destroy most of their games, old and new, and might lead to TH-cam-esque false copyright claiming shenanigans). But that's all wrapped in with excellent additions like more studio options for developers, more customization options, and just generally more things creators are able to do.
10:26 this part so funny that I almost fell to my gaming chair😂😂😂
I joined Roblox in 2009. From that point the best years were through 2012 to 2018, then Roblox slowly started to get worse and hit its worst peak in 2019. All the older players have gone into high school or college and it was filled with newer people. Personally the people on Roblox nowadays just aren't the same as the people I used to meet and play with, I acknowledge that i'm older and games are not as fun for me anymore. It's such a toxic environment now.
Ah, I was looking for someone else who had an account that old.
dude, I joined 2014 but absolutely agree with you here. the 2016-2018 time range is overhated, especially 2018, which I would say had the best seasonal events.
I came around early 09, I feel like summer of that year to about fall 2015 was the golden era. After that I felt like the charm was slowly being lost, and 2020 and onwards was the final nail in the coffin.
@@Sh1ryyuI don’t why, but during that time period for me Roblox just had this negative emotional aura to it that just pushed me away.
i did not expect the start of the video to mention 9/11
im glad somebody finally mentions my type of nostalgia, twisted murderer was my shit. and real ones will remember when taymaster made a "twisted racing" game that stayed up for a solid month or so before getting taken down. bereghost games, mad murderer, any game you mentioned. those were the days
10:35
bro regretted his life choices instantly
feelsbad you didn't cover OG roblox, been playing since 2008 and i've seen it lose its identity as games appeal to wider and wider demographics with a higher level of polish than any sole creator could make
Removal of guest made 100% sense from a quality standpoint. A lot of guest would hack (not all) and ruin lobbies they were in and once they were banned they could just instantly get a account a redo the whole process over and over again basically being unban able. Plus with today’s easy to access hacks it would have 100% ruined the game at whole
And plus you don't even need an email to sign up, meaning you can make as many accounts as you want.
@@tylerdaniell2270 exactly
I did not expect that intro on a roblox video.
Yet, they still purged all the good custom gun models in the marketplace
I started playing Roblox back in 2012 when some older kids introduced it to me at a computer lab. Played as guest until 2015 when I created an account. The Roblox that I’ve know for years is slowly turning into a corporate hellscape for the veteran players that played for years. Either way I will continue to play till the point it isn’t worth playing.
as a 2013 player i can confirm that this is the realest and most concise video related to this topic ever.
0:00 the fact that that day is actually my birthday but i was born 4 years after the incident actually mind boggled me also im not even a new yorker
as someone whos enjoyed roblox since 2012 I'd say that one of the biggest losses within it were clans or just communities in general. Nowdays if you take any small to mid military group or gun clan as an example you will only see the most hideous things imagineable, lowest points of degeneracy to the most psycho leaders. But it didn't used to be like that: Before that roblox had many varieties to advertise your communities and the amount of groups with young people just expressing their creativity was truly a pinnacle of enjoyment. Nowadays you really gotta dig into the depths of roblox to even find anything new or interesting, groups like Empire Frаnçаis or TSC is a great example but now even those are losing their prime
GOD i imagine those actual military/knighthood clans/community advertising on the side banners of roblox. good times
First time logging into Roblox was 2014 and I remember playing the old "Stop It, Slender!" That was my first game, newer players saying we're fake and don't miss old Roblox is kinda hilarious and sad at the same time, I missed when we didn't have very high expectations for games like survive the disasters or simon says, because they were very, very basic games and we were just fine with that, bright clothing, no ugc items, we were satisfied with just the verified hat and cool nike clothes whenever we got the chance. Miss those days.
roblox sure has been losing itself its like a teenager going thru an emo phase with that dark ass logo and the just sad look of the website at all just makes it more likely roblox is losing itself
roblox isnt losing itself its making itself better, you conservatives cant accept the fact that roblox is becoming better because all of you "2016" people circlejerk the idea of lego= good, rthro and other realistic= bad
nah bro what im saying is that roblox today is just some trashy tech company that barely gives a shit to their community and saying the same 2016 better type crap is not even what i mean sure 2016 had alot of crap but you cannot disagree that roblox was still putting up love to the community unlike today where roblox only seems to barely glance on what the community needs and doesnt need all they do is grab some terrible ideas like making ugc public etc also making things realistic isnt bad its just that roblox keeps shoving realistic characters/rthros to the communitys face when literally 90% of the community dont like rthro cause of the uncanny and just shitty look no one is really trying to remove rthro people just dont want it being shoved into their faces to the point they hate it like basically all promotion updates on roblox always include a creepy looking rthro character that is just annoying thing is roblox pushes things the community doesnt want or need.@@Jays-cw5vn
logo before the darkmode was better.
Atleast it was red.
@@Jays-cw5vnSays the one bringing politics into a child block game...
@@AwesomeYena conservatives = people who want to keep the old version of things, not political
god I miss the days where kohl’s admin house was my favorite game, and getting good at sword fighting was cool, nowadays, roblox devs want to make games like AAA
As someone who started playing in 2015 as a guest. I do miss those times a lot. And sometimes wish that roblox had stayed like it was back then but some of the new stuff is cool
I have been playing since 2008, I still play on the same character after 15 years, just less and less but, I have logged almost daily I think one thing you missed was the DevEx feature, while I do think this has brought gems over the years and given creators an ability to make a living on Roblox the amount of pay to win games, and cash grabs exploded shortly after. The quality of games severely declined after that it takes a while to find a game thats enjoyable
i like how at 7:22 he teased a potential GB review. Very subdle, Skit. Very subdle
Hopefully he does one
what's GB
@@CjsRandomContent Guts and Blackpowder. It's BAI + zombies.
It's hella fun
@@Joleleme They found HIM
playing it. I T ' S A M A T T E R O F W E E K S
@@CjsRandomContent Best zombie shooter on Boblox
this year marked five years of me being on roblox. it feels weird watching it change so much.
This was so well made that I actually sat down and listened/watched the whole thing. Bizarre, out of the ordinary introduction, impactful use of language that helps bring me back to the old days and feel a connection to what you're saying, and having the most vital pieces of information near the beginning and laid out in a great way. Excellent work
I just find myself staring at the homepage for an hour having no desire to play anything
instead of ROBLOX caring about each player, they care about each amount of money they bring in
I miss old Roblox
Bro really just started off with 9/11 before talking about Roblox...
"Hmm, this looks like an interesting video. I'm gonna watch it."
*_"ON SEPTEMBER 11, 20-"_*
the problem with roblox now a days is probably the games the games similar to roblox themselves became more corporate and saturated to bring the cash this is why most games on the front page stay there while new games have a less likely to appear on the front page
I made my first account in early 2015, but I know I had been playing as a guest long before I had an account, so it’s possible I started playing in summer of 2014.. it’s hard to keep track of time.
2014-2018 were simple times. Definitely had better things than today. There are still games I play very often, but If seasonal events like egg hunts and games like mad paintball or medieval warfare were still around, i’d be playing those instead without a doubt.
2015 was really the beginning of the downfall sadly
Bro I did not expect that epic intro
While this was a really well made video, I can’t say I agree with your final statement. I think security and copyright issues surrounding Roblox are a bomb waiting to go off. The law will get involved and this company will struggle to get around that. They aren’t like Disney where they can throw in a few billion and say it never happened, they have an active playerbase relying on them.
i love how it starts with a tragedy on a video about roblox
The one thing that drove me away was how realistic a lot of Roblox was getting. Definitely in terms of the avatar creator, where I just knew people weren’t happy about it (and they weren’t).
It was more meant to be a rival to, I guess Minecraft in a way, but then Roblox really started to become it’s own thing, and that alone took people out.
ROBLOX predates Minecraft, how could it be a rival?
I was not expecting that intro when i clicked on this video
on september 11
The biggest crime roblox did is removing egg hunts, thoose thigns were fun and you got free collectible hats
Roblox has consistently had an identity crisis for years on end. We were asking this back when 3.0 released and that body type basically took over their marketing, alongside a truckload of packages nobody realistically wore because it was like, 400-800 robux when you could buy multiple hats and faces instead with that money. This happened with Rthro's initial release, and only trolls would even breathe on that aspect of the site for years and only with UGC has it gotten even remotely considerable for use.
Roblox has just been constantly disassociated from it's own community - it's best not to concern ourselves too hard with Roblox's next suicidal gesture, and instead focus on what we could do for ourselves if we're going to continue to be on the website. I've found Roblox is most sufficient when you are focused on yourself and the small communities that could exist - though, I am speaking as a veteran roleplayer, so my experience may be wildly different.
I really didn't expect a Roblox video to start with "on september eleventh"
Roblox had something special and they were too stupid to realize it. From the distinctly Roblox charming character and level designs to the website UI. It is unrecognizable from its former self. Additionally 90% of website features were removed for no reason killing off every Roblox subculture one by one. The group leaderboard was removed sending war clans into obscurity. Forums were removed which hurt item traders / clans. The ability to see when items were uploaded / sale count needlessly removed. The trading community is a hollow shell of its former self after the UGC update due to users being able to get cooler items/copies for only 30 Robux. Commenting on places, being able to view how many times your profile was viewed, KO/s Wo/s, best friends list, shouts, etc all removed for no reason. Additionally they broke most of the build tools in multiplayer games for no reason destroying the casual building community and discouraging entry level builders. I can't believe Baszucki would let this all happen.
100% factual
Real
I was *not* prepared for that intro
Fire way to start a video
bro, the Player points logo stunned me. i completley forgot about those, and then all of the memories came FLOODING back.
im sick and tired of this. The bad updates, and the overall negative community who whines about stuff all the time. Its annoying and i wish roblox would pick themselves back up, as well for the community to stop crying about it. Like thats ever going to happen.
A moment of silence for the Roblox players before 2020 😢
I finally dived into Roblox like a year ago. And while it IS a cool service (and hay its free with micro transactions), I'm surprised it doesn't have a better SERACH function or ways to Find games. Like your telling me you have GOD KNOWS how many games and no way to Filter your search beyond tying in a name? I'm sure their are PLENTY of grate games to play, but good luck finding them without people like You Skit or Tankfish doing videos on said games.
Roblox in the 2010s was absolutely amazing, games like flood escape, work at a pizza place, epic minigames, MM2, Roblox High School, Speed Run 4, Prison Life, Deathrun, and Natural Disaster Survival were so fun to play back then, I played those games a lot. But now, unfortunately today roblox has tuned into a shitty corporate company that is EXTREMELY out of touch with their community, they dont care about their players anymore. Meanwhile, their moderation is absolutely terrible, lots of inappropriate assets, many incidents with predators, bad updates, trying to erase their past by going rthro, messy UGC, etc. you also have meepcity and the horror of its parties containing so much inappropriate content, with roblox taking barely any action whatsoever until constant outcry and many TH-cam videos made them act, permanently removing parties from MeepCity.
i like how people say " old roblox was better i wish it changed back" while simultaneously funding the roblox corporation with their money which is the sole reason why these changes were put in motion 😂 so if you truly want roblox to not go into the direction its going stop creating content or buying content that gives roblox the incentive to take advantage of you lol
me as a roblox user since November 2015, i can definitely say that roblox has changed significantly over the years. we are now getting all of this trashy AI generated and ugly avatars, i can still sorta remember when i used to play it in early 2016. and man times were simple back then. i kinda wished i had a time machine and go back to when i used to not get as many headaches back then when i used to not be an overload of everything on the internet now and days.
10:07 he is a LIAR.
You can not search for Genres on Roblox anymore, infact, there might aswell be NO GENRES on Roblox!
theres no way you opened this video with 9/11
It isn't necessarily losing it's identity, it's only getting so big that its identity is way way more complex than before.
In its current state, it is mostly the same game with new features. However, with the influx of Roblox's horrible changes that move the "game" towards being more generic and the newer generations of players who are content with them we might slowly lose any identity to begin with as it will either fade away or become completely unrecognizable as Roblox if the course is not corrected.
I still find a small amount of love for parts of Roblox, that are around the same as they were years ago. As of now, the direction the game has gone can be mostly ignored as long as you know what you enjoy in the large catalogue of games, but this may change soon.
The attitude guy checked all the boxes for a certified ☝️🤓 award
i am sad :(
I mean there are alooottt of good games on roblox like most of the games skit reviews, but they are no where near as popular as the front page games and the only way you can find out about it is if you are extremely lucky.
Yes, i was finding one game 3 years.
The game is Alone: Early Access, Early Access forever.
@@Yellowcheeseclub Lack of good games being found means that actually good developers dont have a incentive to update games since they dont get much money.
@@bruhlol2744 Yep, i am small dev and i just don't want to make games because of this.
So many clones, i don't want to make clone games.
@@Yellowcheeseclub nice
Good thing I left this game years ago. I saw the writing on the wall and left before it got worse.
0:16 relatable I made my account on 9/10
That intro hit me in the face like a dodgeball wtf
7:35 Bro just said that UGC was "unique" LOOOL HAVE U SEEN THE CATALOG DUDE?
Fr Like most ugc is just stuff copied and recolored
I agree@@FatherGarciaRoblox
Bro, everyone’s avatar looked similar back in the day too lmao. Now there’s more variety. People choosing not to be creative is not the catalog’s fault
Always know its gonna be a good roblox video when it starts with 911
bruh 0:06
nvm i ment 0:01
Community diverges , shifts and ultimately changes . For better or for worst as trends and attitudes change . We get new players who think differently but similarly. They still want fun but want different from the same games had in 2013-2014 or even before . Personally i think its good I still play often with friends and it's just something I play with friends only often . Besides friends most game get bland and it's just better to play another game . There is also the idea of just doing something else entirely like a hobby. It's just people growing up and tides changing really. Mainstream appearances also helped a lot .