I would want to include how old Roblox had more of a style to it. If you look at experiences today, each one looks so different and have a different feel to it, where you could say Roblox Studio really is a legit game engine. Where in old Roblox, everyone used the same physics, the same car mechanics, the same combat, and the same player movement. Games had something in common with each other where you could immediately say, "Ya, that's Roblox."
Experiences today look different??? Ever tried playing a simulator, they use the same icons, the same font, the same ui design and even the same music not to mention all games have the same cubic pets which don't really scream unique :)
@@Twennieh one type of game doesn't take away the fact that 2020 roblox is more creative, we have more diversity than ever before in the types of games along with overall better quality too. don't get the wrong idea, i absolutely hate almost everything about new roblox. that being said, i'm not gonna act like there hasn't been some amazing games in the past couple of years, even if they're in a sea of mediocre ones.
@@drivedonniedrive that seems to be the case pretty much, we have much more better games but there are too hard to find since the ratio is like 100 bad games for each 1 good one
@@Twennieh agreed games since 2020 is so bad, i dont understand why 150k+ players are playing boring games that are wayy too similar to another but its definetly undeniable how crazy roblox can get when developers push it to its limits. good showcase games, that one fps game that uses meshes alot to make it a game you would find on steam. but those types of developers dont get much recognition as the first things i said in this comment and it sucks, roblox feels alot less vibrant and cartoonish
Finally, 2015 deserved its spotlight, I say it's the golden era for me, while I joined roblox in 2012 but 2015 was just so beautiful. It just felt like i'm in afterlife.
I joined in 2007 and I'm currently a developer on Roblox - one of my early games is even in the Roblox trailer for like half a second at 1:17 in the video. Old roblox studio was horrendous to use. I managed to hit the top game in 2007 for like a day with a crappy Pirates of the Robloxian game (which for the year and time of day, was only 20 players). Spawning parts, as you mentioned, was difficult. Most games just used free models, as did mine. It got way easier within just a year and I was building tons of experimental games using studio. Only in 2011 did I finally have a game take off - "After The Flash" - and it has been a running series since then, we're now on our 8th game in the series. 2007 Roblox was indeed super tight-knit, you could hop on a game one day and see 4 people you know, then without even friending them, see them again the next day on different games because the website was so small at the time. Games also (up until the end of 2013) didn't rely on DevEx - so games all felt like a real person's personal passion project rather than some faceless corporate money machine many top games feel like today. I pay all my living expenses using the DevEx I earn from my games nowadays, but I must admit we lost some things along the way and I don't think we'll get them back so long as we live within a fully capitalist economy - where we produce enough food to feed everyone on Earth and yet the people who own the food production want to keep it a paid service forever so they can remain wealthy and powerful. This is just the nature of this economic system we live within - it sucks the passion and life out of everything it gets its greedy hands on. All the fun things roblox has removed or shifted away from (including Tix) are pieces of this system that had to die for the sake of more profit. I'm hoping the zoomer & alpha generations can understand this crucial detail and change the world for the better. They've got my support, at least.
I'm a zoomer who joined in 2012 and I've just seen it go downhill over in the span of 11 years. Roblox fuels degenerates and pedophilia these days and so many pedo youtubers still haven't been terminated just because they're supporting every decision roblox makes. Not to mention of david bazucki possibly greenlighting the idea of having nsfw games on a block game. It's obvious at this point that they're creeps.
i think you said it wonderfully, i will play your games after work to see what they're like. always enjoy a good passion game on roblox as i feel like you always know when something is or isnt
Socialist economic analysis aside, I think you're right about the tight-knit nature of the community. I joined in September 2008 and I remember seeing the same names all the time in different games. I faded away from the game in 2012 but imo Old Roblox died probably late 2009ish when the game got too big for the 'everyone knows everyone' feel that it had when I first started.
As someone who joined in late 2016, roblox was way more fun until ~2020. The site got stale, they got rid of all the colors on the site and recently ruined the logo even further, roblox has gotten far more corporate over the years. The removal of events was the worst for me, i really liked events. even some of the last egg hunts that werent liked much across the internet, the games page isnt helpful anymore, its always the same games. the site is getting more and more boring and so are the games. I wish i got to play early roblox because it just looks SIMPLER.
As someone who joined in December 2016 I prefer new roblox but I would love to visit the old one but I'd probably get bored after 1 second bc all u had was Super hero tycoon and work at a pizza place But there are somethings that I like about old roblox the old logo and tix and the old avatar changer but for the games defiently new roblox
Just wanna note as a veteran player, Roblox Studio had a UI overhaul in 2014 that completely redid everything, and made it so much easier to use. Before 2014 I didn't touch Studio because it was too confusing, that update made it so much easier to learn and use.
I joined around 2009/2010 (I forgot I lost my old account). Things where simple and limited, you played games and made new friends. Current Roblox while good (people who make showcases and really do a damn goo job) Both eras have thier ups and downs.
Remember playing around 2008-2012 miss playing on the family computer, I was addicted to playing mall tycoon and GameStop tycoon 💀 always wanted to join builder clubs but never could buy it lol
I started playing in late 2010 Its honestly not fair to compare old technology to new technology, so the studio shouldn't count. But the games were so much better: -Every game was unique, not just an onslaught of simulators -Every game had much better play rates Website was much better too -Actually showed the most played games -Thumbnails werent misleading -Special updates to website for different holidays And finally the community was so much better too -It was actually fun to play with people -People actually made friends -GROUPS!!! FORUMS!!!
@@hasm7 Argueably yes, although .png thumbnails were a lot more prevelant back then, I'd argue it's not as bad as what I've seen from this never generation.
@@KingYoshiSurfer you're misremembering. thumbnail tricks and click bait were HORRIBLE back in the day, especially when place visits alone got you tickets
@@hasm7 I honestly don't remember ever really come across much click bait back then, give or take I never really played it all that much and only stuck around for a couple years between 2008-2010.
As a first gen Roblox user. Joined in 2008, the site was unrecognizable by mid 2014. The format changed so much it was no longer the game that I grew up loving. Nonetheless I'm happy to see people still enjoy the game today and that it's grown to be what it's become.
Coming from a 09’er I agree. For me though the golden days ended in 2014, Roblox’s game content, looks, and how it plays feels so different. There’s still a few bangers tho
pre-2016 is old roblox to me, but that’s just bc i’m old asf and have played since 2010. it’s super corporate now, and all the games are focused on being aggressively monetized rather than being genuinely engaging experiences. of course there were still monetized games back in the day, but overall it felt like people were just having fun making stuff. i’m probably just a “ro-boomer”, but it just feels so soulless now.
I tried to play roblox several times between 2013-2015 and at that time my computer was too crappy to even start the game, in 2016 i joined and even though i saw the website a few times before it didnt feel corporate at all until about late 2018, early 2019 when hints of corporate greed started to be sprinkled over the website, flashforward 2020-21 and they went full "Were bigshot executives now at roblox" all over the website.
I was 7 years old in 2012 and Roblox Studio instantly clicked with me. It just felt like a level editor. I think the ‘parts’ system of placing and extruding is an insanely intuitive form of modelling, especially when the ‘free models’ you could use were also made of the same bits.
I think in old roblox, you could feel passion and love, along with as shoots25 said, they focused on functionality and fun. Now, its all about money, or the game has so few players the developer doesn't think many people actually enjoy it, and thus the actually good games die or don't have enough players for new ones to find it. Also, I gotta say, roblox is far more laggy for me now than it was when I first made an account (which was in early 2016) Then, I'd have a nice ~30 ping, and now, on good days I have ~100 ping
What do you expect, when a company grows big. You obviously need money to give to the workers. I played since 2015 and ofc I see the diffrence between 2015 to 2023 roblox. I miss when it was simple and memorable
the term "old" is subjective, yesterday was old. i joined in 2009 and still here to this day i feel each year the platform changes more and more there isnt a definitive answer
for me, 2015 - 2018 was peak roblox for me 2015 was a perfect time for me, playing with my brother and fighting on which games to play. (he always chose vampire hunters 2) i hated vampire hunters 2 back then but nowadays its just a nostalgia trip catalog heaven, hide and seek extreme and roblox high school was also a really fun time (i play these games still to this day) 2016 was a great year for me, this is where i met my best friend that now thinks im annoying and leaves me in the shadows me and my best friend would play the crappy sonic games and murder mystery 2 together 2017 was a great year for me, this is when i found out about super simon says and was addicted to it and played it almost every day when i got home from school and flood escape 2, flood escape 2 was the place i have the most fond memories of playing with my friends, i also got introduced to flamingo and was addicted to him aswell 2018 was a good year for me but not a great one, i started playing death run and all that crap this year was cool at best sorry if this was alot but i just needed to get it off my chest, thanks for reading :)
@@neptune-q9i I always looked up ways to get infinite coins.I wish to go back to those days, our minds were much simpler back then, I just enjoyed any game. But nowadays, a game has to be up to my standards, damn I miss the good ol' days.
Nothing can replicate the magic I felt as a kid playing Roblox during 2009-2012. New Roblox may be technologically superior but its way more corporate and lacks the level of charm and community it had back in the day.
@@goo_dragonAs long as older ROBLOXians like you are still around, and if the videos and archives don't go Library of Alexandria on us, they could discover and learn of the past...
2014, 2015, and 2016 ( I joined in 2009) was insanely fun for me. I have a very nice memory of being 9 and having my parents out one night leaving me to play on my dad’s PC in the living room and playing Roblox all night while a DVD was playing in the background. It was an insanely fun night, I remember playing many roller coaster games on Roblox that night lol. 2016 and 2017 Roblox was really fun too, this was the first time I actually had friend groups play Roblox with me, and it was just too fun. This was right before depression nearly destroyed my life at 12 in 2017, but it was definitely one of the last best memories I have of older Roblox.
So true cuz i use new creator page and it is annoying and overcomplicated when u do stuffs on it it loads u multiple pages for it and the theme is all dark which makes you blind Plus the creator page isnt even customizable i dont hate modern roblox its just everything about modern is prioritizing profit over community becuz of their investors and new shareholders .
This is probably the best video detailing on old and new Roblox at the same time. While I joined in 2019 and got to experience the epitome of the website going down a wacky path, i always wonder how old Roblox felt and played like, and it's DEFINITELY more peaceful and calmer in my feel. Very great video! You deserve more attention for this :D
As a veteran Roblox player, the platform has certainly changed a tremendous amount from the time I started playing back in 2009, Roblox as a whole feels more corporate and profit oriented, and I understand to run a profitable business you must make money to keep growing the platform, it’s just sad to see the identity of what made Roblox Roblox being slowly erased. Or perhaps I’m just being nostalgic.
joined in 2011, feel like 2011-2015 were roblox's peak years. i barely even want to touch the game anymore, it feels so empty, corporate, and soulless compared to what it once was. ironically enough, as capable as the modern roblox engine is, i really liked the dumb simplicity of older roblox games a lot more, when the most fun thing was blowing everything up. every time i see roblox, i always wish we could go back to its former glory
When Roblox was first airing commercials on cartoon network back in the day that's when the platform was at it's peak. Erik Cassel was also a huge part of the platform as well and loved by many before he died.
Roblox’s progression has been a journey and seeing what new experiences are made is amazing. My problem though is how Roblox treats its own property, the moderation is awful and so many awful people get away with terrible actions. Not to mention with new large experiences comes the need for optimization.
hi, 2013 veteran here, great video, however there are some stuff missing: >oders: if you think slenders are bad now, you had no idea how bad it was back then, most popular games would have kids just dating while not playing the game, people yelling "123 (sometimes abc) for gf" at all times on chat, and if the game had a sitting tool, OOOH BOY, stuff would be way too much degenerate for me to speak of >exploits: nowadays its very rare to see exploiters now in the platform, maybe once in a full moon you will see one, but back in the day it was about 20% of time you joined a popular game, lets not forget the infamous c00lkid now >fps: in old clients of roblox the fps was a mere 30, yep, you saw it right, 30 fps locked. and people nowadays complain about the 60 fps max we now have... >forum addup: the forums were a wildwest, it was either people actually talking about stuff nicely and civilized, or pure chaos with people fighting each other all the time, plus the multiple shady links people would post there all the time >condo games: nowadays its almost impossible to see a condo game, seems like the moment they appear they instantly get terminated, back in my day, oh boy, it was plentiful, almost every month you would see 1-3 popping up on the popular games, it was hell on earth hope my memories of "old roblox" had helped! tho in one thing i do gotta agree with the other ro-boomers is that the majority of games we got now are bland, uninspired and cash grabs, but ay, maybe in the future we will get more quality games in the platform
EEEEXAACTTLYYYYYYYYYYY.. I'm not really an OG on Roblox (joined in 2018) but I see people everywhere saying that "oH mIsS tHe TiMeS wHeN oDeRs AnD sLeNdErS dIdN't eXiSt, 2017 was truly the "golden era"" and even one said that "avatar trends didn't exist". Like seriously these people probably joined in like 2021 or 2022, avatar trends and oders have always existed since the dawn of Roblox 🥱
Been playing since 2008, when I messed around with the builder on My Place I just remember laying down a ton of models I downloaded for free, including placing a Halo Warthog spawner everywhere. Most fond memories was probably 2014 when my whole neighborhood started playing Roblox. We would all hang outside and play horribly made Tycoons on our devices
I don’t really think people miss old roblox and rather, they how small and conserved the website was. In old roblox, it was so easy to find friends and people you could connect with. Now, the website is so big that you can’t find anyone to connect with. Another positive of it being small was because there was not a lot of room for garbage games, and it wasn’t about making money. I think the last creative game idea I last saw was doors, and that came out around 6 months ago. It’s all about making money to devs now, and you can see that with game variety. Almost all the big games that came out this month have been obbys, simulators or Brookhaven ripoffs. The bar is sow low for roblox games that putting in effort is something most devs don’t even do. Don’t get me wrong, there are some quality games with amazing effort put into them, but they are few and far in between. It’s just that old roblox, the goal wasn’t money, it was making games for fun, and it’s something almost no devs do anymore.
its definitely due to things like dev ex being added in 2013 that gave devs a different insentive and i feel making games with money being the first priority is just a really bad thing, sure i would like it to be a lot more about passion but its gotten to a point where multiple dev teams work on making things that need to be paid instead of justa guy making something passionate
I joined in 2015 and people BACK then were saying they missed "old roblox" lmao. The bar will always be different. Plus, I think people just miss more close, tight-knit communities. There was (most likely) a sense of intimacy and pure fun associated with being around the same people mostly, who were much more likely to share your interests. Now it's just too...big? I think ROBLOX's transformation can be a reflection of the shifting internet culture. We all say we miss the old internet, despite the glaring issues back then (easy-to-access gore, no filter, bigotry everywhere) but what we really mean is that we miss when internet content wasn't made purely for monetary gain, there were less normies on and fewer people whom you could connect to easier. Moral of the story is quality over quantity I guess.
Bigotry everywhere worked both ways, and you could openly discuss that problem with the bigots. It often led to them being... y'know, NOT bigots, rather than enforcing their world view because they weren't allowed to speak their mind. No filter was literally an upside, I don't see why people keep saying it wasn't.
As someone who joined Roblox on 2008 and it amazes how people are able to push the game engine to makes places you wouldn't think is possible. I love how the new studio made building more accessible for everyone to express their creativity. Also, the money grab casinos surprised me lmao.
I'm not sure if anyone has reached out yet regarding the mention of spawning parts - there was a Toolbox menu ("Insert" on the top left), which worked in practically the same manner as the one as in modern Studio. At least in 2008, by default, you were able to spawn a part from a multitude of colour choices, there were also some models endorsed by Roblox themselves, such as the Homestead Furniture pieces, the very ancient vehicles (the ones which you steered using separate keybinds), various billboards, etc. I would also like to add that while I agree that the Studio functionality was limited, despite this, people were able to create some cool and unique stuff using the engine! A great example of this is Clockwork's old youtube channel (palmfreak), in which he uploaded a few videos showcasing his creations with the old engine, some of which really show its uniqueness and out-of-box potential. I believe the scoring for old Studio could be higher, however, it is difficult to determine if that were the case, as we can only use archived clients (which lack a bit of the intended functionality) as reference. Aside from that, very good video, about time someone looked at this seemingly neverending debate with an objective point of view! Overall, I still consider 2007 Roblox to be a great version of the platform - mainly due to its Lego-leaning aesthetics and its simple, practical nature, but it's subjective, as I'm a user since 2008. There is no doubt, however, that modern Roblox offers a lot more possibilities, making it better in some ways, but there is also no doubt that Roblox became a lot more corporate and lost its charm too - it's really a double-edged sword.
keybinds? I remember back in 06-07 you had to click your mouse on the physical button-bricks on your car lol. I think stuff like keybinds (and custom uis) were added later
the roblox i joined in 2012 was peak. the nostalgia i get just from thinking about it, the groups i was in with our little group wars, tix, its changed so much. some good some bad. i come back every now and then but its just not the same.
for me, from 2012 to 2016 roblox was good because you would rarely find toxic, greedy limited owners and annoying players on the maps, instead, you'd mostly find players with good intentions that wanted to play and have fun. as simple as that roblox was better when it was simpler
dude never talked about the insane amount of virus and cash grab ads there were on the website back in 2013-2016. I remember how awful they were, I don't remember ever clicking on them but trying to find the right download button for the roblox client was hell and I caused multiple computers to die with malware. (I'm sorry grandpa, I never meant to ruin your brand new desktop)
I will never forget my childhood memories of playing Roblox back in 2011 and 2012. I will also never forget how much fun Roblox was in 2014-2015, which I think when it was at its peak amount of fun for me.
Joined in 2012, and I played regularly until 2016. Those days were brilliant because it was always different and new games on the front page. Everyone was cool, the games were high quality and fun, and you could actually meet people and have friends!
Great video The peak for me was 2015-2016 The games were better, the community might of had "online daters" but it's much better then it is now and the whole site layout was perfect, sadly roblox has become cooperate and keeps on removing old things for a newer audience. Sometimes I think 2017-2018 was good as well because of games like (Peak) Arsenal and Strucid but it still doesn't match 2015-16
I remember Zombies Are Attacking McDonalds (ZAAM) by Bobbysayshi , till this day that game gives me massive nostalgia, sad to see it got shutdown due to copyright reasons.
I am a roblox vet, I do not play modern roblox unless a friend really wants me to play with them. I started playing roblox back in 2009 after being told about the game and I hopped on to it and fell in love with the game, I was also playing club penguin after school and now I had a new game to try out, and it was fantastic, it's a shame because the design of the website in 2009 was in my opinion the best the site looked, you had the in between of 2007 website and the 2015 website. and for me the community, games, and how the engine and the sounds all of it was just a feeling I don't think you can ever replicate. I remember liking the sounds and the jank of the game and the work people put into the games were fantastic, although just like roblox now, understand that roblox has been plagued with copycat games and rp games since it was born, like for example 2009 was always tycoon games, lava ride down something, zombie games, and hide and seek. the events roblox made were fantastic and they were always so much fun, work at a pizza place for example had a massive change in it's design imo for the worse but that was only because the community changed around 2013. I would say the golden era in terms of games, community, functionality, and charm was 2009-2014. 2013 was when roblox tried to copy minecraft and change the water physics or whatever, and it looked off, they also were trying with new roblox avatars after the 2.0 era, which was the last good player model era. 2015 was when games started getting to be where they are now and by 2017 its pretty much been the same. I am very fortunate to have the memories of playing the games we got back then and I got a little bit of everything and I watched as this thing I grew up with got bitter and more corporate and unfortunately greedy. And the community is just cringe now. but maybe it's just because I am older now and how those who play act are how I was acting back then idk. :P
Very nice video! I feel nostalgic emotions when I watch your video. It's true, back in 2010 when I used to play Roblox, there were so many fun games. Nowadays, it feels like the games lack creativity.
I miss old Roblox. When Tix was a thing. When it wasn't supper corporate. I remember playing the game hoping it will never get popular. Once it did, it just went down hill. I will give up so much just to experience my childhood again.
Great video once again, keep it up like always man! Good to see you doing roblox stuff again, don't feel that you're forced to make these types of videos though, I'll watch any video you make man!
I joined in 2015 or 2016 I have very little memories of it until my account got deleted later in 2020 I made another account So I may not know much about old roblox but hearing about its history made me love it
2016 is the end of old roblox for me IMO. It was when roblox started caring less about fun and creativity and more about making money. Old roblox is fun, new roblox is too "perfect" and corporate.
I was there for 2007 ROBLOX and I still remember playing with my friends or strangers and I wish it could come back. P.S, 2013 Was the best for me as well.
I joined roblox in 2014 when I was 5 years old. and in my opinion 2014-2018 was one of the best experiences for me in the roblox platform. I don't know if I would consider myself as "OG " but even so I wish I could turn back time to just experience that nostalgic moment one more time
2019, game quality wise, was probably the peak for me. Arsenal was just getting really big, and at the time, I had just started playing Tower Battles. It was the point of Roblox game quality history where it wasn't *as* simulator-ridden, but still had good games that were of higher quality overall. I look back at it with rose-tinted lenses, despite my lack of knowledge of studio at the time.
late '14 roblox was my time and that brought back some insane memories of WAAPP and NDS as well as some less known games like The Plaza from 2016 onwards
don't get delusional now lol there were still plenty of bullies and trolls back then, I remember getting bullied so hard just for being a bacon hair 😂😂
Bro what Guest had to be the most useless and really it was justifiable for Roblox to remove it The only purpose of it was literally having fun you couldn’t even communicate with other players and you literally had a limited chat feature Plus they were very dumb I must remind you they always used to go on the walls in every single role-play and literally every normal game think they were controlled by three years old or bots Plus guest and bacons were literally hated at the time when they were there
Thank you for letting them know bro, me and my friend David used to play everyday at a public library damn near everyday. Over a decade ago now. Rip David, I think about our times playing often.
I live in a pretty low income area , especially back then around 2012 it was just about a whole community worth of kids that would come in and play on a bunch of computers that were there. Dozens of little kids used to be on Roblox back then hahah 😂 Crazy to look back at what I would do to go back.
Cuz ur blinded by nostalgia making u hate modern roblox , roblox doesnt care about if we complain about their past 6 years screw ups they dont care about old roblox anymore and they dont bother eradicating everything thats old they still contribute their past but not holding a regards it anymore they moved past from it and wants to evolve .
@@knife_xsonicparadoxThere's alot of click to grind games tho lmfaoooo but yea roblox games have gotten better but the wrong games are showing up on the front page. (mostly)
2015 was my favorite year, I started 2012 as guest and made an account same year, when I saw the “mad games” i got so happy bc I of the memories, ppl made games to have fun back then, it feels like new games only do it for money and no passion
A really underrated video. In my opinion, old Roblox or new Roblox just depends on the person. The reason why people say old Roblox is better because some people are blinded by nostalgia, but in reality when they actually get to play old Roblox again, the feeling would be different from their past selves. Most people that say old Roblox is better are usually new Roblox players that just heard a bunch of people said and the pros of old Roblox, but there's still a lot of cons in old Roblox just like you said. Newer Roblox just has a lot of more things to do, more advanced games, etc, while old Roblox are mostly very simple and limited. It honestly just depends on you, most people that say old Roblox is better probably won't enjoy it that much when they play it again, but some people could still enjoy it.
i totally agree with you. and yes, only people who are blinded by nostalgia say that "old roblox is better woah-oh! no oders? WOAH! no avatar trends? wOaH!!! nO SlEnDeRs?".. :/ the only thing i remember about the old roblox that I KNOW (i joined in 2018, i know not really that old) are tycoon games, "build to survive" games (those actually were really fun) and those survival the *insert random object here* games. other than that not much really has changed about roblox, such as oding, that has literally existed almost since when the game was released.. the old website was more colorful and pop though. that's what i liked about the old website :D
@@folddyy you probably had fun in those games because you were younger and you can get the old website by using extensions or something, i kinda forgot how.
“More advanced games” and all they do is try and squeeze as much money out of you as possible. Old roblox games were better because of how simple they were. Complexity is not automatically good, and considering that the simplest games are more accessible and fun, old roblox was more enjoyable compared to all the garbage pushed on the front page nowadays. Modern roblox mirrors the general gaming scene, where developers try to make an addicting game with lots of stuff to buy in order to maximize profits, while well-crafted and fun games get ignored.
@@joao34386 theres still a lot of good games on roblox, and games that you get to play with good replayability, gameplay, etc. you may say that old roblox games are better, but that doesnt mean you would feel the same when you actually compare them to modern roblox games. old roblox games are usually very basic, not very good controls, very limited features, etc. and usually old roblox games doesnt have a lot of replayability, the reason why people enjoyed it back then is because most of them are likely to be just kids, and you know kids they just have fun with any kind of games. i also bet that your current favorite game on roblox right now is a modern roblox game. so what you say about old roblox games doesnt really change what you feel about them when you actually play them now, and if you do youll most likely get bored quickly and leave.
roblox wasn't limited by any means. we had arguably so many more features then compared to now, and im talking ones that were ripped from us over the years (guests, tickets, non corporate seasonal events, clans, best friends, forums, builders club, website parties, ec).
The part where you mentioned how the cartoony persona of old roblox brought nostalgia and the new roblox looked just corporate website..... that made me cry 😢 bcz it's so true.....😢
Old Roblox feels special because we grew up with it. As we get older the more confused we become with the ever changing world. The new Roblox we find less desirable feels just as special to us as kids, to the new generation currently playing it. And one day they too will be annoying roboomers that never stop complaining about how much they miss the good old days lmao.
We dont miss old roblox. We miss being happy. I cant change the fact i have left the game for so many years and missed everything. Everyone else has moved on, and im just here, exploring a dead world i used to share with others.
2016-2020 was the fall off point. I can't pinpoint the death of "classic" roblox on the forum removal, tix removal, corpo marketing/redesign, or devEX/BC removal, but those are the major pillars of change in Roblox to today. I'd add in meshes too due to how games are radically changed, but that's more of a personal gripe than anything else, it takes away that blocky charm most games had.
I consider the end of old Roblox to be in late 2010. Around then they updated the UI and website and that’s when it started to shift slowly to what it is now.
i joined in 2007 and it was always funny to me to see people gettin nostalgic over what i thought was "the downfall" years . everyone has a different perception of it on the basis of always bein pretty darn young when they joined
its also about what they didnt experience, i find it funny to see videos from like phirfox about how people in 2013 thought 2008 was better, then people saying in 2018 that 2013-2015 was better, and now people in current times saying 2018 was better. its all a matter of perspective and collective experiences
@@stroyosh4670 You can make an argument that anything pre corporate was a better generation than the current. Corporations and the status of our economy slowly crushes the fun out of literally everything. Music, video games, TV shows, movies, and even fast food restaurants. Everything you can get with an abundance as long as you pay the price. Around 2015 is when things legitimately began to change for Roblox.
Early 2013 was the best era of roblox for me. Everything had such a distinct "roblox" feel to it. people actually talked to eachother in servers and lobbies weren't flooded by 5 year olds. The games were more like social hangouts and games weren't made to make money and they were purely fun and passion
My perspective is that “old Roblox” Is fun the thing that I call old Roblox were the times I had actual fun in Roblox for me that was 2011 to 2017 that was the fun years
A newer player's perspective (my perspective): Me personally, I don't see the appeal of "old Roblox." The timeframe of 2006-2013 on Roblox just subjectively doesn't seem as good in the quality of games and community. Since there's so many big studios and very talented and expierenced people, the games are a lot more playable. Also, since there's so many people playing, there's so many different communities of people with common and niche interests. There's just so many opportunities to meet new people on the platform as it appeals to people of all backgrounds. There may be charm and good features to "old Roblox", but I believe people are just blinded by nostalgia. I think there's also an appeal to old Roblox among people who weren't even born in the time of old Roblox because people take Roblox too seriously. Just because Roblox is very corporate, doesn't mean you still can't see it as a fun block game. If you take something too seriously, you're not going to have fun.
Exactly OG players are taking roblox too seriously and losing their mind over modernization like old roblox was their home and modern roblox a disaster that destroyed old roblox bcuz roblox want to evolve Another reason why i hate old roblox boomers cuz they take roblox seriously like a religion . Sure the website was full of life colorful ,simpler not rooms for garbage cash grab games , old internet style , unique , original . Games were fun even bad games were decent Roblox used to do livestreams but due to 2014 twitch incident and 2019 stream audio problems roblox losed to motivation of caring about the community . But nowdays 70% of community care was in the past and 90% of prioritizing profit takes the spotlight for every corporations so as roblox.
@@knife_xsonicparadoxidk man but 2015-2017 is more fun than rn nostalgia aside since the game currently we have now is either a micro transaction game or a godamm simulator game with awful plastic graphics. Most game are too grindy nor pay2 win. Mostly ppl will really look a game that was old but interesting and fun to play and most of those game are from old roblox
I first launched into Roblox in 2010. The golden era of Roblox. I feel as though the simplicity of Roblox back then was fantastic. Growing up with this game over the past 14 years, seeing how it has developed into something completely different is absolutely mind blowing. Looking back at the old homepage honestly brings a tear to my eye. And gets the nostalgia juices flowing. Getting builders club for the first time, your first limited, everything just stays. I hung my hat up for the last time a few years ago. Soley for the fact that I suppose I grow up. Roblox will forever hold a place in my heart. Simply for the old simplicity.
14:30 actually, i think roblox is not a community. The games are so big they have a community for theirself, if a games quality and audience is better/older the community would be way better!
I miss those times, it was honestly very fun until 2021, everything just changed in that year, it didn’t felt different and I felt like 2020 was decent. We had piggy. But now I might be quitting the Roblox community because im not having fun anymore, and I want to play other games.
I still remember playing it before all the monetization. I played the OG maps like desert wars and lumber tycoon. The game if you could even call it that rather than an engine was amazing! Gotta give it a try again although I know I’ll miss the old engine.
as someone who joined in early 2010, I just played ROBLOX because of the lego aesthetics that were heavily present back then :) playing each game was like unboxing a new set of legos instead of breaking the bank
ive always loved 2015-2019 roblox, it just feels like it has more life in it, it doesnt feel so soulless and corporate and roblox also didnt feel like a soulless corporation, i wish i could go back to that time, it truly was the golden age of roblox
roblox was never not soulless, they always wanted to take your money, they were always shady and greedy, people in 2008 said that roblox was going downhill, people in 2016 said roblox was going downhill, people in 2023 said roblox was going downhill.
As someone who used the 2006-2009 roblox studio client, roblox studio back then was wack dawg. You could barely make a house without the client crashing.
There's a reason 2015 was the year I really got into Roblox, I had played from time to time in 2012 but 2015 was that perfect mix of a useable interface, fun innovative games, and a incredible community. 2015 is the best year of Roblox in my opinion
I started playing in 2010 and I still keep up with this game. I would say 2013-2016 Roblox was PEAK, it had great functionality, design and technology while still having a small tight community compared to current modern Roblox.
I would want to include how old Roblox had more of a style to it. If you look at experiences today, each one looks so different and have a different feel to it, where you could say Roblox Studio really is a legit game engine. Where in old Roblox, everyone used the same physics, the same car mechanics, the same combat, and the same player movement. Games had something in common with each other where you could immediately say, "Ya, that's Roblox."
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Experiences today look different??? Ever tried playing a simulator, they use the same icons, the same font, the same ui design and even the same music
not to mention all games have the same cubic pets which don't really scream unique :)
@@Twennieh one type of game doesn't take away the fact that 2020 roblox is more creative, we have more diversity than ever before in the types of games along with overall better quality too. don't get the wrong idea, i absolutely hate almost everything about new roblox. that being said, i'm not gonna act like there hasn't been some amazing games in the past couple of years, even if they're in a sea of mediocre ones.
@@drivedonniedrive that seems to be the case pretty much, we have much more better games but there are too hard to find since the ratio is like 100 bad games for each 1 good one
@@Twennieh agreed games since 2020 is so bad, i dont understand why 150k+ players are playing boring games that are wayy too similar to another
but its definetly undeniable how crazy roblox can get when developers push it to its limits. good showcase games, that one fps game that uses meshes alot to make it a game you would find on steam. but those types of developers dont get much recognition as the first things i said in this comment
and it sucks, roblox feels alot less vibrant and cartoonish
Finally, 2015 deserved its spotlight, I say it's the golden era for me, while I joined roblox in 2012 but 2015 was just so beautiful. It just felt like i'm in afterlife.
agreed :)
Yeah it is but for myself i had more fun in like 2016-2018
I think old roblox to be 2006 to 2016
I joined in 2010 and stopped 2013, what did I miss about 2015 Roblox? What was different
@@MrRobotoYeahthen you joined in 2017
I joined in 2007 and I'm currently a developer on Roblox - one of my early games is even in the Roblox trailer for like half a second at 1:17 in the video.
Old roblox studio was horrendous to use. I managed to hit the top game in 2007 for like a day with a crappy Pirates of the Robloxian game (which for the year and time of day, was only 20 players). Spawning parts, as you mentioned, was difficult. Most games just used free models, as did mine. It got way easier within just a year and I was building tons of experimental games using studio. Only in 2011 did I finally have a game take off - "After The Flash" - and it has been a running series since then, we're now on our 8th game in the series.
2007 Roblox was indeed super tight-knit, you could hop on a game one day and see 4 people you know, then without even friending them, see them again the next day on different games because the website was so small at the time. Games also (up until the end of 2013) didn't rely on DevEx - so games all felt like a real person's personal passion project rather than some faceless corporate money machine many top games feel like today. I pay all my living expenses using the DevEx I earn from my games nowadays, but I must admit we lost some things along the way and I don't think we'll get them back so long as we live within a fully capitalist economy - where we produce enough food to feed everyone on Earth and yet the people who own the food production want to keep it a paid service forever so they can remain wealthy and powerful.
This is just the nature of this economic system we live within - it sucks the passion and life out of everything it gets its greedy hands on. All the fun things roblox has removed or shifted away from (including Tix) are pieces of this system that had to die for the sake of more profit. I'm hoping the zoomer & alpha generations can understand this crucial detail and change the world for the better. They've got my support, at least.
I'm a zoomer who joined in 2012 and I've just seen it go downhill over in the span of 11 years. Roblox fuels degenerates and pedophilia these days and so many pedo youtubers still haven't been terminated just because they're supporting every decision roblox makes. Not to mention of david bazucki possibly greenlighting the idea of having nsfw games on a block game. It's obvious at this point that they're creeps.
I used to love playing after the flash. One of the better quality games on there back when I played
i think you said it wonderfully, i will play your games after work to see what they're like. always enjoy a good passion game on roblox as i feel like you always know when something is or isnt
Socialist economic analysis aside, I think you're right about the tight-knit nature of the community. I joined in September 2008 and I remember seeing the same names all the time in different games. I faded away from the game in 2012 but imo Old Roblox died probably late 2009ish when the game got too big for the 'everyone knows everyone' feel that it had when I first started.
Omg, I loved playing after the flash: darkness all the time back in the day! Thanks for the fun times :)
As someone who joined in late 2016, roblox was way more fun until ~2020. The site got stale, they got rid of all the colors on the site and recently ruined the logo even further, roblox has gotten far more corporate over the years. The removal of events was the worst for me, i really liked events. even some of the last egg hunts that werent liked much across the internet, the games page isnt helpful anymore, its always the same games. the site is getting more and more boring and so are the games. I wish i got to play early roblox because it just looks SIMPLER.
As someone who joined in December 2016 I prefer new roblox but I would love to visit the old one but I'd probably get bored after 1 second bc all u had was Super hero tycoon and work at a pizza place But there are somethings that I like about old roblox the old logo and tix and the old avatar changer but for the games defiently new roblox
everythng was fine until 2020
@count_noobie yeah I mean there aren't many bad things now just the updates
They got rid of events?? What the fuck???
@@thumtak_ i never knew that
Just wanna note as a veteran player, Roblox Studio had a UI overhaul in 2014 that completely redid everything, and made it so much easier to use. Before 2014 I didn't touch Studio because it was too confusing, that update made it so much easier to learn and use.
ALL HAIL THE STAMP TOOL
I joined around 2009/2010 (I forgot I lost my old account). Things where simple and limited, you played games and made new friends. Current Roblox while good (people who make showcases and really do a damn goo job) Both eras have thier ups and downs.
Finally fax because Roblox was not for kids in 2009 it was for young teenagers
Same I lost my old 2015 account
Remember playing around 2008-2012 miss playing on the family computer, I was addicted to playing mall tycoon and GameStop tycoon 💀 always wanted to join builder clubs but never could buy it lol
I started playing in late 2010
Its honestly not fair to compare old technology to new technology, so the studio shouldn't count.
But the games were so much better:
-Every game was unique, not just an onslaught of simulators
-Every game had much better play rates
Website was much better too
-Actually showed the most played games
-Thumbnails werent misleading
-Special updates to website for different holidays
And finally the community was so much better too
-It was actually fun to play with people
-People actually made friends
-GROUPS!!! FORUMS!!!
thumbnails weren't misleading? seriously?
@@hasm7 Argueably yes, although .png thumbnails were a lot more prevelant back then, I'd argue it's not as bad as what I've seen from this never generation.
@@KingYoshiSurfer you're misremembering. thumbnail tricks and click bait were HORRIBLE back in the day, especially when place visits alone got you tickets
@@hasm7 I honestly don't remember ever really come across much click bait back then, give or take I never really played it all that much and only stuck around for a couple years between 2008-2010.
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As a first gen Roblox user. Joined in 2008, the site was unrecognizable by mid 2014. The format changed so much it was no longer the game that I grew up loving. Nonetheless I'm happy to see people still enjoy the game today and that it's grown to be what it's become.
Coming from a 09’er I agree. For me though the golden days ended in 2014, Roblox’s game content, looks, and how it plays feels so different. There’s still a few bangers tho
would you say 2014 was a good year too? or was it just ok at best
pre-2016 is old roblox to me, but that’s just bc i’m old asf and have played since 2010. it’s super corporate now, and all the games are focused on being aggressively monetized rather than being genuinely engaging experiences. of course there were still monetized games back in the day, but overall it felt like people were just having fun making stuff. i’m probably just a “ro-boomer”, but it just feels so soulless now.
No no, I think it's gone coporate too, and I joined in 2015!
I tried to play roblox several times between 2013-2015 and at that time my computer was too crappy to even start the game, in 2016 i joined and even though i saw the website a few times before it didnt feel corporate at all until about late 2018, early 2019 when hints of corporate greed started to be sprinkled over the website, flashforward 2020-21 and they went full "Were bigshot executives now at roblox" all over the website.
I was 7 years old in 2012 and Roblox Studio instantly clicked with me. It just felt like a level editor. I think the ‘parts’ system of placing and extruding is an insanely intuitive form of modelling, especially when the ‘free models’ you could use were also made of the same bits.
I'm so young lool cuz I was 1 ya....I'm 12 😭 I'm a fetus
I think in old roblox, you could feel passion and love, along with as shoots25 said, they focused on functionality and fun.
Now, its all about money, or the game has so few players the developer doesn't think many people actually enjoy it, and thus the actually good games die or don't have enough players for new ones to find it.
Also, I gotta say, roblox is far more laggy for me now than it was when I first made an account (which was in early 2016)
Then, I'd have a nice ~30 ping, and now, on good days I have ~100 ping
What do you expect, when a company grows big. You obviously need money to give to the workers. I played since 2015 and ofc I see the diffrence between 2015 to 2023 roblox. I miss when it was simple and memorable
the term "old" is subjective, yesterday was old.
i joined in 2009 and still here to this day
i feel each year the platform changes more and more
there isnt a definitive answer
well said
for me, 2015 - 2018 was peak roblox for me
2015 was a perfect time for me, playing with my brother and fighting on which games to play. (he always chose vampire hunters 2)
i hated vampire hunters 2 back then but nowadays its just a nostalgia trip
catalog heaven, hide and seek extreme and roblox high school was also a really fun time (i play these games still to this day)
2016 was a great year for me, this is where i met my best friend that now thinks im annoying and leaves me in the shadows
me and my best friend would play the crappy sonic games and murder mystery 2 together
2017 was a great year for me, this is when i found out about super simon says and was addicted to it and played it almost every day when i got home from school
and flood escape 2, flood escape 2 was the place i have the most fond memories of playing with my friends, i also got introduced to flamingo and was addicted to him aswell
2018 was a good year for me but not a great one, i started playing death run and all that crap
this year was cool at best
sorry if this was alot but i just needed to get it off my chest, thanks for reading :)
Tbh 2017 egghunt (imo) was literally one of the best times of my life, socializing, finding eggs with my friends, it was peak fun.
@@herbert850I remember being little and grinding meep city trying to get the best houses. Simpler times man.
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@@neptune-q9i I always looked up ways to get infinite coins.I wish to go back to those days, our minds were much simpler back then, I just enjoyed any game. But nowadays, a game has to be up to my standards, damn I miss the good ol' days.
Oh same here
Also that's when I joined
I miss those times
Nothing can replicate the magic I felt as a kid playing Roblox during 2009-2012. New Roblox may be technologically superior but its way more corporate and lacks the level of charm and community it had back in the day.
I joined in 2008 and played til 2012. These kids have no idea what they missed out on...
seeing the way the community is nowadays makes me want to bring back the frost packages
@@goo_dragonAs long as older ROBLOXians like you are still around, and if the videos and archives don't go Library of Alexandria on us, they could discover and learn of the past...
2014, 2015, and 2016 ( I joined in 2009) was insanely fun for me. I have a very nice memory of being 9 and having my parents out one night leaving me to play on my dad’s PC in the living room and playing Roblox all night while a DVD was playing in the background. It was an insanely fun night, I remember playing many roller coaster games on Roblox that night lol. 2016 and 2017 Roblox was really fun too, this was the first time I actually had friend groups play Roblox with me, and it was just too fun. This was right before depression nearly destroyed my life at 12 in 2017, but it was definitely one of the last best memories I have of older Roblox.
You joined roblox at 4 years old?
I also joined when I was 4- but I joined in 2010 😂.. I can relate lol
2014-2016 was the Stufflovethings paper train era that went to a sudden stop in 2017.
15:35 this just made me realize that roblox is basically the OASIS from Ready Player One but with no VR
there is one thing we can all agree on
the new creator page is garbage
it is tho.
So true cuz i use new creator page and it is annoying and overcomplicated when u do stuffs on it it loads u multiple pages for it and the theme is all dark which makes you blind
Plus the creator page isnt even customizable i dont hate modern roblox its just everything about modern is prioritizing profit over community becuz of their investors and new shareholders .
fr I keep getting lost xd
I feel like 2016 was the year Roblox started to transition from “Old Roblox” to what it is today
nah not really, more like 2018 at least
late 2014
@@iiCounted-op5jxcuz you started in 2018
I would argue that old roblox started fading away in around 2012-2013 and was gone by 2014 when the DevEx scheme came in.
Id say 2016-2020 where fun but thats also the start of never wnding problems to roblox that affected the game itself.
This is probably the best video detailing on old and new Roblox at the same time. While I joined in 2019 and got to experience the epitome of the website going down a wacky path, i always wonder how old Roblox felt and played like, and it's DEFINITELY more peaceful and calmer in my feel.
Very great video! You deserve more attention for this :D
Yeah I am a 2016 goober I think 2015-2019 and or 20 werethe best because fora bit it was good but just now it's kinda gone down hill
Also people were way more fun and nice now its just didnt ask dont care L like old roblox has way better people@@dNorsh
old roblox has always been interesting to me
also I heard calzonification lol
@@astrelalex8360and a lot more pizza tower music
Fire
Yeah definitely
Same
Memes, no thanks, I just proud to be part of good old glory days.
As a veteran Roblox player, the platform has certainly changed a tremendous amount from the time I started playing back in 2009, Roblox as a whole feels more corporate and profit oriented, and I understand to run a profitable business you must make money to keep growing the platform, it’s just sad to see the identity of what made Roblox Roblox being slowly erased. Or perhaps I’m just being nostalgic.
I COMPLETELY AGREE
joined in 2011, feel like 2011-2015 were roblox's peak years.
i barely even want to touch the game anymore, it feels so empty, corporate, and soulless compared to what it once was.
ironically enough, as capable as the modern roblox engine is, i really liked the dumb simplicity of older roblox games a lot more, when the most fun thing was blowing everything up.
every time i see roblox, i always wish we could go back to its former glory
When Roblox was first airing commercials on cartoon network back in the day that's when the platform was at it's peak.
Erik Cassel was also a huge part of the platform as well and loved by many before he died.
Roblox’s progression has been a journey and seeing what new experiences are made is amazing. My problem though is how Roblox treats its own property, the moderation is awful and so many awful people get away with terrible actions. Not to mention with new large experiences comes the need for optimization.
Very true. If they just focused a LITTLE MORE on moderating things like UGC roblox would be so much better.
2020 was best year for me, after 2020 roblox started focusing on rthro, money and started removing stuff we love
hi, 2013 veteran here, great video, however there are some stuff missing:
>oders: if you think slenders are bad now, you had no idea how bad it was back then, most popular games would have kids just dating while not playing the game, people yelling "123 (sometimes abc) for gf" at all times on chat, and if the game had a sitting tool, OOOH BOY, stuff would be way too much degenerate for me to speak of
>exploits: nowadays its very rare to see exploiters now in the platform, maybe once in a full moon you will see one, but back in the day it was about 20% of time you joined a popular game, lets not forget the infamous c00lkid now
>fps: in old clients of roblox the fps was a mere 30, yep, you saw it right, 30 fps locked. and people nowadays complain about the 60 fps max we now have...
>forum addup: the forums were a wildwest, it was either people actually talking about stuff nicely and civilized, or pure chaos with people fighting each other all the time, plus the multiple shady links people would post there all the time
>condo games: nowadays its almost impossible to see a condo game, seems like the moment they appear they instantly get terminated, back in my day, oh boy, it was plentiful, almost every month you would see 1-3 popping up on the popular games, it was hell on earth
hope my memories of "old roblox" had helped! tho in one thing i do gotta agree with the other ro-boomers is that the majority of games we got now are bland, uninspired and cash grabs, but ay, maybe in the future we will get more quality games in the platform
EEEEXAACTTLYYYYYYYYYYY.. I'm not really an OG on Roblox (joined in 2018) but I see people everywhere saying that "oH mIsS tHe TiMeS wHeN oDeRs AnD sLeNdErS dIdN't eXiSt, 2017 was truly the "golden era"" and even one said that "avatar trends didn't exist". Like seriously these people probably joined in like 2021 or 2022, avatar trends and oders have always existed since the dawn of Roblox 🥱
Did you SEE what was happening in MeepCity parties?
Been playing since 2008, when I messed around with the builder on My Place I just remember laying down a ton of models I downloaded for free, including placing a Halo Warthog spawner everywhere.
Most fond memories was probably 2014 when my whole neighborhood started playing Roblox. We would all hang outside and play horribly made Tycoons on our devices
Can't rel8, 90% of my neighborhood are old people
I don’t really think people miss old roblox and rather, they how small and conserved the website was. In old roblox, it was so easy to find friends and people you could connect with. Now, the website is so big that you can’t find anyone to connect with. Another positive of it being small was because there was not a lot of room for garbage games, and it wasn’t about making money. I think the last creative game idea I last saw was doors, and that came out around 6 months ago. It’s all about making money to devs now, and you can see that with game variety. Almost all the big games that came out this month have been obbys, simulators or Brookhaven ripoffs. The bar is sow low for roblox games that putting in effort is something most devs don’t even do. Don’t get me wrong, there are some quality games with amazing effort put into them, but they are few and far in between. It’s just that old roblox, the goal wasn’t money, it was making games for fun, and it’s something almost no devs do anymore.
I liked the games back then
its definitely due to things like dev ex being added in 2013 that gave devs a different insentive and i feel making games with money being the first priority is just a really bad thing, sure i would like it to be a lot more about passion but its gotten to a point where multiple dev teams work on making things that need to be paid instead of justa guy making something passionate
Haunt: Am I a joke to you?
I joined in 2015 and people BACK then were saying they missed "old roblox" lmao. The bar will always be different.
Plus, I think people just miss more close, tight-knit communities. There was (most likely) a sense of intimacy and pure fun associated with being around the same people mostly, who were much more likely to share your interests. Now it's just too...big?
I think ROBLOX's transformation can be a reflection of the shifting internet culture. We all say we miss the old internet, despite the glaring issues back then (easy-to-access gore, no filter, bigotry everywhere) but what we really mean is that we miss when internet content wasn't made purely for monetary gain, there were less normies on and fewer people whom you could connect to easier.
Moral of the story is quality over quantity I guess.
Same joined in 2015
Bigotry everywhere worked both ways, and you could openly discuss that problem with the bigots. It often led to them being... y'know, NOT bigots, rather than enforcing their world view because they weren't allowed to speak their mind.
No filter was literally an upside, I don't see why people keep saying it wasn't.
It's also just 15 year olds being nostalgic about being 8
I joined in 2010 so I cannot relate- but I can agree I was one of those kids…. 🤓
As someone who joined Roblox on 2008 and it amazes how people are able to push the game engine to makes places you wouldn't think is possible. I love how the new studio made building more accessible for everyone to express their creativity. Also, the money grab casinos surprised me lmao.
I still remember making my account. April 20th, 2008, remember playing a demolition derby game. Still pop on from time to time for nostalgia's sake.
I played 2012 to 2015. It was so innocent back then and we all hung out doing tycoons or social games
I'm not sure if anyone has reached out yet regarding the mention of spawning parts - there was a Toolbox menu ("Insert" on the top left), which worked in practically the same manner as the one as in modern Studio. At least in 2008, by default, you were able to spawn a part from a multitude of colour choices, there were also some models endorsed by Roblox themselves, such as the Homestead Furniture pieces, the very ancient vehicles (the ones which you steered using separate keybinds), various billboards, etc.
I would also like to add that while I agree that the Studio functionality was limited, despite this, people were able to create some cool and unique stuff using the engine! A great example of this is Clockwork's old youtube channel (palmfreak), in which he uploaded a few videos showcasing his creations with the old engine, some of which really show its uniqueness and out-of-box potential. I believe the scoring for old Studio could be higher, however, it is difficult to determine if that were the case, as we can only use archived clients (which lack a bit of the intended functionality) as reference.
Aside from that, very good video, about time someone looked at this seemingly neverending debate with an objective point of view! Overall, I still consider 2007 Roblox to be a great version of the platform - mainly due to its Lego-leaning aesthetics and its simple, practical nature, but it's subjective, as I'm a user since 2008. There is no doubt, however, that modern Roblox offers a lot more possibilities, making it better in some ways, but there is also no doubt that Roblox became a lot more corporate and lost its charm too - it's really a double-edged sword.
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keybinds? I remember back in 06-07 you had to click your mouse on the physical button-bricks on your car lol. I think stuff like keybinds (and custom uis) were added later
I dont quite remember if clicking buttons was there from the start either, i think at some point you could activate a button by standing on it
the roblox i joined in 2012 was peak. the nostalgia i get just from thinking about it, the groups i was in with our little group wars, tix, its changed so much. some good some bad. i come back every now and then but its just not the same.
i miss 2015 - 2020 ROBLOX, such good times
i think there should be a roblox community that search for good roblox games and inde games
for me, from 2012 to 2016 roblox was good because you would rarely find toxic, greedy limited owners and annoying players on the maps, instead, you'd mostly find players with good intentions that wanted to play and have fun. as simple as that
roblox was better when it was simpler
dude never talked about the insane amount of virus and cash grab ads there were on the website back in 2013-2016. I remember how awful they were, I don't remember ever clicking on them but trying to find the right download button for the roblox client was hell and I caused multiple computers to die with malware. (I'm sorry grandpa, I never meant to ruin your brand new desktop)
I will never forget my childhood memories of playing Roblox back in 2011 and 2012. I will also never forget how much fun Roblox was in 2014-2015, which I think when it was at its peak amount of fun for me.
I joined Roblox back in 2016 and for me that's nostalgic and I could go back to that time
I joined on 2015 when , I was 4 years old I think Roblox just change over years and does not feel the same anymore now.
joined originally in 2009 and I wouldn’t go back if I could. The games now are so polished that it easily beats old roblox.
Joined in 2012, and I played regularly until 2016. Those days were brilliant because it was always different and new games on the front page. Everyone was cool, the games were high quality and fun, and you could actually meet people and have friends!
5 year old kid joined 2 weeks ago:
Ah yes, good old days
i miss May 28th 2023
Is it wrong to envy the past?
@@captainszasz5836 no im just saying that people joined 2 weeks just pretend he is a 10 year roblox player
2014-15 roblox was my favorite years as a 2012 veteran a good combination of nostalgia and game scripting starting to hit its stride
as a 2015 user I can agree with this by 100 percent to 1000 percent.
Great video
The peak for me was 2015-2016
The games were better, the community might of had "online daters" but it's much better then it is now and the whole site layout was perfect, sadly roblox has become cooperate and keeps on removing old things for a newer audience.
Sometimes I think 2017-2018 was good as well because of games like (Peak) Arsenal and Strucid but it still doesn't match 2015-16
I remember Zombies Are Attacking McDonalds (ZAAM) by Bobbysayshi , till this day that game gives me massive nostalgia, sad to see it got shutdown due to copyright reasons.
I am a roblox vet, I do not play modern roblox unless a friend really wants me to play with them. I started playing roblox back in 2009 after being told about the game and I hopped on to it and fell in love with the game, I was also playing club penguin after school and now I had a new game to try out, and it was fantastic, it's a shame because the design of the website in 2009 was in my opinion the best the site looked, you had the in between of 2007 website and the 2015 website. and for me the community, games, and how the engine and the sounds all of it was just a feeling I don't think you can ever replicate. I remember liking the sounds and the jank of the game and the work people put into the games were fantastic, although just like roblox now, understand that roblox has been plagued with copycat games and rp games since it was born, like for example 2009 was always tycoon games, lava ride down something, zombie games, and hide and seek. the events roblox made were fantastic and they were always so much fun, work at a pizza place for example had a massive change in it's design imo for the worse but that was only because the community changed around 2013. I would say the golden era in terms of games, community, functionality, and charm was 2009-2014. 2013 was when roblox tried to copy minecraft and change the water physics or whatever, and it looked off, they also were trying with new roblox avatars after the 2.0 era, which was the last good player model era. 2015 was when games started getting to be where they are now and by 2017 its pretty much been the same.
I am very fortunate to have the memories of playing the games we got back then and I got a little bit of everything and I watched as this thing I grew up with got bitter and more corporate and unfortunately greedy. And the community is just cringe now. but maybe it's just because I am older now and how those who play act are how I was acting back then idk. :P
Probably a new favorite video from you. Everything flows well, your points are great, and everything feels professional yet so charming, great job!
HELLO AGRO!!!
@@ImBadAtNamingThings Hello
Very nice video! I feel nostalgic emotions when I watch your video. It's true, back in 2010 when I used to play Roblox, there were so many fun games. Nowadays, it feels like the games lack creativity.
“You don’t miss old roblox, you miss being happy” - flamingo
Didnt kreek say that
I miss old Roblox. When Tix was a thing. When it wasn't supper corporate. I remember playing the game hoping it will never get popular. Once it did, it just went down hill. I will give up so much just to experience my childhood again.
I'm in the same boat. It was perfect.
Great video once again, keep it up like always man! Good to see you doing roblox stuff again, don't feel that you're forced to make these types of videos though, I'll watch any video you make man!
Ill never forget the frequent studio crashes that made me lose multiple hours of hard work back in 08, great memories
i started roblox in 2010 and i can’t believe roblox changed so much 😢😢
I joined in 2015 or 2016 I have very little memories of it until my account got deleted
later in 2020 I made another account
So I may not know much about old roblox but hearing about its history made me love it
2016 is the end of old roblox for me IMO. It was when roblox started caring less about fun and creativity and more about making money. Old roblox is fun, new roblox is too "perfect" and corporate.
2:26
Such wise words
I was there for 2007 ROBLOX and I still remember playing with my friends or strangers and I wish it could come back.
P.S, 2013 Was the best for me as well.
I miss knowing most people back then, specially the forumers
facts
I joined roblox in 2014 when I was 5 years old. and in my opinion 2014-2018 was one of the best experiences for me in the roblox platform. I don't know if I would consider myself as "OG " but even so I wish I could turn back time to just experience that nostalgic moment one more time
2019, game quality wise, was probably the peak for me. Arsenal was just getting really big, and at the time, I had just started playing Tower Battles. It was the point of Roblox game quality history where it wasn't *as* simulator-ridden, but still had good games that were of higher quality overall. I look back at it with rose-tinted lenses, despite my lack of knowledge of studio at the time.
U forgot the speed simulatiors that were rife in 2018
late '14 roblox was my time and that brought back some insane memories of WAAPP and NDS as well as some less known games like The Plaza from 2016 onwards
I miss when everyone was nice not toxic to everybody :(
don't get delusional now lol there were still plenty of bullies and trolls back then, I remember getting bullied so hard just for being a bacon hair 😂😂
@@iiCounted-op5jxFR. Everyone was shitting on bacon hairs in 2016-17 and those people with fake nostalgia say that everyone was nice back then
this is the most out of touch comment ive ever seen
imo 2017 was the prime year for roblox, it was the bets blend of advanced games, creative games, and best community
I like to think old Roblox life support was pulled when they removed the guest feature
Bro what Guest had to be the most useless and really it was justifiable for Roblox to remove it The only purpose of it was literally having fun you couldn’t even communicate with other players and you literally had a limited chat feature Plus they were very dumb I must remind you they always used to go on the walls in every single role-play and literally every normal game think they were controlled by three years old or bots Plus guest and bacons were literally hated at the time when they were there
@@You-zo3inAlso, exploiters would abuse Guests to exploit in games without worry about getting banned.
@@You-zo3inWouldn't you want to try out a game before making an account for it?
@@AwesomeYena I mean when I joined Roblox I just made a account without trying the game. But maybe IG
Thank you for letting them know bro, me and my friend David used to play everyday at a public library damn near everyday. Over a decade ago now. Rip David, I think about our times playing often.
I live in a pretty low income area , especially back then around 2012 it was just about a whole community worth of kids that would come in and play on a bunch of computers that were there. Dozens of little kids used to be on Roblox back then hahah 😂
Crazy to look back at what I would do to go back.
It's not the game itself that is worse now, It is the community.
Cuz ur blinded by nostalgia making u hate modern roblox , roblox doesnt care about if we complain about their past 6 years screw ups they dont care about old roblox anymore and they dont bother eradicating everything thats old they still contribute their past but not holding a regards it anymore they moved past from it and wants to evolve .
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I don't hate modern roblox, I just wish pokemon games didn't get banned cause all my progress is now gone
@@knife_xsonicparadoxThere's alot of click to grind games tho lmfaoooo but yea roblox games have gotten better but the wrong games are showing up on the front page. (mostly)
@@knife_xsonicparadoxnvm there's some interesting games on the front page just checked lol
2015 was my favorite year, I started 2012 as guest and made an account same year, when I saw the “mad games” i got so happy bc I of the memories, ppl made games to have fun back then, it feels like new games only do it for money and no passion
A really underrated video.
In my opinion, old Roblox or new Roblox just depends on the person. The reason why people say old Roblox is better because some people are blinded by nostalgia, but in reality when they actually get to play old Roblox again, the feeling would be different from their past selves. Most people that say old Roblox is better are usually new Roblox players that just heard a bunch of people said and the pros of old Roblox, but there's still a lot of cons in old Roblox just like you said. Newer Roblox just has a lot of more things to do, more advanced games, etc, while old Roblox are mostly very simple and limited. It honestly just depends on you, most people that say old Roblox is better probably won't enjoy it that much when they play it again, but some people could still enjoy it.
i totally agree with you.
and yes, only people who are blinded by nostalgia say that "old roblox is better woah-oh! no oders? WOAH! no avatar trends? wOaH!!! nO SlEnDeRs?".. :/
the only thing i remember about the old roblox that I KNOW (i joined in 2018, i know not really that old) are tycoon games, "build to survive" games (those actually were really fun) and those survival the *insert random object here* games. other than that not much really has changed about roblox, such as oding, that has literally existed almost since when the game was released..
the old website was more colorful and pop though. that's what i liked about the old website :D
@@folddyy you probably had fun in those games because you were younger and you can get the old website by using extensions or something, i kinda forgot how.
“More advanced games” and all they do is try and squeeze as much money out of you as possible.
Old roblox games were better because of how simple they were. Complexity is not automatically good, and considering that the simplest games are more accessible and fun, old roblox was more enjoyable compared to all the garbage pushed on the front page nowadays.
Modern roblox mirrors the general gaming scene, where developers try to make an addicting game with lots of stuff to buy in order to maximize profits, while well-crafted and fun games get ignored.
@@joao34386 theres still a lot of good games on roblox, and games that you get to play with good replayability, gameplay, etc.
you may say that old roblox games are better, but that doesnt mean you would feel the same when you actually compare them to modern roblox games. old roblox games are usually very basic, not very good controls, very limited features, etc. and usually old roblox games doesnt have a lot of replayability, the reason why people enjoyed it back then is because most of them are likely to be just kids, and you know kids they just have fun with any kind of games. i also bet that your current favorite game on roblox right now is a modern roblox game. so what you say about old roblox games doesnt really change what you feel about them when you actually play them now, and if you do youll most likely get bored quickly and leave.
roblox wasn't limited by any means. we had arguably so many more features then compared to now, and im talking ones that were ripped from us over the years (guests, tickets, non corporate seasonal events, clans, best friends, forums, builders club, website parties, ec).
The part where you mentioned how the cartoony persona of old roblox brought nostalgia and the new roblox looked just corporate website..... that made me cry 😢 bcz it's so true.....😢
Old Roblox feels special because we grew up with it. As we get older the more confused we become with the ever changing world. The new Roblox we find less desirable feels just as special to us as kids, to the new generation currently playing it. And one day they too will be annoying roboomers that never stop complaining about how much they miss the good old days lmao.
As a 2014 player, I also agree that 2014-2016 was old Roblox
We dont miss old roblox. We miss being happy. I cant change the fact i have left the game for so many years and missed everything. Everyone else has moved on, and im just here, exploring a dead world i used to share with others.
2016-2020 was the fall off point. I can't pinpoint the death of "classic" roblox on the forum removal, tix removal, corpo marketing/redesign, or devEX/BC removal, but those are the major pillars of change in Roblox to today. I'd add in meshes too due to how games are radically changed, but that's more of a personal gripe than anything else, it takes away that blocky charm most games had.
if roblox servers destroy servers destroy old roblox servers, how come they removed servers in australia? (thats a way to deny it)
I consider the end of old Roblox to be in late 2010. Around then they updated the UI and website and that’s when it started to shift slowly to what it is now.
0:57 what game is this??
become a parkour ninja
@@coolman_1128 I was gonna say that
@@MrRobles-r1mme to🤯🤯🤯🤯💅
i joined in 2007 and it was always funny to me to see people gettin nostalgic over what i thought was "the downfall" years . everyone has a different perception of it on the basis of always bein pretty darn young when they joined
its also about what they didnt experience, i find it funny to see videos from like phirfox about how people in 2013 thought 2008 was better, then people saying in 2018 that 2013-2015 was better, and now people in current times saying 2018 was better.
its all a matter of perspective and collective experiences
@@stroyosh4670 You can make an argument that anything pre corporate was a better generation than the current. Corporations and the status of our economy slowly crushes the fun out of literally everything. Music, video games, TV shows, movies, and even fast food restaurants. Everything you can get with an abundance as long as you pay the price. Around 2015 is when things legitimately began to change for Roblox.
“You dont miss old Roblox you miss being happy” - wise man said
i miss both
Not true
Early 2013 was the best era of roblox for me. Everything had such a distinct "roblox" feel to it. people actually talked to eachother in servers and lobbies weren't flooded by 5 year olds. The games were more like social hangouts and games weren't made to make money and they were purely fun and passion
we consider old roblox to be better due to the the amount of newer kids who have joined the game and have made it unfun and cringy
Yeah but it wont bring back the old days at all old roblox s'purpose was also to match the year
the 'old' players now we're kids back then as well, I remember being a stupid and frankly annoying 9 year old in 2014.
My perspective is that “old Roblox” Is fun the thing that I call old Roblox were the times I had actual fun in Roblox for me that was 2011 to 2017 that was the fun years
A newer player's perspective (my perspective):
Me personally, I don't see the appeal of "old Roblox." The timeframe of 2006-2013 on Roblox just subjectively doesn't seem as good in the quality of games and community. Since there's so many big studios and very talented and expierenced people, the games are a lot more playable. Also, since there's so many people playing, there's so many different communities of people with common and niche interests. There's just so many opportunities to meet new people on the platform as it appeals to people of all backgrounds. There may be charm and good features to "old Roblox", but I believe people are just blinded by nostalgia. I think there's also an appeal to old Roblox among people who weren't even born in the time of old Roblox because people take Roblox too seriously. Just because Roblox is very corporate, doesn't mean you still can't see it as a fun block game. If you take something too seriously, you're not going to have fun.
Exactly OG players are taking roblox too seriously and losing their mind over modernization like old roblox was their home and modern roblox a disaster that destroyed old roblox bcuz roblox want to evolve
Another reason why i hate old roblox boomers cuz they take roblox seriously like a religion .
Sure the website was full of life colorful ,simpler not rooms for garbage cash grab games , old internet style , unique , original .
Games were fun even bad games were decent
Roblox used to do livestreams but due to 2014 twitch incident and 2019 stream audio problems roblox losed to motivation of caring about the community .
But nowdays 70% of community care was in the past and 90% of prioritizing profit takes the spotlight for every corporations so as roblox.
@@knife_xsonicparadoxidk man but 2015-2017 is more fun than rn nostalgia aside since the game currently we have now is either a micro transaction game or a godamm simulator game with awful plastic graphics. Most game are too grindy nor pay2 win. Mostly ppl will really look a game that was old but interesting and fun to play and most of those game are from old roblox
In short greed for money destroyed Roblox with trash updates everytime
from creation to 2011 was old roblox, 2011 to 2013 was prime roblox, 2013 to 2016 was the golden age of roblox, and 2016 to now is modern roblox
I first launched into Roblox in 2010. The golden era of Roblox.
I feel as though the simplicity of Roblox back then was fantastic. Growing up with this game over the past 14 years, seeing how it has developed into something completely different is absolutely mind blowing.
Looking back at the old homepage honestly brings a tear to my eye. And gets the nostalgia juices flowing.
Getting builders club for the first time, your first limited, everything just stays.
I hung my hat up for the last time a few years ago. Soley for the fact that I suppose I grow up.
Roblox will forever hold a place in my heart. Simply for the old simplicity.
14:30 actually, i think roblox is not a community. The games are so big they have a community for theirself, if a games quality and audience is better/older the community would be way better!
I miss those times, it was honestly very fun until 2021, everything just changed in that year, it didn’t felt different and I felt like 2020 was decent. We had piggy. But now I might be quitting the Roblox community because im not having fun anymore, and I want to play other games.
gen alpha moment
Great video. As a 2009 robloxian still active to this day, I enjoyed it a lot! :)
as a mid 2017 player, it was endless.
escape granny’s house obby, sis vs bro, work at a pizza place,
good times
Hillarious how 2015 had much less stuff in catalog to work with but the avatars were much more diverse
I still remember playing it before all the monetization. I played the OG maps like desert wars and lumber tycoon. The game if you could even call it that rather than an engine was amazing! Gotta give it a try again although I know I’ll miss the old engine.
you forgot to mention that they culled 90% of the audio for studio
i think from 2015 onward people have always said they missed old roblox, it is just something thats always there no matter the date
as someone who joined in early 2010, I just played ROBLOX because of the lego aesthetics that were heavily present back then :) playing each game was like unboxing a new set of legos instead of breaking the bank
ive always loved 2015-2019 roblox, it just feels like it has more life in it, it doesnt feel so soulless and corporate and roblox also didnt feel like a soulless corporation, i wish i could go back to that time, it truly was the golden age of roblox
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roblox was never not soulless, they always wanted to take your money, they were always shady and greedy, people in 2008 said that roblox was going downhill, people in 2016 said roblox was going downhill, people in 2023 said roblox was going downhill.
I get the most nostalgia from 2009-2012 Roblox
As someone who used the 2006-2009 roblox studio client, roblox studio back then was wack dawg. You could barely make a house without the client crashing.
2008 for me was old roblox and i loved it
I started playing in 2009 and I’ve been playing it since, the community didn’t feel so serious back then.
There's a reason 2015 was the year I really got into Roblox, I had played from time to time in 2012 but 2015 was that perfect mix of a useable interface, fun innovative games, and a incredible community. 2015 is the best year of Roblox in my opinion
I started playing in 2010 and I still keep up with this game. I would say 2013-2016 Roblox was PEAK, it had great functionality, design and technology while still having a small tight community compared to current modern Roblox.