The Manipulative Design of Roblox
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With over 200 million monthly players, Roblox is one of the most popular games in the entire world… and I just kinda wanted to know what’s going on over there. And now I wish I didn’t.
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Music:
Dark Rebirth - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Sound Test - Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Blood of Villain - Persona 5
Sanctuary Guardian - Earthbound
During the Exams - Persona 3
Hub World - Robot 64 (Roblox)
Dawn of the Doors - Doors (Roblox)
Creative Exercise - Mario Paint
StreetPass Mii Plaza Theme - Nintendo 3DS
Shop ‘N Squirtle - Pokémon Channel
Liberator’s Hideout - Shin Megami Tensei Dx2
Game Over - Super Mario World
Hateno School - Tears of the Kingdom
Main Theme - Elden Ring
Windmill Isle (Night) - Sonic Unleashed
Boss Battle - Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Map - Shin Megami Tensei Dx2
So Happy World - Persona 5 Royal
One-Winged Angel - Final Fantasy VII
Great Grey Wolf Sif - Dark Souls
Main Theme - Tears of the Kingdom
Meteor Herd - Sonic Adventure 2 - Hry
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thank you for watching. i promise i will talk about zelda eventually… (i still gotta beat it)
Lol my 12 year old brother beat Zelda already somehow :’)
same im plating it doing all the things well until pikmin 4 then i will get back to it
Why is this only avaliere as a subscription? Also why is this getting delivered in Plastic and why are so few vegan meals? Even if I wanted this I can't because I am in the EU, but these are things why I wouldn't buy it. Here we also have a better solution for this called Löwenanteil. There you can just buy a meal without any subscription, everything is delivered in glass jars and most of it is vegan.
You gotta try Deepwoken, that game is a really fucking good roguelike mmo-ish game
I appreciate the insertion of Sound Test from SMT III Nocturne, we can always agree Nocturne’s OST is based
Roblox suffers from the cronic issue of "I could make a good game with passion, or I can get rich", and 99% of developers choose door #2.
It's a shame not all of these actually good passion projects become popular like Doors did... in fact hardly any of them do, because they end up overshadowed by generic mind-numbing simulator #91855 (Now with pets!).
There's a game me and my friend regularly play on called RO-BOTS and the solo dev chose door number 1. There are a few purchases but they're so cheap, i think i saw one for like 25 robux. Genuinely nice guy, also adds updates and generally has actual passion in his game. (I believe there was an update yesterday or a day ago). It's worth checking out, basically like RO-BIO but remastered. It's worth checking out even if it's not your preference.
NO ONE gets rich off Roblox except Roblox, that's a fact. However, I imagine you can make a bit of a living off of it if you are on the front page. Sadly, a lot of teen developers are taken advantage of by these "development teams" (see: scummy 20-something year olds getting kids to do their bidding) and are underpaid, _not_ paid (paid with "exposure"), overworked, or publicly blamed.
@@birdie8006 bro look at Preston from pet sim x that guy is rolling in dough
@@KingPiplupImy little cousins life is is psx 😭
@@birdie8006Absolute lies just look at Preston for example.
As someone who somehow completely dodged this fad growing up, Roblox legitimately scares me at this point. Just...as a gamer looking at it from the outside, it seems like it has the potential to illustrate some sort of social apocalypse in youth. Like a Black Mirror episode or something...
The only solution I think it could be is donate every Roblox kid a Switch or a Steam Deck, with AAA games ready to play and someone else to join and interact, and hundred of hours of spare.
Because right now, both mobile games and Roblox are “gaming for dummies” and it worked.
as someone who played it in the early days with its blocky simple obstacle courses and a free in-game currency you could earn just by playing (which no longer exists) i feel the exact same way about its modern incarnation.
@@nyo24 This era of Roblox that you played before is what Fortnite is right now. The Creative mode doesn’t have in-experience microtransactions and you earn XP for the battle pass.
@@lumirairazbyte9697 I mean, I'm less concerned with the elitist ideal of kids playing games for 'dummies' or whatever, I am more concerned with the attention degrading gameplay loops and addictive designs in addition to predatory mechanics tied to microtransactions to exploit children and get to their parents' wallets.
@@Spooky_Magooky but that’s exactly why kids and adults that doesn’t know about gaming are still playing those games, despite being predatory. For them, this is gaming: They may doesn’t know that there’s good games outside of their comfort zone. Why 80’s people still went to arcades, spending each dime and not just buy a home console or computer?
A irrelevant little fact about the game Doors is that the main idea (opening doors and entering random rooms each time, while surviving from hostile entities) is heavily inspired by Rooms. It looks like a game that came from 2014, which I believe is scarier and harder than Doors, due to the eerie atmosphere, lack of sound, doors going up to 1000 and fast entities. It can get extremely boring though.
It's also inspired by spookys jumpscare mansion
I'd also bet on it being inspired by Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion as well, which isn't a bad thing, being inspired and borrowing concepts isn't an issue.
I played rooms a bunch with friends years ago it's crazy how apparent the influence is
The creators of DOORS had another game before it, "Find the Trollfaces". People spent LOTS of money (and I mean lots) on Find The Troll Faces and then when the developers didn't want to make it anymore, they shut down Find The Trollfaces and everyone lost their money and made DOORS instead. It is for this reason that I boycott DOORS.
I think the biggest thing is that back when tix was a thing, transactions felt less forced because there was only the dream of money being viable. You'd have a VIP shirt here or there, but no money really left the platform, it was just used for other people to buy VIP or convert to Robux (which did cost money but didn't pay it out yet) which was used for the roblox cosmetics. It was an independent market, much like TF2's economy but even more removed from the dollar. We did see baited games back then but they were much more innocent and less professional, because it was not corporate.
Roblox is what the gaming landscape would have been if companies never faced backlash.
Honest
Yeah, it's a capitalist nightmare, but run by indoctrinated youth.
hey can you tell me whats the name of this game 3:08
real
@@Winjachich running from internet
As a developer on Roblox, being reminded every time that anything creative I could make will only sink to the bottom and be beaten by giant games with the most mind-numbing gameplay is just painful. I actively oppose most of the games on the front page, because its all microtransactions, copyright, and just horrid game design. There are some games that I actively wished were never made, and seeing their primary design first hand has influenced me personally for all of my personal ideas and projects, mostly to stray away from P2W mechanics and moving all sorts of microtransactions to cheap cosmetics and relying on premium payouts to generate revenue. This video is honestly really accurate, and it just hurts to watch one video after another that expose the whole truth about the platform, especially after the videos PMG made.
agreed, it truly hurts knowing that a well-made passion project will never reach the success of a gambling dopamine game
it is what it is
That dont stop me from trying cuz idc bout fame i jus wanna make shitty driving games lmao
What are your games, if you don't mind me asking? Your disdain for microtransactions has me interested.
so what? just because it might not reach the front page doesnt mean you should stop trying (also, you have to think realistically, the front page games are made by literal companies of trained devs
I remember that copyright actually did come after Roblox once
Pokemon brick bronze was shut down by the pokemon company
So well spoken. I used to play this as a kid too, and recently tried it again too. It just did not feel like the same game I grew up playing and I just couldn’t put it into words. Incredible video, you’ve said what all of us were thinking
Its nice of Yakko to casually return after a month to talk about unknown games like Roblox
Yes, a very unknown game 😂
You again…
Ah yes unknown- WAIT- HEISENBURG
i'm kinda convinced now that this guy may be a bot.
mf said unknown
One thing not mentioned here that I find interesting. There have been cases, past and present, where a creator on Roblox gets fed up with Roblox and goes on to remake their idea on a different platform. The Dead Zone is I think the most famous case of this, where their game was copied and reproduced several times and Roblox did nothing about it. The creator of The Dead Zone went on to make Unturned, which is a moderately successful game on Steam.
Roblox is training
hey can you tell me whats the name of this game 3:08
@@WinjachichSorry, no clue. I don't play much Roblox anymore.
@@765craven4 okay no worries
THATS WHY UNTURNED FEELS SO FAMILIAR OMG
22:06 I once walked in on my brother with a notebook, Roblox trading site on one of his screens, and market history on the other, some people really do treat it like the stock market
Btw he was 18
its honestly kinda sad how roblox was called terrible for so long and it took DOORS in 2021-22 (or earlier idk and idc) to reveal that roblox ISNT just all garbage when devs were working hard to make good games
This video is extremely accurate to the current state of roblox, especially the point on how the actually good games have very small player bases. The best roblox games I ever played were robot 64( which you mentioned) Forward adventure 2( A game that shutdown a while back, but has a few retrains), arcane odyssey which very recently released and has a very small player base of about 1000-1500 players, and outlaster which is a Survivor like game that really captures the feeling of old roblox with friends. Roblox has become so saturated with shitty content that me and my friends would intentionally look for crappy games when we were bored ( Except 5 nights at los pollos hermanos for that is mankind's greatest creation).
DEEPWOKEN DEEPWOKEN
@@solan2915 no (please)
Because the majority of the player base is toddlers given ipads or little kids on the library computer
I could not agree with you more on those fronts of Robot 64 and AF2, true classics that never got the attention they truly deserved.
Nowadays I've personally found my place amidst the playerbase of JToH, an obby game that isn't for the feint of heart, but through practice and discipline teaches you the ways of an obby master and becomes fun to grind or even replay. Granted, It does have somewhat of a "pay-to-win" system, but the game (and most of it's players) actually discourage the use of it.
Arcane Odyssey is good but I heavily recommend world of magic which was the original game before it became arcane Odyssey.
"Robloxing it up" is possible the best thing you've ever said in a video ever.
Good video! When you were talking about how easy it is for these games to just be gone, I remembered what happened to Roblox Pokémon games. Pokémon brick bronze and other Roblox Pokémon games were one of my favorite games on Roblox, and the community was shattered when it and other Pokémon suddenly got deleted. If/when these anime style games get taken down, it will be infinitely worse than the Pokémon situation, since this is on a much grander scale.
11:03 This is so true. I’ve been on the platform since 2012, and all I would use my robux for back in the day was avatar items. I think that’s what the roblox economy mainly was for in old roblox: customizing your avatar. I would VERY rarely spend my robux on a gamepass.
Seems like the system flipped on itself. If I do spend money on robux today, it’s still just for avatar items.
The friend aspect is definitely what makes roblox so unique, it makes me wish there were more games with extensive multiplayer support that you can just hop in and play with people
I got a girls phone number off roblox and she was a real girl 😎. (No I didn’t read anything you wrote I’m just replying cause I felt like it but I’ll like the comment to show I mean no harm 😘)
@@josan-thebomb. Tf
@@sebisonic ur kinda hot bro
@@josan-thebomb.Mental illness be like
@@villainousdante I’d love to have a mental illness named after me 😍
i'm always suprised this isn't banned where i live, i live in belgium and our online gambling laws here are incredibly strict, they banned things like genshin impact (the whole game) and fifa 20-24's microtransactions and more because there is no way to safely verify a kid wouldn't gamble money, yet roblox is just fine 😭😭
They also banned Mario Kart Tour outright, didn't they?
@@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas allot of apps, but only the ones that are made by big companies ofc, those trashy mobile games that took 0 effort to develop are still "allowed".
Here in the Netherlands we have the same law, but they have banned quite a few Roblox games.
It isn't considered gamble when the chances are explicitly shown in percentage for example, that's why most of the simulators are not banned
Didn't a lot of Roblox games get banned in Belgium? I don't live there but I heard a lot of people talking about it. I think some games could just remove the lootboxes if they weren't vital to the game play like Pet Simulator
Ugh *thank you!!* 🙌 Been wanting to see a vid like this one.
honestly this game was basically my childhood... probably playing it on average 3-4 hours a day from age 9-15 and it was its own sort of journey. All the good and bad you mentioned here I experienced...
Seeing this as an adult kinda hurts since you know it's all true yet you hold so many fond memories on the platform. From the days of swordfight on the heights to jailbreak/meep city ruling roblox to weight lifting simulator popularizing simulators to anime hell (which thankfully I was not playing during) this game has gone very far and I think it shows greatly in your video "essay." There were a bunch of awesome things I doubt I would like now without roblox. For example I love the TV show big brother and roblox had a "big brother" game (now remade into "eviction notice") where you would play a simulation of big brother and try to outwit your competition to win. Of course 90% of the time the winners would just be based on who was friends with who rather than strategy but that got me into all of those types of games such as mafia, werewolf, blood on the clocktower, and town of salem and greatly enjoy going to conventions to play face-to-face with others.
Even now I work as a backend developer, which is something I probably wouldn't be doing if it wan't for roblox as I had learned LUA before any other language which later got me into SQL and Bash which later got me into linux systems and I would fuck around with them on VMs and before I knew it I was in university majoring in web development.
in conclusion even if it was undoubtedly a predatory service made to funnel away your parents' credit cards there were still great memories to be made. Of course if I ever have kids ill never let them use roblox for the reasons stated here, but I'm sure I'm not the only one now who looks back on this predatory service with nostalgia and happiness more than anything
As a kid myself, i think you should let them play roblox if they want to. but monitor what games they play
@@LighttSpruce ahaha I never expected anyone to read my comment fully. I guess it comes down to a multitude of factors, but I wouldn't want to be a control freak of a parent, policing my kids every online move and would rather let them play other games if that's what they wished with their own freedoms. I get what you mean though. Being overbearing is not something a kid would want from a parent unless they were raised in an environment (i.e are foster kids) where those restrictions may be appreciated. If it were to end up socially isolating them then I'd be more open to it but I do think I would put the effort of blocking Roblox's IP from my network. Thank you for replying and I appreciate the feedback!
what really sucks is that the games that are actually really fun and well made will 99% of the time have some of the worst communities that exist
Gpo 💥
Loomian Legacy, GASA4, Robot64, TDTNIR, Teaful's Library.
They're all either dead or just downright cringy, to be honest. The games are fun though.
deepwoken is the best roblox game ive ever played but the community surrounding it is one of the worst ive ever seen
the “elite obby community” though
I personally play SCP site roleplay, the rp one. I guess it is sort of a money maker, but you do get certain powers which could be abused so I see why. I've never heard anybody complin, those that did tho, came back
you're the first person in CZcams i've seen actually talk about the good side of roblox (while still acknowledging the bad side and all the bullshit) and not just the crappy frontpage games and now i forever love you.
(to everyone who thought "i forever love you" was serious it was a joke chill 😭)
Don't get Parasocial. You don't actually know him and any other person online.
@@poppythedogofwonders You're a dense one
i thought you were phisnom!
"and now i forever love you"? i see, i didnt know you're gay
@@poppythedogofwonders he never said he did know him?
When you mentioned having fun with your friends in Raise a peter, i can't stress enough how much fun will you have at item asylum (a very meme charged "shooter" game) if you can get 6 or more people in a server, it's completely chaotic and a blast every time
the worst part is the idle games don't even idle if your not actively playing them and roblox has a nifty feature that kicks you after 20 min of inactivity. basicly there are games that can't propperly function but still rake in heaps of microtransactions
Let me answer your question from 17:45.
Because library computers don’t let you install steam, but DO let you install Roblox. Roblox’s client doesn’t require a traditional “install” that normal programs do, meaning it works around most blocks that schools, libraries, and parents use. Not to mention mobile crossplay.
It's all about that mobile crossplay, and the fact you don't have to actually install the games on roblox to play them, along with the fact that a large amount of the available games are free to play (with loads of microtransactions of course)
I was also thinking about storage space too.
Also roblox has no native voice chat so atleast there is no 16 year old sir swearing the hell out of the mic with awful quality I guess.
@@Rogueliker roblox has native voice chat
@@envycollar it is well moderated(as in no kids can use it)
I just kind of feel sad for all the developers who put so much passion but are completely ignored because they don’t stoop to having poor micro transactions and they don’t stick to the stupid meme pop culture algorithms
Boy oh gosh oh golly oh gee
Im a very small roblox developer and my fan game isnt released yet, but i hope players will be enjoying it as i heard they are very interested ingame
As a roblox player. I approve of this video. I mainly play Royale High and Flicker. Which have some micro transitions. And some give you advantages but the gameplay is still at the forefront and socialization is part of the experience!
Ngl 5:32 the lil guide to for where to go in the chase sequence is such a neat little but of UI design so you don't get screwed by any confusing level design, more games should do that tbh
The algorithm requires engagement, Yakko.
24 minutes later…
Engagement!
@@sashalittledemon6766 ENGAGE
ENGAGING
why does this remind me of " It's not always about the money , Spider-Man . "
I played robot 64 a long time ago and I still think it's a great example of what roblox can be used for (keyword 'can'). It's a shame that the games that take actual effort are usually drowned out by the most mind-numbing asset flips you could possibly make. I'm also genuinely convinced that roblox creators are constantly on the verge of inventing a new genre
honestly a shame what happened to the creator
@@ARCHIVED9610what did happen?
@@photon9682
it was not the creator, but somebody he worked with on other games
@@ARCHIVED9610
it was not the creator, but somebody he worked with on other games
@@exist_E SHOOOT my bad
Finally, somone who ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON THE GAMES, and has a comedic tone to boot. Honestly, I was glad I played roblox as a kid. It made me hyper aware and more resistant to things such as micro transactions and scams. I hold the memories of old roblox in decent regards, in fact I still play a handful of games on rare occasions that I managed to dumpsterdive for back in the day. Its been intresting, fun and horrifying at the same time to see how they all have evolved in different ways over the years.
This just brings me to a wish i've had for so long. I wish we could have parental control in Roblox. A feature where we could put games behind passwords. So my kid couldn't play Adopt Me, and respect their elders playing Raise a Peter.
I like how you mixed memes and stupid jokes with the actual serious theme of this video. First video centered around the issues of Roblox that doesn't use a creepypasta music in the background. Keep the good work up.
Incredible video. you gave Roblox credit where it’s due, but also touched on a lot of the problems that really bog down the site.
CZcamsrs like me and a lot of my friends try to be very critical of roblox in our vids to motivate them to change stuff. sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Pet Sim X is one that many of us have made videos on, and discussed the horrible manipulative practices of. You didn’t even touch on the worst parts: how they hide loot box chances to trick kids, and even released NFTs and $300 plushies to give out exclusive super powerful items in game.
There’s truly nothing like roblox out there. The level of freedom it gives people is insane, and there have been some genuinely impressive and well made games that have come from the site. I hope that one day we have nothing negative to say about it, but right now there’s still a lot that Roblox needs to change and fix.
If you ever wanna talk to someone with a lot of experience in the community about its lesser known issues more in depth, feel free to reach out 😏👍
hi funni haha man
I agree whith you
😏👍
Dream level comment
@@EpicGamerTrustMe At least it's not as petty as Dream's long goofy tweet lol
Hi small horror game developer from Roblox here and to make this quick an easy, everything you have said is factual. In recent years I have slowly begun to notice Roblox has been going down this pipeline and it’s quite sad to see the platform like this since smaller devs are being overshadowed by as you stated “The Giants” of the platform. Growing up I always said “I wish there were more horror games on the Platform” and I seem to have gotten my wish, but in the somewhat worst way possible. The only reason some of us ever survive out here is because of CZcamsrs like yourself finding our work and giving it some attention before we fall back into obscurity. I feel you should do another dive at some point but look at some of the devs and how they treat their fan bases, because let me tell you some of it is absolutely unbelievable. And a prime example would be the creator of Pet Sim X. Good video hope to see more soon!
I play this game called Tradelands and it’s a fun game but it’s slowly becoming more P2W because that’s simply what roblox wants, I remember when I first joined the mystery crates were a 1 time a year thing but now the game’s economy is littered with crate weapons. It’s an amazing designed game based in the 1700-1880s. But it’s a shame that a person who has skill can be beaten by one who has money.
@@Rogue_Waves I’m really sorry to hear this man. So many games suffer this fate and it really does blow when the game you enjoy playing gets consumed by the pipeline. Trust me I know that feeling since I still force myself to play TDS even though the game has fallen from its once high held standards.
@@Tbot_2 Problem is that would take a lottttt of adapting, considering how many years I have dumped into this engine now (Though I will say that I do feel I should start testing those waters at some point or another)
@@DeezNuts-dr6eb mind if I ask, whats the name of your games if you have any public? I need to take every chance of finding something that can qualify as game here lol
@@Voxen712 I would rather not share it, but it's a FNAF style horror game
I'm glad I grew up and played Roblox when It wasn't as predatory toward kids, and their parents credit cards🎉
damage done.
10:27 seeing you play that game gave me a mini heart attack, that game is called Undertale test place reborn (UTPR) and is one of a few games that have origins starting from a game called "soulshatters" and is one of a few games that came from soulshatters that I play.
16:37 I watched to a little more into the video and I'm a little offended that you put that clip when you said "heavy reliance on popular memes" UTPR is not in any way like that, there is only 1 gamepass that lets you change your weapon color, but you automatically get that when you get 1k kills in the game, and there is no way it's relying on popular memes.
16:54 oh come on, man.
@@BoughtChip he is right tho its a 3d version of undertale
@@BoughtChip dont be offended that he dissed a game you play in like a 2 second clip ive played the game too and dont say its not heavy reliance on pop culture as thats the entire game yes it may have special parts the main game dosent have but its hole concept is built off of somebody elses work its a fan game but thats it is all like that its even more the heavy reliance its full reliance if undertale didnt become big and go into pop culture that game would not exist
@@tannerm2706 lol
I actually used to be horrifically addicted to one of the games you mentioned, Anime Adventures. I played when it came out and it started out fun while I was playing with my friends. However as I kept playing I realized how pay to win(or lose cause it is a shitty gacha game) the game was. I felt robbed because I DID like the game, I had enjoyed the gameplay loop with its challenging levels and fairly short story mode (it is neither short nor enjoyable now) and thought the characters were cool. (Yes I know the lack of care in the game itself is heavily indicated by the daily system and pop up UIs and stuff but I didn’t really notice because that garbage has been mostly normalized on this god awful platform). At some point Anime Adventures didn’t feel like a game anymore, it felt like a wire poked into my brain BEGGING me for my money. Eventually I caved in and bought the premium pass or whatever. I had NEVER felt worse. I had spent 8 of my real life dollars for a CHANCE of getting something good.
It was only when I bought the game ULTRAKILL did I remember what made games fun and special. After comparing the two, I had decided to quit Anime Adventures and Roblox games in general indefinitely.
If anyone bothered to read this, there are games on Roblox that are worth supporting, but there is also a massive amount of games that can be summed up as psychological scams.
Roblox is not the same as it used to be and in my opinion, is NOT worth playing.
TLDR: in life, you shouldn’t have Roblox
TLDR: Play Ultrakill
TLDR: The Roblox Corporation sucks.
TLDR: I know it was already said but PLEASE play ultrakill 🙏
If devs are passionate about a game they’re going to turn to something like unreal or game maker not roblox. If they want to squeeze money out of children then they turn to roblox.
As someone who casually plays Roblox I’m genuinely impressed by the fact that you managed to find the good games on here. Kudos to you!
Oh there are plenty of good games on there, but like many things that encourage creativity, theres tons of bad ones made by uncreative and bad people who make the experience worse for everyone else
@@leoultimaupgraded9914 there's 1 good game every million abhorrent ones.
perfectly balanced.
I’m glad I saw flood escape 2 listed here, but it was only for like a few seconds then was completely gone…
@@leoultimaupgraded9914Metalworks Sandbox Demo
guys how you cant find good game it is easy
You sound like you could do a great Kermit the Frog impression
The music that plays during the factor segment is the most bangin song theme I have ever blessed my ears with
great video
@@_moonlumenit rubensim
@@_moonlumenit's the guy who got sued by Roblox for pointing out their flaws and trying to get them to change harmful things on the platform
THE GUY
Hello Mr sim, I’m big fan. Looking forward to next video👍
RUBEN!!!!
The issue with Roblox pretty much started once the platform started to get a bigger following, probably around the 2018-ish era. The platform became very big and so it costed a lot money from roblox to keep their servers running. The platform slowly started to become more user-generated content focused. So since Roblox’s profits rely off their users, it makes sense why they encourage cramming monetization down people’s throats. Because it benefits both roblox themselves and the people doing the monetizing.
It’s sad, because I remember playing around 2013 when the biggest game hosted 5k players and all that game was just an obby, or a pvp game. The only payed thing was maybe just extra cosmetic items or a donate button. Roblox treats developers nowadays as their own business owners. It’s not fun anymore, just business.
Roblox started to downfall after Erik Cassel's death
Yeah, I used to play roblox a ton back then, I started playing in 2009. It's been painful watching it turn into this. Roblox used to be about fun, not milking children dry for money.
@@LilacMonarch it still is about fun if you look hard enough
When Roblox open their stock market I khew we were done for, it's all about corporate and business now.
@@LilacMonarch now i wanna go to those old 2010s obby game
22:21 I was high and that thought sobered me up real fucking quick
My favorite game on Roblox is Creatures of Sonaria. It was actually shown at 19:18. Overall, I would say that the microtransactions do not get in the way of playing, and I have been able to consistently get new creatures without having to spend robux. I really hope this doesn't change in the remake though...
Honestly, i'm really glad you made this video. I aspire to be the kind of adult that doesn't just shit on whatever the latest generation is doing, and rather try to engage with them. But I have seen stuff that straight worries me, like tiktok for instance. I've heard of roblox, but I don't know anything about it, I just know that i've seen kids playing some pretty neat stuff on there, like the free fps cod game you showed and some free rhythmn games along with race karts and stuff. Seemed pretty innocent and nice.
There's too much stuff to keep track of in life, and i'm really glad to see a shortform video showing what's going down in brown town on Roblox.
I have to admit, this is incredibly disappointing and slightly disheartening to hear (because at this point, i'm just kind of expecting this crap everywhere.). I'm getting incredibly nervous about these increasingly exploitative practices being used on everyone, and especially our children.
Like there was stuff like this when I was a kid, but these days, it's so out of base with my childhood, I can't even relate to being a child experiencing this shit everywhere being completely normalized. Every single ducking app, game, media really. Just exploiting the everlasting duck out of the human brain.
And you're incredibly right about the issue here. When all your friends, youtubers, and twitch streamers and more are playing this trash. What else as a kid are you going to do? You're not going to just outright step outside that herd. It takes real balls to do that as a kid, and kids just want to fit in, feel approval, and smile with their friends.
-sigh- I wish there was more direction to figure out how to stop this stuff. Technology is just too integral to modern lives that you can't just shut this off and it's all fine like when I was a kid. Even with just cutting something off like roblox, just like that, you run the risk of easily destroying a kids social life. It's shameful that this is where we're at right now.
We're fighting all these stupid fights online, and I just want there to start being real laws and crack down on this frankly terrifying trend of normalization of highly addictive and explorative practices of human psychology.
wow this text could go in some national report or something, sums up so many crucial problems.
especially "You're not going to just outright step outside that herd. It takes real balls to do that as a kid, and kids just want to fit in, feel approval, and smile with their friends" feels way too real, rn many people are going to roll with so much not okay stuff and let what they think depend on others opinions just so they can keep the approval of probably the wrong people.
You’re a magnificent human being
hi, roblox "veteran" and avid yakkocmn watcher here. ngl i think this is one of the most comprehensive videos covering this platform that i've seen. while i still find adult men playing shitty frontpage games funny, i appreciate that you took the time to look deeper into the games the platform offers. in response to some of the things bought up:
- yeah, its a shame all the good games are buried by dopamine-destroying simulators. a lot of the appeal for older players are these more high quality games, yet the sheer quantity of children to other ages severely boosts the popularity of the more "addictive" games. however there are some good games that recieve the attention they deserve, most notably deepwoken which averages 10k players on a good day and is imo the best game on the website
- the reason there are so many games with copyright-infringing material is because of the reach of the platform; if something blows up and you have the skill making a quick, low-effort game will almost always attract young players who may be less aware of any microtransactions. its not ethical but given how horribly they pay developers its a necessary evil
- the reason there are so many games with long grinds is because of a feature where, if people with roblox premium (a subscription service that provides multiple benefits both outside and in games) play your game for a long amount of time you gain extra profits. therefore games will add extra benefits for premium users to entice them, and make the grind for content long and arduous to drive up these numbers
i wish you would've covered how out of touch the company is with its community as its been an issue for years and genuinely affects people's enjoyment of the game, but i get this isnt meant to be a comprehensive review. cool video anyway, and i definitely wasnt expecting you to cover the platform nevermind in this much detail
Was wondering when someone would bring up Deepwoken. It's wild the kinds of things skilled devs can do with the roblox engine, even if Monad Studios is piss poor at balancing and keeping unfair tech out of the game.
@@oeuftheoeuf we love monad studios don't we, the group of the best devs on the platform yet can't afford a balancing team
You have to pay 400 robux to play deepwoken tho
And the meta reliance and poor balance ruined the game for me
@@xxxrigan648xxx8 5$ for a game with more content than some triple A games is fair imo
@@innerapathymost of that "content" is just walking lmao, the game is pretty poorly balanced too tbh this grabage of a game doesn't deserve 5$ to paid to be played.
There is this roblox game called "deepwoken" which is an open RPG with an amazing combat system and gets really addicting really fast and it has a permanent death system plus it gets weekly updates
The only real flaws are there are a bunch of toxic people the combat is pretty hard to learn and it costs 400 robux to play
Was looking for this video cause I lost it, and I’m SO glad I found it, my brain needed to watch this omg
As an avid Roblox player, its always insane going from playing the microtransactions filled sludge like Pet Simulator X and Adopt Me to actually great games like PHIGHTING! and Deepwoken.
I bought Deepwoken & have no clue where to start, though it seems to be a whole lotta fun
If only the developers weren't racist pieces of shit.
DEEPWOKEN
deepwoken???? really
@@DoctorBones1 i am the ultimate deepwoken shill
I think one of the main reasons behind roblox's popularity is that it runs on almost any low end machine. I think most kids playing roblox dont even have a pc that can be used for gaming purposes so they just end up playing roblox instead
banger as usual yako
Roblox makes it so difficult to even find games that aren't in the top 100 experiences, the discover page will only show you so much. In the past you could scroll for hours looking for a new experience, but now you just have to somehow happen upon them through pure chance or somebody's word.
Seeing how far Roblox has come since I played it in like 2010/11 is bizarre. It definitely looks better but has become a whole new level of predatory
Yeah. :( I used to spend alot of time playing on roblox back then and to see the site become so unabashedly predatory is so sad to me.
@@lukrio99990 it's so crazy to think, back then the only things I think I remember costing money was the different character models so you're not blocky
As someone who grew up with Roblox, seeing all these microtransactions breaks my heart...
List of good games that I remember from last I played (as of 2020-2021) (some info may be outdated since I don't play roblox that much anymore)
-Night of the Werewolf. One of my favorites! While it's not super unique in terms of gameplay (though I think it pulls off its general premise better than others on the platform that are basically the same thing) it was really fun with a wonderful and distinct steampunk/old time-y aesthetic. Sadly never had many players during my time but always had enough to get the game going. Also I don't know if its ost was original but the music absolutely slapped.
-Tower Battles. Basically like that anime tower defense game shown here in the video but with way less microtransactions and without any anime characters. I was somewhat addicted to it because I genuinely found it enjoyable and I don't recall spending any robux on it, instead using the in-game money that was fairly easy to earn to get upgrades and better defenses that I would then PERMANENTLY own.
-This is Not a Simulator. Exactly what it sounds like. Had nice vibes and was a breath of fresh air due to the fact that it was not a simulator. Really unique.
-Camping. While it did have a few microtransactions (particularly through reviving yourself after dying) it was such a fun time, and when it'd first come out it'd felt so unique, though it did essentially revolutionize the horror genre on roblox and because of that there are now *many* games very similar to it. I'd recommend playing it with some friends for the best experience these days. (The follow-up games in the series weren't too bad either)
-Beeswarm Simulator. I feel bad recommending a simulator game as they were and still very clearly are an annoying part of the platform, (and because footage of it was shown in this video) but beeswarm sim always felt different to me, I'd always choose it over others, even when there were very similar games out there. From what I remember from when I played, beeswarm sim wasn't nearly as pushy with microtransactions as the other games out there, and having the quests there made it way more bearable than just mindlessly doing stuff on there "just because". Plus having the areas of the game split up into different zones worked in it's favor as there'd be an increase in difficulty when it came to the enemies in each of the fields, so it didn't feel like you were unlocking "more of the same", it felt more like you were "leveling up". Plus it was fun to play whether you were going solo or playing with friends. Or at least, I always thought so.
Not a specific game but I remember really liking all of the games made by a user called "grottypuff". They were all like roleplay games (though they never had many users in them or were ever super mainstream on the platform) and they had a very pleasing aesthetic consisting of a lot of pinks and pastels, very cutesy feminine stuff while still having a very distinct style. Some of them had more horror elements, too, so it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows.
Can't think of anything more rn but I'll update this later if I do.
-Galaxy Heroes. DEVASTATINGLY underrated even during my time. Likely totally dead now which is SUCH a shame it was so incredibly unique and well made. Get some friends together and play it it's so so good. Made by user thecoderbunny
I love how at 23:14, Immaculate by VISXAGE just randomly starts playing
I played Roblox a ton back in like 2011-2012. The game is so different than it used to be. Who'd've thunk that 10 years of people learning the platform and how to take advantage of it would make for a more mature suite of experiences.
Sadly no, I am easily one of the only people with more than a single digit IQ on roblox. You have to DIG HARD to find even a nearly acceptable game. Really just never spend jack on robux, never spend anything on a game. Most games are still a stupid memey mess. Great fun to make fun of the trashy games with friends.
@@CatLover-lk9gzthat’s were many differ.
Finding acceptable games. Is really easy.
Unless you have some sort of AAA expectations.
@@Muhomononah in my experience most games are clicking simulators. Complete jokes.
@@BlutoToMars I see the problem. You’ve gotta start looking for the good games.
Saitama battlegrounds was a pretty good one.
Minimal micro transactions and just pure combat.
@@MuhomonoAny tips on where to look?
i work for a game called Make a Cake. It’s one of those games that “A kid made in his free time in 2010”, except after year of networking, that kid grew up to get a team of devs together and they turned it into a fully-polished game!
It isn’t extremely “fun” for adults, but it is extremely detailed, with a built-in playlist system for its huge soundtrack (a feature not many games have.) You can also fumble around with your friends with *several* tools that throw people around, as well as cars and ramps. Yeah, a game about making CAKES has cars and trucks… we kinda took it too far, and it’s honestly a lot of fun to mess around in every now and then. It’s not that popular anymore, but we take pride in the fact that it is still a fun game!
But yeah, Roblox is… one hell of a crazy platform… there is a lot of manipulation and scams in the market. I wish there was an easy solution, but no…
aah wait that’s so cool!!! make a cake was one of my favorite games when i was younger ^^ and i still like to play it when i can because the updates have been phenomenal
Tell the top dev to update Redwood Prison
I remember playing “airport tycoon” and it had the most basic walk on a tile to buy things and walk on a specific tile to earn money. Once you got far enough you could buy a plane and fly to a crappy military base and with a jet that had missiles, that were just ovals, you could just sit there and blow up others trying to fly to the island airport. Oh how the game has changed
its nice to see someone actually look on both sides of the argument, listing some actually good games made on the platform. not throwing it all as kid game "get your moms credit card" simulators. but also addressing that yeah, alot of games are meant for gullible children.
this is the first time ive seen your channel and I'm genuinely impressed with your editing and unbias opinions, subbed liked and shared. keep it up! :D
hey can you tell me what game that is 3:08
@@WinjachichIt's called Running From the Internet
20:15 In the netherlands, they actually started banning games with the gambling stuff in them, or force games to make a special version of the game that doesn't involve the gambling.
Sonic Speed Simulator for example, was banned for a couple months due to this, but then got unbanned in the netherlands because they made a special version of the game that removes all the gambling with real money.
It's barely enforced.
I believe the same case is with Belgium
How do I move to the Netherlands?
9:24 that “CHIPOTLE PORKCHOP” had me dyin bruh
If you want a fun original game with a well developed story, I would suggest entry point. This has been my favourite game for a while now, and there is a reason for that. And please, if you do try it, dont give up on the first mission.
isnt it just copying notoriety... a game which basically copied payday 2?
@@eric2553 Not every stealth game is a copy of Payday
It's quite surreal to know that there is an actual panel in GDC of all places which talks about microtransactions.
From Malaysia here. My now 13 year old youngest brother had been playing Roblox since he was 9 was because we didn't have enough ducket to get a proper working laptop for him to play other games. I am genuinely worried the amount of exploitative and shady things in there. At the same time impressed by just how much amazing and out of this world games that also exist in that platform. He even had to download a third party auto clicker just so he could grind through an insanely unethical design just to skip a paywall.
Being in a third world country where my 1 buck is only worth 1/5 USD. 1/4 if we got a lucky economical session. Even with my parent's middle-class status and jobs still couldn't afford proper setup for him to play proper games. I've tried to reason with my parents if he don't get proper gaming experience like me back in the day where games are not driven by corporate excessive greed, he could learn a lot more than just these trashy shady pseudo- gacha/mobile games and Roblox. My parents are the same type of people that chastise us for playing a game that has violence and nudity in it's narrative without even recognizing the creative writing that puts such topics into a discussion. Much worse, they act like games now are all just copycat clones of Call of Duty or Fortnite.
Getting an autoclicker to skip a paywall? Based.
@@MountainMemelord I'm glad he found an alternative workaround to the braindead cookie clicker grind but by the time he managed to arrived at his goal he didn't feel too fulfilling. When I heard him wanting to try other games or spend more time with his friends in sports that's a hallmark sign of how drained he is from these games. The game(Don't rememebr the exact name cause they all just sounds and looks the same at a superficial level) I'm talking about is basically a blob of popular action anime characters doing flashy moves in a free-for-all PVP large map. It's intense but the p2w mechanics are just horrendous.
@@emperor8716 That's the most generic and condescending advice. You have no idea.
Don't just assume people people who have video games as their main hobbies have done nothing else in life if you don't want to appear intellectually vapid.
Some other hobby? That's like bashing knitting then saying you should find a new hobby.
@@emperor8716okay grandpa let's get you to bed
8:27 YOOOO IS THAT A WGA STRIKE!? AWESOME
yo yakko, I really appreciate you documenting a dive into roblox! I was aware of roblox in app purchasing, but had no idea the scale of the platform, or the extremely successful dopamine dispenser games. this was a good watch.
21:07 "because capitalism" is a trendy take...but it's extremely reductive. individuals Buying and selling goods at a price determined by the market sets the stage, but bad / greedy actors are the ones who pollute the industry. whenever there's currency that can enable someone to buy a fancier car and a bigger home, and there's freedom to choose what you do with your time, there are going to be people that make more money than others. a percentage of those people are certainly evil, breaking rules and manipulating the weak to get that currency. under any other economic system, communism or socialism etc., will all of the greedy and manipulative people just decide to stop doing evil things?
it's 'because greed', 'because value of money over value of values,' or 'because lack of regulation that protects children interacting with an emerging marketplace.' but it's not just "because capitalism."
After seeing all the simulators past a certain point, you sort of sub-consciously block them out to the point where when there is a micro transaction, you see it, but you DON'T see it.
It isn't TOO hard to find well made games with little to no irl money involved. Playing obscure games (Revival is one) is, in my opinion, just as fun as playing a game like Robot 64.
Flood escape is a decent example of a good game without P2W
@@Rogue_Waves FE 1 or 2? Flood Escape 2 has micro transactions but the stuff is just cosmetics
I’ll admit, I fiended the Tycoons when I was a wee lad. The hours I spent just staring at numbers go up to step on a red button to make the number go up a little faster while a minor change to my area happened were numerous beyond words
I remember that FNAF tycoon, 4 sides. Foxy, Bonnie, Chica, and Freddy. It played the FNAF song, never did finish the tycoon ever.
@@DJVideso Not tryna be rude but who tf is foy?
Bro 2 player gun tycoon was my one of my favorite roblox games when I was a kid.
@@josan-thebomb. ???
@@DJVideso bro you edited it
“Roblox son or gacha game daughter” slapped me across the face as the gacha game daughter in question with a Roblox brother
Hey everyone if you want some games then I have some!
1. Phighting - phighting is a 5v5 where you can select out of a cool genre of characters
2. Vh3 - from the guy who mad vh2 or vh1 vh3 is stupid fun and is a pvp horror game! It is stupid fun
3. Dingus - it's basically a deception game try to act like an NPC game and try to complete your tasks or be the hunter to find the players
I played roblox since 2015 and the site has changed alot, back then people were genuinely making games for fun and not for profit i mean yes there were gamepasses and simulators but most were not obvious cash grabs. I'm happy that Roblox now gets acknowledged for being something else than a Lego kids game but the Multiple cash grabs and lifeless corporations taking over and buying games keep infesting the site.
ive been playing 2011 & them folks was actually making enjoyable "experiences"
Basically your average mobile game on play store but on pc and consoles
The game don't need to be good to be seen by children, they need to be brain dead and easy.
I genuinely think that roblox accounts under 13 should NOT be allowed to spend or purchase robux.
Good suggestion but Roblox would lose a LOT of money because of that and Roblox devs/games
I don't think anyone over the age of 13 still plays roblox tho..
@@vandalm9311 I do and I'm 21. Alot of people that i run into are around my age, or even older sometimes.
@@vandalm9311most roblox users are over 13 actually
@@blckmtbd Yea okay i'll rephrase it, MOST roblox players are under age 13. Sure, there are probably teen and young adult out there who still plays roblox but they wouldn't be the majority.
Maybe most of the player-developer are actually teen to young adult level tho, and I imagine certain games like phantom force would have older playerbase. But ultimately the game is mainly targeted to kids at age 7-13
i know some good games in roblox. 1. Decaying WInter: no gamepasses, wave survival game based on scattering items around the map while trying not to die from waves that come in between scavange stages. 2. Randomly Generated Droids: a multiplayer roguelike game (up to 4 players in normal mode) where you need to complete all 10 worlds and kill one of the 4 final bosses to finish it. each 10 rooms (final room of the wolrd) a special room will appear, it will be iether a shop, lab, library, forge. there you can buy items and diffrent swords. after finishing the game once or normal or higher difficulty you will unlock crown challanges and increase your ascention levels. crown challanges have 3 diffrent changes that will help you or make your life harder. after you beat the game at the highest ascention level you have, your ascention level will increase (up to ascention level of 15). each ascention level will add a modifier to make the game harder. like ascention 10 will make you have 50 max health at the start of the game isntead of 100, also having all preverious modifiers. you will also gain points after completing a run (up to 500), for points you can buy diffrent classes like engineer, cultist, raider and more. all classes have diffrent abilities (except classless) which will help you if you use them at the right time. 3 gamepasses (classes that require skill to play as), you cal also buy points but you really dont have to. 3: Noobs In Combat: a Co-op turn based strategy game, where you need to contol your units you setup at the start and spawn via headquaters or outpost to complete the mission (dont die in X turns, dont lose headquater and destroy or capture enemy headquater, etc.) . vehicles have oil, units have ammo, so you will have to re-supply them. afte you end mission without losing, you will gain points and exp for units you had in your loadout (5-X exp based on how much you used this unit). when unit has max exp, you will be able to upgrade it (if it has an upgraded verison). you will still be able to use not upgraded version of unit, the upgrade costs points and sometimes golden nuggets. you also can use points to get new units, also some units require diamonds to buy, you cna get diamonds for completing last mission of the mission set, from daily rewards (10 diamonds at the strak of 0, 50 diamonds at the streak of 5) or buy them with robux. 4: Dummies Vs. Noobs: there are diffrent gamemodes: 1. seige: you are the last group of dummies, beign atacked by the army of noobs. this mode consists of 10 waves, each 3 waves bosses will come to kill you, 1 out of the 3 bosses for each boss wave. at the last wave all bosses that wasnt used will come. the game becomes really hard without good teammates at wave 4 or 5, so better get good teammates. 2. mastermind: just like the siege, but now wave spawn is controlled by a player. he also can upgrade his units by using points he gets each wave and send rockets to kill you while you are off guard. some rockets make you blind, some summon a smoke bubble, but most of them can easiy kill you. after you died, wait for the wave to end or someone to come and revive you. 3. attraction: you need to defend the points from the noobs. there are one main point and 4 or 5 secondary points. if you lose secondary point, the amount or money you get will be decreased, and if you lose the main point or you all die, you lose. 4. epilogue: your team need to infiltrate and explode the facility controled by noobs. there are 3 waves (stages), at the end of them all you will need to kill the boss that will spawn. there are 6 diffrent classes: recon, scout, ranger, engineer, medic, specialist. all of them excpect specialist just get diffrent loadout that you can buy at the shop.
To bad all these games are buired beneath shitty games
there are some pretty sick grid-based customizable tycoons Ive played that you can get addicted to and waste far too much of your time on. Retail Tycoon 2, Theme Park Tycoon 2, and My Prison are imo the best ive found. Also Get a Snack at 4am (and a few knockoffs) is a get all the ending game that is also pretty fun
There’s a couple of games I always return to on Roblox.
There’s Loomian Legacy, a Pokémon-like Creature Collector, and Doodle World, the closest thing that can be called a competitor.
Both are currently having an event for Pride Month that involves Rainbow Variants of their creatures, with a low spawn rate.
The thing is, you _actually_ can’t buy them, you HAVE to find them or earn them, which is something I like.
With Doodle World you can use the game’s chaining mechanic to bypass the MTX, (and it does have many of those systems). Loomian Legacy lacks the heavy MTX systems, but does still have MTX. I occasionally indulge in both out of respect for the developers.
Interestingly, BOTH games were born from the ashes of an event caused by a certain game company well known for their Ninjas. You talked about how many games are walking a thin line of Copyright infringement, and that’s actually something Roblox has actually had occur.
Before Simulators were the top games on the platform, there was a wider variety of popular games and less of an emphasis on MTX. You had a GTA clone in the top spot, actually, but another top game was straight up a Pokémon Fangame. Pokémon Brick Bronze. I played it a ton back in the day, had a couple of full odds Shinies, and the Rarest Pokémon in the game Crystal Onix. Right before the takedown, I even got my hands on an Azelf. It got taken down, hard, and it actually resulted in the entire selection of Roblox Pokémon devs getting spooked. Eventually they got taken out too. Loomian Legacy was born from the development team behind PBB, while Doodle World is born from another of those games, Project Pokémon.
There’s a bit of a joke in the Loomian Legacy community for those in the know that Scorbunny is actually a ripoff of their Fire Rabbit, Embit, as Loomian Legacy’s official reveal pre-dates Sword and Shield.
Me waiting for the part 2 city story update that's coming out in the next 293773 year
Brick Bronze was the first pokemon game I'd ever played, still play looming legacy but not as invested.
Bro brick bronze was peak roblox
loomian legacy has such bad monetisation
I hate those games, they are the same old boring gameplay so nah
It's just a bummer that most high quality games on Roblox are so hard to find, and as a result, are super underrated and have small playerbases. There's some real talented developers in the community that makes these amazing games but because nobody finds or plays them they're sometimes conditioned to stop working on them. I'd highly recommend you to play some of these games listed below as I didn't see you play them:|
-Black Magic II: Phantom's Causatum, one of the best fighting games on roblox with original characters and all.
-Adventure story, a charming RPG game inspired by likes of Mario RPG's and such. Sadly, development has stopped for this one.
-Phighting, a really cool team fighting game with tons of character dialogue interactions.
They're all super fun to play and made with passion.
I'm gonna throw my hat into the ring here and add three more games I've enjoyed to the list.
HOURS - an arcadey third-person roguelite beat-em-up that features enemies based on ROBLOX accessories, gears, and lore (yes, lore), and playable characters with JoJo-esque time controlling abilities.
Arcane Odyssey - a giant PvE and PvP open-world fighting game made by the developer of Adventure Story, featuring seafaring and magic. Based on Greek Mythology with a twist & currently in early access.
Adventure Forward Two - a classic-style collect-a-thon platformer from the older days of ROBLOX. Run and jump through nine major worlds filled with stars (the major collectable) and challenge courses to gain the respect of the deities inhabiting them: Points. Though the original game was broken due to ROBLOX updates, there's a restored version that works just fine.
I have some because I am obsessed with this
Make Your Own Army - the graphics are so cute tbh, not p2w (ish) its a strat(ish) game, but its not really high quality if not more of a passion project
Deepwoken better
@@softypew1371 that's not an argument I wanna get into, for I have not played Deepwoken.
@@qwontz Im max lvl in Arcane Odyssey and i can tell you deepwoken is better in every single way, pve pvp leveling system build diversity skill cap, everything
Try a game called "Project delta", it's kind of a escape from tarkov type game, though it does have micro transactions, it uses them in a non p2w way, mainly for skins, although some may give you a slight advantage like snow ghillie skins or woodland camouflage for armor. It's a high quality game and I think its one of the most unknown shooter games on Roblox.
My nephews are addicted to it, so I wanted to see what it is. Today I introduced by older nephew to Starcraft, and he really got into it. I'm really proud.
The worst part about this? There's nothing that can be done about this. Hell, even if, hypothetically, the issue is seemingly fixed, there will always be ways for Roblox developers and traders to find shady loopholes for monetary gain.
hey can you tell me what game that is 3:08
Wdym traders
@@Winjachich?
@@cloverlord6565you don’t need to know
Pizza Tower Testing@@Winjachich
The first time I ever saw anything about Roblox, my little sister was playing a game where the objective was to set up a lemonade stand and to quite literally BEG for money. No matter what good things I hear about Roblox, that first impression will stick forever.
LOL what was the name?
@DJRandomMixes it's probably adopt me or please donate.
My first time was in 2014 playing some hide an seek game as a guest with unlockable characters and giant maps, and then I played a bunch of Pokemon fangames.
@@DJVideso i think it is pls donate
Lol she was playing pls donate. One of the worst first impressions you could have with roblox, unlucky.
7:28 for me it was mainly finding games with good communitys and acting with randoms mainly stratagy games for exampe Dead Ahead (not the zombie one the naval one)
retrostudio is probably the best place where kids can go the community is nice. no transactions and has amazing classic games from robloxs golden error. its sad to see retro studio dying
I still don’t get how people find spending hundreds of dollars on hats inside of a virtual sandbox game a completely ok thing.
At first I thought it was a flex. Now it's a concern.
They genuinely be spending 200 dollars for an ugly toothpick leg. Not because it looks good but because they are probably very insecure and want to flex
Youd be suprised by how much money they can make, for me i bought in 2017 a limited hat around 350 thats is now worth 15000, i could go to the black market and sell it for a small fee.
@snickerdoodle7134 its ugly to you ur literally strawmanning
There r other ways of getting robux without spending a single dime and I'm sure u know that
I have a friend who had one of their models used as advertising materials for roblox. She didn't get a single penny from it lol
I think peak roblox was around 2014-2018; early-mid 2010's had all the best-made games before everything required robux while I still remember that incredible 2018 easter event with hands down the best game in all of roblox (it's called yolk tales and you can still play it)
theres fantastic frontier, decaying winter, hours, pilgrammed, contact a-888, anomalous activities, neon knights and stuff (neon knight is kinda p2w but you would be missing out on all the fun)
I've played Roblox for years more than any other game, and I definitely agree with many points you made in the video. There are so many games that monetize so hard and get popular because of bright colors and just overusing trends.
Never in a million years did I think Yakko would cover something like this. Here we are in an age where Video Game Reviewers can also talk about serious subjects. Good work.
its roblox its not that serious
@@KookoCraft Ah yes. Gambling and people pretending to date while using this platform. Totally not something we should be worried about.
@@blockeontheleafeonDefinitely
@@fasttheplayer2535 Indeed. Not everything is sacred on the internet, no matter how much we try to avoid that ugly side.
@@KookoCrafthoo boy you have no idea
Correct me if am wrong, but Raise a Peter is DEFINETLY inspired by raise a floppa
It seems like its by the same person. Im gonna check
They are by diffrent developers but i wanna also check the dates
Yes, you are correct
gotta love the thumbnail hand design
Showed this to my brother who is trapped in the cycle of the predatory games. Hopefully this helps him take a step in the right direction towards better games.
You should guide him towards games you, him or even better; both find enjoyable. Luckily when I played roblox 10 years ago the platform was much more creative and had less of these premium money farms.
Even when I do find myself in these games I end up seriously bored and usually end up alt+F4ing after a popup window asking for 300rs peaks my frustration and go off to play something better.
@@ViciousVinnyD I have tried that. I show him a good game, he enjoys it, plays it for a day or two, then just goes back to shitty simulator games.
@@CollinWitlox Yeah it takes a bit more than a day to actually pick up interest with a game. Problem with those simulators is how god damn addictive they are.
Hopefully he'll grow out of it eventually.
Comment for the algorithm. Roblox was a formative game for me when I was like 8-12 and it means a lot to me. It sucks to see what it's become and it's good to see those awful shortcomings being brought to light.
That being said, thanks for showing me some awesome-looking games on the platform. Gotta try out Microwave Dinner sometime.
I only play like 3 games on roblox when i play because i dont have the patience to shift through the garbage. I once accidentally bought a music player in a fishing simulator with robux, and i dont even know how i managed it. it popped into my ui and i was missing 35 robux.
i hate the microtransactions in the game, they feel so so gross
my favorite is a call of duty black ops rip-off. it's genuinely so atmospheric
I've also spent some robux on multiple games. It may be a lot but now i always think over what i buy. When i was younger i was not like that.
roblox is cool and all, but no lie i lived off Factor_ for like a year. I'm disabled and really can't cook (like, *physically* can't) and it's genuinely good food. I only had to stop because of the price and the fact that the delivery boxes were piling up in my house lol now I have to get TV dinners again and have *those* boxes pile up instead 🙃
also, glad to know I'm not the only one who left the "tutorial" sky island without finding the starter shirt XD
I remember playing those 160 level obstacle courses whenever I could. It would be at school or daycare, so it was always a race to see how far into it I could get before I had to get off. It was super fun, and something I remember fondly. I didn't realize Roblox had gotten this bad and now I just feel.. Sad.
I also played this medieval rpg where you could pick from a bunch of magical classes/races and then you were just dropped into the world. It was pretty big, I remember there were two castles, one dark, one light. And there was a forest in the middle separating the two with a secret tree house/village in it. Also the pizza sim/rpg was fun.
8:34 brb, omw to waste money for this axotol suit
You should totally try Isle. Such a fun horror/adventure game! Best one I've seen on roblox. Def do with a group of friends.