Roblox Has Changed

[@LilacMonarch]

I joined in late 2009, so I've had a similar experience. I frequently find myself playing the classic yet still active games that still stick to their roots. Natural Disaster Survival, Work at a Pizza Place, etc. Some of them have monetization, but it's so much more reasonable than most of the slop on the platform. There's some new gems of course, like Tower Defense Simulator. Also, I've noticed how the culture has evolved over time, with the changing internet and more adults being on the platform. It's not all bad but particularly the "gooners" as they're now called is a huge problem. Basically every time I join a game I see someone (or myself) getting "backshotted" and absolutely vile stuff in chat/vc. It's disturbing that so many act this way on a kids platform and it's genuinely concerning to me how normalized it's become.

[@emptycanoffanta]

i love microtransactions i love microtransactions i love microtransactions!!!!!!!! i need to pay MONEY for more STIMULI

[@junkokitty]

BUY BUY BUy

[@xpro718]

I want to share my own personal opinion on the evolution of robux and the Roblox catalog. Robux has lost its value due to the catalog algorithm showing cheaply made items, copyright ed items, etc, and it made the whole page so unappealing. It doesn't help that Roblox's own items have increased in cost (And yes Roblox inflation is real), so you'll have to spend more money in order to purchase accessories that are expensive. When UGC was introduced, it was a game changer at first, but since the Roblox platform doesn't bother to moderate the items being uploaded to the catalog (Just like the players in the game), a huge wave of copyrighted, cheap, and overall bad accessories spawned into the game. The only thing worth spending on Roblox now is gamepasses, games, or just giving it to kids who REALLY need it.

[@l_amp]

i recently started playing roblox again having not done so since around 2018, theres only a small handful of games i find myself coming back to (regretavator being my favourite), i was not there for the og days or whatever, but i still find it insane how much its changed for the worse in that time. most of the frontpage games are child gambling. the search function hardly works unless you type the EXACT NAME OF THE THING YOURE LOOKING FOR (not the keywords?????) and then yeah the, catalogue. with my newfound knowlege being older and such i decided to program a roblox game on the side as a hobby, it still isnt even in alpha testing right now but my goal is to bring back some sort of earlier roblox vibes, theres a character creator that uses roblox studs and such which you can rotate and change color and size and such. i have some really big plans for it but something else im commiting to is 0 gamepasses/microtransactions, (minus a donation option thats out of the way and completely optional, since, yknow, spent a lot of time already working on it) i completely refuse to lock any gamplay or morph or ANYTHING of the sort behind a paywall, and this is with my own creation. the absolute fucking balls that those slop games have to steal other's work amd profit off it makes me LIVID i hope one day we can get back to point where more devs are like the regretavator ones, actually passionate about the game and not making money

[@junkokitty]

that sounds pretty cool, i wish you the best of luck with your game.

[@Ayeato]

Thats another thing, old roblox games where all ways built around this really short but fun and social gameplay loops. A lot of games nowadays on roblox are structured on how can we put you through the longest and most tedious possible grind to get you to spend money and stick around. I always liked how roblox games where ones i could pick up at any time and they werent a big commitment it was just dumb fun, and the gameplay loop was still interesting and rewarding enough to have me coming back.

[@junkokitty]

exactly, a lot of the games want you to sink a ton of time into them or pay money. the best part about roblox is that you can quickly jump from one game to another though, and playing a single game on roblox for a long time is not something i’m really interested in doing.

[@LilacMonarch]

Yeah I've noticed that when revisiting old ones I used to play. The most commitment was the old tycoons and that was just because your progress didn't save so you had to do it all in one sitting. Now every game saves, and yet they're all far more tedious

[@salmoon5680]

the design change also affected peoples avatars, the avatars you see are straight up weird

[@rawmaw]

and weirdly sexual

[@junkokitty]

it’s cause anything can be imported now, and it’s clear there isn’t a good system to check if it should be added or not.

[@rawmaw]

They also seem weirdly s*xualized

[@Ayeato]

Used to play roblox a shit ton, and while partially the reason i dont anymore is just because of life and I dont play games as a whole as much anymore, i genuinely would play roblox if there was anything worth my time, or it wasnt such an effort to find a game worth playing. Every once in a while i open the website, look for a game for maybe 20 minutes, and then leave the site again for another few months after finding nothing but slop.

[@junkokitty]

yeah the system they have right now for finding games is pretty bad

[@ItsDragonPlayer]

@@junkokitty nowadays since the game finding system is bad, i still play roblox but nowadays i just go on random social media platforms search "roblox game" and then find a good game OR just play one of the older games

[@nyancatfangamer6910]

@@Ayeato > block tales

[@human_sushi]

@@nyancatfangamer6910 litteraly everyone played it

[@nyancatfangamer6910]

@@human_sushi it would have 400k+ active users rn if "everyone" played it

[@ThatRandomGamer_Main]

I joined roblox in 2016 cuz my fav flash game site is getting filled with mobile ports slops. Now I'm seeing my fav platform getting filled with those stuff and I'm afraid that one day, all those good games stop getting updates or stop working entirely cuz all the devs quit.

[@junkokitty]

hopefully roblox can still incentivize creators to make stuff that is worth playing, otherwise that is entirely possible

[@beansburger3026]

honorable mentions: the unsponsored events!!! (halloween, easter, christmas, ect) and the forums!!! and the GEARS THAT DONT EVEN WORK ANYMORE & the fact that older games would probably still be popular if the code wasnt broken from updates 😭 dont even get me started on the stamper tool pbs servers omggggg the new terrain shit was the end of an era im still heartbroken

[@junkokitty]

yeah i have so much gear, but it’s completely useless now unless i play something from 8+ years ago

[@human_sushi]

Gears are chaos, even if game only allows social gears there is still some social gears that can deal damage

[@doodledude2d295]

@@junkokitty what sucks is that you can't even add gear accessibility to your game since the tool is bugged, and roblox doesn't do anything about it!

[@p4radoxical]

Originally fell into love with roblox due to the community I felt with the egg hunts and other events. Time has passed and it becomes ever clearer that they prioritize whatever makes the most money now instead of catering even barely to what’s left of an overarching community.

[@junkokitty]

exactly, the game feels really soulless now. a lot of what made me interested in the game has been stripped or dialed down, and the new priority seems to be profit

[@Slyfox2235]

Its pretty sad, I mean basic moderation would completely change the kind of content on the platform. There are plenty of (literally) copy paste simulator games with slightly different skins on them that exist purely to make money, and more importantly the games (that are actually promoted) are very exploitative of the younger audience they aim towards. And its actually just baffling how models and everything are just ripped from elsewhere and SOLD for money ?? Like you mentioned on the very front page, not just hidden away somewhere . The entire thing is just incredibly frustrating

[@junkokitty]

it is insane that they just let that stuff slide honestly, and to have it on the front page makes it even worse

[@HeckadecimaI]

very classic, very mindful

[@junkokitty]

thank you thank you

[@Hakaishin-225]

I remember the days where i would wake up early just so i could play a bit of roblox before i went to school and i would find a brand new game almost every single day that i would play for hours on end

[@junkokitty]

i used to play roblox all the time after school, good times

[@Sizzyl]

I honestly think the main change for me is the change away from the R6 bodytype (alongside the discovery issues you mentioned in this vide). Most of the games I find/play on Roblox these days just don't even feel like Roblox because of primarily this change, they feel like Indie Steam games with the amount of random character variety which is just not what I come to the site for. Having a spongebob head wouldn't matter much if your character wasn't half as tall, twice as wide, etc. I never batted an eye at those cool cross-promotion items like the Stormtrooper Helmet which maintained the general roblox style despite being a starwars hat. I don't care about microtransactions and it's been pretty normal to have extreme pay to win stuff since like way back in 2014, I among many others just choose not to play that stuff (p2w mobile game garbage) cuz it sucks and I really don't think that push for microtransactions is really that bad if you just ignore the top games all played by small children.

[@junkokitty]

@@Sizzyl the issue i have with the micro transactions is that games are being developed around them, which leads to content being locked. long long ago there were only the vip t shirts, and those weren’t as invasive as the current system a lot of the time.

[@Sizzyl]

@@junkokitty there have been games developed around them always, it's just that nobody cared to play them because as you said, spending money on video games was way less normal. I do think the mobile release of roblox assisted this greatly as people have always been willing to spend money in mobile games, but as you stated in the video it's an industry-wide problem of people buying so many microtransactions that really lead to where we are today in terms of that.

[@AJiguess_]

I do believe Roblox has changed for the worst since I joined in 2016, but I’ve realized that it isn’t really Roblox changing, it’s the world around it. Roblox is simply adapting to what will get the most money or (very occasionally) what is fun. If we look at what the world and gaming landscape was 14 years ago, 10 years ago, even 5 years ago. It’s odd seeing how Roblox comforts to the general gaming landscape more and more as it gains traction. What I’m trying to say is that it’s no so much Roblox itself as it is the gaming landscape as a whole and how it’s been nearly nuked into oblivion Edit : I just finished watching the video and it kinda proves my point ig

[@junkokitty]

yeah i agree with you, that’s kind of what i was getting at

[@sorryimsunny]

Great video, I didn't play back in the golden days of Roblox but when I did first start playing (roughly 2017) it definitely felt so much better than it does now... playing Pokémon: Brick Bronze all the time with my friend as well as classics like Roblox Top Model, WaaPP, Survive the Disasters, etc. Also holy shit K.K. Crusin' mention

[@impumpiguess]

escape from costco guys in area 51

[@ItsM8N8]

*Gasp* And he got the Brain Rot Quiz!!!

[@junkokitty]

i escaped DID YOU?

[@impumpiguess]

@@junkokitty no i never played it apart from when i joined for a split second and told you to play roblox therapy

[@MikoriChan]

I still think there are some good games in present day Roblox. Blocktales and Regretevator are some noteworthy examples. I get they're not for everyone, especially Roblox veterans like yourself. I joined in 2016 but I'm honestly not quite sure if I can classify as a "veteran" per se. I can totally understand how modern day Roblox has issues, especially in the moderation department. ESPECIALLY in the moderation department. But I can still see some hope in the platform, it just needs new management, and dare I say, better investors that aren't greedy assholes. We can only see forward how the platform will end up and where it'll take us.

[@junkokitty]

i actually like regretevator. a problem with roblox is that games like regretevator aren’t being put on the home page for people to find though. it’s generally slop which gives people a bad impression right from the get go.

[@MikoriChan]

I can see where you're coming from. But for me, there's always gonna be a diamond in the rough. It may take some scrolling to get through. Trust me, I have seen my fair share of bad Roblox games and I can safely say that they are certainly annoying to sit through.

[@junkokitty]

@@MikoriChan yeah i agree with you, there are good games. what i was saying is that roblox needs to improve what they showcase so people dont have to search so much for something worth playing. it is very much a diamond in the rough situation.

[@MikoriChan]

@junkokitty It's kind of complicated. If you ask me, it's similar to how KZbin works with the algorithm, it recommends what it does based on what they believe makes the most money and/or makes the biggest numbers possible. Given that Roblox's general audience is rather young, I'm sure that's why the front page is the way it is right now. Kids are very gullible, and they tend to click on the first thing they see as very enticing. Of course, algorithms tend to be different for everyone depending on what games they play or what videos they watch, but all in all, it does feel like it mostly recommends what is currently popular with the general public.

[@user-xc4qr1hc8h]

@@MikoriChan Dungeons of doom, phighting, pressure, arsenal, combat warriors, unnamed shooter, booth game. You can also still play a lot of old games like survive the disasters, sfoth iv, flood escape, etc.

[@rottzma8246]

If Roblox had stuck to their brand and stayed true to themselves I think they would have a much better fanbase and not have so many negative associations. I know quite a lot of old players who hate what's happened to the site and even a lot of new players who won't even give it a chance because of how scummy it's become. It's hard to even look at Roblox now and realize it was the platform I loved and spent so much time on. You can never find a game unless you spend hours digging through slop, there's no search features so you can't even SORT the slop, and avatars are disgusting and overly sexual for no reason. I hate what Roblox has become and wish it would have stayed true to itself. It's no longer a place for kids, or even a place for self expression. It's a cesspit of slop and sexualized garbage.

[@junkokitty]

i’ve seen some crazy stuff on the homepage, including straight up weird racist stuff. i have no idea what they’re doing, but obviously it’s not working in terms of keeping the site clean. it’s hard to gauge what would’ve happened to roblox without the direction it took, but i would have loved to see it succeed.

[@Fraspy]

i agree, i started playing roblox in mid 2017 in my dad's pc, im not a og player but i can tell roblox fell off through the years, nothing is original in roblox anymore, and the good games like Phantom Forces have less players, because most of people playing roblox today are like 6 to 8 year olds that play these trash games for hours straight in their ipads

[@junkokitty]

it is really sad to see that a lot of the good games have lower play count then they deserve compared to other games.

[@gabe3935]

Another banger video from junko "video essay" kitty

[@junkokitty]

thank you master scribe

[@MrEndo]

You gotta play pillar chase 2 in roblox >:]

[@theyes5864]

Been playing since around summer 2017 and a lot has been happening since 2022. For example you could have breasts on your avatar for 3 months around early 2024 and that is thanks to public UGC, it is also a reason why you saw so many copyrighted items. I believe that there is no turning back for roblox, even if you try to be optimistic.

[@junkokitty]

yeah the ugc stuff is clearly not under control atm

[@jessetroller-yx8zd]

My little brother started playing Roblox when he was 9 years old in late 2021, and I started playing it the next year. Every day, we would play 3 unique games that were recommended to us on the home page. This led to us "drilling" to the bottom of the algorithm to the point that all I get now are some strange myth games and all my brother gets are some very difficult tower obbies.

[@LucidMakesVideos]

Engament comment? Engagement comment.

[@junkokitty]

thank you, you are truly an engaged viewer

[@Jaheim1537]

if you wanna play fun roblox games i recommend the snakes and medieval RTS they might seem confusing at first but you will understand it quickly

[@junkokitty]

maybe i’ll check them out then

[@onetonman]

I miss when escape thomas obby obby obby obby obby obby obby obby was the only game that had too many micro transactions

[@junkokitty]

i agree with you, everything i said in the video was to appeal to the masses. i lied, we actually need more micro transactions and minecart into skibidi toilet

[@joeisfat]

tbh i agree, these stupid shitposts are everywhere and the only reason why i still play it is era warfare which is one of the very underrated games. rblx will only show us games if they have a clusterfuck of gamepasses or make them stupid amounts of money and the only way to find good games are from yt or when the stars align

[@junkokitty]

yeah the home page is usually filled with garbage with a million game passes. its very much profit over the overall experience.

[@joeisfat]

@@junkokitty quantity over quality?

[@theyes5864]

Oh and btw, what song starts at 2:11, i remember hearing it once on youtube and finding it amazing

[@RyanEXElol]

this is very underrated,

[@junkokitty]

thank you, i’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@1upfunniguy]

Dude there are some amazing games that are overshadowed by these shady games like find everything and super cube cavern

[@sonid7111]

My son has been kidnapped.... ON PROTA KINGDOM! PLAY NOW! (Do not play it, trust. Peak video btw.)

[@junkokitty]

i’m glad you liked it!!

[@SantosCastellanos-vr1by]

I think 2024 is the worst year for Roblox

[@Dreaming-Void]

12:22 nah dude it gets worse X_X people upload suspicious stuff all the dang time and its awful

[@junkokitty]

yeah, i’ve heard there are all kinds of things in the catalog. they need to do a better job moderating it.

[@zzMarcie]

melike

[@junkokitty]

thank you!!!! i’m glad you liked it

[@AlphaCraftMC-m5m]

I miss when bloxtober had cool gifts to purchase during the Halloween events

[@junkokitty]

i don’t remember the events too much, but from what i remember i liked them. i think events are pretty important for games like roblox, but i wouldn’t be surprised if they stopped doing them

[@AlphaCraftMC-m5m]

@@junkokitty Same.

[@Gavblox]

Combat initiation music spotted (its a remix)

[@theddawwroni]

I recorded the same thing on my channel and I got 5 thousand views. so in our country there is the same problem... I played from 2016 to 2021-2022, and it makes me sadder and sadder to see such horror... the biggest mistake is attempt to adjust with other platforms or games, try to be the same as other games. This is often what makes Roblox less unique. Ыome improvements were needed and some were not. I want to play again like in the old days. ahaha

[@pablotaquitohd4247]

nice avatar

[@junkokitty]

thanks, ive had those items forever and haven’t changed it

[@yum_ez]

Oh my god the date

[@dmoney14ful]

Roblox is what u make it so just have some fun

[@Iredecent]

whats the song in your outro...?

[@emptycanoffanta]

kk cruisin'

[@thedwemercomrade2675]

i just realized this video only has 725 views. what the hell.

[@junkokitty]

yeah, but its no one dollar chicken nugget vs 5000 dollar chicken nugget. lets be real here

[@aaronrivera2511]

Replace Steam with Roblox in the intro, and you'll start to see some... parallels.

[@NexusCorporal]

What If games gave players a 24 hour free trial for the huggy wuggy and players can choose if they wanna buy it.

[@junkokitty]

the worlds problems would be fixed by a 24 hour free huggy wuggy trial

[@KingNin64]

FOR THE BETTER jokes aside, there are some amazing games in modern day Roblox. I still love that shit. Roblox has given me so many good memories. Not in my childhood, because I didn't play until like 2-3 years ago, but in my adulthood. Hopping on and playing on stream as a joke, just to discover that there are actually some really fun games on Roblox, is probably similar to the reason so many people aside from children do play Roblox. Most of my fun in the game has been had in terrible shitpost experiences, where a few friends and I will just hop on and fuck around, laughing nonstop. Or we'd play something like Doors or Pressure. There's always something to do. I guess the real reason I like the game is not for the game itself, it's for the people I experience the game with. Roblox is a catalyst for the fun moments I have with my friends. Simply a spoon to shovel the cereal of laughter into our mouths or something like that (I'm really struggling to find the word I'm looking for okay)

[@junkokitty]

roblox has always had those shitpost games, and i’m not against those at all. i think they’re funny, but now they’re monetized to hell and back which really sucks.

[@Toy_Train_Adventures]

i love microtransactions i love microtransactions i love microtransactions!!!!!!!! i need to pay MONEY for more STIMULI

[@Chrisz_489]

thanks cheif

[@junkokitty]

no problem chrisz_489

[@Chrisz_489]

@@junkokitty hit me up anytime cheif

[@Tripfrill]

i want you to play Bombline

[@junkokitty]

i did on stream, it’s alright but not for me

[@orcenen]

actually mindful????

[@junkokitty]

hopefully its seen that way!!

[@extremeperson4442]

Geometry dash is cooking without the micro transactions. Its 1 of few on steam.

[@Schploof]

Play fortnite ❤

[@junkokitty]

i did but lost the recording. this is not a joke

[@minebrandon95264]

"All of the other tracks are old roblox songs used in games back then." -Here's the actual music credits that doesn't pull a Telamon. 0:00 4'33 - John Cage 0:11 Cursed Abbey Ragnarok Online - SoundTeMP 1:36 The only song you did credit, this is your Shirts and Pants made by Stealth Pilot 2:09 Pull Me Out - Jeremy Holt + Deep Electric Piano 01 - Garage Band 2:55 Catwalk Long - iMovie Song 3:38 Investigation Long - iMovie Song 4:06 The Great Strategy - TheBadLiZ 5:38 Winds of Fjords - Minomus (But it's looped weirdly because OpenMPT was not used) 9:56 I don't know the name of this song, but it's definitely not old Roblox 10:04 Outrun the Nightmare - Manny Greetz 13:36 I don't know for this one either 14:50 Daylight - Solaris 16:35 I also don't know I'm just saying, it's a bit weird to complain about modern Roblox not having an identity and just taking a bunch of stuff from other media, while using the old Roblox sound track which is just a bunch of random songs from the internet that Admins took and are not consistent. Your punishment is to download OpenMPT and go to the mod archive and download Winds of Fjords, The Great Strategy, and Skaven Ice Frontier and you have to listen to them on that program. Billions must Saga Musix! Also, I don't think Daylight by Solaris was used in games back then?

[@danex9680]

@@minebrandon95264 the outro music literally made me wake up and write this comment. Please let me know what it is if you find out. I will now be going back to sleep

[@junkokitty]

the outro music is kk cruising live, i use it for all my recent videos. its not an old roblox track

[@rewindd]

robux

[@junkokitty]

tix

[@ToastedHeadcrab]

Blockland is better it hab 4 wwholw peoppe online... I am number 2

[@junkokitty]

i never played blockland until probably 2014, but i saw some pretty cool servers at the time

[@jwzc]

Damn really?

[@TheSockeye]

play arma 3 then

[@imaz0mbie_]

stop having an overused opinion, you have high hours on vrchat!!!

[@junkokitty]

yeah, vrchat is fun to make stuff for

[@ItsM8N8]

this guy still never played roblox therapy instead my mans plays be fat and jeep ride into toilet 🤦 all seriousness great vid keep up the good work (also you clicked read more, that well be 50 Bobux)

[@junkokitty]

im glad you liked the video!! i was playing whatever was popping up on roblox to get an idea of what was on the homepage, since when i had streamed the game it seemed difficult to choose what to play. also i dont have 50 bobux

[@ItsM8N8]

@@junkokitty No Bobux No Poppy Playtime VIP Pass 👀

[@junkokitty]

@@ItsM8N8 no poppy playtime :(

[@ae-oz9kb]

No more webfishing vids? :(

[@junkokitty]

i feel like i’ve made all the videos i wanted to make on webfishing, but i have a project in the works that might come to fruition. i hope that doesn’t disappoint you, i just don’t know what else i can do with webfishing currently.

[@thetureplayer9991]

Just use better discovery to find good game:/

[@junkokitty]

the problem is that you shouldn’t have to use better discovery at all.

[@kittyofftheyerks]

robux

[@junkokitty]

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