Saturday 8 November 2014
Get Verified: Get a hat
ROBLOX has just announced a new promotion of sorts: get your email verified and you'll get this exclusive hat on November 17th. You must verify your email by November 13th to get it though, so move quick! Verify your email on this page
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Lord Umberhallow is on sale now
Its a good looking package with some nice texturing, especially in the head and the arms of this guy. Its quite expensive but is an awesome package and is pretty detailed too - you'd expect that for R$2,500. If you want to get in the Halloween spirit then maybe this package is for you.
Monday 27 October 2014
Hat Review: Rebel Stormtrooper Helmet
REBEL STORMTROOPER HELMET
This is a wonderful hat. I'm sure the community has been demanding a stormtrooper hat for many, many years - ever since Star Wars games were popular on ROBLOX and you could morph into different characters and yet the stormtrooper never had a helmet, or not one this good anyway. Those were the days!
The texture of this hat is really nice, the isignia on the front is pretty low quality though but the mesh of the hat more than makes up for it. Its quite incredible that this has been made and you know whats better? The price - its only 1 TICKET. Yes just 1/10th of your daily stipend - the catch? Well you have 1 more day to buy it before its offsale forever - so you'd better hurry!
Game Reviews: Murder Mystery vs Murder
The Mad Murderer fought off Twisted Murderer in last weeks Game Review battle and will be reviewed against the winner of this review in a battle for the Best Murder Game title by ROBLOXia Today. So lets crack on!
MURDER MYSTERY by Nikilis
Note: This game was broken when I played - I couldn't join the game and was stuck on "waiting for character" for around 10 minutes. This review is from memory and no points will be deducted for the game being broken as I'm unsure if its a ROBLOX or Nikilis problem.
Idea: 7/10
Murder Mystery was the first Murder game on ROBLOX that got very popular very quickly, and although its copied from a GMod gamemode this game was original when it came to ROBLOX games.
Gameplay: 7/10
The gameplay here is fun: Its simple too. There are no complicated modes its just 1 Murderer, 1 Sheriff and the rest innocents. There is some customisation although its not a lot but the variety of maps means this game will keep people playing - especially as they wait for their murderer chance to increase!
Environment: 6/10
The environments in this game are varied but very basic. They lack much detail and although you could argue it adds to the charm of the game, I'd like to see some more detailed maps in this game.
Enjoyment: 9/10
This game is very enjoyable. Its so satisfying killing the murderer or the innocents or just running and trying to hide from the Murderer. Nikilis has made this into a very enjoyable game and unlike Murder which I'll review next, it has a large social aspect where people are also discussing who they think the murderer is in the chat - until they die of course!
Scripting: 8/10
The scripting here is well done but the game doesn't look as polished as Murder. Guis in the lobby are on the wall as SurfaceGuis and this just doesn't look as good as the Guis in Clonetrooper1019's game. However everything works well, including the map rotation which players can vote on.
MURDER by CloneTrooper1019
Idea: 5/10
The idea here is of course, unoriginal but is perhaps the truest to the actual GMod gamemode. Everything here is similar including some of the maps and the character customisation is unrivalled in the Murder games world.
Gameplay: 7/10
The gameplay here is fairly satisfying and the gun noises are really satisfying too. In addition to this theres some sounds straight from the GMod gamemode that you can access by pressing q. This is a neat little feature and adds to the polish that this game has. The gameplay here though is limited with few game modes although it would appear that more are coming soon - and some may already exist but I never saw any.
Murder also has two big differences to other games: Bystanders can have guns and you can collect props from around the maps - get 5 and you get a gun.
Environment: 8/10
The environments here are very carefully constructed and look really good. They are true to the GMod maps (if they are from GMod) and otherwise they are very nice. I really liked the re-purposing of Carentan in this game.
Enjoyment: 5/10
There is one major downfall to Murder and is this - it isn't very atmospheric and no-one ever speaks. Although I was in a server of only 3 people at one point, I've played this game before and its very rare anyone speaks and the only sounds you hear are of guns. Its very anti-social and thats something that other Murder games are better at.
Another criticism I have of this game is that there is no map rotation. You have to leave the game and rejoin the hub to get to another map. I'd like to see map voting at the end of a round and although the system as it currently is maybe something to do with the lag of loading these maps - it does mean you have to waste time leaving and rejoining games.
The gameplay was pretty fun though and brings up this score to a 5.
Scripting: 9/10
There is some wonderful scripting in this game and its very polished. The hub's GUI is very well scripted and 3D thumbnails - although pointless - are a nice touch.
Average Murder Mystery Score: 7.4
Average Murder Score: 6.8
MURDER MYSTERY by Nikilis
Note: This game was broken when I played - I couldn't join the game and was stuck on "waiting for character" for around 10 minutes. This review is from memory and no points will be deducted for the game being broken as I'm unsure if its a ROBLOX or Nikilis problem.
Murder Mystery was the first Murder game on ROBLOX that got very popular very quickly, and although its copied from a GMod gamemode this game was original when it came to ROBLOX games.
Gameplay: 7/10
The gameplay here is fun: Its simple too. There are no complicated modes its just 1 Murderer, 1 Sheriff and the rest innocents. There is some customisation although its not a lot but the variety of maps means this game will keep people playing - especially as they wait for their murderer chance to increase!
The environments in this game are varied but very basic. They lack much detail and although you could argue it adds to the charm of the game, I'd like to see some more detailed maps in this game.
Enjoyment: 9/10
This game is very enjoyable. Its so satisfying killing the murderer or the innocents or just running and trying to hide from the Murderer. Nikilis has made this into a very enjoyable game and unlike Murder which I'll review next, it has a large social aspect where people are also discussing who they think the murderer is in the chat - until they die of course!
Scripting: 8/10
The scripting here is well done but the game doesn't look as polished as Murder. Guis in the lobby are on the wall as SurfaceGuis and this just doesn't look as good as the Guis in Clonetrooper1019's game. However everything works well, including the map rotation which players can vote on.
MURDER by CloneTrooper1019
Idea: 5/10
The idea here is of course, unoriginal but is perhaps the truest to the actual GMod gamemode. Everything here is similar including some of the maps and the character customisation is unrivalled in the Murder games world.
Gameplay: 7/10
The gameplay here is fairly satisfying and the gun noises are really satisfying too. In addition to this theres some sounds straight from the GMod gamemode that you can access by pressing q. This is a neat little feature and adds to the polish that this game has. The gameplay here though is limited with few game modes although it would appear that more are coming soon - and some may already exist but I never saw any.
Murder also has two big differences to other games: Bystanders can have guns and you can collect props from around the maps - get 5 and you get a gun.
Environment: 8/10
The environments here are very carefully constructed and look really good. They are true to the GMod maps (if they are from GMod) and otherwise they are very nice. I really liked the re-purposing of Carentan in this game.
Enjoyment: 5/10
There is one major downfall to Murder and is this - it isn't very atmospheric and no-one ever speaks. Although I was in a server of only 3 people at one point, I've played this game before and its very rare anyone speaks and the only sounds you hear are of guns. Its very anti-social and thats something that other Murder games are better at.
Another criticism I have of this game is that there is no map rotation. You have to leave the game and rejoin the hub to get to another map. I'd like to see map voting at the end of a round and although the system as it currently is maybe something to do with the lag of loading these maps - it does mean you have to waste time leaving and rejoining games.
The gameplay was pretty fun though and brings up this score to a 5.
Scripting: 9/10
There is some wonderful scripting in this game and its very polished. The hub's GUI is very well scripted and 3D thumbnails - although pointless - are a nice touch.
FINAL SCORES
Idea: 7/10 vs 5/10
MURDER MYSTERY WINS!
Gameplay: 7/10 vs 7/10
ITS A TIE!
Environment: 6/10 vs 8/10
MURDER WINS!
Enjoyment: 9/10 vs 5/10
MURDER MYSTERY WINS!
Scripting: 8/10 vs 9/10
MURDER WINS!
Stop the press! We have a tie, with both games winning 2 of the categories. Who goes through will depend on the average scores:
Average Murder Score: 6.8
THE WINNER, WITH A HIGHER AVERAGE SCORE IS
MURDER MYSTERY!
Murder Mystery will progress to the Final Showdown!
Sunday 19 October 2014
Game Reviews: The Mad Murderer vs Twisted Murderer
In this new series of reviews, I will be reviewing the main 4 Murder games on ROBLOX. The winner of this versus review and the Murder Mystery vs Murder will go to a final review, where they will be ranked against different criteria... so without further or do...
THE MAD MURDERER by loleris
Gameplay: 8/10
Gameplay here is very fun, you know what to do - someone is the murderer, someone is the sheriff and the rest are innocents. The gameplay is simple and every so often there's a "Murderer Madness" round where everyone is the murderer, and this spices up the game a little bit to stop it from becoming repetitive.
Environment: 6/10
The environments here are fairly interesting but theres only 5 and so you end up playing them a lot. They aren't very detailed either and the game could seriously do with some more maps.
Enjoyment: 8/10
This game is pretty enjoyable. There is a deep satisfaction to being the murderer and winning, or saving all those innocents when you're the Sheriff. There are game passes available for outrageous prices that can make you the murderer more often and this is one negative of the game. The game seems pretty enjoyable though so I'll give it a 8.
Scripting: 9/10
The scripting in this game is very good and is almost faultless. There are some issues, most notably with the lag during the intro that causes the sounds to all play over each other. The intro itself though is nicely done and this game has good scripting polish.
TWISTED MURDERER by Taymastar
Idea: 6/10
Although the idea is as unoriginal as TMMs, this has SIX modes that really make the game different. Its them modes that meant I rated it a 6/10 for the idea
Gameplay: 7/10
Although theres lots of different modes to play, the game didn't really feel very fun. The way to play the game didn't come as easily as The Mad Murderer and the game didn't seem quite so fluid or polished. The maps are much larger here and sometimes it was a bit boring being the innocent, something that wasn't so true in The Mad Murderer. Theres also some nice features to rank up your player with perks and gun textures etc. Theres seems to be more of these in this game than in TMM.
Environment: 6/10
The lobby is beautiful in this place, but unfortunately the maps are limited. They are quite large but I ended up playing the same one 4 times in a row. I didn't get to see any more than 2 during my time in the game and this meant it was fairly boring and repetitive.
Enjoyment: 5/10
Sadly, the lack of map changes meant this game felt too repetitive and I was bored after just a few rounds of this. Your chance of being the murderer goes up very slowly too and I never got to be the Murderer in my 20 minutes of playing this game. The game needed more action, and the long times waiting for the map to load meant I felt even more bored.
Scripting: 8/10
There are plenty of perks in this game and features that meant this was probably a large undertaking of scripting work. However it doesn't really feel fluid and I found the game was lacking - especially in its long map load times which were unjustifiably long, and the terrible round ending music which was just annoying and didn't feel polished in the slightest. The multiple modes is something this game has that TMM doesn't and does add points.
Average Mad Murderer Score: 7.0
Average Twisted Murderer Score: 6.4
THE MAD MURDERER by loleris
Idea: 4/10
The idea of this game is not original. Its as simple as that. Despite this, it does earn some credit for having a Murderer Madness mode which does spice up the game.
Gameplay here is very fun, you know what to do - someone is the murderer, someone is the sheriff and the rest are innocents. The gameplay is simple and every so often there's a "Murderer Madness" round where everyone is the murderer, and this spices up the game a little bit to stop it from becoming repetitive.
The environments here are fairly interesting but theres only 5 and so you end up playing them a lot. They aren't very detailed either and the game could seriously do with some more maps.
Enjoyment: 8/10
This game is pretty enjoyable. There is a deep satisfaction to being the murderer and winning, or saving all those innocents when you're the Sheriff. There are game passes available for outrageous prices that can make you the murderer more often and this is one negative of the game. The game seems pretty enjoyable though so I'll give it a 8.
Scripting: 9/10
The scripting in this game is very good and is almost faultless. There are some issues, most notably with the lag during the intro that causes the sounds to all play over each other. The intro itself though is nicely done and this game has good scripting polish.
TWISTED MURDERER by Taymastar
Idea: 6/10
Although the idea is as unoriginal as TMMs, this has SIX modes that really make the game different. Its them modes that meant I rated it a 6/10 for the idea
Gameplay: 7/10
Although theres lots of different modes to play, the game didn't really feel very fun. The way to play the game didn't come as easily as The Mad Murderer and the game didn't seem quite so fluid or polished. The maps are much larger here and sometimes it was a bit boring being the innocent, something that wasn't so true in The Mad Murderer. Theres also some nice features to rank up your player with perks and gun textures etc. Theres seems to be more of these in this game than in TMM.
Environment: 6/10
The lobby is beautiful in this place, but unfortunately the maps are limited. They are quite large but I ended up playing the same one 4 times in a row. I didn't get to see any more than 2 during my time in the game and this meant it was fairly boring and repetitive.
Enjoyment: 5/10
Sadly, the lack of map changes meant this game felt too repetitive and I was bored after just a few rounds of this. Your chance of being the murderer goes up very slowly too and I never got to be the Murderer in my 20 minutes of playing this game. The game needed more action, and the long times waiting for the map to load meant I felt even more bored.
Scripting: 8/10
There are plenty of perks in this game and features that meant this was probably a large undertaking of scripting work. However it doesn't really feel fluid and I found the game was lacking - especially in its long map load times which were unjustifiably long, and the terrible round ending music which was just annoying and didn't feel polished in the slightest. The multiple modes is something this game has that TMM doesn't and does add points.
FINAL SCORES
Idea: 4/10 vs 6/10
TWISTED MURDERER WINS!
Gameplay: 8/10 vs 7/10
THE MAD MURDERER WINS!
Environment: 6/10 vs 6/10
ITS A TIE!
Enjoyment: 8/10 vs 5/10
THE MAD MURDERER WINS!
Scripting: 9/10 vs 8/10
THE MAD MURDERER WINS!
Average Twisted Murderer Score: 6.4
THE WINNER, WITH 3 WINS OUT OF 5 IS....
THE MAD MURDERER!
TMM will progress to the Final Showdown!
Game Review, Hallow's Eve (By LondonzTaDahz)
Ahh, Its that time of year again! The time to go around to your friends house and beg for sweets. Its also time for ROBLOX to improve on last years "game" for Halloween, Lets see what they did this year! I'll be reviewing this game for the Halloween event by ROBLOX.
Idea:8.5/10
This games idea is fun and original at the same time, Although most maps are from popular games (Work at a pizza place, Crossroads etc.) which is okay if they had a short amount of time in which to create the game. The idea of fighting creatures that are trying to destroy a cauldron and the only way to kill them is to throw sweets at them, Its a fun idea on paper but quite boring when you actually play it.
Gameplay: 6/10
The game play gets repetitive after a while and defending a cauldron is similar gameplay to Guest Defence. The only thing that gets players coming back is to get all the badges and hats which come with each monster you kill. Game play typically goes: Kill mobs, Make sure they don't get to the cauldron and then repeat. There is some variety of mobs, Although it does become repetitive and you end up playing the same mob on a different level. The levels are just out of popular games and that is laziness and boring for the player.
Atmosphere: 4/10
The game is meant to be scary, Its a halloween event after all, and is quite spooky but not scary. The use of the music and lighting works great for this game, Although it adds to the spookiness of it and not the scariness.
Environment: 2/10
The environment of the game is basically other popular games, Just a little more spooky. Its not original or fun, Its boring to be honest. There is only one new map, Bloxburg. The environment is just pure laziness and gets boring fast, It can be improved A LOT.
Enjoyment: 5/10
The game has many flaws with the environment,and isn't the best game on ROBLOX. The gameplay is dull and gets repetitive fast. Compared to The Witching Hour, This is better by a while but isn't that good.
Overall Score: 5.1/10
Brand new Event Writer at Robloxia Today!
Hai everyone, I'm Alex and I'm the new event writer for Robloxia Today! My ROBLOX username is LondonzTaDahz, twitter is @LondonzTaDahz, my google+ is +Rbx LondonzTaDahz and Youtube is Rbx LondonzTaDahz
I'll be covering every event ROBLOX does and maybe cover some other events by players! I hope you enjoy reading everything I post!
About me:
I was born in London and I still live in london, I enjoy playing games and ROBLOX is one of my most played games! I enjoy doing stuff for other people, That's why I'm here! Writing all this for you lovely people! I love taking photographs of stuff so if you see me taking a picture of you, Don't worry, I just love taking pics!
Enjoy your reading!
I'll be covering every event ROBLOX does and maybe cover some other events by players! I hope you enjoy reading everything I post!
About me:
I was born in London and I still live in london, I enjoy playing games and ROBLOX is one of my most played games! I enjoy doing stuff for other people, That's why I'm here! Writing all this for you lovely people! I love taking photographs of stuff so if you see me taking a picture of you, Don't worry, I just love taking pics!
Enjoy your reading!
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