ROBLOX Reviews: Welcome to ROBLOX Building vs Sandbox

Hello and welcome to another review! This is by far the most popular set of reviews, and I am enjoying building a vast catalog of game reviews. Last review, traffic to the site was over 200!
This review compares two game greats. ROBLOXs "Welcome to ROBLOX Building" and its apparant clone "Sandbox" by REDALERT2
But which is better? Continue reading!

Welcome to ROBLOX Building by ROBLOX

Idea: 10/10

The idea behind this place is very original. It was the first place of its kind. A place where you could play with your friends and build together. The game also includes testing of new featureson ROBLOX. So players test while having fun.

Gameplay: 7/10

The idea behind the game is great, however, the gameplay isn't amazing. You just build, and only on your plot at that. However, you can have great fun with wiring and also trap people in your place. Though that is a tad mean. You can create amazing structures here. 

One problem is however, theres is a block limit, and this can reduce what you can build if you want to use alot of blocks.

Someone built Santa and an Elf

Scripting: 9/10


There is alot of scripting in this place. The helper bot can lead you to your baseplate. You can "like" someones plot, and clear your own. There is an experience system which awards you for placing and clearing blocks (with a few points for staying online)
Wiring works perfectly, it is well coded, but not especially scripted for this game, which is also the same for the stamper parts. Data persistance is used here so your creations are saved.


Enviroment: 4/10


The enviroment is pretty basic. There are baseplates. However, you are in a room with a door and a window. Thats pretty cool, but doesn't reall add much in the way of an enviroment.


Enjoyment: 7/10


Playing with your friends makes this game so fun. If you're not playing with your friends, then experimenting with wiring and building great creations is also fun.

Sandbox by REDALERT2

Idea: 8/10

Even though the game looks alot like Welcome to ROBLOX Building. It is not entirely the same. When you enter; theres a dedicated chat. ROBLOX chat is gone. Theres a similar stamper tool, but it has different functions. However, there is not doubt that this was based of WTRB. It came out at the same time.

Gameplay: 7/10

The gameplay is very similar to WTRBs gameplay. The insert tool is called "Shovel" and the delete tool is called "flatten". The game is fairly easy to use, and the GUI's are good.

Building is easy, and in a building game: thats important.

Building is easy!

Scripting: 9/10

This game does not have core ROBLOX elements in it. No chat for a start. The stamper tool is not the same and neither is the delete tool. There are many configurable options. These were all scripted really well by the games creator, and there is much more scripting going on here. Best of all; it works, which is incredible for so much of it. There are some things which break a bit, but they don't hinder gameplay.

Enviroment: 2/10

The enviroment is very bad. Its just a box, with sand. Hence the name. There is a bucket in the middle, but it is still a very boring world.

Enjoyment: 5/10

This game is quite boring, there aren't as many stamper tools, and the enviroment is quite dull. It is still a fairly good experience, but it isn't amazing.

FINAL SCORES.

         WTRB SBOX

 Idea: 10/10 vs 8/10
WELCOME TO ROBLOX BUILDING WINS!

Gameplay: 7/10 vs 7/10

TIE!

Scripting: 9/10 vs 9/10

TIE!

 Enviroment: 4/10 vs 2/10
WELCOME TO ROBLOX BUILDING WINS!

Enjoyment: 7/10 vs 5/10
WELCOME TO ROBLOX BUILDING WINS!

And the winner, with 3 wins out of 5 is:

WELCOME TO ROBLOX BUILDING! 

New Feature: Recently Played Games

Another new feature was recently released. Recently Played Games

There are two ways to see your recently played games. One is to go to the games page and click recent games, as seen above. The other is to go to your My ROBLOX homepage. The one on your homepage tells you how many people are currently online. Sort of helpful.

From which ever you click, you are greeted with your recently played games!

Then you can play. Do you find this feature helpful? If so, leave a comment!

New Feature: Fog

Last night, a new feature was released on ROBLOX.

This new release adds alot of depth into games and it will be great to see what players can do with it.

For scripters and builders alike, there are some new properties to experiment with. These are all located in Lighting:

FogStart – This is where, in your map, the fog begins to fade in. Anything that is inside this will not be affected by fog.

FogEnd – This is where, in your map, the fog completely engulfs your screen

FogColor – This is the colour of the fog. Perhaps use a grey colour, or the colour of your skybox.

People have been busily posting screenshots on the ironnoob forums. Heres a selection:

Hat Review: Abominable Snowman

Abominable Snowman

Price: R$: 350
Availability: Builders Club Only


Price: 7/10


The price is fairly good for the texture on this hat. Its 350 Robux, which is quite expensive but because its BC only, it is quite affordable for many a BC member.

Colours: 8/10

The colours at first seem boring. Its fairly white and grey. However, the grey is used to a good effect around the eyes, and the face is generally darker. The mouth has a nice tongue colour, and the teeth are also very nice indeed.

Mesh: 10/10

This is very unique, and personally its a really good wintery item. It has a long face which looks really good and it has very nice eyes and teeth.

Overall: 9/10

This item is very good, it has a great texture and has some nice colours. It has a good price for BC members, but this would be cool for everyone. Though it is hats like these that might tempt someone to buy BC.

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Lack of posts

Sorry guys for the lack of news recently. I seem to be the only one on the site, and until we can get some active authors, news will be few and far between.
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ROBLOX Reviews: Survival 303 vs WWII - Battle for Carentan

Welcome to another ROBLOX review!
This time its Survival 303 vs WWII - Battle for Carentan
Basically in these reviews, two places are put together and marked, the winner is the one that wins the most rounds! Since the last time some updates have been made to the system. Overall has been replaced by Enjoyment. Also Playability has become Gameplay.

Survival 303 by davidii2

Idea: 8/10


In this game you go around foraging for things and then crafting items with them. Its a nice idea for a game and certainly very original. It is a breath of fresh air.


Gameplay:  7/10


The game GUI is very intuitive though I found it took some time to craft good items. There is a nice thirst, hunger and health GUI. But I will get onto that soon. Crafting is a real pain for beginners like me. I couldn't seem to make anything. Thirst was quite hard to work out until I clicked on a river and drank. This game is so complicated that beginners can feel slightly dwarfed, but once you get the hang of it, it is fun to play.

Scripting: 10/10

The scripting in this game is very, very good. The health and hunger guis work perfectly and there is a great chat rather than the normal one. The game is very well scripted and all the scripts seem to work perfectly, which you would expect from such a popular game, a prequel to the very famous Survival 404, which has over 1,000,000 visits.


Enviroment: 5/10


The enviroment in the game isn't great unfortunately. While it seems most of the time has been spent on scripting the game, the enviroment is certainly showing that its been neglected. The trees are very basic, and so is the sea. The game is very varied, as you can see below.

Enjoyment: 7/10

The game is fun when you have got alot of things, but when you are just starting out it can be difficult to learn how to play. So overall, it is quite fun when you have crafted enough, but in the first few minutes, it can be quite boring and repetitive.

WWII - Battle for Carentan by brayden99

Idea: 7/10

The game is a war game, and there has been alot of those in the past, so it's not entirely original.

However, the game setting is new and what it contains makes it a rather enjoyable game.

Gameplay: 9/10

Its fun and easy to play, just enter the game and choose your class, there are many available. Personally, I think the recon class is very overpowered, you can easily no-scope people with it. There are control points to capture, and this makes for very entertaining gameplay.

Scripting: 7/10

There is some scripting in this game. The guns are scripted, the Capture Points are scripted and so are the game rounds (which finish after 50 kills) However, it is not script heavy and does use alot of textures to make the game good. There are not many GUI's and this makes a nice clean interface which is easy to use. 

Enviroment: 9/10

The map is rather small, and that is all I have to say about what is wrong with it. Apart from that the game is amazingly detailed. Theres been a very high use of decals and this makes for a great gameplay experience, and feels super-realistic.

Realistic war torn village.

Enjoyment: 8/10

The game is really enjoyable. It is very easy to start playing and you feel a sense of acomplishment when you kill that enemy, or you win the game. However, there are only 8 players per game; which makes it fairly quiet at times. Also, the map is fairly small and can become boring after a while.

FINAL SCORES.

            S303   BFC

Idea:  8/10 vs 7/10

SURVIVAL 303 WINS!

Gameplay: 7/10 vs 9/10

WWII - BATTLE FOR CARENTAN WINS!

Scripting: 10/10 vs 7/10

SURVIVAL 303 WINS!

Enviroment: 5/10 vs 9/10

WWII - BATTLE FOR CARENTAN WINS!

Enjoyment: 7/10 vs 8/10

WWII - BATTLE FOR CARENTAN WINS!

And the winner, with 3 wins out of 5 is:

WWII - BATTLE FOR CARENTAN!

Christmas Gifts in November!

There has been several items released recently, and they are Christmas themed! In November?! This is outrageous!

You can now buy:

Santa Claus Body
Snowflake Winter Cap
Winter Warrior and
Hunter Snow Cap

Have a great Christmas season!