The Gift Roundup: 15/12/11

Hello there! This is the most up to date guide so far on the Christmas Gifts.

Of 12 gifts that have been confirmed 10 have been made available for gaining.

The most recent ones are:

Remarkable Gift of Experience

How to: Get 5000 experience in Welcome to ROBLOX Building.

Badger Badger Badger Gift

How to: Have alot of badges with a rarity of more than "easy" You can see this next to the badge and how many have won it.

Epic Builder Present

How to: Own one of the top 100 most visited places of the last week when the gift is handed out.

Orchid Gift of Alliances

How to: Have alot of allys of your group. It is unsure how many but to have a good chance, have about 20 - 30.

ROBLOX Reviews: Natural Disaster Survival vs DriveBlox Unlimited

Hello and welcome to another ROBLOX review. If this works correctly, this post should come out on its own on Wednesday. Is it a Wednesday? Alot of these posts will have been written in advance, so they can go out when I am not online and cannot do one.
So, lets drive straight in!

Natural Distaster Survival by Stickmasterluke

Idea: 7/10


The idea behind this game has been done before many times. Its a survive the disasters game. However, there is a twist; these are natural disasters and they are perfectly executed.


Gameplay: 9/10


The gameplay is very fun indeed. You have to survive very cool disasters, and most of the time you find yourself running around like a maniac! Its very fun and because this place is mega, you can have a great time with loads of other people! As long as you don't die. That would be the worst thing ever.


Scripting: 10/10


Stickmasterluke is well known for his scripting talent and this game does nothing but improve that reputation. The game is very very well scripted. The disasters are really good, theres a very good statistics tab and theres even a fall damage script.


Enviroment: 7/10


The enviroments in the game are okay. Some have good features such as some huge tanks, and a huge office in one level, but they are still fairly boring. However, there is a script in the game which randomises which level you get, and this makes the game very varied.

Surf Central Map

Enjoyment: 9/10


Everything in this game works well. The scripting, the idea and the gameplay are amazing. The only thing which might want to make you stop playing is the similarity of levels. There are only five levels and a handful of maps. This makes for not much variety, but sometimes it gets very varied!

Driveblox Unlimited by nfsboy

Idea: 7/10

The game idea is not that original; you buy a car, and a house and wait for money to accumulate at that house. It is a mix between a tycoon and a roleplaying game.

Gameplay: 5/10

The gameplay is not that great. You buy a car and wait for money. You can drive and explore a map, but it isn't that good either, and is quite boring. The steering is really hard too. The cars are easy to loose control of.

Scripting: 6/10

There is some scripting here and there, but it is not very good. The house/tycoon cross seems to be just another tycoon and buying a car uses some scripting but just seems to be a regular regen and shop button. However, the car does appear futher away, and I haven't seen this combination before therefore the creator has scripted this well. There are some basic GUI's too.

Enviroment: 6/10

The enviroment is quite large and has alot of bricks. So many that uploading it is a problem (Source: Starting GUI) The enviroment has lots of things to visit, but once you have visited them, there might not be a reason to revisit them.

Enjoyment: 5/10

The game is not very enjoyable: It is fairly laggy, the enviroment easily gets boring and there isn't much when it comes to gameplay. Some people may find it enjoyable, but I don't.

FINAL SCORES.

           NDS     DBU
 Idea: 7/10 vs 7/10
TIE!

 Gameplay: 9/10 vs 5/10
NATURAL DISASTER SURVIVAL WINS!

 Scripting: 10/10 vs 6/10
NATURAL DISASTER SURVIVAL WINS!

  Enviroment: 7/10 vs 6/10
NATURAL DISASTER SURVIVAL WINS!

 Enjoyment: 9/10 vs 5/10
NATURAL DISASTER SURVIVAL WINS!

 And the winner, with 4 wins out of 5 is:

NATURAL DISASTER SURVIVAL! 

Site Redesigns

Hi there fellow readers of this blog!
There are a few things being changed about this site. The first being the background. Expect a new one soon! (Maybe even later today)

Also, I have a small schedule. Our most popular feature, Reviews, are coming on a Wednesday and Saturday. There are already some scheduled for release, so you should always get one!

In addition, we are hiring writers and right now need one to do hat reviews. Contact me on twitter @MasterD_RBLX or ROBLOX: MasterDaniel

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.

(Robloxia Today is Hiring a Hat Reviewer who would release daily articles much like these. To be one, tweet me @MasterD_RBLX or send me a PM on Roblox - MasterDaniel)