Community Article: Catalog Heaven Place Review‏

I recognized the name Seranok, as he forums frequently on RT. The aim of the place is to test any gear item you want. You can test your own gear, or pull some from the catalog. You spawn in a little cube (shown in the thumbnail) where you may test gear by yourself, become other players, or go to the battle area. If you wish to pull something from the catalog, there is a very cool GUI that can be accessed by clicking the "Show GUI" button. It shows a very well detailed miniature version of the catalog including every item published by ROBLOX. It even includes the price of each item! To the lower right of the spawn there is a teleport. There you can test your gear on other people. When I entered the battle area, I was spawnkilled by a banhammer. Once I respawned, I went back in and placed a turret before he could kill me. He then insulted me and left the game. Every time I went to the battle area there was someone who spawned and immediately tried to kill everything that moved. Although it became quite frustrating, I could still find ways to outsmart them. Here's a video of my adventures:



The map of the battle area is simple, but it's cool. (PROTIP; The Kami Potion is very effective.) There's even a little sniping area you can use for massive KOs! Many players like to use the Rising Sun Katana in battle. To beat them, you have to get creative. I placed Snowman Turrets while sneaking up on them with the Bat Blade and killing them. There are too many tactics to list here; Why don't you try it yourself? ;)

Gameplay: 10/10
I enjoyed this game very much. It was a great way to come up with new gear fight tactics.
Reviewers Lag: 9/10
There was little to no lag at all.
Problems: 10/10
I experienced no problems.
Building: 10/10
Everything was seamless.
GUI 10/10
All of the GUIs were very simple. Even guests were playing with gear!
Player Enjoyment: 10/10
No negative reviews so far.

OVERALL: 10/10
Great game, I recommend this to everyone. Definitely check out this game if you want to test some items or pwn some n00bs.


Thank you to Explosion101, for another great Community Article! Explosion101 is an excellent writer and could make a fine addition to our team one day!

New Logo on Sword Fights on the Heights IV

This new logo created by: ninjabart122 is a real improvement to the old screenshot of Sword Fights on the Heights IV. Ninja won the contest on the Ironnoob forums which was simply to design a new logo for the place. Telamon said that two characters fighting would be ideal. I think the logo is well designed, making effective use of the shadows at the bottom and the short punchline.

The actual text itself looks really cool and I believe the sword through the middle of it is a nice touch. The two figures illustrate what happens in the game and that there are no prisoners!

Here are some other logos users entered into the contest:



- Designed by Hicup789




 - Designed by thejoker1997

Gear Review: Laservision Shades G3

Now, This gear has been (To some) Overdue. As it has been a commonly suggested gear.

But, is has been worth the wait, as this gear packs a punch.

Take a look at the screenshot below:

You firstly hold down your right button on your mouse, and a ball of energy forms quickly, you then have control of lasers that can freeze an enemy in place as you roast him with the laser you are controlling.

The only fault I have with this gear is that once you are controlling the lasers, you cannot move, meaning you have to release your right mouse button. Though the ball of energy forms quickly, it can be quite inconvenient.

So to round up:

Mesh: 8/10
It is basically a shades mesh edited slightly. Still looks awesome though
Texture: 5/10
The texture is very simple, it has a black frame, and Cyan Lenses. Very appealing.
Ability: 8/10
The ability of this gear is quite literally shocking, It can burn the enemy in less than 5 seconds. though you cannot move while using it. Still awesome though.
Overall: 7/10
For the price of 750R$ I would recommend buying it if you like shades, and lasers. Only if you can afford it.

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Arb's Video Reviews: Red Vs Blue

Hello there! This is the first episode in a new series of videos reviews of ROBLOX games. In this video, I check out Red Vs Blue; a new FPS game created by the ROBLOX staff on ROBLOXOfficialGames. The game can be found HERE.
 

Knexer's Roblox Talk Episode 3: mcmanawt

Here is the third episode of Knexer's Roblox Talk, in this particular episode he is talking to mcmanawt.

Knexer's Roblox Talk Episode 2: iluvwebbies99

Here is the second interview in season 2 of Knexer's Roblox Talk, starring iluvwebbies99; a well known
forumer.

Place Review: Kill the Courier

You noticed a few days ago that I created the first ever video place review. Well, I've now decided to do one every two weeks.













We're going to begin this review by criticizing this thumbnail. We see the place's title "Kill The Courier" in Red text and the text looks like it had a lot of work put into it. We also see a person holding an unusually large Sniper Rifle. He's also in a mountainous area which doesn't look like it's faced a major drought yet. Hopefully, it will. But, who is the "courier"? You'll find out very shortly when we take a look inside the unusual world of "Kill the Courier". This game was created by Brickbuilder74.

So, when we enter we approach a lobby face to face slowly awaiting another round of this game. I realized that the games are amazingly short lived. When the round starts, the game randomly picks three things "Courier", "Body Guards", and "Eliminators". You also may notice that when a round end, you experience major lag which makes this gaming experience much more harder to deal with. Now, the round has begun and we're going to be teleported to a map that no Courier wants to be in.

We'll now talk about the "Courier" rank. When you are a Courier, you are given a briefcase and must run to the end of the map before any Eliminator can kill you. The finish is marked with a large GUI called "Finish", obviously you must reach that area before getting killed by your Eliminators. So, when a Courier is killed, the round ends. When the Courier's Body Guards are killed the Courier is left alone, defenseless. When the Eliminators are killed the round ends and you win. When you reach the end, you also win and end this round.

We'll now talk about the "Body Guard" rank. When you are a Body Guard, you must defend the Courier by killing his Eliminators. The Body Guards are given one weapon and with that weapon you must shoot the Eliminators and make a small attempt on winning this game. Unfortunately for me, the Eliminators were idle, which was somehow good, but they ruined my gaming experience by a lot.

Now, the Eliminator rank. When placed as an Eliminator, you must eliminate the Courier, or the Body Guards of the Courier. Eliminators are given unusually large weapons such as unusually large Sniper Rifles. These weapons don't allow you to change your vision with the "Q" button as instructed, which impacts this game greatly. The Sniper Rifle also sometimes does not reload when forced to. Also, this Sniper Rifle is very unrealistic because it fires many bullets in just a few seconds, which is not possible with a real Sniper Rifle.

Scripting: 6/10, this game requires much more from it's creator BrickBuilder74, who claims to be an expert scripter, but he's not what he thinks he is.
Tools: 3/10, the Sniper Rifle ruined it all.
Building: 6/10, one map is not enjoyable, map available was good but needed more.
Community Enjoyment: 10/10, people enjoy this game, but fail to see the major things.
Originality: 9/10, I've seen one game like this before.
Creativity: 10/10, very creative.
Deals with Problems: 2/10, many obvious problems, you know with which weapon.
Reviewer's Experience with Lag: 0/10, lag when a new round starts = not fun.
Difficulty: 4/10, easy game.
Reviewer's Enjoyment: 0/10, I didn't enjoy this because of the obvious problems.
Reviewer's Recommendation: 0/10, I wouldn't recommend this to you.

Overall: 4/10, not the best.

 Be sure to check out the new Roblox News forums, just click above where it says "Forums". Post community articles and topics and discuss anything related to ROBLOX. The more you post, the more points you earn. By the way, it's still winter, so I can put this here.

#1 Video Place Review: Jet Wars: Advanced Battle.

So, I decided when I accidentally erased my written review, to create video place reviews! I also decided the schedule for these video reviews. One week, we have a written review. The second week, we have a video review. It continues like that. So, here it is, first ever video review! Subscribe to the official RN Place Reviews channel, rnplacereviews.This place was created by Carbon101.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from all of us at Roblox News, we hope you have a great year and enjoy yourselves!

This is now Roblox News' fourth year and we are going to bring about a few changes to the site. Some of the changes are taking place now, like the new site logo for instance. Pictured in the logo is myself, Xuber and Refreshingwater - all staff members who have been drawn by our Assistant Editor IBarrageI.

There will also be a change to the way we recruit budding new staff members. This year there will be specific positions people can apply for when there are job openings/vacancies. An applicant will have to meet the requirements of the role and send a fairly specific application.

If you are new to Roblox News; here is a little bit about us.

So, I hope you keep reading and enjoying our articles and don't be afraid to talk to us, we don't bite (much)! Suggestions are always welcome!

The Dark Slayer: Overview

Roblox has just released a new hat called "The Dark Slayer." The hat is limited, and one thousand Robux. The hats mesh could of been a bit better, but it's still not bad... The prices is way too expensive for a hat that looks like that, and there are too many in-stock. If your buying this hat for the profit, I suggest not doing so. I believe the hat, when it sells out, will sell for far under one thousand Robux.

Tl;dr Version: Don't buy this hat, wether you want it for looks or profit.

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