There are certain games out there that take the world of children by storm. While these apps don't always seem all that appealing to adults, kids flock to them in droves. One app that absolutely typifies this type of behavior is Roblox, a popular gaming app that has an incredibly young and devoted user-base. While you may or may not be in the target audience for this game, it's definitely worth taking a moment to see whether or not the uniquely popular app really deserves its high number of downloads.

Features

Roblox is not so much a game as it is a portal for hundreds of different types of games. Some of the games and worlds are made by users, while others are the creation of the developers. Regardless, the worlds offer players a chance to engage in many different types of activities, ranging from foot races and building challenges to combat RPGs and role playing servers. All of the different games are united by an identical control scheme and art style, while helps players to quickly adapt to the new games and to easily jump between different activities. Players are encouraged to interact with one another and to customize their avatars by spending real money.

Benefits

Roblox is probably better known for providing its users with a sense of community than it is for any of its game play elements. While there are a virtually unlimited number of game types from which to choose, a surprisingly high number of users seem to benefit the most from using the game as something of a chatroom substitute. As players can interact in a number of different worlds, the game seems very conducive both to being a role-playing hub and to being a place where people can congregate no matter where they are located in real life.

Pros and Cons

The biggest benefit of this game is almost certainly the sheer amount of variety available within a single app. Honestly, it's entirely possible for this single app to replace the bulk of your other mobile games just because there is a good chance that someone has built something very similar to those games inside of Roblox. If you don't immediately click with the game, there's a good chance that you'll learn to love it once you spend enough time looking through all of the different game types and finding one that works better for you.

There are two downsides to Roblox. The first is that the game is fairly aggressively monetized, so you are going to miss out on a lot of the best-looking stuff in the game if you aren't willing to pay real money. The bigger problem is that the game is very poorly moderated despite having a very young user-base. Parents are definitely encouraged to keep an eye on the worlds that their children visit, as there are absolutely people playing this game who don't have the best interest of children in mind.

Conclusion

All told, Roblox is a solid game that has some very fundamental problems. It's a blast for those who don't mind spending a little bit of money and who can be cautious about their interactions, though. This is a fine game for most ages, though those who have children are definitely going to want to monitor them and have some frank discussions about how to interact with online communities before they get too deep into the game's world.