Minecraft vs. Roblox

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Damian Broyer and Daniel Fugate

Minecraft and Roblox are both old school games and when compared to today’s game, they would be considered “mediocre”. However, which of the two is better? Minecraft came out May 17, 2009, and has been a big hit worldwide. Roblox came out in 2006. Roblox is like Legos and Minecraft is like blocks. Preston Romack, a 7th-grade student at West, and he likes Minecraft more than Roblox because “game modes, has mini-games, can play on Xbox, PC, and you can build and explore.”

Preston also does not like that in Roblox, a player have to download studios, which can take hours. Preston finally states that, “Minecraft is way better than Roblox because…the features and extras in Roblox are so lame and some of the games just bore people out while Minecraft has surprises and excitement around any corner.”

We also interviewed another 7th grader at West, Cameron Laidlaw, and Cameron concludes, “My favorite thing about Minecraft is you can play with your friends. My favorite thing about Roblox is when I get to make fun of it.”

Our final interview was with another 7th-grade student at West, Isaac Boal. Isaac does not play Minecraft anymore, but he likes it better than Roblox because he feels that in Minecraft you can have more fun with friends than you can in Roblox.

Roblox cannot be played on nearly as many platforms as Minecraft can, mainly being PC, Phone, Playstation, and Xbox. Minecraft can even be played on the newer Nintendo systems, not just Xbox and can even be played on the Wii U. Even though Minecraft is all about building and exploring, you can make your own games using Roblox, which may be fun to coders. We agree with Preston and Cameron that Minecraft is a lot better than Roblox.

Vote for which one you like better using the poll on the homepage of The Bite.