Ooh, what about allowing the user to drag around the rows themselves?
While I understand Robloxās efforts to bring us more personalized game sorts, none of them matched what I am looking towards on Roblox. I am looking towards an obby like Super Check Point Remastered, with secrets and power-ups that make the game interesting. Yet none of my recommended games remotely matched that from their titles/thumbnails.
This is great, but Iām not a big fan of where it is.
I used to favorite games because I want to see them all the time, now theyāre somewhere down. Thatās sad.
What is the difference between āRecommended For Youā and āRecommendedā? Also, none of the games I play are similar to the ones on my āRecommended For Youā page. How does the system keep track of what I play and what gets on my āRecommended for Youā? Iām kinda confused, and someone explain to me this? Thanks!
Iām assuming āRecommended for Youā is based on the userās game choice/activity. āRecommendedā might be based on something the players exhibit they all share in common when playing that game, or some other factor.
I am going to review my recommendations:
Emergency Response: Yeah good recommendation, except Iāve played this multiple times. I donāt need it recommended to me:
Skyblox: Played for a few minutes, I was interested in continuing to play soā¦
Bleach: Soul of End: Iāve played several Anime games and have left quickly. I am not a big Anime fan soā¦ Not the game for me.
Zeppelin War: It looks interesting, Iād probably check it out.
Work at a Pizza Place: Once again, a game Iāve played before, I want to find new games.
Strucid: I play this game often.
Notoriety: Looks interesting enough for me to check it out.
Ro-Force: Looks cool, Iāll check it out.
Arsenal: Played it before once, but only for a minute. Iāll let this pass, Iād probably check it out further.
Avatar: The Last Airbender: I am a little surprised Roblox would recommend a game that may be infringing on copyright. Iāve played this game before and have left quickly after not liking it.
Wizard Tycoon: I donāt like tycoons.
Boxing Club: It doesnāt look very appealing or professionally displayed, so I probably wouldnāt try it. Also, I am not much of a boxing fan.
Murder Mystery 2: Played it before:
Super Villain Tycoon: I donāt like tycoons.
GON ENDEAVOR: Looks interesting, Iād probably try it out.
Mortem Metallum: Looks interesting, Iād probably try it out.
Castle Rock: The icon or the title donāt describe the game much, so I probably wouldnāt check it out.
Lee Lineage: It doesnāt interest me.
Mad City: Iāve played it before and have left quickly.
Overall, it needs some work. I am curious since this sort is new does it need time to gather more data on us?
Does the recommended for you sort includes games weāve already/recently played, rated, or favourited?
Iāve looked in this recommended page and actually most of the games there are games that Iād actually check out. I hope this gets improved even more in the future!
It does, I can see some of my favorited games in there.
I like the idea but my recommended promotes all sorts of tycoons and games that donāt look like something I would play. Might need improvement
This update is really neat but odd at the same time.
I have no idea why do we have another recommended tab just for me.
At least I appreciate it.
Does this include games that are played by your friends? If so this would make a lot more sense.
Awesome!
Iāve wanted personalized ads for a while
This is a lot less creepy!
thanks
I donāt think you should judge the system too harshly yet. Itās relatively new, and will (hopefully) start providing better results once it is fleshed out.
edit: the sort seems to have poofed for now?
Will there be a way to, in the future, flag a game as āDonāt recommendā? I know that while it may take some time for any sort of algorithm to gather data using any updated parameters, perhaps having such a function would allow the sort to get more accurate more quickly.
Edit: I also donāt appreciate moving the Favorites bar to the bottom of the homepage. If it could swap places with the Recommended bar that would be great.
Not to mention the system itself probably hasnāt been tracking what type of games you play long enough to be able to determine accurate recommendations. I think the more you play specific games, the more likely it is to recommend similar games to you in the future. It wouldnāt be possible to predict the perfect recommendations straight away on release unless they were tracking that data long before.
Honestly, Iām so glad that this is a new sort now. Iāve always wanted to be able to play games recommended for me that arenāt always on the Popular sort every single day. Goodbye simulators!
The sort seems to have disappeared most likely because theyāre updating it
I donāt think writing down the games you personally dislike or those you like in this topic will change anything. Nor do I think itās relevant.
Iām not a good programmer, but Iād assume itāll adapt itself to whatever you play starting from when they activated this feature (unless they already recorded earlier). Itāll need time to do so, if that were the case, to analyse which games you open and play. Correct me if Iām wrong! Haha
And if you want to share your personal thoughts on games, itās best not to just say āIām not interested in ā¦ā or āIām tired of ā¦ā, but fill it up with relevant statements why you think itās not a fun game and elaborate on that thoroughly.
That being said, I do like this concept! I hope this will allow newer games to reach a broader audience while keeping the players entertained in their favourite genre(s).
Edit: Just a suggestion: would it be an idea to filter out games that are already showing on the Home page and those which the player has favourited?
Otherwise itās 1 or more spot(s) wasted to a game the player already knows.
Actually, it seems like the sort moved to the Home page rather than the Games page.