SCUM

Post by **Leisher** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:12 pm

This game looks interesting.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:50 pm

It beat Fortnite for a hot minute on Twitch and it's not out yet.

Post by **Leisher** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 12:45 pm

Released today and it's only $20.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:23 pm

So what do you do in it? Just box and snipe?

Post by **Leisher** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:01 pm

I believe it's a Rust clone. However, it's early access, and some of the negative reviews indicate it's not ready for prime time. Neither was Rust though.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:03 pm

Leisher wrote: I believe it's a Rust clone. However, it's early access, and some of the negative reviews indicate it's not ready for prime time. Neither was is Rust though.

Figured it was. But when they didn't show any PvP, building, crafting, etc, I wasn't sure.

Post by **Leisher** » Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:25 am

It's the top seller on Steam already.

At $20, the price is right. I'm 90% certain I'll pick it up this weekend. Even if it sucks at the moment, in 2 years it might be great.

I mean Rust still isn't done yet I've enjoyed an hour or two playing that...

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:21 pm

Just saw that this is by those who brought us Serious Sam. Ouch. Major points off for me.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 10:38 am

FYI, I bought it.

I only managed a single play over the weekend. Steep learning curve like any other survival game. It has promise.

Post by **Leisher** » Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:20 pm

You can make masks out of human skin.

Now that I shed Madden (The completionist in me wanted to keep going, but the realist convinced him it would never end.) I'll be giving this one a try over the weekend.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 3:23 pm

I've tried playing this a few times.

By a country mile, the most unintuitive game I've ever played.

No instructions. Maybe I missed the tutorial?

If I told you I had to search YouTube to figure out how to do even the most basic tasks, would that sell you on the game?

I did figure out how to pick up stones and craft a stone knife and a stone axe head, but that's about it. I ran around for a while trying to figure out how to get sticks.

Even storing items is a chore and not intuitive.

My guy also had to take a wicked piss, and I hit every key on my keyboard to no avail.

It's pretty, and there does seem to be a crazy deep crafting system. There's also PVP.

I'm worried that SCUM's great ideas are going to get smothered by bad design. Maybe I'm just not putting enough time into it, but should I have to? I didn't struggle like this in Rust.

I would currently say its not yet ready for prime time...