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great game, great update, great devs, im sure they'll re-tweak the ui, everyone needs to chill

Wow!

A lot of open-world survival games have come and gone into irrelevancy over the last few years. Broken launches, slow updates, and out-of-touch devs can and will kill a game from the get-go. After being let down by DayZ many years ago, I didn't get excited about or touch any early access open-world survival game ever again...until this one. And the best word to describe my first two days playing SCUM is "Wow!"

The game played great from the moment I opened the client for the first time. The world is massive, the scenery is beautiful, the animations are fluid. Melee combat against mobs actually works, and it works great. Guns feel amazingly satisfying to shoot. If this is how great the game can be in the first days of early access, I can't wait for the future.

PROS:
-Huge map, tons of points of interest
-Visually very pleasing
-Throwing/melee/shooting feels good
-Event mode (get teleported to a location, play an event, get teleported back to original spot at the end) is cool, though it would be cool to have cross-server events or higher incentives to play them
-Crafting system is intricate, and there are plans for much more expansion
-Biometrics system is pretty neat --- intimidating at first, interesting once you get used to it
-You can poop and pee on people

CONS (as of 8.31.2018, since some on this list are already being worked on)
-Server desync and player teleportation (being worked on)
-Memory leak takes frames down pretty quickly (not unbearable though)
-Crafting UI could use a streamlining, making it easier to see what you have/what you need
-Optimization (being worked on)

Would totally recommend this game even in its current state. Loads of fun if you like the genre.

It's like Runescape, League, and Eve had a baby