^ 'Devolver Digital Announce Riotous Survival Game SCUM – Hardcore Gamer'.^ 'Scum – Sogar mit Story: Battle Royale von den Serious-Sam-Macher – GameStar'.^ 'SCUM, a prison riot survival game, is a-comin' early next year'.The game sold over 250,000 copies within its first 24 hours in early access, 700,000 in its first week, and over one million sales by the third week. It received similar attention from GameSpot, listing it as among the most noteworthy games of PAX East 2018. The game was named as one of the best indie games of PAX East 2018 by Game Informer. The game was released into early access on August 29, 2018, its current stage is 0.6 and is currently half way to its release. SCUM also offers a realistic nightvision that simulates photons hitting the lenses and the infrared light emitting from the goggles. Players can easily alternate between third and first-person perspectives, yet prevents third-person peeking by hiding anything not visible from the first-person. Wetness, smell, medicine, cooking, hacking, crafting, hunting, and poison also play a major role in the gameplay. Aspects such as combat depend on the player's own skill, but also are affected by stamina, health, and so on. Toilet activities leave physical evidence that could be used to track that player. Another aspect is digestion for instance, if a character gets all of their teeth knocked out, they will have to find a way to liquefy food to digest it. Players can choose to ignore these elements of the game, or can delve deep into these systems in order to improve the character's performance (speed, stamina, carry weight and so on). It aims to simulate the human body, and thus has an interface called the 'BCU monitor' to track character's calories, vitamins, health, and other stats. These help players create characters to suit their preferred playing style. Players will be able to fortify existing structures and points in order to secure positions or store items when needed.Ĭharacters possess four main attributes: strength, dexterity, constitution, and intelligence. These fame points allow the player to be cloned back in case of death, and used as currency to purchase or trade in various safe zones.

The player will earn fame points through participation in various action-driven events or simply by surviving in a hostile environment.

The gameplay takes place in Croatia where up to 64 players per server will attempt to survive and get off the island by first removing the implant which prevents them from leaving. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.

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