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Last year saw two dark horses in Battle Royale: PUBG and Fortnite, and this year saw another hit called Scum. According to official Steam data, Scum sold 50,000 copies on the first day of its release on Steam, and the game’s concurrent online audience reached 56,000. It topped Steam’s weekly sales chart for two consecutive weeks. In addition, Scum’s popularity on Twitch surpassed PUBG and was second only to Fortnite. It’s like a new dark horse.

“Right place at the right time” makes Scum stand out

Since its official release on Steam on August 30, Scum’s performance has been reminiscent of pubG’s. As the saying goes, “Chances come to those who are prepared,” its popularity is not accidental, but due to the interplay between the many strengths of the game itself and the inside and outside of the battle Royale environment.

Internal cause:

The game theme is novel. From the jedi survival “after 2017 years, battle royale game is emerge in endlessly. According to incomplete statistics, only 20171 PC online deep sea battle royale, cold weapon battle royale, etc. A total of 47 battle royale game, in the traditional competitive class battle royale game have fatigue, then enter the competition like battle royale game from hard to survive the jedi and the aura of “fortress nights” stand out from the crowd. And “human scum” this battle royale game is different from the past traditional battle royale game, the core of the game play from competition to survive, you just need to live in the game, even by players or zombies, beast attack killed role can also be unlimited life, this new battle royale mode for players to shine at the moment, is the root cause of the “human scum” can quickly became.

The game is realistic. On the one hand, the overall painting style of the game is realistic, and the modeling and mapping of characters, buildings, flowers and rivers are close to reality, which makes the game content more realistic with better picture quality. Game characters, on the other hand, has a unique “metabolism” system, in the game, the player’s biological properties in addition to blood, blood pressure, blood type and height, intelligence, body fat, metabolism and other hundreds of data, eat bad belly will catch a cold, diarrhea, get wet in the rain after players to fight zombies and other players at the same time, These Settings greatly enhance the authenticity of the game, and many players have commented that Scum is a real Escape!

The game is highly playable. Scum is a survival battle Royale game with great freedom and playability. With 144 square kilometers of map to explore and no poison circle setting, players are free to explore the game and discover more novel gameplay, which increases player engagement and gameplay.

External cause:

The influence of game anchor on the game is obvious, and the popularity of scumbag is also driven by game anchor. Relatively successful game anchors have hundreds of thousands or millions of fans. For example, broadcasting relevant games in front of fans will increase the exposure rate, and these fans may also become game players, indirectly promoting the growth of game players. The game is already being broadcast by a number of well-known anchors, much like the ones who moved on to PUBG.

Battle Royale. Every major battle Royale game on the market right now, whether it’s PUBG or Fortnite, has a few things that players don’t like about it. For example, the plugins in PUBG that caused so many players to abandon the game, the poor graphics in Fortnite, etc. And “scum” is a new game just online, players do not have to worry about the game plug-in problem, the game’s picture quality is also higher, in the same kind of battle Royale game foil, stand out.

“New Internet celebrities” have three wounds

It is worth noting that “scum” is hot, but the praise rate is only 65%, mixed. Based on the experience, player reviews, and discussion on various game forums, there are three main reasons for scum’s low critical rating.

First, the game is poorly optimized. The game’s developer, Gamepires, was poorly prepared, and soon after the influx of players, the servers were overwhelmed and the game became heavily congested. Scum also has bugs like “unlimited ammo”, “quick stamina”, and “Perspective”. Finally, the game is hard on hardware, and the game doesn’t run smoothly in the official recommended configuration, all three of which highlight scummy’s lack of game polish.

Second, the game supports fewer languages. In order to surpass PUBG as a masterpiece, it needs the global audience to push it forward, and it also needs the game to support different languages, but scum currently supports only a few languages, not Chinese. With 30 million Chinese players on Steam, the huge Chinese player base is crucial to any game, and it’s bad for Scum to shut out the majority of Chinese players.

Third, part of the content bloody, not conducive to large-scale promotion. On the one hand, the game content is strictly regulated in some regions, and the game setting and screen of cannibalism in Scumbag are not conducive to the promotion of scumbag in these countries and regions. On the other hand, the developer of Scum set an age limit for the bloody content of the game, but that would limit the audience.

Where is the star of “new Internet celebrity”?

It is never too late to mend. Scum has a lot to lose, but it has a lot to lose, and overall, it has the potential to be a great Battle Royale game. All it takes is for game developers to fix scum’s weaknesses and continue to innovate, and with the current popularity of Scum, it’s not too far off to become the dark horse of the year.

First, optimize the player experience. Word of mouth is crucial for a new game, and scumbag’s game suffered from poor player experience due to game optimization issues, resulting in a low praise rate of 65%. Improving players’ game experience is the only way to optimize a good game. By increasing the number of servers, strengthening server maintenance and comprehensively fixing game bugs, it can create a high quality and smooth game environment for players, and also improve the reputation and experience of the game.

Second, support for more languages will pave the way for scum’s overseas expansion. Victory is reserved for those who are prepared, and the only way a game can do well is by constantly improving itself. Scum is popular on Steam, but it’s not yet a global hit. Becoming a PUBG phenomenon requires Gamepires to provide more language support for Scum, rather than relying on players to acquire language packs from third parties.

Finally, continue to innovate game content, keep the game alive and enhance the competitiveness of the game. Short board determines the lowest floor, long board determines the highest ceiling. The root cause of scum’s popularity is gameplay and content innovation. “Human scum” developers should continue to innovate based on long board effect game content and game, such as join similar functions to the ark: survival evolution of domestication, not only can make up for the game without transportation problem, still can bring more fun game, for the players to keep the game to attract players and improve the competitiveness.

As survival Battle Royale rises, battle Royale games will diverge

Since Scum topped steam’s weekly sales chart for two weeks in a row, there’s been a lot of hope that this game will follow pubG’s lead and break the current Battle Royale game landscape. The future is uncertain, but two things are certain.

Scumbag is hard to sell. There is a lot of optimism about scumbag, but I think it’s too optimistic. Scum is one of the best battle Royale games I’ve seen for a long time, but it doesn’t fit the current trend of competitive gaming in addition to the hardware. So scum was just a hit in the Battle Royale genre, and didn’t achieve the mass appeal of PUBG.

Battle Royale will diverge. In the future, the battle Royale may be divided into two categories: competitive battle Royale and survival Battle Royale. Scum is not the originator of Survival Battle Royale games, but it is the epitome of survival Battle Royale games. Letting more players know about survival Battle Royale games will accelerate the division of Battle Royale games. However, battle Royale will continue to be dominated by competitive battle Royale games like PUBG and Fortnite for a long time to come.

summary

There is a Taoist saying: “Cathode back to Yang, anode back to Yin, everything should not be too much.”

Scum is riding high right now, and the game’s metrics have the potential to be the biggest dark horse in battle Royale. Because of this, scum’s developers can easily be fooled by past achievements, leaving the game at risk of becoming a flash in the pan.

Overall, Scum is a game that offers some surprises and breathes new life into the waning popularity of Battle Royale, but a 65% positive rating is not high and shows that Scum still has plenty of flaws. It is certain that battle Royale survival games will become an important branch of battle Royale games, and whether Scum can stay as a representative of battle Royale survival games depends on how it optimizes the game in the future.

Article/Liu Kuang public number, ID: Liukuang110, this article first kuang Venture capital network