Steam Community :: ultra

164.7 hrs on record (106.7 hrs at review time)

probably the best scp game out rn (which isn't a huge bar tbf)

the interactions between the scps and the human factions are great, i haven't played many asymmetrical games, but i believe they have a good balance here with the hume shield mechanic, keeping scps viable up until the end when they get swarmed by a 20 mtf/chaos spawn wave. this begets time pressure for the scps to kill EVERYONE which is fun in my eyes.

however, the way this must function often feels like a "wait 6 years until power trip murder spree then die immediately when the humans start fighting back" as i have seen occasionally, but i liken this down to experience than gameplay. scps in general feel like they can simply wait out the clock if mtf and chaos are in the same place, especially if they have a brutal fight with high casualties, very lame (but calculated) wins imo. either that or a spawn wave occurs too early and they all explode (see above).

to talk more about scps, they have the most amount of skill expression of any class, not only must you kill everyone in existence that isn't you, you also must do it quickly, while conserving resources (HP, HS, Abilities), and do so before the spawn wave of death and despair gets to you. ive been siphoned into the 173 cycle many times, so i feel the skill disparity when i am suddenly 939, a character i barely get to play. i think their inherent overpoweredness can alleviate some of this, granted that the player still plays with their team and doesnt go out on their own sitting around in 914 forever or just blitzing entrance zone and finding out that NATO rounds still (for some reason) work on physics-breaking entities <-.

human teams are inherently weaker since they are split into 2 and 99% of the time immediately shoot each other to try to wipe the opposing faction out, the above paragraphs demonstrate the criticisms i have with this, but i think the devs do this to:
1. make the gameplay dynamic more interesting
2. allow the scps to win in the first place
otherwise it'd just be an MTF sweep as soon as the first spawn wave occurs, which can happen if the scps murder too many civilians all at once (see above [again]). weird isn't it, sometimes its better NOT to kill everyone you meet.

the map update is a mix between procedural generation with the nodes and structured layout with the hallways and entrances, it can have a bad habit (especially in entrance zone) of being a ring-around-the-rosie trying to find where the in-betweens are, however i am still not too familiar with them so i cannot say whether this balance of skill expression compared to forcing to adapt to randomization is well-made or sucks butt. the graphical update is a more straightforward affair, no more samey hallways, some cool random gates instead of just all doors, and everything looks more, modernized (EXCEPT FOR SURFACE ZONE).

all this for the price of free is just insane, i'd expect them to charge even a little bit upfront for this (maybe like 30 at least), but i think the paid server method is working out just fine for the devs.

bring friends, lots of friends, otherwise, join a server. fun, though, it can get repetitive and frustrating (especially when you're a civilian). there's enough content here to keep you playing for as much as you want.

Posted 7 July, 2025.

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Recommended

41.7 hrs on record (17.5 hrs at review time)

turn based fighting game with mods that are either decently balanced, anime characters or "MY OC JAPAN SHINTO SHRINE KATANA FURRY/CATGIRL SUPERPOWERS MEOW" <-(michael jackson also counts towards this)
or doom

YOU HAD BURST! PLEASE USE DI!

Posted 19 June, 2025.

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