From GameWatcher: “There’s a bit of stagnation going on in the sub-genre of battle royales. All we’ve been getting so far are different skins of what is essentially the same game. It would seem, however, that SCUM is a tiny bit different, if only for the fact that it’s attempting to pull off something new and unproven.”
Source: N4G PC SCUM – First Update Addresses Immediate Player Feedback Mere Hours After Release