In-Depth Review of SCP:SL's CONTROVERSIAL 13.5 Update... 

Hi everyone, hope you enjoy this video from me (even if you don't enjoy the update as much lol)! Curious to hear thoughts though as I know there's still a good amount of people who really like this update. Also the background footage is from a test we did of the update a while back, so some very small things may be outdated like me picking things up way faster than you would on multiple stacks of Danger. Hope you enjoy regardless!

they done made the zombies more suicidal 😭

Dear god what the hell did they do to my beloved computer

Wow, Northwood has done it again. They have hit it out of the park with this one. I can hardly wait until this update graces my system. I even woke up my son Jimmy to tell him, then I realised he doesn't exist, and I was still alone in my studio apartment. This video has helped me deal with the delusions... thank you IceyGuy, and thank you Northwoods Studios for continuing to change stats in your game every 5 months.

The armed danger thing is kinda OP as you can use it as a guard and you can know if a d-class is carrying a weapon.

While SCP-207's and SCP-079's nerfs are surprisingly harsh, I have faith that they'll end up doing well, perhaps even slightly weakening after the beta. The SCP-1853 rework is awesome. I also like the rest.

Me waiting for the day they make the zombie swing animation actually correspond to when you hit the enemy (it takes like an extra second for the arms of your model to act as if they've hit something):

Honestly, the nerfs really are overkill IMO. Especially 207, whilst yes, I do agree that a nerf for it was a good idea (Definitely needed), holy sh*t is 5 HP/s a massive nerf for it. Personally I think they could've just stopped at the new 207 limit and the movement boost nerf. The increase to damage per second is the final nail to the coffin.

The nerf update. I love that Northwood already knows people won’t like the changes and called them controversial themselves and still can’t land on a decision on it, so they are now doing a Patreon beta to see what those guys think. This will definitely lead to a conclusion everyone will like I’m sure. Edit: The beta died within 4 hours

I honestly think that the best way to nerf the cola is to make it so that the damage increases the longer you stay on it, rather than it just being a crazy lot of damage from the start, it incentivices you to use it but having and 500 ready ofr when it goes out of control

CONTROVERSY in a game? people on THE INTERNET, comPLAINING? no way

The devs really went wild with this one. They wanted to kill cola, huh? Not only is it generally weaker and costs more health, you can't even make 207 or 1853 anymore in 914! They really wanted to kill cola, huh? (Reverse Cola fans taking a another painful L again..)

CompletelyDestroying079SoThatNooneWantsToPlayIt Any% Speedrun

what did the zombies do to Northwood? do they got hidden beef?😫

I still like how they haven't bothered to fix bugs from last year. XD Like the 939 pounce glitch, where she can be stuck mid-pounce, or the infamous "rubber-banding in servers" issue. The nerfs are...kinda meh? I don't have any big thoughts on them tbh. But in my mind, sometimes its best to leave things untouched. Not *everything* needs to be rebalanced and changed. Also rip 079. o7

Love how the two SCP's that don't need a health buff (173 and 106) get one, while the one that absolutely needed it (096) didn't get one. Wonderful!

079… What have they done to you😢

Excellent video, no other video needed from anyone else to cover this with how well it's done

i personally don’t really mind the cola nerf and think it’s kinda overdue, but the health drain being increased is a bit excessive. 1853 rework is absolutely insane tho

The FR-MG-0 "nerf" was very much needed. The amount of players I see just sitting in 914 holding up the round just trying to get it is insane (most of them don't even do good with it, they just die immediately to an SCP or get overwhelmed by Chaos).

Why would I pay for the patron just to see the game get worse? Good stuff Icy

I absolutely love how nw instead of fixing the most broken scp (173 can literally pass through 2cm gaps while the door is closing), gives him more health (which makes him even more op in small servers) and then go on to ruin the one item that could actually slightly help against this parabellum monstrosity (coke). Not to mention that they are ruining scp 079, who was a hard to play scp in itself, and buffing 106 to be even more able to camp and prolongate the match.

Wow, it's almost like there is even less reasons for me to even try and learn 079 now!

I LOVE 0-79 WHY DID THEY DO THIS TO MY BOY. XP IS ALREADY HARD ENOUGH TO GET IN THE CURRENT STATE

Awesome work, thanks for the Info! Greetings from Argentina!

Well done video. It seems northwood acknowledges the problems, but goes overkill with it all. It's also good they try to make some real changes instead of sole stat boosts/nerfs, maybe except the 207 and 079.

079 doesn't need any buffs or nerfs or stat changes. it needs a rework, the gameplay of 079 right now is way way to skill based, veteran 079 players can laugh off any nerfs and still get their team a win, whereas newer players cant even get past tier 1 for the whole round. I have an idea for a rework for 079 that involves changing the ability's from lots of random little features, to an action wheel to apply room-wide status effects on cooldowns that would be lowered throughout the levels, removing the power function in place of cooldowns and removing individual door control entirely (except for gates, which would have their own cooldowns per gate)

207 has been nerfed WAY too hard. It was OP, now it's not worth opening the pedestal for. A good rebalance would be 1 cola just giving infinite stam no speed, and each one after that giving 1.25x initial player speed, stacking to 5 (2x speed total). Each cola giving 0.75 damage instead of the current one. It's mostly a rebalance, but it is also an inarguable nerf - perfect for how strong it is now. 1853 is now both OP and awful. it is autistic. A simple misc buff would have been best. +75% pick-up speed, weapon accuracy +50%, and up all the 20 and 25%s to 34. In that case, 1 max would also be a good idea, but it also now becomes something people playing unmodded servers will use. But, a chance to crit attack like on chaos theory would need testing. 173 having super speed on cooldown from startgame is very nice for human players, and 4500 HP is spectacular. Not being able to shed while being looked at is nice for lore accuracy. Overall, perfection, not a single proper debuff. 049 getting an extra 400 HP is very nice, but at least 2200 was a semi-round number. 2750 would go hard @northwood. Doc sprint now being faster than player sprint is very nice. More gained hume shield after zombifiying someone with call of the doc active on them is nice, and zombie hume shield ability range buff is unnecessary but enjoyed. Very nice! Zombies got nerfed. Only being able to be re-revived once is awful, shoulda been a decrease from 4 re-revives to 3. 106 health buff is very nice, it's still low compared to canon but it's accurate to his playstyle. More damage is cool, shoulda been 50. SCP 500 not curing trauma is uncanon and uncool. At least add 999 as a wandering lc npc instead, desaturated colours are uncool and give you a reason to explore the facility - find a 500. Pocketworld having sinkhole effect is cool for lore, nice that they've been caring about that more and more since mimicry. 079 needing lvl3 to lock doors, and double points for blackouts requires words I can't type on here. Walk into the ocean, buy a faulty parashute, anything works. Plus, lockdown at lvl4 is pitiful, in a horror-to-mankind way, not cutesy. XP on playerkill being reduced is unfortunate, for the forums. Bailiff, break their balls. Your final words are exactly the truth. What they nerfed was nerfed way too hard, what they buffed was perfect - everything, down to the last, minute detail. Except larry and plague. Round number hp gang rise up.

I am still wiating for a buff to the com 15... I'm still waiting...

Amazing video my Iceyguy!

great video!

So just more stat tweaks that dont affect the fundamental flaw of the game which is its map design allowing camping to be the most viable strategy in all cases, how exciting.

Just off of that Tesla clip im subscribing to you, god that was beautiful

I will look like a jerk saying it, but I dislike all of these changes, especially the 079 nerf

people are gonna cry or leave when they get 079 (they already did that before)

A beta being controversial is good, it opens up the potential for change really fast.

Yay another balance update. Thank god SL dont get new content cause players LOVE balance updates not CONTENT ONES !!!!!!!!!!!!

Also scp-939 amnestic gas is WAY more visible, maybe its just me but i feel like it's WAY darker

"northwood try not to switch stats around to confuse players trying to get back into the game instead of actually adding quality of life additions" challenge is literally impossible only change im a big fan of is scp-1853: it brings it more in line with the lore and makes the item much more interesting in general instead of just a flat buff.

When are they going to buff anti-207? If they increased damage taken from 207 then anti-207 regeneration should be buffed. Either that or give it scaling all damage resistance.

207 didn't deserve the hp drain nerfs😭 5 damage per second of running for speed, barely over 2 colas, is kinda nuts. i pray to god it gets nerfed or just removed, and it is the old hp drain. This is a straight gut. I'd say it's on a level of a gut of 106 getting turned into a 2 tap.

so the "cola rebalance" was actually just northwood making them unusable? epic

I’m pretty sure I’ve played scp:sl like once 2 years ago or something Anyways cool video I’ll be sure to use this information 5 years from now when I decide I want to play the game

From playing the beta, Computer has been nerfed way to hard. I get that people are pissed off that computer can really make or break the scp team, but as it currently stands all these changes are doing is making things worse for unexperienced players, who already struggle with computer.

Sad about the cola damage nerfs, but not a bad update overall.

079 IS DEAD. :( I mean it did need a nerf but this is ridiculous!!!

Im honestly unsure why people are so mad about this update proposal, its like peoples nostalgia for getting 2+ cokes blinds them fron the fact that getting 2 of them was utterly op and unless you had a skilled 079 as an scp team they could stall matches near infinately because they were uncatchable with the low hp drain and painkillers making them survive for the entire game, its a super nice escape tool and its only ever used by super tryhardy people that make the game round more unfun by getting cracked in 914. The breakneck speeds im happy for as while it doesnt patch the issue it does help slow him down for a moment. Super hyped for the 049 changes as while i feel its a lil *too* harsh to only have one re-revive (i feel two is fair), 4 was a bit much, alao all the stat buffs and the good doctor zombies not getting uber nerfed the second they die is VERY nice. 106 needed the stam drain for chasing potential and the 500 not curing the trauma effect really helps him be a bit more menacing as a human, he does still need nerfs to his stalk as endgame it can be pretty annoying. The ONLY change im sad about is 079 which, while admittedly needing nerfs (i know my scp main needed them), are far too harsh. The energy bump ups are a bit too severe and the regen nerfs are WAY too much,especially with nerfed XP gain, but im sure they will be mitigated some as people give feedback. Overall i dont see whats 'controversial' about this update, they are jsut making the 2 opposing scp consumables an actual either or is good situation depending on how your playing that round and mitigating some of the issues scps have. Overall i hope msot of these changes stick for the next live update

10:2 that "nice" got me way to hard wth.

2:59 so now you can automatically know if someone has a weapon beacuse of the sound effect?

I kinda miss scp sl version where mtf still had laserguns. I don't know I feel like scp sl today is too competitive and the rounds are too fast. It used to be more social experience before.

I do believe that a lot of games at this point say "something needs a nerf" and proceed to make it functionally useless. They overnerfed Cola and 079, and zombies were fine as they were since they usually don't even make it to that 4th res.

I have no idea what northwood is trying to do, take every fun thing out of the game because they are trying to make it competitive

That's my dude ICY 🥶🥶

they killed pc 😭

well there goes me killing 13 chaos as a zombie ever happening again.

i love how according to 1853 suffering from cardiac arrest isn’t as scary as being informed the whole site is going to explode in 90 seconds or less

Green juice becoming meta is nice. New cola is way more balanced now. Now you don’t have d class moving at the speed of sound being unkillable.

Don’t touch the colas if you’re gonna buff 049’s speed or buff scp health

They massacred my Computer 😭😭

When I'm in a making the SCP Class not fun to play as competition and my opponent is Northwood Studios:

My poor old s&w 500 revolver

there goes my fun using 079

People have been wanting a 106 pocket dimension for a while now..... visual effects and speed was not what we were talking about LOL (I don't think they're BAD, i like them actually, I just wish there was more) I've heard some great ideas like, kinda like the SCP CB game, instead of insta dying, you keep being "spawned" in another part of the pocket dimension (this really could just look exactly like the floor u originally spawn in) and then u keep trying until u either finally get it or die. esp if only 1 out of the many doors is the correct one? you also lose health reallly fast in there so i feel like it would make a lot of sense. if theyre worried about it making it too easy to escape, they could extend the hallways so that youd need to slow walk even more, decreasing your chances of getting out. basically gotta just get a move on instead of picking off dead bodies

I'm just gonna quit this game, not only it's not scary anymore, it's not even fun. they need to rework the whole facility and ambience. this game doesn't need CS level balancing, this game needs to be fun.

i like the ablility to disable fog, my eyes are already bad enough. I dont need people blending inn with the air

hey can i have the background music name?

LEAVE MY COLA ALONE

I rarely used SCP-207 because I was never a fan of the health drain being the end of you if you could not find enough medicals but now I don't think I would ever use it because that proposed health drain increase is too harsh, the pervious drain was somewhat fair because it gave you more time to find more medical equipment and while you're doing that you are still risking getting almost one shot by a single bullet.

And I thought we would finally get the ability to start the nuke as 079...

207 nerf should be brought back a lot, mainly the HP drain. Simply removing the ability to print them from medkits is a big enough nerf which combined with the speed nerf I think puts in in a good place.

What they did to Doctor's zombies is bad, but what got a hold of them to do that to computer?

even tough this game is no longer interesting to me, you somehow found a way to make this entertaining

We shall eat the pink candy

Did soda dirty ' I'd revert the damage overtime but the speed nerf seems fine

Finally good to see the piss bottle have some use. I was always using it over cola but holy hell the cola nerf is such an overkill. I wont see myself stacking colas ever again. And the 079? My favorite SCP but after the nerf im not sure if that will be the case. I already saw newbies having trouble playing as 079 and leaving the game and now they made it even worse and probably just a filler role with no real meaning.

Tier 5 075 is meant to be strong, not be basically the same as t4 but with a +1 aux regen. And along with the other nerfs, getting to t5 would be harder.

I really like what they did to the slime, but i despise what they did to cola. Its practically pointless to even use more than one time, as you can only carry 3 medkits at a time. You will practically be forced to use every pill you can find to balance it out!

im glad scp 1853 is now useful its REALLY needed the buff but as for cola they either should remove the extra damage you take from it or should increase speed again i can see why scp-079's locking abilities got locked behind tier 3 but they really just nuked the poor computer

What we needed was more counterplay to the shit computer constantly pulls, and make it so he actually feels like he's contributing and a constant threat so people start using said counterplay. Not to give him the capabilities of an actual MS-DOS 1981 operating system.

Isn't 079 supposed to be able to nuke at tier 5 or am I losing it

I've heard about this update a while back about 2 - 3 months ago and I thought it was already implemented lol

Imagine increasing the costs of everything for SCP-079 and then reducing the EXP you get to be able to use anything. That's totally gonna make people want to play 079 more.

My unproffesional opinion on the whole balance "Everyone hates playing as the 079, let's make it worse!" 173 aint really changed, other than that he can't zoom to LCZ or guards. Not like guards die 90% at the start of the round 049 is shit unless you return the oneshot touch, *PERIOD* 049-2 rerevive is nothing intresting since 99,99% of the people just don't chose to revive 106 don't really got a change, since either you two-tap and boom, or get outhealed and smacked 079 - I, honestly, can't even comment this. In a nutshell, fuck the balance team of SCP SL. Fire them and give them worst characteristics ever.

They should add something you can do while you wait to respawn

wtf are these 079 changes I get he was op but you literally need a good 079 player for it to be good also hi (said from weatherman himself)

Talk about kicking the computer

Ghost light should actually cause the PC to be turned off for longer if theyre a higher tier level.

just when you think the game cant get worse

I actually really like the cola changes, from my personal experience I always thought that cola was stupidly powerful. Mostly against SCPs but also humans. How even after this nerf it will be very good as there are a lot of medical items after first spawn wave

NO WAY THEY'RE BUFFING WORSE 049?? ALSO NERFING ULTRASWEAT GAMER JUICE???? W UPDATE. W UPDATE.

Tem tanto scp na wiki , você tem algum scp agressivo em mente que possível poderia esta no jogo ?

NORTHWOOD - nerf scp-096? no also NORTHWOOD- nerf scp 049-2? yes

MY COLAAAA!! NOOOOOOOO! WHY :(((

I wouldn’t have any issue with 207 changes if the health drain penalty isn’t so harsh.

this is NOT what we meant by “nerf 079”

They really never stop speedrunning the death of their own game huh, the meme is more real every update

Release the Experimental Weapons, the new scp item or do something new after making us wait for months? No. Controversial update.

I think they nerfed some things hard mainly to shake up the meta and prevent it from getting a bit stale.

I'm just happy that 079 got nerfed. I absolutely despise fighting against a team with a decent 079 because there's not a whole lot of counterplay to being locked in a room.

Now I can’t wipe out a entire scp team with 207 😭