SCP Secret Laboratory Is Not The Game It Used To Be

52:00 star platinum asmr

for me the game is too dark , dunno why my screen just shows dark half the time , dunno if it is a more recent change or just a my pc issue , even with max brightness i can't see shit in half the hallways

Honestly something I think needs addressing in games as a whole needs to be this shift in lighting dynamics because for some most if not all games over the years have slowly shifted from having diverse lighting in regards to both the colours displayed as well as shadows and dark spots such that now most lighting in games is this bright kinda annoying system that gives no hiding spots, leaves things “textured”but feels like there’s actually less, and most of this lighting is generic white light with the occasional yellow light and it won’t be a worn out or dingy yellow but a clean and fresh one. If I were to take a guess it’s because of this shift from time willing to do single matches or be even remotely bored on account of short attention spans so how do devs counter this they simply make it so you can’t hide nearly as easily if at all and allowing free reign of instantly wiping anyone and everyone in this failed utopian style lighting.
For SL I wasn’t even aware horror stings existed in it and I don’t see why they shouldn’t be in the game, sure it might be a bit of jumpscare horror logic but it’s that or give them an actual threat to your existence and they won’t do that because it’d be unbalanced to do(also a problem with all games at this point honestly cause there are some things in games that I don’t think should be balanced as their design is to be a forced unifier or force you to run the hell away for safety).
Final thing I’d say is I don’t actually get why from an out of game perspective why someone escaping should be benefiting your team twice instead of it giving your team the bonus of you now being deployed as a better armed personnel who can fight for them but giving the other side more incentive to quickly get reinforcements on the ground, or in a more understandable language, if a CD escapes uncuffed and then deploys as a CI logically the foundation would want to get MTF on the ground faster because they’re losing test subjects who can may or may not leak information as well as there now being more forces destabilising the situation whilst vice versa if FP are escaping it signals to the CI that stuff is becoming worse and they have a better chance to “liberate” CD and SCP’s for their own purposes and hell this would help with the issue you had with the whole speedrunning your escape as quite simply you can escape and help your team short term but there’s greater odds that your counter force will proceed to start deploying and causing problems. That said that in of itself will cause problems and a massive shift in game play probably leaning to more early game combat and even less peace deals and truces being sorted out than is already lack luster.

I played the game a ton in 2019. This video was a flashbang.
Like when you see what happened to that one dude you knew back in highschool.

I'm honestly so sick of companies like Northwood and Affray Interactive trying so hard to make woke slop. Can we just have something goofy and fun?

Wtf man. They actually ruined peak

The devs could benefit from taking notes on Lethal Company, which is what SL could have been.

Lethal Company is a horror game that balances being goofy at the same time, it creates space to roleplay, sure people could play it competitively, but there is a bigger focus on the social aspects and teamwork and most of the content being added are focused on the esoteric objects or monsters

Okay I agree with everything except the content creation part and it's not because I like Jukeing

I found your video when I looked at some criticism of SCP:SL on youtube, because I started playing SL yesterday after 3+ years on break to get some have some fun and messing around. Holy smokes many things were unrecognizable and SCP-173... what did they do to the peanut T_T As for SCPs in general the fact none of them can insta-kill (if I heard it right from you) except for peanut really takes the fear out... Like if I were to play scientist or D-class I wouldn't be so scared anymore when wandering. Besides this makes SCP-049 lorewise inaccurate cause his touch skin to skin instant kills someone. Thanks for highlighting the issue of the current state of SL. >_<

this video has 10k likes 😭😭😭

They only just recently added more elevators to Surface which really didn't change anything cause you can still Camp them so IDK why they'd pretend to care about Camping. Funny part is Light has a room with nades that you can Camp and kill the SCP on low pop. And the reason I know this is cause I died to it cause the shit melee hitboxes and even though I hit the guard I was Doctor so he just gets to pretend I don't exist. The Horror is gone. The new Cards are ugly so now I can only play Chaos Theory if I even want to play this slop.

There’s no way we’re out here calling retard the “r-slur” you had me in the first half but now you’re beginning to sound way to wingy

i came across the game this week and i love it, tho i agree with the graphics

Edit: Why did the game use to be better

They really need to officially rerelease a separate version of this game on megapatch 2 update... the game currently is just buns and not fun.

I came back to this game after like 6 years and audibly let out a "somethings off". Haven't came back after that

I agree with you, SCP SL used to be very horror, spooky and eerie back then to the point when I become NTF or Chaos or Guard or D CLASS that Im afraid to be walking alone and asking where the heck is my teammate and once you hear larry walking sound from far away that already scare the shit out of you. And now in 2026 SCP SL is just not Eerie and spooky anymore, it just goofy and becoming Call of duty in industrial and meeting monster. I said it industrial because back then the facility is design to look like laboratory, but now the facility look like some kind of industrial factory ! what the hell is happening to SCP SL.

I don't understand why they want to move away from Containment Breach so much. Shouldn't Secret Laboratory be an homage to SCP itself, including the most important piece of media that made SCP itself so relevant? (and yes let's not lie, nearly everyone first heard of SCP from Containment Breach)

I don't see the point of running away from that at all

SCP SL looks different than in the past and that is good, i litterally came back to this Game cause they updated the combat sistem, It was a knightmare

the ntf heli pilot and ci driver are still old models too

All I want is an 049 update.

As someone who knows basically nothing about guns and has never played a shooter, the change in focus has slowly changed this from "a fun experience I might like to try sometime and make friends" to "guns vs. magic battle royale with toxic sweats."

"he's a mexican, and black, im taking the shot" holy shit my sides hurt from laughing

This video aged like rotten milk....

For those who live under a rock, literally 1-3 months after this video they released update 14.2 which massively updated the lighting (making everything much darker) AND they added back horror stingers and chase themes to the SCPs...

Also, you complain how making things "realistic" is slowing down updates, then at 24:02 you nit-pick that the fake doorways aren't "realistic" because they are fake and don't lead anywhere.....

I started playing yesterday and am completely lost

EWWW what the fuck are those new key cards (I haven't played for a while)

Honestly, I think bridging the gap between SCPs and Humans socially would help. - I think the Plague Doctor should be able to talk, since he's able to in his entry. It would just be a tool to allow for some more fun experiences. - Maybe give him some kind of light echo effect on his speech so that people can tell through doors and such, since he isn't supposed to be "tricking" people, but could still negotiate.

I know that "Talking" used to be 939's thing, and I do think it was a shame that it was entirely replaced with the soundboard system, but I don't think an SCP being able to talk should be exclusive to a single one. A big part of SCP is that not all of them are simply killing machines, they're sentient. 939's special thing should be having the soundboard IN ADDITION to being able to talk without a filter, which would allow room for other scps to have proxy chat (with a filter) with players, without it feeling like something is being taken away from 939.

The old SCP Secret Laboratory days were the best ones when every D-Class looked like Kaif

horror stingers
being added back
the skeleton
was temporary 😱😱

So basically, don't get back into SL if the last time i played was years ago. Too bad i actually really like SL

I think the game is still fun in its own right. Old versions were a NIGHTMARE to play. Horrid balancing, way to easy to stall, etc.

New bad old good just play scp containment breach multiplayer

Ironic how the playerbase is bigoted despite the scp community being gay af.

Im working on developing a multiplayer SCP game inspired by secret labs. I wanted to leave comments like this to gather opinions on the idea and see if it is something people will be interested in. There are 3 zones at the beginning of the game where the different roles start. Chaos / MTF start in the zone closest to exit and must fight to complete an objective. Movement, shooting, leaning, crouching is much more realistic with a need for flashlights / NVG. Each team has different classes, like medic, rifleman, sapper, and squad leader, etc. Classes are more than just having a better gun.
Armor, health, and a down but not out system will function similar to arc raiders, but if your armor breaks or you run out of meds you need to find different stations to resupply. One SCP can conditionally become playable in zone 1, to assist whoever releases it. Scientists will start in a laboratory (zone 2) where power is inactive and 1 SCP is active. They need to collect samples by completing puzzles strewn about, and have a special NVG headset that can stun the SCP, but needs to be recharged periodically. The idea is a survival horror-esque / dead by daylight / outlast trials type zone. Scientists cannot leave without having samples. D-class and guards will spawn in zone 3, with a very special, very hard to destroy SCP. Their only objective is to survive until zone 3 is opened. They cannot kill the SCP, and need to slow it down and hide as best they can by using various tools and SCP items. Once zone 1 objective is complete, zone 2 is opened and a timer starts on zone 3, allowing exit. Whichever team won zone 1 now has to rescue or kill the scientists / D-class and fight the zone 2 SCP, who will get new abilities during this point. Once the timer is up in zone 3, the SCP will adapt and breach into zone 2, becoming much more powerful based on how many kills it secured during zone 3. A ticket respawn system will be in place based on objectives completed, and players will respawn as zone 1 winning squads (chaos / MTF). The game ends when the zone 3 scp either kills all players, or they manage to incapacitate it. Each role spawns in a unique zone with drastically different playstyles (tactical team shooter, survival horror, high octane chase). Zone 1 is incentivized to work quickly, to ensure scientists / d-class survive for the final fight, because objectives = respawn tickets. I think the difference in roles will provide a lot more replayability, and the objectives are more concise and high stakes. The final fight will operate similar to a resident evil boss fight / EVOLVE monster fight. Making 4 different games in one is proving to be a balancing nightmare though, so again im wondering if this concept even sounds fun.

Old graphics were so much better