Not every bad quest is a scum quest. A quest that is difficult or poorly designed due to technical bugs is merely "broken." A scum quest is defined by intent and tedium. It is a task given to the player that lacks narrative weight, mechanical challenge, and emotional payoff.
Most Scum Quests are simply filler. A developer needs to pad a 40-hour game to 80 hours for marketing bullet points. “Dynamic quest system” is code for “we procedurally generated garbage.” These quests are the sausage of game design—you don’t want to see how they’re made. scum quests
2/10 for fun. 9/10 for stories you’ll tell your friends. 11/10 for the walk of shame back to the quest giver. Not every bad quest is a scum quest