The Day Before, one of the most controversial and catastrophic games in recent memory, will have its servers shut down in January 2024, just 45 days after the game launched in Early Access.
The Day Before Debuts to Dismal Steam Reviews as it isn’t the MMO that was Promised
08.12.2023 - 21:39 / wccftech.com
The saga of The Day Before has been quite a wild and winding tale. One, it seems, without a happy ending. Originally revealed back in 2021, developer Fntastic promised an ambitious open-world looter-shooter zombie MMO along the lines of something like The Division and impressive early “gameplay” trailers earned the project a large following on Steam. Then the delays came, with Fntastic sometimes offering odd excuses for why the game had to be pushed back, including unexplained trademark issues (an explanation they later walked back). Fans also began to pick apart the gameplay showcases we’d seen, accusing them of being mere mockups and not representative of an actual game.
Well, as of yesterday, The Day Before is now available via Steam Early Access, so it is a real game… it’s just not the game that Fntastic promised. The game isn’t really an MMO, but rather, a much smaller-scale extraction shooter. The game is also riddled with bugs, uses tons of pre-bought assets, and, of course, the servers are a mess, meaning many can’t play even if they wanted to.
All these issues have resulted in an Overwhelmingly Negative user review score on Steam, with only 16 percent of reviews being positive as of this writing. That isn’t the very lowest score on Steam, but it’s still pretty rough considering the excitement that once surrounded this project. Steam user Biffa provides some handy bullet points, that seem to reflect what most of the Steam reviewers are saying…
Of course, The Day Before is still in Early Access, so there’s always the chance the game improves. It will probably never be the MMO originally promised, but maybe it has a chance at becoming an okay extraction shooter? Maybe?
The Day Before is available now on Steam. Has anyone given the game a try? What are your thoughts?
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