Biggest Scam Game of the Year

[@UnderGamer011]

Remember, the devs asked us not to call this a scam. Please advise.

[@InternetStranger476]

pls clap

[@zulzineloso7531]

Thats what scammers say xd

[@FriendlyArchpriest]

I mean, I think people are calling it the wrong thing, the people showing the legal parts on their posts called it a fraud not a scam, and yes, it is probably that, since it is badly advertised and labelled in order to hide its flaws. If Steam wasn't so prestigious, selling this thing would probably give a small scratch to their reputation, and they would probably be very angry.

[@coaiemandushman1079]

@@InternetStranger476 *clap* I clapped brother, now what?

[@j3tridge]

So Not a Scam the day before? Is the actual title?

[@TrapMusicNow]

This was a total social experiment and in some ways quite hilarious to prove a point that people will buy trash and be happy.

[@ADRzone]

Well you are correct, but there's also the problem of what the definition of trash is to every individual...

[@FuIIDiveVR]

The real social experiment is seeing how people treat each other. Looks like majority rules in favor of pure hatred based on absolutely nothing.

[@nvll7862]

Unfortunately, this is the reason why so many triple A games nowadays are complete dog shit... why spend time and effort making an actually good game when people will pay $20 for a cool looking skin or will pay full price for the new reskin of assassins creed or nba 2k

[@finnhecker6520]

@@petitefleuriciwhat does that have to do w anything

[@caliginousmoira8565]

@@finnhecker6520 everything

[@aquasomnus]

Still impressed how many people believed this game to be good, all the red flags even one month before release should have been enough proof the game was a scam.

[@LAVAZZ.]

Problem is there’s games like no mans sky, that game had so many red flags and yet they made a massive comeback from the shit show they created. Don’t get me wrong it’s funny how many idiots keep falling for this mmo scam

[@allstar_]

People won't learn. it's sad honestly.

[@joeyhoser]

To be fair, it was so widely discussed as a scam, and the internet was so frothing at the mouth waiting to see if it implode as a scam, that it was hard to believe they would actually release such a scam. No, I didn't buy the game.

[@star-rock6466]

@@LAVAZZ. the thing is, No man sky actually looked good, and was promising based on trailers & gameplay

[@redrevoc]

@@star-rock6466 Exactly, it didn't look like a asset flip kitschy completely amateur thing, unlike this one

[@zerodawn09]

the "i cant be wrong" argument is so true. some people never grew up and dont understand being a adult means understanding when you make a mistake is to admit to it, correct it and then move on. kids stomp their feet and say they are not wrong. its in so many things, not just games but that is what you see here.

[@greg83083]

"The team worked day and night to make our dream game" nightmares are dreams too

[@hunterculpepper1973]

Yes reminds me they made terrible game the same before

[@ruggedlemmings9163]

To be fair I'm sure they did work day and night for 5 years to raise the $300 necessary to buy the city map. :^)

[@Jeffrey_Tyler]

One day and one night?

[@ultimaxkom8728]

Their dream. Not your, our, we, us... their dream. Their pot of gold dream.

[@yakobdou]

@@Jeffrey_Tyler beat me to it lol

[@absolutefolly2011]

We need a lawsuit filed against these scammers

[@ShiftNova]

Lawsuits need to be hand to any game company which pulls shit like this.

[@mynameismiketest770]

To those people who bought the game. Please refund. Don't give them a dime for their BS game.

[@Zombertino]

These guys are from Russia. They'll cash out and run. $3M American dollars over there is just enough to retire 😂

[@ohhSLR]

@@Zombertino3m $ are enough to retire in most parts of the world.

[@Klespyrian]

​@@ohhSLRWhere in the world could you not retire with 3 million?

[@mac76239]

​@Klespyrian The US and its quickly crashing economy lol.

[@PsychoGecko89]

​@@KlespyrianThe US. Unless you make smart investments.

[@Dobbysfree]

There literally aren’t even any animations for any character movement besides walking while standing and jumping. No walking while crouched, no jumping over things, none of it. Insane

[@TurtleChad1]

2023 had the most Gollum-like games ever

[@つな-u1s]

@@youtubeenjoyer1743 this is real

[@misterrider19]

At least, Gollum was actually developped and not just worth a week of dev.

[@dains6623]

Love how gollum set the standard for these kinds of bad games

[@cortesacrawford]

Redfall, Gollum, The Day before, Skull Island Rise of Kong.

[@szmulexakalemon352]

you forgot the walking dead game that came out few weeks ago@@cortesacrawford

[@MeGustaElNueve]

If no one's gonna file a lawsuit against these guys. Scammers will not learn their lessons.

[@GreatRaijin]

So do it

[@thekotabear3262]

The signs were all there lmao. The company doesn't even hire staff, they have "volunteer developers"

[@BugzyDeep]

You can find That EXACT hotdog stand, with blue and yellow, outside the city at the gas station. It is one 100% a MASSIVE asset dump.

[@Pandize]

Fun fact; REFUND IT ANYWAYS. I had 18 hours on Battlefield 2042 and longer than 2 weeks and got it refunded. You need to do a standard Steam Support claim. They’ll decline it on autopilot once, then you can push it back and say please take the game’s current state into consideration.

[@ineedmoney5917]

Thank you I just pushed my ticket for a refund and I haven't even launched my game. Just watched videos cause I was excited while it was downloading and I didn't even want to push play or load it up I believe all of you and I requested a refund, I'm learning things still and I didn't know I listen to you guys for this stuff and I learned this as it was downloading. I messed up

[@benkee1280]

Battlefield 2042 is as good as bf5 now

[@Tarakat7]

@@ineedmoney5917say bye bye to $40 muahahaha

[@MrLasox]

I figured it little to late that it had too many bots so i couldn't get any refund. The main reason i quit the game. I wasn't buying the game for playing against bots, but humans. I thought it was a main thing with Battlefield with Battlefield 2 and from there it's always been humans we have been playing against, but it's not worth the money when we are playing against bots. 70% bots vs 30% humans earlier days it was 100% humans. Miss good old days with Battlefield: Bad company 2 how that changed the whole game industry at the time.

[@Zanbatoss]

I did played starfield for 8 hours before realizing it was loadingscreen fest, after that just tried to refund and explain it the best I can why They approved my refund request 😂

[@sa_lowell]

It's a really good take to not have steam removing games but, instead, expanding the refund window for stuff like this. It creates a good environment for customers while not being overly heavy handed on their part. We have too much crap like that on the console stores. (No refunds, removing games) Example: I bought Time Ramesside knowing exactly how it is. It's pretty much a meme that I wanted to buy into. Wouldn't have been able to do that had they removed it years ago. I intend to punish myself with it whenever I do anything wrong. Starting with the fact I bought it in the first place.

[@Jinny-Wa]

They are doing what their kind usually hates. Cancelling X thing. Next day they are crying about cancel culture or something. The irony

[@MrDmadness]

Steam is huuuge, they should have people employed to test games before they sell other platform

[@MrDmadness]

​@@Jinny-Wajust trolling hey jinny? Good job being a troll.. a lonely sad troll

[@mechwarrior13]

the fact that its a playable product and exists has already surpassed all my expectations

[@RetireandGo]

Standing on the motorcycle seat while moving in cyberpunk 2077 was a feature not a bug. CDPR did nothing wrong :-)

[@raf5812]

@@RetireandGoCDPR is a big ass company known for The Witcher 3 which had a rocky launch too. And guess what, ended GOTY when they fixed their mess. Same goes for CP2077, the main reason why people believed in it. I'm amazed by people like you who dares comparing shady indie devs scammaz - who took 8 years filled with fake trailers and fake features to release a mfkin EA - with actual studios. Keep coping on this "game" ig, HF (oh btw, CP2077 was playable and had content on his launch if you wonder)

[@crazychase98]

​​@@raf5812cp2077 is still not playable I have a ps5 got It on sale 2 months ago. It's still gtiched to hell. Witcher 3 had a rough few weeks at launch but was fixed before the year was over. Not that either is an excuse it's bad quality

[@irodsalt6490]

​@RetireandGo tf you on about? No ones talking about cyberpunk

[@thenewplantationisinyourmind]

​@@raf5812so "playable" that there were multiple class action lawsuits in Europe because of how "playable" it was. You're only as good as your last job which is why Larian studios won all the game awards instead of Blizzard or Bethesda, because even though blizzard in Bethesda are the creators of some of the most beloved games in the past, they're trash companies now that should have all of their intellectual property rights stripped away from them so that way other development studios can actually make good games with that IP. You're only as good as your last job. The 2.02 version of Cyberpunk we have now should have been the version that we got on release. We should be getting 3 DLCs with 2 new areas to explore, (including Oregon and Arizona after the main quest depending on if you go with Judy or Panam) compared to Witcher's 2 DLCs and 1 new area. Not a single, pitifully short DLC and abandonment so they can focus on yet another Witcher game. Because there must be so much more to tell about serious journey after you know, Geralt killed the main antagonist of her life and she saved the world. Game development studios in general need to shut their cock holsters about their stupid games until "WHEN IT'S READY"

[@TauFrost]

I love games like this. I don't even have to buy them and they still deliver high quality KZbin content.

[@blake4fs]

RIP to those who afk’d and couldn’t refund 😢

[@nelsonjunior918]

They can get a refund from steam in extreme scam cases like that. Some people in reddit got it after 8 hours trying to play

[@DarkReaperK97]

Knowing Steam, they'll probably STILL refund you if the game is an absolute trash/ scam.

[@RedLineTheMov]

steam wont let them down

[@behwen6057]

If the review were below 15% steam will be refunding to ppl most of the time Steam is really pro consumer

[@nicknevco215]

lol

[@bargingsgaming952]

8:51 That''s real life observation right there. Its amazing how many people do that on a day to day basis

[@graphicsgod]

👏👏👏💯

[@DrNoxin]

I always research the company before I give my money to a game. What games did they made? Were they any good? How was the support for the game? If I see a company made 3 games prior and abandoned them all while in early access, they'll get no money from me.

[@sofianebessaha2351]

And honestly at this point its not like you needed to make a deep dive into the company history to know it was gonna be a shit game

[@Pumciusz]

I don't, but I usually buy from already established brands or games I know I can play and enjoy right now for a while, like Valheim.

[@R3_dacted0]

👍

[@gorecomplex]

you can do less than 5 minutes of googling to see that fntastic and TDB would be a scam. Asmond is dumb for saying that. Its easier to research that than to take out the garbage

[@moviestalker2134]

@@Pumciusz try out grounded !

[@psyritual]

The studio just announced they’re closing lol

[@IAmMightyMike]

The people that enjoy this game arent clowns. They're the whole circus.

[@chau6340]

THE STUDIO JUST SHUT DOWN AND THEY'RE RUNNING WITH THE MONEY LOL

[@Warmaker01]

The fact that the game is getting nuked in Steam reviews doesn't surprise me. What I am truly astonished about was that there were over 13k reviews of this game on Steam after 1 day of release. There were all sorts of red flags about this game long before release.

[@DeckDogs4Life]

"I hope they'll be able to fix the game" And just a couple days later, the studio announced they are shutting down completely with the future of the game in limbo.

[@Daniel_WR_Hart]

8:35 It's like that video of that kid that went viral a while back, the one where he begged for his mom to let him eat an onion because he thought it was an apple, then continued to push through the pain for a while because he didn't want to admit that onions are not apples

[@DavidBrocekArt]

Tinfoil hat: - Made bad trailer on purpose for free advertising (streamers content) - Suddenly releasing the game surprising everyone (streamers gonna stream about that even more!) - Made big sales because people were surprised this was in fact released - Not caring about bad reputation because already made money - Bye

[@benjaminl4524]

The fact they deleted the trailer videos just shows much of a joke this company is

[@MikhailBardikov]

The fact that we coming to an age where public thinks it’s okay to pay $40 for a game that’s in early access is mind blowing to me lol

[@CubeInspector]

I paid 40 for last epoch this week. *But* that's bc it's basically a complete game that needs some polish and a few more feature. It's already in a better state than Diablo 4 is rofl. I figure I will 100% get my money's worth even if I quit the day POE2 comes out in June. With Diablo i wouldn't even get LE's moneys worth

[@0x0404]

Isn’t the quote “It is easier to fool someone than to convince them they’ve been fooled”

[@AnyMEmdq]

The Day Before release, they started development. The Day After they shut down the game. FNATIC studio is officially gone, game is retired

[@Hq123Hq]

My main concern for this game is how it stayed for years as the most wishlisted upcoming game. Did it earn that spot on its own merit or use a more illicit mean. Hope this is investigated by Steam so the list of the most popular upcoming games remains in the hands of the consumers.

[@ha-itsme]

There is no illicit means, people just want to play the game if it is good as it says it would. Same thing happens to CP2077 and NMS too but both game devs proves that they are true to their words.

[@frosthammer917]

Except cyberpunk had a massively popular studio behind it and NMS had a massive hype campaign. The day before basicallt came out of nowhere. (Also both cyberpunk and NMS got constant updates and are now good, I'll eat my hat if it happens to the day before)

[@Flavalicious]

It was most wishlisted because your average gamer brain has no critical thinking skills. Questions like: why do these vehicles look like they are straight out of snow runner? Why does this trailer have that fake "ubisoft" upsell visual quality that you know for damned sure is going to get downgraded on release? Why is a company asking for unpaid volunteers to build this game for them? 😂 I mean bruh..... Can i sell you this Mars dust i have in a glass jar? Its real, trust me. This game wont have a post release happy ending because they could never develop it enough to make more money then they cat fished out at EA launch. NMS and Project Red have future projects they need good will for. These devs dont got nothing to lose by not taking the cash and running.

[@Deadsnake989]

@@frosthammer917 I'll also eat my hat if it eventually becomes a good game. Because the company who made it are famous for dumping their games development after launch. Popnight is the only game they made that seems to be updated to the point it was a passable game. But it's still a dead multiplayer game.

[@PDXCustomPCS]

Biggest lesson is "Don't buy HYPE." Pretty sure most that bought were under 18. They tend to not think before doing.

[@2ndTooth]

I love that Forbes business magazine of all publications is ruthlessly torching this dumpster fire lol

[@Laerei]

To those like me who thought the game looked like a trademark scam from the very beginning: Thank you for holding on, thank you for believeing, thank you for seeing this through and getting so much hilarity and schadenfreude out of it. It was worth the wait.

[@Kreptic]

Oooooh my good sir, YOU are VERY welcome.

[@Ash21]

Honestly surprised to see my video in here (the one near the end with the walking and car jumping.) Fun fact, I actually didn't die after that crouch walking clip, I walked straight to the evacuation zone with the zombies right behind me and because the extraction time is very short, I got out before I got hit a 2nd time. Also for that clip where my FPS dropped a stupid amount, it was due to the other player. I was following him while he was being chased by zombies and as I got closer, the game started going down in fps. He then crouched and was getting attack by that zombie for a good couple of seconds before I killed him, the moment he died, the fps went back to normal. The funny thing is I didn't even get to loot him because the bodies de-spawn very quickly, like you only got like 10 seconds to loot a body before it disappears with all the loot. The game is a mess. And yes, before anyone asks: I did get a refund.

[@nullbubble791]

Its funny that people are surprised after all the shit swirling around the game for 5 years 😂

[@rwberger6]

"This is like no mans sky, its an investment! You plebs will be crawling back." And then the company closed right after launch.

[@DemonicAkumi]

I do genuinely feel bad for those that are naturally optimistic. They tend to always get majorly disappointed because of it.

[@UlpianHeritor]

It's just because reality hasn't caught up to their delusion yet.

[@Reydriel]

Optimism is how they get you. Always be a healthy skeptic whenever anything is asking for your money

[@nothobbesmufc949]

the devs weren't wrong saying it was their dream game. Their dream game was just to make an asset flip 😂

[@ApexLodestar]

8:21 - the analogy used is perfection LMAO!!!

[@uncutjewels]

bro the way those zombies ran was like in skate 3 💀

[@arongan8938]

As someone who hasn't bought Diablo 4, Starfield and The Day Before, i'm feeling pretty awesome right now!

[@frequencyoftruth2303]

Good for you bro keep it up! Keep being the example!

[@schwarz8614]

Wait Diablo is bad too?

[@FriendlyArchpriest]

​@@schwarz8614 if Blizzard ever does a sale (I haven't noticed if they have done or not), then it is probably ok, just wait for a few years after they stop making expansions

[@frequencyoftruth2303]

@@DreyeWater Not what he said.

[@frequencyoftruth2303]

@@schwarz8614 Big companies are connected to other big companies you can see it years away before it came out. You just gotta change your linear focus.

[@NahThisIsPatrick]

when peter molyneux can sneak into your gaming library again, you are actually researching the game dev studios before buying a game

[@elfyyy]

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if they 'botted' the wishlist numbers, like mass creating accounts etc "The most wishlisted game in Steam" thing also could just be the hype from initial trailers, but in that case I find it hard to believe this game would be wish listed more than a really big game with huge followings, even considering the hype.

[@NickWebb-lc6ry]

The first trailer deserved the Hype, if it really was a Zombie MMO PVE, with Hordes of zombies, survival elements, and a persistent world would have been amazing. People that bought the game are getting in and wondering why people keep shooting at them, and wondering where is the stuff to do and all the Zombies?!

[@ItsEllzworth]

Can’t wait until The Day After comes out.

[@makhmal1776]

They're literally using The last of Us's font for the logo, they didn't even bother using a new font, you expect the game to be authentic

[@Rembd]

It's crazy how many similarities there are between early access game scams and penny stock scams.

[@MaximusTheChosenOne]

No

[@azkarell]

for me the most saddening thing is that those games still have alomst 14k ratings on steam which implies kind a lot of sells. and a lot of small decent games just dont make it.

[@KiraAcoh]

4 days later... studio shuts down, Steam takes away the "buy" button on the store page. At least Steam is listening to complaints.

[@Addyboy0190]

That is a good idea to extend the refund window, maybe they should link that to the steam review, positive and above should have the standard refund window, negative extends the refund window to a month, while overwhelmingly negative just makes the refund window indefinite, that way this would deter scam devs

[@ruigerd]

Agree with most of what you said but not the indefinite window. If you've played a bad game for 3 months then you're a masochist who clearly gets some enjoyment out of it

[@Addyboy0190]

@@ruigerd no kink shaming lol plus an indefinite refund window means even the first buyers, when there were no reviews yet, could get there money back thus screwing over the scam devs and deterring such practices at least on steam

[@Addyboy0190]

@@ImTheTrueHealer true but it's still better to have safeguards in the system than not

[@ruigerd]

@@ImTheTrueHealer i learned this as a small boy who paid 50 euros for a Wii game that turned out to be slightly better than an internet flash game.

[@Baleur]

10:00 exactly, that's literally why its ILLEGAL to do false advertising... lol

[@ruggedlemmings9163]

"Please don't call this a scam. Please don't call this an asset flip. We can't recoup the $300 for the map if no one takes the bait and you're ruining it."

[@genome1131]

I watched this earlier and it was the first time i heard about this game and then i found out you couldnt even melee and not all the buildings were accessable and there was barely any zombies and 24/7 alarms and immediately thought it was conplete garbage.

[@snackerrr]

And somehow they turned a massive profit, milking the sheeps for millions of dollars, free marketing by streamers, and massive audiences tuning in and getting the game themselves. welcome to earth.

[@PCPAyLOAD]

Learned my lesson about pre-ordering hyped games way back with Battlefield 3. Vowed to never pre purchase another game since and have saved likely thousands.

[@jdave16]

Just in time to make Gollum look like Game of the Year material.

[@flankspeed007]

"5 years in development...really...I thought they made it The Day Before" LOL, Brutal, so good Asmon 🤣

[@slasha86]

The problem with some people inable to acknowledge something didn't turn out the way, they thought it would be, is called cognitive dissonance.

[@Deadsnake989]

That's not cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is when you hold 2 or more conflicting ideas. For example, "red is the only good color, all colors other than green look bad." You can not have these same thoughts, as they are mutually exclusive. When you do, the mental discomfort you experience from holding mutually exclusive beliefs is cognitive dissonance.

[@frequencyoftruth2303]

Pretty sad when that comes to entertainment when there is crazier things in this universe to have cognitive dissonance reactions the good news it's only temporary.

[@ao05851]

thank u for educating ppl i didnt feel like doing it @@Deadsnake989

[@hata6290]

cognitive dissonance is when you say animal cruelty is wrong and then continue to eat meat you silly boy 😆

[@terjehansen0101]

So what you're saying is that these gamers are kind worse off when they don't even feel the discomfort because they hide their heads in the sand. Or perhaps you mean that is the "better" scenario ? @@Deadsnake989

[@JONtheULTIMATE]

Reminds me of "Day of Draggon these nuts all over my screen" that game was such a scam that it prevents me from having hope for a decent dragon game.

[@PurplePaperPrius]

The day before the greatest refund of all time

[@zaskadu8320]

Setting those expectations in that trailer video is what really killed them.. Why could they not just do a vague cinematic like everyone else... No but instead they showed in detailed gameplay footage and even showing off the physics... that set the Benchmark and your own death trap.

[@srums7111]

This game gave us so much entertainment for free so I’d say it’s a win.

[@Weedkilla1993]

True, Faxx! No printer 🤭🤣

[@flipper_the_rabbit]

This is somewhat ironic because everyone jumps to arms to attack a scam game when you have 2 scam phone game commercials per youtube video.

[@brodrickflowers117]

Ahhh yes, the Ole bait and switcheroo 😂 sneaking in that last minute scam right before the end of 2023

[@Amadourrr]

The fact that people EVEN considered giving this game any attention at the very beginning, is batshit insane ... The sad thing is that most of these people won't learn their lesson, thus encouraring this kind of shady gaming industry business to persever in the years to come, unless Justice and legal actions get involved.

[@karlthorsten9118]

Glad I didn't even KNOW about it until now. I would try this game... if I can dress up as a time-displaced German Soldier from WW2, for maximum offense possibility. Update: The game has been removed from the Steam Store. They ran out of money after mass refunds, mass backlash and mass cancellation.

[@beHaski]

it'll be as paid cosmetic when they find something like that from the unreal engine store to flip into their game.

[@karlthorsten9118]

@@beHaski HAHA yeah!

[@TestAcct46]

Sadly you cant even do that in this game

[@_cloudburst]

To pose a counter-argument to Asmon, I don't think that there is any way this game does not get removed from Steam. Logistically, the game runs off of servers which are not dedicated. Either the developer has a contract with a host for a certain amount of time which ensures the servers will stay up, or they are paying month to month or year to year. If the developer is no longer in the picture, those servers that they're currently paying for will cease to exist and will have no one managing them thus removing any ability to actually play the game (not that you can now anyway lol). They need to issue a refund to every player and Steam needs to remove this game from their store page immediately.

[@hammerfallprotocol]

Above all else, do keep in mind that the studio, Fntastic, developed this game using unpaid workers which they deceptively called them "Volunteers".

[@torrvic1156]

Scammers indeed. Standard Russian “business” practice not to pay money to employees.

[@sephmojo6416]

I don't about that time argument regarding researching. I did exactly that - researched. It took about 30 seconds to google the company and about 15 minutes of reading articles about their past failures. Maybe I'm the exception to the rule, but if I'm skeptical about what a game is promising and know nothing about the developer, I'm definitely researching.

[@TestAcct46]

I've been following this game since I first heard of it and I knew the drama around it would be far more entertaining then whatever "game" the company would eventually get around to crapping out.

[@tetratrance]

I hope this happens and happens again so people will stop prepaying for games, wait for reviews then buy.

[@lukehardman3003]

This makes me feel sorry for days gones devs, the game was seriously underappreciated

[@spiritofzen7022]

The reviews and playthroughs for this game were more entertaining than the actual game 😂

[@Greatestnesss]

I think steam should at least do something to discourage developers from doing this. Because the game will still end up profitable it won't stop other from just doing the same. Spend a few thousands on bad ass trailers, sell some crap for millions. You have the right idea, offer 90 day refund, and once everyone has got their money back and when the developer takes a massive negative it will incentavise them to put out good products.

[@kappatalism6969]

At around 5:08 you have a post about removing tags on the store page. Asmon's tone sounds like he thinks that is a shady action made by the devs. Those are the results of user applied tags gaining or losing popularity. The tags were never added by the developers (unless done through bot accounts, but I'd much sooner attribute it to natural misled fan speculation) and they aren't being taken off by the developers now.

[@chrispyy99]

I love how the featured game in the description reads: "Resident Evil 3"

[@dracuhl8342]

Me not watching any stream or vid of the game launch- "It can't be THAT bad." *Zombie clip at the end plays* "Fuck..."

[@SushidozanLIVE]

You know it's that bad when RadBrad titled it as the first game he has ever refunded

[@weplo1597]

Common W Radbrad. Bro's underrated

[@immortalinaros8751]

Before you buy a game. Look for reviews, look for gameplay on KZbin. Just generally never Preorder games, no matter what studio. This game could have also come from Bethesda/Blizzard-Activision/EA, etc. I wouldn't put it past them. Just never Preorder.

[@zeikers]

Let’s be real if you got scammed by this game you deserve it

[@ChezMclegend]

They are using the word scam to trash the game on how bad it is, everyone can refund it still. You never used steam before?

The number of red flags can't be counted. The signs were all there. Steam refund is great, I saw many got their money back even after playing more than 2 hours. Nice of them.

[@brian8861]

they intentionally drag out the beginning of the game so people would pass the 2 hour mark@@ChezMclegend

[@MaXiMoS54]

"Early Access Survival Open World MMO" Lol if I read anything like that its already a scam.

[@nikenzzo]

I never pay for smt in advance..

[@kingkato3962]

You're right, it shouldn't be up to us to do the research on the developers of the game. This falls solely on Steam. Steam should put in the work to vet these developers and their games before offering them in their store.

[@andresgonzalez5676]

Angry Joe's "gameplay" of that game was hilarious.

[@tolunaycelikbag]

I watched after seeing your comment brother. And it was hilarious. I regret not watching it live :D

[@antoniomargallo5317]

Yeah, but what gameplay though? I felt so bad for him, I wanted him to go through all those gigantic heads and such.

[@redbeard_raccoon]

Publisher is now going and buying positive reviews.

[@zfsbsdxky-om8ez]

profits and revenue are two different things. Keeping a games studio open is very expensive, even if there are store bought assets. Also they had a publisher so that further muddies the waters. Honestly I bet they lost around 500k - 2mil...Also I am not saying this is a bad thing.

[@zombie5017]

i disagree with the sunk cost fallacy for gaming in todays era of youtube videos, steam reviewing, twitch streams. No reason to spend any amount on any game when someone will make game reviews post them on youtube, a streamer will play it and you can watch gameplay in real time. The day before was on my steam Wishlist for 2 years, i saw the game get removed from steam due to the lawsuit, and it came back. When it released i then got home from work on the 8th and checked the steam revies, noticed it had overwhelmingly negative reviews and then didnt bother anything beyond that. I waited for it to get released and hoped that it would be good, but with how bad games have been in the last 5 years, no game is good and worth buying on day 1.

[@XeroXenTruSin]

Is not sad, every dev saw this coming from a mile away.

[@ChuckFinelyForever]

The real scammers are the people who bought the game.

[@CareyBoeckx]

Your channel is a great escape from the stress of daily life, thank you for that.

[@digger66a]

This is our own fault. It's the result of accepting early access as a valid State of a Game back with DayZ 10 years ago.

[@MyName_is_Shao]

To be honest, even though I don't really care about "the day before" because I myself already suspected that the game would be a scam, I still hope that the game itself will at least be real, well deep down I still hope that the premise of a game like this will be real

[@absolutefolly2011]

Don't be a cuck for a scammer. A real game of this premise is coming. Have patience, not gluttony.

[@MyName_is_Shao]

Well, yeah i already said i don't really care for this game because i know this is scam, but i appreciate that

[@Korski]

Gentlemen, remember to REFUND.

[@CringeLord0119]

You mean the game that had 100000 red flags and had every KZbinr being worried it was advertised falsely turned out to be advertised falsely and is a bad game? Say it ain’t so…

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

This game did have as much cynicism as I've ever seen surrounding it. Lol Turns out there was a good reason for it:)

[@sab3re]

I wouldn't even pirate this game.

[@A-U69]

I remember hearing of this game 2-3 years ago. I saw some people talking about it being shady af with the game being delayed so many times. Glad it's out so we can all avoid/ignore this disaster.

[@toddtaylor6506]

The game's name alone is stupid. "The Day Before". You know what the day before a zombie apocalypse kicking off would be? It'd just be another day. Going by how bad this city looks (the level of abandonment) suggests we're not the day before anything but months if not years after it happened. With the lack of zombies, it suggests humans have actually won and are just killing off the last few zombies left.

[@TheGreatestJuJu]

Asmon supported this game for a long time

[@retrogamer7889]

They did not make any money. Steam holds on to the revenue for a month before paying out. Maybe they made a few bucks on people who did not refund it

[@22TheJuggernaut]

The fact people bought this shows more about people and less so about the devs.... completely insane

[@xLuis89x]

Don't worry, give it 3 years and it will end up winning a Game award somehow, doesn't matter if it scams people during those 3 years if at the last second they come up with something 😂

[@AudibleFist]

I remember watching the trailers when it came out and thinking, wow this game has a lot to figure out before it’s actually ready for release, but since it shows a lot of promise I won’t badmouth this alpha build.

[@Rawbful]

I agree that every person who paid money for this is a clown like that picture. I cannot believe the amount of people who paid money for this and didn't refund a year ago. We are living in a world full of idiots that are fueling scams as a business.