Huge Fake Game Scam

[@mohawkan423023]

I think what happened was, they released the initial reveal trailer as a proof of concept, to gauge the interest for a project, and then got way too excited trying to deliver on something even a triple A studio would struggle to develop. They set the bar too high for themselves and are now doing this balancing act - trying to capitalize on the fanbase they cultivated, but on a budget that is nowhere near enough, so they keep pushing back the game hoping to salvage the situation.

[@sora1498]

thats what i was thinking.

[@Merrickle]

No excuse for using the hype around events to push other games and software made by the company regardless of if they oversold the initial vision

[@any7925]

That's actually sad tho... What Dayz fan wouldn't want updated visuals Dayz? Regardless of difficulty level it would be nice to have the option to switch between these games.

[@hobojoe9717]

I think this is definitely the most logical take on this whole situation

[@Crentshen]

Working in the industry I can 190% confirm THIS is it

[@jasonpatterson8091]

Dunno if you noticed, but the zombies did exactly two things. They either crouched and growled loudly or they ran forward in a straight line (not necessarily toward the player). Says something about the AI's level of development, at a minimum.

[@MrEvan312]

I noticed something similar, that and I think they have the exact same death pose too.

[@scorpion0498]

right. id rather just go play L4D than this or B4B etc... 🥱

[@viralshark]

That isn't even worth of being called AI its just two different functions.

[@twosideddog8821]

Still should give them the benefit of the doubt who knows maybe it is a good game or it’s actually really bad

[@CardiacYew-xt5zq]

@NaN Yes, I would like a zombie to brezl dance

[@Ravade]

They couldn’t even come up with an original logo lol

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

@DespiritedSoul whaaa?

[@VladIsMad]

@soul wrath ⸜⁄ sure..

[@ghostbaconhair]

@ooga booga it already got deleted

[@OneOfManyJoels]

@@ghostbaconhair that was quick lol

[@KerioFive]

Just the last of us

[@Benefits]

For anyone coming back to this video, it aged like fine wine. Just 4 days after The Day Before released, the studio founders shut down Fntastic Studios and made off with all of the money they made. Eduard and Aisen Gotovtsev are the brothers behind Fntastic Studios and the ones running this scam. They've been doing this same thing for almost 10 years, but never on this large of a scale. Don't let them continue to steal innocent gamers money when they inevitably appear in a few years with a new video game scam.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Someone needs to stop them permanently.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

@@jhj681 He did say.

[@Ocidad]

Why are they not in jail yet? Wth

[@jimmyelkordy3752]

@@Ocidadtechnically no crime was committed

[@brianshen8053]

They didn't make any money though. Steam doesn't pay out until one month after release.

[@joelyt1682]

This is like the equivalent of kids bragging about things they have at home but they don't really have it.

[@Spider-mario974]

''my dad is real''

[@dirtydeedsdirtcheep3007]

"My mom loves me"

[@Stribog1337]

This is like me bragging about the cool games I had at home on my PC (that never functioned when my friends visited that were basically Garry's Mod scenes with custom HUDs loaded in... (True story...)

[@user-bz6gh5ng2m]

Exactly, except this is sad for a different reason lol

I feel called out 😂💀 But I was mentally backwards as a kid, until I hit 13-14 I think

[@draconian3905]

“My dog ate my files” “How?!?” “He took a megabyte”

[@Maro-ul6pg]

This comment is so underrated

[@peeseries6690]

Another dad joke on the bag

[@caitsith3.0]

Badum tss!

[@meighan.leenetta]

@@caitsith3.0Google translated this to “Let’s take a bath!”

[@deeal5336]

B R R R U U U U U U U H H H H

[@ShadyMilksYoutube]

What I think is that they're doing what I did when I was an indie developer: get too excited about the idea of a game, start making devlogs to gather hype thinking I could fulfill promises I was too early in development to achieve, throw shit together trying to maintain the fanbase I created and was now afraid to loose incase they'd never come back. Note to developers: just don't make promises until you are chin deep into development. you'll save yourself a lot of stress. edit: i misspelled lose but im going to keep it like that just to annoy nerds who correct grammar on social media posts :)

[@kevinmalk]

Yup this is exactly what it feels like. They had sort of an idea how the game would play like and what it would be. Started hyping it up to get some people behind it and get a fan base, but now they are struggling to get the game together how they imaged it so they are just trying to at least do something about the mounting pressure.

[@redmist6630]

"jogging simulator" so they're staying true to their roots

[@MawsYT]

I agree. They also could just say “this is what we want to do and our goal is this” instead of “this is absolutely what’s going to be there please don’t leave we promise it’ll be good”

[@beeziebubs2756]

This is feeling like a No Man’s Sky situation where the devs were making these huge promises but literally can’t follow up on.

[@ProudFilthyCasual]

It's rarely the developers, and more usually, pressure from the company that owns or is funding the game being developed. It's those detached idiots who always want to stress release dates and micros.

[@Khris28]

He actually predicted this game being a scam, almost a year later. Wow

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Not the first dude who say this scam 4 billion lightyears away. There's another YTber who the first thing they said a year ago after seeing the game...its a scam...a little before Charlie did.

[@oldironsides4107]

The original trailer from almost 3 years ago people were saying it’s a scam and bullshit. I thought it looked sweet back the. Lol

[@Cunox582]

Charlie is just the reporter of all scams at this point.

[@speedyx3493]

And I love it

[@potatogaming7044]

A

[@IAmHoTSHoTzz]

That is a noble job to have.

[@wellsgrant12]

Charlie is the reporter of game scams and Coffeezilla is the reporter of crypto scams

[@Llama_reviews]

yea

[@davidcummins8125]

I have some experience in the game industry, and I would say that they intended to release something kind of like the original trailer, but underestimated how difficult it was. They got some nice models and effects, tightly scripted it out (any parts that are not walking simulator totally faked). They ground out the render at like 1fps and thought they had it in the bag. Then the moment the huge variety of systems (e.g. AI, animation, survival systems, narrative, etc) started clashing with each other and the performance requirements, they realized they were toast. If you build things out of off-the-shelf components a lot of them don't play nice with each other. So now they're desperately trying to scrape some kind of playable game together partly for ego and partly so they don't go broke over it.

[@ithomas7788]

Informative thank you for sharing. Kinda neat to see a potential thought process involved that sounds plausible

I couldn't have said it better :D I want to release a game with a small Indie Studio. You work on 1-Script 2-Gameplay 3-Animations and lastly 4-Graphics... This is why all games from great developers look awful, even after 80% completion. Because they were working on everything else, before they start with design/graphics Edit: Graphics are the easiest thing. Literally everything else takes more time

@bruh more like 80%

[@davidcummins8125]

@ The shame is how hard it is to nail all the basics before you even get to your game's point of difference. That's why I would choose to aggressively remove features up front. For example, what kind of unique game can I build if the enemies don't require pathfinding? Or don't require animation because you only see them in photographs? Or if the player doesn't have inventory or health?

@@davidcummins8125 I really don't wanna cut short on these things. My script is at 25% completion right now. Took me 5 months 😂 If the game takes 4-5 years development, I'm fine with that... Graphics and animations are the last things, so it could take me 10 years if it has too

[@Leep_Actual]

Spent more time on the butt shaping and yoga pants creation than the actual game world.

[@TheMytoya]

More than likely they bought that character (ass)et.

[@StorymasterQ]

I, for one, did immediately notice dat ass.

[@stockmahogany]

thats literally the gta 6 female protagonist lol

[@roundduckkira]

@@stockmahogany nah better, considering the character didn't look as obnoxious and clearly GTA VI is early in development This looks like a demo made to look "good" but in reality it's simple underneath, and it has assets that don't fit

[@lgd6619]

@@stockmahogany I think it looks more like the character model from the rebooted tomb raider series with some polish on it, the whole game looks like its parts of other games from recent years

[@kikka7949]

This aged well

[@falseprophet8314]

My dad always used to tell me about some French Jean designer who didn’t have the money to make his product but he had enough to market. He spent all his money on marketing and billboards rather than creating a product, and when the demand for the jeans for really high, he was able to get a loan from the bank to make the jeans. That entire story sounds entirely ridiculous now that I’m older but maybe the day before is a case of that 👀

[@LukasQueen]

That actually makes a lot of sense, generate buzz for something you wanna make, then use the buzz to make it happen. I think its a combination of this and the fact they didn't realise how hard it would actually be to make their product a reality because I doubt anyone they try hire specifically for this project would want to start from the ground up

[@kellynolen498]

@@LukasQueen just make sure it your ip they want because many shrewed greedy investors will rick your marketing with there own creation in the exact same category takeing any possible investments and pre orders

[@armintor2826]

Sounds plausible. Recklessly dangerous but legit

[@darnassiannightsaber7835]

It's super interesting to me that no one caught on to that. I'm no mastermind, but I thought this was the case with most, if not all low-budget dev teams.

[@taliajay1043]

They all do that, tommy hilfigar famously started that. Dropshipping without a product to send 😂

[@firstlast9846]

*You can tell some games won’t deliver* based on their ambitions.. this is one of them, “You can create your own base!” “ *Oh Cool* “ “You can also have children and if they get sick - there’s a 50:50 chance they’ll make it - and if they don’t.. your spouse will blame you and that brings in the ‘Grief system’ where you have to repair your marriage before it ends in divorce and your character must pay child support till he kills himself” “ *Ummmm.. alright* “

[@artez9461]

getting a little too realistic..

[@DeezN00tz99]

I mean I'm down with a dark zombie game, I think the 50/50 thing is BS but has there been a zombie game where it stresses how important/vital medicine looting is (besides half assed state of decay)? The grief thing just feels like This War Of Mine.

[@Archielolol]

Yep, when they say shit like this you know 100% it's bullshit Reminds me of an mmo on kickstarter that claimed you can build your own town and be a king or a farmer Like... Why would i want to be a farmer in an mmorpg?

[@dhanukaperera2989]

Bro shit got real 💀🤣

[@thepantofla8267]

@@Archielolol because its a game? I mean i prefer being a farmer in a game then actually going on the fields xd

[@Nadestraight]

All I can assume (Judging from my 2 years of being in the game dev industry) is that they're going to/ already have, done this as a marketing campaign for a product which didn't exist, but now their bargaining chip to publishers and investors is "We have a potential reach of millions, we're the most wishlisted game on steam". And they're using that to hopefully ACTUALLY start the development of the title by hiring a team to work on the project, as the actual studio is/ was just 2 people not long ago.

[@Lacaze89]

Yeah but dude that was 2 years ago. They’ve been the most wishlisted game for 2 years. What have they’ve been doing till now?

[@asphyxbs]

Don't they still have a time for a comeback though? 10 months seems like a lot of time to me Idk

[@thedonzo]

They switched to unreal 5 which delayed it by a lot, I'm sure being in the game industry you know how huge of a thing that is to switch game engines. I think they have a game and a idea and the idea got super hyped more then the actual game they had at the time and now they are feeling pressure to deliver. It most likely exsist and always has existed just not in the state that people are expecting. They should of just dropped it into early access and let the developer update it but the hype is too large now.

[@Nadestraight]

@@Lacaze89 You underestimate how long negotiations with publishers and investors can be, I've been talking to one for about 6 months now

[@OrionDawn15]

@@asphyxbs 10 months with around two people working on the game from last I heard? I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[@romev5906]

Aged like fine wine

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

And like spoiled milk in the game's case.

[@anthonylesley982]

Lol

[@anielheera9053]

The Literal definition of "Fake it till you make it" but, they may never make it LOL.

[@timedeos4320]

I mean.. they’re the #1 wishlisted game right now

[@sqlevolicious]

@@timedeos4320 Not anymore, they were taken down. They still have not applied to trademark, copywrite, or license any of their materials other than the failed attempt to trademark the game's name. Which they were denied, so the game will need to be called something else. But they have not applied since many months ago, which is a massive red flag that the product does not exist. It's a major ordeal with get trademark and copywrite, no business no matter how big or small would ever risk that amount of time to pass after a denial. Fact is, The Day Before is not real, it's an investor scam by russian frausters hiding in russia, and possibly connected to the russian mob if the history of their businesses are correct (call centers that did romance scams and investor scams).

[@sandwich3495]

@@timedeos4320 Doesn't mean they've made it lol?

[@galacticupfan7386]

@@timedeos4320ok but not a single cent in revenue and nothing but bad press

[@timedeos4320]

Yeah I agree, they haven’t really made much in terms of revenue but in hype they’ve definitely made it

[@goldenmantis5564]

I will never stop being baffled at the ability of gamers to get super hyped about games that they have next to 0 information about

[@phazebeast7373]

It's the #1 most wishlisted game on steam... Unfortunately lol

[@vespernight4236]

I agree, I feel like after cyberpunk ppl should have really toned down hyping games up to hell and learn to stop pre ordering them. (Luckily nobody paid for this game)

[@dislikereporter2271]

@@vespernight4236 If they didn't learn after No Mans Sky and Cyberpunk then they will never learn

[@ChuckFinelyForever]

Gamers are generally as intelligent about their hobbies as sports fans.

[@mandzph]

@@vespernight4236 Atleast the cyberpunk hype was somewhat justified because CDPR was being carried by their previous game when it came to keeping people's hopes up. Before they shattered those hopes on release. This game and this dev though? I have no idea.

[@kagerun]

You are like the only person who actually puts the links on the description after saying so. Thank you for doing this, helps a lot.

[@peperoni154]

Say thanks to the Cutter

[@fu.ck.me.tap.on.mypic7]

Hi guys

[@snickle1980]

@@peperoni154 thanks cutter!

[@HappyVLR]

fr

[@bruhmem7123]

They spent more time making her thicc than the game UI 💀

[@thedoge9590]

Bro you ain't kidding at first I was thinking 'ehhh it'll be a generic female characters it won't be xxxtra thick" then I saw the character lol they legit have her a cake.... They are banking on the rule 34 crowd to save the game

[@sharkenjoyer]

@@thedoge9590 while it's easy to point fingers at the "rule 34 crowd" and laugh at the coomers but like... It was always like that, sex always sells since the beginning of human civilisation

[@sharkenjoyer]

Ok she's flat as fuck what do you mean thicc that's like a wooden plank

[@thedoge9590]

@@sharkenjoyer bro calm down it was a joke, what a clown

[@sharkenjoyer]

@@thedoge9590 bro calm down why are you getting so pressed over a comment

[@Kolljak]

This is exactly why there should be anti-fraud laws against game studios that fake "real gameplay".

[@nickjklol]

E3 would cease to exist.

[@tim.noonan]

@@nobod-e9692 and would that be so bad?

[@Caydiem]

@@tim.noonan Nobody's saying that. They are already imploding from incompetent leadership right now anyway. And let's not forget some of the incompetent devs who couldn't handle Elden Rings success without throwing a baby-tantrum on Twitter.

[@hamoiq908]

@@nickjklol nah it’s just mean they’d have to disclose that this is what the game should look very similar to

[@Zenith_Star69]

@@nobod-e9692 don't threaten me with a good time

[@keanureeves8832]

I think this is the classic “Fake it, till you make it” scenario 😂

[@anonony9081]

Exactly. If it released without being exposed they'd have a bunch of money and a player base waiting for updates. They'd be able to string it along into some profit

[@hqqq9792]

@@anonony9081 thats 100% their plan

[@birdsfly7199]

What a time to be alive. We can get amazing games once in a while, with total bullcrap in the middle to fill the gaps. I don’t even play these types of games, but I’m so tired of hearing about and buying into a cool concept for a video game only to see it be something else.

[@mikeboy337]

literally destiny 1. was supposed to be an actual game instead of whatever the fuck it is now lol.

[@DROPKICKaZOMBIE]

Like that one game that was like blade runner with Keanu reeves

[@monkaSisLife]

@@mikeboy337 it is. You're just delusional

[@AlphaWolfWreck]

@monkaS is Life No he is right because all the dlc for Destiny 1 was supposed to be base game content but Activision fired the writer Joe Staten and rewrote the script so they could make the 4 parts into DLC

[@jonhall2274]

@coby wright Yep! And TBE fact that the whole DLC scheme/scam has ruined gaming because Destiny isn't the only game where later DLC was supposed to be apart of the actual original game & storh, smfh. Or how DLCs are the focus instead of going ahead of either making a new game apart of an already successful series(GTA), or another game to prequel or sequel to a series of the storyline! (too many to use an examples) Smfh!😒

[@IAmNeomic]

I think what happened was they wanted to make this game, so they threw together the initial trailer as a pitch, hoping to get investors or a publisher on board. It generated a ton of buzz, but didn't work, and now they've made all these little trailer videos trying to get anyone to fund the project, but fans wanted gameplay. So they stalled as long as they could so the team they have could throw together this "vertical slice" as a last ditch effort, hoping SOMEONE will see the buzz it's gotten and throw them some money to finally make it.

[@spoodyR3]

This makes sense

[@xzeraCS]

this aged well😂😂

[@IAmNeomic]

@@xzeraCS Eh, I was trying to be optimistic and hope for the best, but sometimes, a scam is just a scam.

[@virus_v73]

I think their main goal was to string as many people along as possible to sell their other products.

[@autotropicplaybench1819]

This. They want more attention on stuff they actually make like that Continent voice conference app that they showed on their not-really-behind-the-scenes video that was supposed to be about the game but it looked more like a vlog of themselves with barely any details about the game while using their Continent app.

[@Psychopunk2077]

they should have started the pre-order scam,make up a release day, throw some crappy game play last minute put together, polish it up, may be once every 3 months, make the scam look real, and will get a lot of money use that money to invest into some thing, then cancel the game and return the money.

[@AdamGinger]

It’s going to be hard to sneak around with all that clapping

[@MikeSwings]

on god the female caked up

[@william41017]

T H I C C

[@zegobot9674]

Down bad 😂

[@Scooter227]

Mf creamed his pants over polygons 💀

[@anthonylesley982]

Lol

[@qtorer0r19]

Im pretty sure this game was going to exist, but It was only a popular idea in the begining, then the team realized what they promised wasn't possible for them so they've just been stringing us along until this

[@thedonzo]

Maybe so I do think switching to unreal engine 5 at the kast second was a horrible choice and that could be the reason behind the lack of polish vs the other trailers. Either way they need to be more transparent

[@rattles2326]

no one wants to say they failed, even when they should

[@OldSchoolZ-wy2yx]

@@rattles2326 Theranos is a prime example of that

[@Zvrra]

thats why i left their discord some months back

[@pyro1047]

The games they have released were quickly abandoned as soon as they made some money, so even if they did plan to make it, it was probably still gonna be a scammy money grab.

[@denizkubilay3937]

This rant was the first thing I thought of the second fantastic declared bankruptcy lmao

[@coppoiguess]

same here lol

[@HowToChangeName]

Not even gollum dies this fast

[@wilsudi]

That woman character has been doing more squats than anything else useful in post apocalyptic world

[@wagonfixin]

At least there’s something interesting to look at while jogging around a random american suburb

[@pipopoikapelaa5468]

To be fair, squats probably will get you pretty far in a zombie Apocalypse

[@kevinmach730]

"Why would they fake a game?" They genuinely wanted to do it. and just got why in over their heads. Wouldn't be the first time someone saw an opportunity and it never materialized. Happens all the time.

[@Kogasengaha_Hishoshi]

Then they should have said it WAYY BACK then. They are faking it now. Hence the community/video lol

[@kevinmach730]

@@Kogasengaha_Hishoshi Looks they are still holding out hope they can pull it off. Or just haven't accepted/won't admit they bit off more than they could chew.

[@Kogasengaha_Hishoshi]

@@kevinmach730 Because it IS a promising venture. Just a venture that will never see fruit, it was a risk. But when you have, again. A polished Trailer/teaser snippet of that sort of lvl, should of said at least somethin lol They want to hold onto it but it will never have anything substantial of course.

[@sqlevolicious]

Nope. They are investor scammers, it's all about money. Fast cash to crypto they can hide away for any authority that comes looking. They just got too ambitious and greedy, so they marketed their latest scam far too much, earning big sponsor money from nvidia. I'm willing to bet if these two fraudsters don't disappear into obscurity in the next year, they will be arrested very soon.

[@sqlevolicious]

@@kevinmach730 Fraudster will always double down. Admitting to any transparency will reveal their criminal behaviors. More than likely these brothers are very much involved with the russian mob. Look them their names on russian web, and you'll find their other aliases. They are wanted for bank fraud in 4 countries. INTERPOL wants their real names too. Which is why you'll never see them leave their little shithole town in russia. They are hiding there.

[@tajee_y9936]

You know the market is bad when people are shitting their pants over a generic zombie game that looks like 95% of all other generic zombie games

[@baph0met]

What? What kind of logic is that? The market is completely fine, it's the peoples fault for shitting themselves. That's like saying "the market is bad cause there are 20 McDonald's in my town and everyone wants to eat there!".

[@Cheesepuff8]

Why does that mean the marketing is bad? I mean obviously I could say it’s bad because it doesn’t represent the game but ye

[@GumbleGob]

@@Cheesepuff8 not the marketing. The market for video games. There are a billion zombie shooters and it's overdone.

[@DDracee]

as opposed to people shitting their pants over a bi-annual addition to an AAA franchise that never delivers? compared to that I think getting excited over a zombie game that finally looked decent isn't that bad, haven't an actual good one since l4d2

[@Professorlicme8]

@@DDracee lmao how did this game ever look decent to you? You must have incredibly low standards

[@r3gret2079]

Mans could see the future. Fuckin called it.

[@gouki4u]

This seems to be a textbook example of "never ascribe to malice what can be attributed to incompetence."

[@GarageBandKing012]

Good old Hanlon's Razor

[@bubblegumboyo4274]

In the new gameplay trailer they gave the character tons of ass so we'd forget it was a scam.

[@EndiXIV]

As opposed to being thrown together quickly last minute, I think this is actually all they've been able to get done in the years they've been developing it

[@josepineda8902]

I’m better than penguinz0

[@EndiXIV]

@@josepineda8902 ???

[@festivebonk4376]

@Endi the comments are filled with bots, just ignore them.

[@gravy4708]

@@EndiXIV NPC af reply man

[@smolbirb4]

Exactly development takes forever so they’ve been working on this

[@bgeezus3955]

BRO this aged fantastically.

[@Doomguy2163]

Fntastically, if you will

[@DrDandD]

I would assume that this is just a case of the devs thinking they could do way more than they actually could.

[@williammiller3621]

This feels, at least in this moment, more like a small company that overhyped what they could do and are scrambling when people are asking why it's taking so long.

[@archwebskis]

true, good take man

[@ChemicalViruS004]

Well these devs already have a bad reputation, so it is beyond understanding people's reactions given they launched 2 games in the past and dropped them for no reason and with poor excuses. This is why everyone thinks it is a scam instead of an actual game that got delayed, and obviously the big question of, who develops an entire game and announces it without securing the trademark first, it has laziness and lack of reliability written all over, it is just weird. I wanted to believe so hard but with the past history of the devs i rly dunno.

[@gizmo9836]

Reminds me of No Man’s Sky

[@sqlevolicious]

@@ChemicalViruS004 fyi, just fuel to this fire, but they were DENIED their trademarks months ago and have not applied again, something no legitimate business no matter how small or large would ever do. I've got a feeling that lawsuits are gearing up, but who knows since the brothers are hiding in russian mob cities in a at-war criminal-run country that is currently the enemy of the free world.

[@kestoification]

Same thing as No Man's Sky. They got themselves more than they can bite

[@Alaric11]

The AI is pretty telling. You can tell those zombies where just pre-placed mooks programmed to run at the player in a straight line when they got close enough.

[@Th33anomaly]

What they stand to gain is: during one of their very first trailers after they asked for their community to volunteer to help finish the game (for free) they were cross promoting a video chat app during the day before trailer. There’s obviously investors involved with that endeavor so even though they’re not defrauding, their investors (that we know of) they are using the popularity they’ve gained as a platform to promote a completely different piece of software. Go look and find the video where they’re all (the developers) sitting around outside overlooking the mountains and in the forest (not joking) they’re working on and promoting a completely different app during the trailer for the game that has garnered so much press. The entire ordeal is shady and underhanded as far as I’m concerned.

[@1995killswitch]

My guess is that the developer made the premade footage to generate buzz and hope that actual real game creators would want to join the project to complete it, but when they approached people for the project, no one wanted to build it from the ground up

[@bobbythomas6520]

Well I mean a good game from the ground up takes 7+ years. People don’t realize you need an entire storyline that goes with the gameplay, then you have to build an entire fucking word and model characters and script etc. I mean a game like this with a massive company behind it would take 7+ years too

[@sqlevolicious]

The truth is that these "developers" (they are not developers by any means), have been running this investment scam for years through proxies that collect investments in their crypto accounts. They never had any intention today or tomorrow to actually make a video game. Their past games were bought and paid for as basic assets packages and had volunteers finish up the work. The problem with their latest scam is that there is no foundation to build anything worth presenting to legitimate investors. These criminals are going to ride the investor grift train all the way into obscurity. These fraudster brothers have been doing this almost their entire life.

[@sqlevolicious]

@@bobbythomas6520 fyi, scripts and story lines in this industry are usually bought or sequenced and then hiring a ghost writer to finish it off. It would implode your world to find out some of your beloved franchises stories, etc are just ripped from thousands of other scripts that get thrown away. Most of the stuff you see is not original works by any means, regardless of accredited writers who copywrite first and have legal protection from anyone that wants to come forward and make a claim. The story is the last thing put together. Games, movies, TV shows all have story boards first to get established shots to begin producing and then editing puts together roughs and then the final, all while the story line is changed constantly through the project, all to match one of many plots, settings, characters, point of view, and conflicts. The rest is entirely made up on a whim. Which is why so many adaptations from book to screen don't work and why so many adaptations get so much wrong compared to the original material.

[@bobbythomas6520]

@@sqlevolicious yeah no shit they’re ripped off, you still have to develop the whole story you absolute idiot. I’m not reading that entire paragraph when I know exactly how to make a game 💀 nice try tho

[@Andrew-xo6hl]

@@bobbythomas6520 Bit of a stretch, the last of us (just an example) was developed over 3 years, and that game has motion capture for everything you see and very well written charcaters and dialogue. Not attacking you or anything but games do not take 7+ years to make just saying.

[@GrainOnTheGo]

I’ve seen the proposition by some people that the original trailer was supposed to be a behinds doors proof of concept for publishers, that they decided to release to the public to gauge interest. It caught WAY more attention than they imagined and they’ve been forced to play along for this past year.

[@macfurrywong8108]

That's horse shit, has games like Dayz and other zombie survival games not exist? It's to built hype and they know it. It's the same shit over and over again for many years. Oh and also, fortnite was actually initially a zombie survival game.

[@TheCastleBravo]

There's a motivation to create a 'fake game' because of that gauging interest. You take the time to make a nice trailer and/or some fake gameplay footage, and if people are actually interested then you can start developing. But it's a waste of time to make a product that people aren't interested in. If this is all they're doing, it should be a fairly normal practice. I don't mind at all, and it even seems like a good idea. Considering all the crunch, low pay, etc. going on in the game industry, at least they can work on things that people will actually care about, buy and play.

[@GrainOnTheGo]

@@macfurrywong8108 I think you completely missed what I was trying to say. I'm not at all excusing them, but it's very much possible they released a proof of concept business trailer to see the response and got more than what they asked for. Remember they've gained literally nothing from showing these trailers. No preorders, nothing. So there isn't really any malintent so far on their end.

[@GrainOnTheGo]

@@TheCastleBravo Agreed. Again, I don't know why people are that angry when they haven't made a penny off of us yet. I totally see the reason to be skeptical and even i'm skeptical but the game literally has no preorder system.

[@jeremy120862]

@@TheCastleBravo if you rly think that game is finished in 10 month , you should be scammed from them.

[@waffleking5479]

It’s honestly a shame that the video game industry has now turned into this giant husk of its former self, full of scams, shitty development time frames, and shady practices Edit: Yes I know this type of behavior has been around in the industry for years, its just been getting worse for the past 10 years

[@sceneshootergirl88]

no it was always like that

[@RockyBoyBalboa]

Someone get a flamethrower and burn these bots ☠️

[@Skeletontiger]

@@sceneshootergirl88 yes lmao, we just tend to forget the scams after a few years but it was literally always like this

[@RaphDeGrate]

@@Skeletontiger yeah its just more visible cuz social media allows them to market it to alot more ppl

[@MasterYoshiOfficial]

*born to shit, forced to wipe*

[@brotherhoodofsteel98]

aged like fine fine, Charlie.

[@d.d2062]

Aged like fine fine for sure

[@HuskySansVergogne]

even fine fine fine if I dare to say

[@YogsenForfoth]

Charlie got that aged fine fine. 😂

[@brotherhoodofsteel98]

I didn't even notice the typo error 😂. Fine fine indeed haha.

[@ArJayDM]

They didn't even set up a tutorial type mission for the trailer. The girl literally just spawned in and started randomly running around with no objective at all. I think we know why there's no missions. Missions require dialogue, which require voice actors and alot of sound production to make it sound correct. Ontop of all of that, it requires writers to direct the storyline and tie it all together

[@rockon609]

The studio claims to have 200 remote employees of ‘volunteers’. They are also from russia so idk if it’s a language barrier thing or they literally mean that the devs are just a few hundred people doing this in their free time.

[@kodyplatt5693]

If its supposed to be like dayz then theres no missions or voice acting

[@maxelsstellh7687]

@@rockon609 probably just another lie because I'm damn sure that a 100 outsourced dev team from a foreign country can do better than this.

[@The_Viktor_Reznov]

@@kodyplatt5693 Wait, people are hyped for an open world zombie survival multiplayer game? AGAIN? HOW MANY TIMES???

[@sqlevolicious]

It's an animation, it's not real gameplay. It's even the stock unreal engine animation that you see from fortnite. Like how are you people that dumb to not see that? The camera movement is not from KBM or controller, it's an animated tilt and pan camera, lmfao.

[@ShotgunGabe]

5:36 you can tell that 90% of the people who wished list this game are only interested with this view.

[@Verdun16]

Knowing the companies backstory, I KNEW this would happen

[@SCH292]

Knowing how the history of most MMO zombie games..most of them start off with..fun and showing a lot of potential but will turn into PAY 2 PLAY, PAY 2 WIN, endless pointless zombie grinding/farming and endless cosmetic micro-transaction clothing or weapons.

[@aerus3446]

@@SCH292 OMG you just reminded me of a survival MMO game that was famous around 2013-2014 and it was open world but most of the map (around 90%) was on the city and the rest on a huge park location where people gathered to kill zombie-like enemies that turned invisible or vanished and then attacked you from behind or made weird noises and was very tense most of the time. The best loot was always found on the top of the buildings or in destroyed vehicle trunks (you couldnt use vehicles tho), the entire map was PvPvE and there was "safe-houses" or safe spots where you could trade your obtained items for currency and store your items safely and expand the inventory with said currency, the bad thing is the game was P2W as fuck, also too many cosmetic microtransactions and the game was kinda broken, with this I mean a bad anti-cheat system and too much lag. But the content and idea itself was really good. It's just a shame that it did not try to improve much and finally shut down. I think they also tried to open it back up with a rebranded subname but was also taken down. It is what this scam was trying to rip off but failed. It definitely was not H1Z1 survival version but another game. I also miss the original survival version of H1Z1 but the graphics aged poorly, however I liked the idea of being able to build your own base near a city as a MMO-like survival experience and storing all my junk there, I always felt the rush of adrenaline when finding some good shit and then successfully reaching my base without dying. EDIT: Found it, I was refering to a game called "Nether".

[@SCH292]

@@aerus3446 I just hate how some zombie games do this when come to weapons or equipment in general. "This Glock19 9mm is Level 15 and these are the random status it has. This Glock19 9mm is Level 33 and these are the random status it has. Sorry. You can't use that Level 33 Glock because you're only level 18".

[@VernulaUtUmbra]

When he said that they have a game under their belt, I did a quick google search to figure out what it was. It was Propnight. The DBD/Prophunt game that barely worked, was terribly balanced, and only lived for about two months before it faded into obscurity

[@Azusa0320]

The Day Before you got scammed

[@Cogoxd]

You know Charlie is about the only person that could make me watch 2 identical 2 min intros back to back in the same vid

[@fu.ck.me.tap.on.mypic7]

Hii

[@mtbarnes1]

I think they had an idea for a game, released a demo trailer and didnt realize how big it was going to get. I think this is a situation of them wanting to release a game everyone wants but no one has been able to deliver on and getting over their heads. They are trying to catch up to the expectations of the community and are not going to be able to

[@RoBoTrOnIc1001001]

THIS

[@mikeiscoolerthenyou]

This happens a lot and I'm surprised people aren't noticing it. When ever there is hype for the upcoming "perfect" game so many people get blind sided by the idea of the game and don't think about the fact that these promises are out right impossible.

[@jamesb3848]

So like Anthem

[@Kogiz]

I’m going to have to go with what Jackfrags said. That very first trailer we saw in 2021 was a pre-rendered “test” to see if a game like this would gain traction. As it turned out, it got way more than they thought it would, so they had to haphazardly start putting together a game. The only problem is that it’s been two years and yet it still looks so basic. I feel like there would have been much more features to it by now.

[@Coonami]

I would even hazard at this point now, they probably don't have any 'real' game dev experience and dropped a trailer and were probably betting some publisher or dev would buy them up to make actual the game and it would be easy bank for them. Cause I've been around plenty long enough to see too many games go through dev hell and they usually don't try to keep the hype train going, it's typically radio silence. Or this will end with 'it was just a prank bro'

[@chillcult1613]

Lol i think the same too.Maybe they make the trailer just to gain attention to boost their game. But it got WAYYYY to much attention that they have no choice but to follow along

[@Coonami]

@@chillcult1613 Yeah and with the last few major zombie themed games like days gone, dying light 2 and back 4 blood for example landing a bit flat - there probably isn't much large corporate interest in funding it unless it is existing IP or can be made into live service garbage, there probably isn't any financial offers is my take. and so being a new company plus rumors of recent tax breaks and country/state loans being removed, theres probably no real money happening to develop anything substantial. Provided there ever is/was an actual game being developed

[@Guzioo]

They are a volunteer team where they maybe work 2 hours a day on this game, of course they don't have much after 2 years lol. Biggest triple a devs need 5 years for a full game

[@Coonami]

@@Guzioowhere is this information?

[@meshben7125]

Video aged like a fine wine

[@Dontcare_at_all]

Right? Almost prophetic

[@AWildCooki]

I have followed this "game" since it first was announced, there has not been one single thing they did that wasn't suspicious in some manner.

[@jacobsnipes6244]

Then why did you keep following it? People who are that dumn deserve to get scammed

[@basically_link]

@@jacobsnipes6244 you can’t even spell dumb correctly

[@Centiipede]

@@jacobsnipes6244 it's called curiosity

[@dtwo052]

dumb* lmao

[@Centiipede]

@@dtwo052 ?

[@snickle1980]

Sometimes the only answer to _"WHY?!"_ is a simple "I just felt like doin it for the sake of doin it." 😁 Sometimes there's no great plot or conspiracy, and its just a guy derpin around out there. Godspeed, Mr Derp.

[@remcon559]

But still, for a guy derpin around he's putting a lot of effort into hiding that they are not doing anything on the game. Or is that part of the fun?

[@inigomontoya619]

Aka. Because

[@drygimangdrminjak8177]

major companies like nvidia invested a lot in this game, its probably fraud

[@bodiwire]

@drygimangdrminjak That's what I'm thinking. Small team wants to make a big project but lacks resources. So make a really nice trailer and build hype. Then they can show potential investors the millions of views on the trailer and how many people have wishlisted the game and get money to actually make the game. If there is fraud, it's on their investors but their investors have a duty to do their due diligence as well. I'm not sure it's really even fraud, but more a demonstration of how modern business works. There's been plenty of silicon valley VC companies that have invested way more money in far more insane schemes than this.

[@Kitteh.B]

The second half is beautiful, thank you for commenting it lmao. "Godspeed Mr. Derp"

[@GeneralTon1]

The funny thing was that it came out from nowhere, so unexpected and people just started hyping it up knew it from the start this shit wasn't going to end well

[@emackenzie]

8:40 "well-modeled" and "well-textured" are two different things (and often two different jobs)

[@whoahanant]

If they're not making major money off of it than rather a deliberate scam I think it's more like they just bit off more than they could chew and gave up on it. Doesn't make it any better but it doesn't seem like they made a legit scam cause they get nothing out of it. They just seemed afraid to backtrack and cancel the game and now they're here still trying to show they're still making the game.

[@SlightlyInactive]

Idk. They haven’t released any road maps and achieved any of it. Most games that but more than they could chew show off what they WANT in the game. Then they come out and say why they COULDNT achieve that. But they dont give up. Look at towers unite or cyberpunk or no mans sky or star citizen. They just work on it for years after release until its functional.

[@thedonzo]

People are forgetting they just switched to unreal engine 5, which is a major thing, I think they fucked up thinking it would be easier to switch engines and now they have all this hype and a unpolished game that people are expecting to have a fully polished game, they should just drop it into early access and just take there time and add to it like every other steam game, dayz, the forest, etc. The ones who drop full releases like no man's sky get in so much shit but they do eventually deliver but at least eith early access people are more forgiving of bugs and lack of polish. That hype is putting pressure on the devs and they now are stuck, they probably afraid to loose hype and fans if they drop it into early access.

[@whoahanant]

@@thedonzo ah they switched engines. That would throw an issue into development having to learn the new engine and update anything they have. As a dev you really gotta take hold of the hype and know it's ok to drop something into early access, especially because they weren't really funding it.

[@MyNameHere101]

I love the reliability lmao. Every. Single. Time. He says that he'll put a link in the description he never does.

[@FlamesTheCyndaquil]

@@weirdyoutubechannels huh

[@armorrazuken]

you mean "the consistency". reliability doesn't make sense here.

[@luxianolee7497]

@@armorrazuken the grammar police is back at it again.

[@devonwilliams2423]

@@luxianolee7497 you can always count on the reliability of grammar nazis in the comments !

[@hxc3038]

@@devonwilliams2423 you mean the consistency ;)

[@mimic1610]

This aged like sharp cheddar.

[@foxygrandpa.69]

1:05 The way this man said it the way he did…

[@rootobia]

I think I saw a pretty good reason as to why they would fake it's development somewhere before. They are using the hype of the game to prop up their other projects. Propnight came out in the midst of the hype for the game, and during one of their bigger dev blogs for the game a majority of the focus was directed at a mobile app they created instead of the game itself.

[@nathanresendez4034]

The company has several games, but they removed the bad games from their portfolio when this game started getting a lot of traction

[@mattb7094]

These guys are scammers for sure, but you can be selective with your portfolios without it being dishonest.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Memoryhole moment

[@crazychase98]

They only have bad games

[@stupidmangoz]

They are probably doing this for fame so people go get their other games while waiting for the real thing to come out. Not a cssh grab but a teasing attention man-handle

[@SamuelBrown92]

8:15 that fast & furious reference will never get old 🤣

[@Orkillester1]

The weirdest thing is they have made other somewhat successful games and they haven't taken the public's money for this one. I just don't know what's going on beyond terrible management and incompetence.

[@singami465]

I've actually worked on a similar game before. Just like our game, this game seems to gave a ton of really nice assets, but no actual gameplay. Long story short, the investors that put money into these companies are often braindead idiots that don't know how games work, so you can woo them with beautiful models and prerendered cutscenes and they'll throw money at you. But once it comes to creating gameplay, this is usually put to the side because it's more important to show something nice for the next investor meeting.

[@penguinvicker6476]

What game

[@dooms8870]

True take, investors only have making money on their mind so just its just as you said.

[@dragons_red]

This is what the majority of the industry is devolved into these days among independent AA and AAA developers.

[@MR.APZero]

They are for real tripping balls. So comedic for what they were hyping on vs what they have and presented out

[@oneofthoseyoutubeusers]

i imagine the game play loop will be something like; open the game, walk around for 10 minutes, bury your head in your hands, ask for a refund

[@Rahzma]

The only thing I can think of is that they really planned on making this huge thing and put out a video of what they want the final game to look at, people got excited, then they started actually working on the game and realized "O fuk, making a game is way harder than animating."

[@kimnielsen3430]

Yes! I think this is the case.... A small team setting a waaay to big of a bar! And assets are thrown in as well. An easy tell is that the flashlight is disconnected from the camera. The flashlight supposed to stem from the gun, but isn't and ect.

[@EraserTraceur]

Is ur profile pic King of fighters or something?

[@Rahzma]

@@EraserTraceur Ah, it's actually from an older game called Snatcher. Set in the future, robots are killing people and wearing their skin to blend in. MC has amnesia. As he looks for clues about his past he ends up joining a group that works to investigate these body snatchers and stop them before there's no people left.

[@EraserTraceur]

@@Rahzma ahhhhh thanks G, bless

[@LordGarryk]

Obviously this is a test to see how well a game can be made with only a marketing team

[@doyerlife9127]

Charlie said “introducing a new scam” like this is his craft, his job

[@attorneyvevo]

it is

[@alpha_842]

It's out now, still a huge scam 😂😂 the official discord shut down because of the overwhelming negativity oof

[@abankyarottosan]

I'm scrolling old comments and laughing , this video had it all to make awareness of what a scam it would be at release 😂

[@davidborger9711]

My theory is that it's a very small group of serial procrastinating devs that keep delaying their tasks

[@SabertoothedTiger69]

As a serial procrastinator, I think you might be right I feel bad for them if this is the case

[@wessel3277]

Led by george rr martin

[@ChristianKnight-1054]

@SabizosBe careful mate,the woke Asian lovers might get you

[@logankent5865]

@@ChristianKnight-1054 or you know you guys just could be racist?

[@thedonzo]

Switching to unreal engine 5 just a few months before release was a horrible choice, I think they didn't realize how difficult that would be and they game isn't ready or in the state the fans are expecting it to be in. They should have just been honest and dropped it into early access but they showed off to many vertical slices and concepts now people expect a fully polished game.

[@1Beastieee]

If it was really being made, and being released this November, they'd show quest markers, there'd be character voice overs, there'd be explosions, SOMETHING

[@cydneywright2623]

yeah if this is going to be a mmo what even is the story. People watched this and was like yeah its ready for November and I'm like how there is nothing in this trailer that tells me its gonna be an mmo. saw 6 zombies get shot and like he said a basic crafting table this is bare bones the foundation no way they pull a story and missions and actually objective in a few months and I dont even know why march was even the original release date they have nothing lol.

[@callmecart9925]

@@cydneywright2623 it’s not suppose to be like that

[@cydneywright2623]

@@callmecart9925 what is it supposed to be i don’t think anyone even them don’t know a sandbox survival like what??

[@cydneywright2623]

@@callmecart9925 i would like something different from the basic survival games we have it’s another day z i’m good such a snooze fest

[@callmecart9925]

@@cydneywright2623 ya i think it’s suppose to be a survival multiplayer game 😭

[@nightshadow5396]

You’ve got to love that horribly rendered muzzle flash on the suppressed rifle. definitely going to pre-order this one for sure.

[@De4daim]

Placeholder animations in an unfinished game. Shocking!

[@griffinmckenzie7203]

@@De4daim lmfao. You can admit you drank the coolaid, friend. Nobody here is going to judge you for realizing you're being had.

[@nightshadow5396]

@@De4daim Truth is placeholder or no there should not be muzzle flash on any suppressed weapon especially on a game that’s been in “production” for over almost 2 years and claims to be A in-depth zombie survival Game.

[@dr3amless345]

@@De4daim Ladies and gentlemen, delusion at its peak.

[@dajshinshin6123]

Oh boy, this aged like fine wine.

[@el_polloloco6247]

Can't even live a normal day without seeing Scams...

[@GlitchyOnAChair]

@oh no cringe detector oh no cringe

[@generallyupset4172]

I'm not better than penguinz0, my content is garbage

[@bornofstardust5910]

Life itself is a scam my guy

[@poiuytrewq11422]

Plenty of scams have existed and shall continue to exist. You just get more media coverage now, and they can prey on a wider audience.

[@Jzerk]

@@generallyupset4172 😂

[@yjoth3977]

i like how they used a dark environment to hide the lack of graphics

[@jadealvarez7817]

Its a good thing if done right. Metro on a switch for example is dark but it doesnt take away from the gameplau

[@leopardsky]

Like gta4 but gta4 is a masterpiece

[@BroadXBrothers]

Imagine if he’s been working his butt off and has been thinking that he’s doing a good job😂

[@Gandhi_Physique]

That would be funny, but they would have to be delusional.

[@A_Random_Ad]

Could see it

[@CoolSmek]

I feel bad for the guy who actually put in the work to put this together. It's not a bad job on his part at all, it's whoever is managing the project and approving this to be shown publicly.

[@Viniic]

This video aged like a fine wine.

[@higgs923]

Thanks, Charlie! Your timely reporting has saved me money that I can spend foolishly on other things!

[@dumbassturtle2157]

@@bretthietpas9453 he was going to buy it when it “came out”

[@dumbassturtle2157]

I’d still consider buying it still but only after a month and or two and all the bugs have been fixed and devs are actually working on it

[@blackreign673]

if you at some point actually spend money on this game idk what to tell you, i guess you really need to make better decisions.

[@Professorlicme8]

@@dumbassturtle2157 "a month or two and all the bugs have been fixed" bruh what

[@dumbassturtle2157]

@@Professorlicme8 Jesus Christ you get the gist. Wait a few months till the release bugs are fixed and it can be certain that the devs are actively working on the game ie content updates, patches, etc

[@colbycoles6983]

My theory is that they're using the hype behind the day before to get more eyes on some of their other projects (like the productivity app they developed and showcased in a video supposed to be focused on the day before, or their game, Prop Night, that got boosts in players whenever something about the day before came out)

[@BetweenTheLyons]

So really what you're saying is, they showed a project the day before The Day Before.

[@motivusthesage]

Just watched 10 minutes of a caked up female walk. Truly groundbreaking gameplay

[@lrizzard]

*im better than* just kidding, lovely collection of bots you have accumulated here

[@TitanCrusher101]

@@p-__ *I’m worse than Penguinz0*

[@losdavidos6988]

my guy you didnt even watch the video when you commented this 💀

[@layneblair7934]

@@TitanCrusher101 I almost subbed to you for that

[@TitanCrusher101]

@@layneblair7934 lol why

[@98loud]

My theory is that they originally had a full game based on asset flips that was ready to release, the copyright issue was a major asset that they flipped for free. The new gameplay is what they scrapped together to try and buy time to completely rebuild the game. They tried to scam, but got caught before they were able to execute, so now they're trying to scrap the scam back together

[@GregoryShtevensh]

Damn that's just unreal... good take dude

[@XxSTACKxX]

Doubt it. They had nothing. They just made a concept trailer and that’s it. It’s not real gameplay. It’s just animation

[@courier3567]

Charlie is so wrong about everything he said. There was never a copyright dispute it was a trademark dispute to use the name which is completely different. He is is misinformed and probably learned about the situation 2 days before he recorded this.

[@98loud]

​@@courier3567 those two words are used pretty interchangeably, I don't really see your point

[@98loud]

@@XxSTACKxX my only thing with them having nothing is, what's the motive? why? They have no real motive to have done absolutely nothing

[@MinersLoveGames]

I've been following this "game" and its development ever since it was first announced, and from day one I sensed that something was very off about it. That feeling has never gone away since then. Force Gaming has also done several videos discussing this game, and I'd recommend him as a helpful source of further information.

[@theathasian3050]

Agreed, hes been talking about this for months.

[@weirdyoutubechannels]

my content is worse than charlie's content

[@reheatedpizza7292]

it doesn’t even look THAT bad. i don’t give a shit if “every item doesn’t have textures” they just didn’t show zombies but like i hardly ever see zombies in dayZ? and this is supposed to be inspired by that according to charlie? with that being said if this was free on gamepass i might check it out, probably won’t now but if i didn’t see this i might have

[@DatAsianGuy]

@@weirdyoutubechannels yes, it is.

[@kakyoink1987]

@@reheatedpizza7292 the fact it "doesnt even look that bad" isn't the point. it isnt what they promised with the previous showcases.

[@Evan_Lionheart]

This is a 10 months video and the final "game" is exactly what you said here. This crap couldn't be "5 years in development".

[@liammbiscwit]

I assume they maybe just didn't realise the scale of the task ahead of them and got extremely far behind. i remember originally adding to my Wishlist years ago

[@Capeey]

I think the team is too small and probably didn't expect their demo trailer to blow up this much. The ideas they made are too much for them. Would be really nice if actually some studio helped them even if it meant taking much %s of the money they would have made

[@ElpSmith]

Still though. It was only like 4 people that made Angela The Adventurer over about a day and that was still enjoyable and interesting.

[@upsetkeagan8315]

@@ElpSmith you also have to consider ther game creators skill with that as well as the work it takes in different types of games

[@jorgeloredo100]

The team has history of pumping and dumping projects scamming people, so please, don't give any benefit of doubt to these fuckers

[@Dave_ja_vu]

The whole idea was for them to sell the idea while taking as many shortcuts as possible. I'd rather a company makes their own legally distinct version of this kind of game instead of rewarding this deceit

[@Aevara]

There are videos others have made that inform that they (Fntastic) don’t have a good track record of their games (Force Gaming’s an example w a vid from 6 months ago) I was wondering why the title sounded so familiar

[@foxtrotf6631]

By the way, the UI around 8:00 minutes in to this video, where the character looks in the handbag? yeah that UI is ripped from a mobile game called “Last Day On Earth”. priceless

[@hedgehound9720]

I was so hyped for this game and seeing it turn out this way makes me mad

[@Bighomiehobbs]

Why tho if you never saw gameplay?? Just teasers

[@Reginald_Harrison]

Creating a ton of hype and becoming the #1 Wishlisted Game would no doubt land you some investors.

[@blindfire3167]

5:29 Honestly, the game looks fantastic from the video, Idk what Charlie means! The Beautiful gameplay, The Ultimate story, The Terrifying zombies to overcome, and Therapeutic walking animations and jiggles. Honestly, release it as it is in the video, 10/10 game.

[@dylnb137]

The point he makes is that the original gameplay they released isn’t the game they are showing now. It doesn’t actually exist

[@xXMsCarlyXx]

@@dylnb137 It was sarcasm, mate.

[@PhantomRemmy]

@@dylnb137 aint no way u fell for this it was so obvious it was a joke,literally only a small minority supports the game and by small i mean 0.1%

[@Liam-Scott]

Quixel is both a blessing and curse. It's a great repository for allowing artists to speed up their workflow, but also for scammers to make their bullshit look more polished.

[@stylintylin77]

Accurately predicted.

[@TheAmericanWombat]

“What do you even do in this game?” “…. I don’t know, feel remorse for ever being excited for it” Damn. Safe to say I was definitely going to get scammed. Thanks Charlie.

[@Kepps-ff3rg]

How do you people still fall for this? I honestly, and I'm being honest, can't understand it at this point.

[@TheAmericanWombat]

@@Kepps-ff3rg Not rlly paying attention to gameplay releases the first I heard of it was from this video

[@ruffleraveninc3602]

The “game” has gotten massive investments from Nvidia and other major companies, so that’s the incentive right there. I’m pretty sure those companies admitted that they haven’t seen any exclusive non-public footage either

[@sqlevolicious]

I find it funny how they didn't question the authenticity of the product, and why they were giving sponsorship money that went straight into traded crypto accounts. Nvidia just showing the world how corrupt they are that they do absolutely nothing to protect their consumers from scams.

[@ruffleraveninc3602]

@@sqlevolicious I see this more as stupidity than corruption. It's their investment money. They're mostly hurting themselves

[@theddrumdrummer6669]

"Hey Jimbob, you wanna make a videogame? I mean how hard can it be?" Also, gotta point out that "Huge Fake Game Scam" would be a WILD knuckle tattoo.

[@MaidofRage420]

I think the sad thing is that even if this game were to come out, people would still buy it in droves and let games that actually have passion put into them swept under the rug.

[@gilmarvenon]

Yep, thats exactly what happened.

[@kevinb_923]

I feel like this is just a perfect example of the company writing a check the devs couldn't cash. Like, they had this idea for this big game but they didn't realize just how much work would actually go into it

[@inudev6351]

this is a very similar situation to what was happening with Omori back when it was being developed, and that game turned out to be more than worth the wait

[@Sen-ce6sd]

wait can i hear the full story???

[@isaclif7926]

@@Sen-ce6sd look up ”How Omori was made and why people thought it was a scam”

[@cromulom2223]

Granted omori is way different to the day before

[@inudev6351]

@@cromulom2223 not really. They held off game play trailers and when they did they thought the gameplay looked worse than the teasers they'd been given. It's almost the exact same here.

[@KyrosTheWolf]

This looks like one of those popular zombie games you would have seen 10 years ago. It's as if this was just generated by an AI, who basically mashed together all the hyped up zombie games/mmos from the last 10 years