The Day Before Is A Massive Scam...

Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at what appears to be Steam's most wishlisted game known as "The Day Before" and how within two days of it's launch it's now one of the biggest scams of the year and should promptly be taken down. Thanks for watching!
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[@Fungfetti]

Nicki minaj has an official Roblox game

[@JmKrokY]

Cool Muta

[@JmKrokY]

Cool podcast too

[@squad-kl3ek]

The day before (you got scammed)

[@bigpapa1050]

Oh my god

[@freakazoidboof]

If you have to tell people it's not a scam, more than likely it's a scam

[@sihamhamda47]

Lesson learned: Never try to counter any public critics or you will get cancelled even more

[@badlaamaurukehu]

"Not a joke!"

[@redneckreviews3016]

I mean. It's technically not a scam. It exists. You can play it. Id say more of a rip off

[@desensitizedanalyser5624]

But scam for what? What are they gonna spend the money for?

[@kingderpington6082]

@@redneckreviews3016 I mean advertising a product that doesnt exist is a scam. But Ig that doesnt matter becuase they deleted those videos so suddenly it never happened in your mind.

[@hankkingsley9183]

There needs to be more class action lawsuits against unscrupulous developers who cobble together just enough to fool people into spending their money

[@MrKrewie]

I mean if you cant see the signs doesnt matter how many warning signs you put up

[@TheCommanderTaco]

​@@MrKrewieit's not more the marketing following up ( unless you are in the EU ( I assume) because their consumer laws are more strict) because you should always take those with a grain of salt since they are more concept then grounded usually. It's more now that they have released a product and still haven't updated the marketing ( their steam page at the very least) to reflect what the game truly is. As stated the game isn't an MMO when every server can only hold around 30 players ( arguable), and it definitely isn't a survival game anymore but rather an extraction game.

[@FuIIDiveVR]

14.10 NO CLASS ACTIONS. You may only resolve disputes with us on an individual basis, and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative action. Class actions, class arbitration's, collective actions, private attorney general actions, and consolidation with other arbitration's aren't allowed. Sorry!

[@goosewithagibus]

I'm pretty sure they're in China. Nothing would ever happen to them.

[@hulksmash106]

​@@FuIIDiveVRGuess who didn't agree to the EULA

[@Mecks089]

The gaming community has learned absolutely nothing.

[@BladeMasterIcarus]

i'd like to disprove that claim but the economy literally depends on the greater fool theory

[@Gingerlion777]

The circle of gaming.😅 they know it’s bad.. they still buy it.. and than complain about it

[@The_Man_In_Red]

@@Gingerlion777 Maybe they just like complaining? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@gamerz768]

I mean u can buy it and then refund it @@Gingerlion777

[@Nixs1]

Atleast we can refund the game if its shit.

[@Reactor10k]

You know a quality developer when they have a ton of unpaid ‘volunteers’ working for them.

[@ZanathKariashi]

Yeah, Bethesda sucks.

[@cobiemccoy]

​@@ZanathKariashi🤣🤣🤣

[@crowdemon_archives]

Sounds like YanSim

[@JmMateo933]

True

[@jpao1834]

You know what's even more disturbing? There's actually a fanbase that's adamantly defending this game; it's scary how gullible and naive some people can be. Edit: Fntastic, the dev company for this game, announced they're shutting down. If that ain't the heist of the year, I don't know anymore lmao 💀💀

[@mkaleborn]

That’s pretty pathetic. Considering there are 100+ other games with basically the exact same core gameplay that are infinitely better. A shell of a 3D gsme space with broken shooting/looting mechanics is not a ‘game’ at all. Just a silly asset tech demo, done very very poorly.

[@dark12ain]

​@@mkalebornhey they may like the game, I know I've been like that to some games where people didn't like it found the game broken but I find that exact game fun as fck. It's their opinion

[@Ray__E]

It's no different than how CDPR fanboys relentlessly defended Cyberpunk when it launched. Some people's egos and pride are so strong they won't allow them to admit they were wrong about something. From day one a lot of people were skeptical of this game. It looked too good to be true but for some reason, a lot of people thought it would turn out exactly how the trailers portrayed it.

[@pappi8338]

​@@dark12ainWhat you just said doesn't validate them though. There are games with identical core mechanics that are simply better. Buying this game is a waste of money and promotes the toxic gaming industry practices

[@BeaufighterGaming]

@@Ray__E at least cdpr pulled their shit together, this is just a steaming pile of crap and will continue to be so until the end of time.

[@dr4876]

The fact they even claimed they didn't use pre-made assets. The city from the game is a 300$ asset from the Unreal Marketplace. This whole game, apart from (maybe) the items, is an asset flip.

[@R3TR0J4N]

Damn

[@kornelobajdin5889]

Thats what I was thinking as well. It looks like just another asset flip. Released just to sell to foolish people so they could get some money out of it and completely abandon it. I feel bad for people that actually put money to this. There is a dayz sale currently as well as days gone for like 13 euros. You get a complete bug free and a fun game with zombies.

[@sugarfree5055]

@@kornelobajdin5889 did u just call DayZ Bugfree? KEKW

[@SwooshJush83]

With the last of us font lmao

[@TheFormActually]

yeah, the whole game is literally from the asset store. all 3D models, textures, animations, scripts, netcode... literally everything is purchased from the store.

[@rebellious_red7123]

The funny thing is when the game crashes it’s under the name “UE Survival Game” not The Day Before, which coincides with the game being a complete Unreal Engine asset flip

[@ChaseMC215]

If a (soon to be) former dev commented on this video saying that the company developed the game in 3 months, I can believe them, because every single trailer looked fake, like all of them before we saw actual gameplay trailers stating "no guys, it exists".

Yeah. It's really is. You can buy the city from Unreal Engine Marketplace. Probably other assets are from there too. Using pre-made assets are fine. But this is just that. I wonder how little percentage they actually modelled. It's literally just put together and probably in no time. Barebones of a game, no way it was in active development for 5 years. They promised... something so they had to release something. Put the Early Access tag there to defend themselves. Funny that many people actually buy this bullshit.

[@grizzlywhisker]

Lol that's hilarious. Whoever bought this should be ashamed of themselves.

[@rebellious_red7123]

@@grizzlywhiskerthe saddest part about all of this is that there is a market for a game concept like The Day Before that in the hands of a far more talented and competent studio of developers could do the idea justice and it could be really cool. However, I feel it will forever stained by how badly Fntastic marketed the game and then did the whole bait and switch they tried to pull over our eyes

[@ROcheater]

I've purchased that asset and this game looks crazy familiar to the asset pack. Storage is the same. Jump is the same. It's an asset flip.

[@jpkral]

These guys are king procrastinators. 2 years left = We got plenty of time 1 year left = Meh, still got tons of time 6 months = We'll start soon 3 months = I guess we should start planning tomorrow 1 day left = fuck, uhm, put some assets together from the unreal store. The game will look so fresh.

[@Yogger]

3 months: we should start planning the day before: asset flip

[@Yogger]

we know where the name comes from

[@remy3688]

Me: Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

[@thescentprofiler5539]

Sounds like Anthem

[@ryanpitz]

When you're challenging someone to procrastination and your opponents are the Devs from Fntastic:

[@nildzrecastellanos]

It's actually kinda impressive that the industry kept topping the worst game ever released this year for like 5 times.

[@IrisCorven]

I think for some of us, Aliens: Colonial Marines was the wakeup call, when it came to bullshots and vertical slices. With this coming out of nowhere with all these features and gameplay, from a dev who had already pulled a couple "cut and run" scams with other games, it was a SERIOUS red flag to those of us who got burned before.

[@TheAuthorizedJay]

I think there needs to be some false advertisement laws on gaming. Scams like this game are happening way too often.

[@baileyayyy5085]

ppl starvin and we cant even fix that lol

[@Psyopcyclops]

@@baileyayyy5085What kind of comment is this? People starving would cost tens of billions to fix. This would just require that games be liable to the FTC for False Advertising/ Truth In Advertising regulations.

[@Jupa]

hahha exactly just gamers thinking their tears mean anything to the real world@@baileyayyy5085

[@madpie5147]

i wish false advertising was more aggressively prosecuted, the amount of straight up scams on the market is laughable, and it's only going to get worse

[@rudeboyjohn3483]

​@@Psyopcyclopsit's much, much less than that. But hey, whatever fuels that apathy

[@docternoblex]

You know it’s bad when Brad refunds it

[@AlertROFL]

Theradbrad?

[@timothy80]

@@AlertROFL yep he played like an hour then said "fuck this shit"

[@chonkyboi._.]

​@@AlertROFLyup he refunded it right after his first walkthrough part

[@Kradily]

Holy shit that man rarely hates on anything that bad xD

[@John_R_Jackson_III]

Who’s Brad?

[@owenspiva]

TAKE NOTE: A large number of positive reviews today are coming from level 0 and level 1 steam accounts with private profiles.

[@ferdinand12390]

i noticed that, some have zero interactions beyond one game and one review

[@fatcat2015]

To be fair your profile is usually private by default no?

[@eldark7883]

​@@fatcat2015it's not

[@Anunnaki_Gula]

​@fatcat2015 Most people's profiles aren't private. They also play legitimate games too.

[@R3TR0J4N]

That should be reporting for botting and reviewpadding

[@kuyagab4444]

If this is an MMO that it claims to be, I'm waiting for Josh Strife Hayes to to make an episode of Worst MMO Ever out of this. He may have just found what he was looking for.

[@VooDooMaGicMan81]

The gaming industry has attracted a criminal element, no doubt in my mind. Not sure how they're operating within it, but I guarantee it's there.

[@mkaleborn]

100%, this all feels very money-launder-ish to me….

[@chickenpotbiebro202]

I love this quote so much. "Please don't accuse us of scamming; that's not true."

[@GRAv111]

"there all of bunch of lies"

[@akosv96]

The gaming industry equivalent of "stop laughing"

[@cyrus2395]

"Pwease don't say that 🥺"

[@markracsko8414]

You know... I've never heard of anyone who wasn't a scammer having any need to publicly deny being a scammer unprompted. They also deny doing any asset flipping. There are store bought assets in the game...

[@daviddesrosiers1946]

Saw the game when it was introduced, saw the studio name, took a five minute look at their history and started to laugh at anyone who took this crap seriously.

[@TheCommanderTaco]

Only found out about the game because of KiraTv ( i think, or he was one of the videos( popped up randomly in my suggestions)) who did a cover on the game where they didn't even bother with getting copyrights down before working on the game lol.

[@edu7979]

I was immediately skeptical about it, studio id never so much as heard a MENTION of, promising to release sometjing tjat would "revolutionize" some bullshit, with visuals that looked like a downgraded division 1 (as in div1 without the atmosphere) and immediately just went "yeah this aint legit" Since ive been following tje junk just laugjing my ass off had long convos w a friend about all the epic games store marketplace assets i could find

[@mesmorrow]

A friend of mine bought the game, he told me to check it out and when I told him the reviews are not looking good he got annoyed and said the game is fun and he have had no issues with it.

[@akiluro2981]

@@mesmorrowHoly mother of lord, he must have the strongest copium.

[@omniyeet8818]

​@@mesmorrowcopium overload

[@ollie7486]

I love how the fact the devs didn’t take anyone’s money is true until 3 days after they posted that message when the game came out, when they got $40 per player. Downright scummy behaviour

[@Tzhz]

They dont get paid till the 30th of the month, unfortunately Steam funds the refunds at a loss until the user purchases another product from that developer, and they take their cut back.

[@ollie7486]

Ah fairs, better than I thought it would be then. Still not worth whatever they’re making post-cuts tho

[@Fishpasta4]

UPDATE - The entire studio behind the game has announced it is now closing.

[@Someone-lr6gu]

The moderators on Discord actually aren't part of the development team, they are volunteers. They themselves admitted they never saw the gameplay of the game until everyone else did.

[@theGazzer]

Muta, when they straight up said they couldn't make the game as it is in all the trailers and when they LITERALLY HAD TO ASK US TO NOT CALL IT SCAM, I feel like that was kind of indicative of what we were going to get

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

Funny how similar all of these scams are. Whether it's FTX or other crypto scams or games with false advertising, we always transition into the "Let's focus on me not feeling bad for scamming people" phase.

[@randomrobin7773]

Best part about this, the "developers" have been known to abandon their games within a couple of months after release.

[@Kirbo4004]

It's insane how 2023 has had some of the best game releases in a year and simultaneously some of the worst.

[@thatHARVguy]

Thanos: "Perfectly balanced, as all things should be."

[@watchingyoutube_]

I'll never give Redfall

[@MagklJellyBeanPastelLucidDream]

@@thatHARVguy💥

[@bandawin18]

On average the gaming industry has been utter dogshit for like a decade at least. There's maybe 2 or 3 games that are genuinely worth getting excited about and the rest is just the same unoriginal slop

[@abaddon5420]

Name some of the best please, I'm convinced we've had nothing but shit all year. Horrible year for gaming.

[@JohnnyMachiavelli]

The reality of it is they never had a game. They had a few vertical slices of something they intended to use to sell their other "games". It became popular and they had to scramble to put something, anything, together, and this is the best they could do in the 1 year. I hope they get sued, but at a minimum people should contact their government rep. for false advertising and fraudulent business practices.

[@Volfur2251]

Sue them for what? the fact people can't read that its stated pre-alpha build early access? regardless if its a shit game or not, people treat it as a full game release. nah people got whats deserved if they spent money thinking this was a fully finished game

[@oldironsides4107]

I. The &0s and 90s almost every game you would rent would be. Shit. Sweet covers and descriptions though.

[@remuvs]

The thing about having the "give it a year or two to get better" mentality is that it normalizes half baked, underdelivered, releases and lets companies rely on post-launch patches to finish development which is why games like Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 feel so ahead of the curve; they ship out a game which actually works as advertised and meets expectations (even exceeding) from players.

[@rustymustard7798]

Lol, it's a total asset flip. I'd call it shovelware but it took them 5 years to figure out how the shovel even works.

[@R3TR0J4N]

Damn.. that's a new low.

[@Zarithos]

The tinnitus inducing ALARMS in this game, make me want to sue the company for hearing damage.

[@Spidamonk]

The year of the “who can release the worse game of the year”. It should be its own category for the game awards

[@pocketaces6756]

The Razzies for video games. I like it.

[@R3TR0J4N]

Shovelwares category

[@xanuviz]

There was so much lying and deception during the development of this game (which I've followed loosely) I never expected anything more then a shitstorm when/if this ever came out.

[@OptimusMuff]

I think a PvPvE zombie survival game set in a big city like NY or Chicago with accessible interiors and multi-level structures would be AWESOME. Like the vibe of the first division trailer but add zombies in and it could definitely pop off. Hopefully a developer can take this concept and make a genuine, honest attempt at it.

[@BrownCookieBoy]

I've seen some streamers defend the game, saying it gets too much backlash. Their justification is "Its an early access, an early access in this state is pretty good". Now this may hold some truth. But honestly, the history of the game studio and their current effort put into the game just screams scam. The backlash should come as hard as possible, not a single coin should be given to game developers such as these.

[@pokealja]

Which would be true, had the reddit not found out almost everything in the game is a purchased asset pack, thrown together sloppily. Early access, my ass. Thrown together in the span of a week, more like. 😂

[@SoundlessMelodies]

The problem with early access, is that developers abuse it now to release a half-assed game.

[@TheAuthorizedJay]

Early Access is just another way for them to justify their unfinished game.

[@tacosalaten3677]

they also made 3 games before that released in Early Access and then abandoned

[@Chinothebad]

I wouldn't be surprised if those streamers were just paid shills at the very least. Especially with how this game screamed scam.

[@yoyo18072]

I'm dumbfounded at the fact people still paid for this game after the years of drama and speculation and numerous red flags. Us gamers are truly brain- dead aye?

[@Paronak]

Well, lets say some people are best to be left poor. Giving money to idiots in a "vote with your money" society predominantly dominated by idiots. Not a good mix

People never learn. It's so easy to deceive many. The red flags are clear, funnily enough, lots of people are still in denial and defend the game. Brainwashing is working on many. And Fntastic know this well. They're probably laughing after launching and asset flip MMO which isn't even an MMO.

[@_Cetarial]

People who bought it just to sh!t on it are pretty bad too.

[@user-zn5zr2ed3x]

​@@_Cetarialwhy whouf pay 60$ to scammers... Well they probably just play less than two hours and refund

[@biikuajet]

Yes.

[@ghostlyswat12]

It’s funny that devs to this day don’t know how gamers actually talk to each other

[@seanpoulton2446]

I know. No cutting each other off, no mic issues, no swearing, no goofy antics, no yelling.

[@PurpleTurtle-t4q]

it's a great sign when the devs have to pinky promise you it's not a scam before the game even releases

[@Polygonlin]

Your laughing meme fits into this video so well lol

[@noahboat580]

You know its a good zombie game, when headshotting a zombie does nothing

[@maxlvl01]

I watched Charlies stream yesterday and in the entire game there were like a maximum of 5 Zombies running around

[@mottolikedemchunky2188]

Jeff was a w

[@cyrounigx]

Agreed.

[@notribadsvault]

The funny thing about the Watch Dog early gameplay is that the settings for the better graphics actually exist in the games file and can be modded in. Ubisoft should have just left them in the PC version and they would have avoided most of the controversy.

[@talespinner4515]

6:00 Using "kindly" just like every scam email I've ever gotten. Truly high caliber here.

[@RyuNoZero]

9:21 "Watch this Trailer" *ad starts* .. perfect timing~

[@Drequan]

joe's angry review gonna be legendary ☠️

[@robertnapier624]

On the level of his angry madden rants? Or will it somehow surpass them?

[@akiluro2981]

@@robertnapier624Imagine it Like MDNA , Steroids and Cocaine. There will be nothing left afterwards.

[@R3TR0J4N]

Same 😂

[@Drequan]

@robertmonroe9837 😹

[@mkaleborn]

There’s not really a game here to review, angrily or otherwise. I saw his brief attempt to play it, he vented pretty good for that. Probably all that needs to be said.

[@Hobobatman1000]

Being an open world survival game fan is agony because every game that comes out is a fuckin' scam.

[@JCarr23]

Look into "Once Human" if you havent already.

[@TheOnlyDTM]

only competent one is dayz and that game buggy as fuck 🤣 i've heard the forest isn't bad

[@matthiasthulman4058]

The Forest, and the sequel, are pretty good. They made a lot of updates since first release. The Long Dark is also great. Pretty good sandbox, great survival.

[@bagingi7916]

Its crazy how there's like 3 actually good games

[@VonDoof]

I mean you guys got…Minecraft i guess…

[@gurpreetkhamba5399]

If i remember right, this is the studio that released the trailer for this game, few months later, released a Prop Hunt clone game, while talking about how it was a side project for the studio.

[@Dexter01992]

Starting to think we need to put all these games together for an annual award called "least terrible game of the year" at this point...

[@GingerNorseman]

I played an extraction shooter called 'Marauders' (cost me £20). Was loving the post WW2 aesthetics in space, but as soon as I jump in, I was just eradicated. When I suggested a single player mode for small-time loot, I was ridiculed... Months later, they release a single player mode. Can't give a crap now though. Major or Independent. Developers need to step up

[@ibapreppie]

You also forgot about the Game devs buying a 299 dollar asset and used it as their city.

[@SoloEcho]

As a gamer. Im proud to say ive never bought any of those scam games.

[@mrSleepyguy1]

We've had some massive bangers like BG3 and Alan wake 2, tears of the kingdom... and we've gotten some real big stinkers like the day before, gollum, kong... perfectly balanced as all things should be

[@Anunnaki_Gula]

Twd Destinies is one of them stinkies, too

[@user-zn5zr2ed3x]

A lot of good indes too, as usual. A good year for both cringing and actut enjoing gaming

[@NemeczeK101]

Alan Walk 2 is a 'banger'?

[@blackslade1524]

​@@NemeczeK101yep have you played it? Is a great game. The story is good and has great gameplay. Its the best looking game ever released without a question. No other game comes close to it's graphics if you can run it.

[@riicktann]

9:08 the funniest thing is call of duty of ALL GAMES put out a trailer for zombies that looked depressingly underwhelming but turned out to be amazing

[@rickoneill4343]

The completionest response is out. Can't wait for the follow up video!

[@Robross888]

And also not to mention that this company has a history on just abandoning there game after like 1 month of early access 😭💀

[@gaspingseal542]

This is now officially the four horseman of awful games this year😂😂😂

[@einhalbesbrot]

This is officially a "gimme likes" comment, since you die not have the time to watch a 17 minute video within 5 minutes

[@watchingyoutube_]

​@@einhalbesbrotbegging you to please go outside, grass is free

[@gaspingseal542]

@@einhalbesbrot”looking for attention” commenter right here 😂😂😂 Also bruh, you spelled “did” wrong. I’m gonna be petty just like you are lol

[@justaguyonyoutube4592]

@@watchingyoutube_ You guys always say “touch grass”. Like do it yourself if you like it so much Lmao

[@artoriasoftheabyss1495]

@@einhalbesbrot you are a bot

[@KyleHarrisonRedacted]

what's really weird is the sheer amount of effort that goes into making bullshots and staging gameplay is effort that could have been better spent on the game itself

[@Ray__E]

I blame a lot of gamers for stuff like this. They wishlist and pre-order games that are clearly showing signs of trouble. And then when the inevitable happens, they dare to act shocked. I remember how many CDPR fanboys were relentlessly defending the company for bamboozling so many people. The industry will only get away with whatever gamers allow them to. This game was suspect from the beginning but some people refused to open their eyes.

[@0x0404]

Having been in some marketing hype meetings if I could be a little charitable there was probably some early sales pitch on all those features along with assurances that it is all doable. Then they got some marketing gameplay examples of that vision. Then reality hits them in the face that whoever they had to code this couldn't deliver on any of it so it kept falling farther and farther behind till we have what we have now. Which is pretty much nothing.

[@urogoth]

The best things about the game are the parts that were asset flipped lol

[@einhalbesbrot]

The best thing about your comment is that you postet it 5 minutes after a 17 minute video got posted

[@watchingyoutube_]

​@@einhalbesbrotnobody cares.

[@Azazel386]

​@@watchingyoutube_you cared enough that you responded

[@dogpee]

​@@Azazel386Be silent, boy.

[@Azazel386]

@@dogpee ???

[@HeyWeiiHey]

Whoever still paying and play this game after all that previous thing they do deserve it... It's like oh look it's a bear trap let me step on it anyway..

[@einhalbesbrot]

Yes sir its so importwnt what people say that comment the same minute the video releases, im thankfull for your insights

[@THEBUGSAREBACCCCKKKKKKKKKK]

Average gamer is the worst thing to happen to the industry They are the main reason gaming has fallen so hard and is so bad these days They will buy literally anything

[@HeyWeiiHey]

@@einhalbesbrot ummm... This game is covered by a lot of gaming youtuber u know that? I saw bigfrytv covering this yesterday... And some others... And yes everyone just saying the same thing this game is a scam.. Also.. If muta title is quite obvious no? As the comment abt the comment right at the moment muta post.. Well sorry that I open a topic a topic that interest me while I having my breakfast...

[@HeyWeiiHey]

@@THEBUGSAREBACCCCKKKKKKKKKK true... The "oh it'll be better at some point" how about no? Not every game is a no man sky... This is the reason I rarely hyped over a game nowadays... Because everything can be downright bad... And I'm not talking abt downgrade graphic or model.. That I don't really give a big fuss.. But if a game is completely different from it's first reveal.. Now that.. We need to talk..

[@THEBUGSAREBACCCCKKKKKKKKKK]

@@einhalbesbrot all that BS and yet the game has been canned whoduh thunk it spongboob?

[@snoozecat4389]

Just play the division series, truly a good pve experience. Especially Division 1, omg the ambience and environment is god tier.

[@jcaesar19871]

The studio is shutting down. LOL

[@ThePotatoWaveOfficial]

5:13 Someone hasn't been taking their meds, and I love it! Another great video by Mutah

[@s_bt_iwtf]

Devs that overpromised and underdelivered? Whoa, this has never happened before.

[@3up3rn0va]

My favorite thing is when devs be like: “This is a brand new game you have never seen before!” And it s a freaking generic shooter. -.- looking at you, game awards. They have the same problem with CGI trailers It is disappointing but I hope people learn their lesson. I learned my lesson with Cyberpunk and Avengers but at least Cyberpunk had a redemption ark! There’s no hope for these guys. There’s no way they can recover. They should just cut their losses and run. Probably will to if Steam comes after them.

[@goosewithagibus]

Steam won't go after them. They're also in China anyway, so they'll never see punishment.

[@knolsey]

the saddest part of all of this, is the extraction shooter community is begging for a more casual experience than tarkov, DMZ from Call of Duty really had a chance, but in typical Activision fashion; they dropped the ball. there are hundreds of thousands of people looking for an extraction shooter, FPS experience that doesn't require 500 hours to understand. FN could have legit went this route and made a lot of money, but for some reason everyone has to present themselves as the next revolution in gaming, and it's simply ruining gaming. i'm really hoping the guys from Madfinger Games are able to knock it out of the park with Gray Zone, because eventually someone will. whoever finally does accomplish this, absolutely deserves the oodles of doubloons that get showered upon them.

[@niks660097]

The Division 1 dark zone was such a good idea, but imbalanced kits made it unplayable, at higher levels everyone was immortal who could tank 1000s of bullets..

[@opens11]

2:29 I don’t know why but I chuckled when he read the text with the grammatical error 😂

[@arnaldoalange3869]

15:21 Cyberpunk winning the Ongoing Game Awards showed me that people are indeed okay with this Sh*t

[@everythingpony]

Cyberpunk is good bruh

[@arnaldoalange3869]

@@everythingpony did it launch Good?

[@chrisnorrell7489]

This is how I feel about the Forza Motorsport fiasco of a release. Gaming has become a cash grab of releasing broken garbage

[@TchSktch]

"we're just like you. We've worked hard." Yeah, worked hard on making sure you only had volunteers making your game so you didn't have to pay them

[@rickyjanzen6684]

Gollum was 2023? Man, it's been a long, rough year.

[@Experiment1233-d7h]

Since the absurd saga of Abandoned, the vaporware game that somehow landed its own PlayStation feature before it was revealed it was nothing but air, similar concerns have been raised over The Day Before. The game promised a sprawling survival MMO in the vein of The Division from a very small team, and its trailer suggested some sort of epic release years in the making. But many began to suspect that, like Abandoned, it would turn out to be some sort of grift. Well, it turns out The Day Before is a real game. Technically. It did in fact release yesterday, hitting Steam for $40, and half a million people were watching streams of it, which included huge-name creators giving it a shot. The Day Before, however, has immediately plunged headfirst into contention for the worst game of 2023, squeezing in at just the last minute here. While it is a game that exists, it is not even remotely like what it would say it would be, with even the overall genre changing. Players believe they were just straight up lied to.

[@Addictedtocollecting01]

That message they sent out on the 4th was the best part about there failure.

[@evillecaston]

People like this really cause distrust for indie devs, and it's not fair. Do they really think we won't notice their antics, when we've been trained for years to do so?

[@theunknowman12]

Apparently, some people missed the training as they still buys this shit

[@mudges5]

How anybody thought this game was gonna be good is beyond me. I knew from the start it was a scam, and here we are lol

[@Moonshine449]

I was surprised people were surprised this game was bad 😂

[@_Cetarial]

First trailer looked decent, but that’s all.

[@liccasinocomfreespins7337]

Did you buy it?​@@Spartan168

[@Rossfaded]

Getting an ad for the day before on this video is hilarious lol

[@ancient-lemon]

I love how the character creator is literally just Baldurs gate 3 with some buildings in the back

[@giygas_9577]

I always find it so interesting following situations where small game companies overpromise and underdeliver. Especially if crowdfunding is involved.

[@josueveguilla9069]

The Scam Before. 'Nuff said.

[@CyberWolfStudios]

I admit i had this on my wishlist. Never pre ordered it, but HOLY SHIT! I dodge a bullet.

[@ryman1933]

It's crazy that steam has completely given up on quality control.

[@Ravenjim93]

The Muta drinking game. Take a shot every time Muta says ladies and gentlemen. Take a triple shot if it is said twice within 10 seconds

[@Reinboa]

Been following BigFryTVs coverage on the whole entire game since its announcement. Not surprised that it was a scam at all.

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

I honestly think the devs just couldn’t put out what they wanted so instead of changing gears or announcing the failure of the game- they just published another extraction shooter.

[@juances]

IMO they totally weren't expecting this "game" to be so popular, they thought they'd be scamming 10 guys at most and that'd be it, everyone would forget it by the next day. But once it got so much media coverage they had to hurriedly come up with something.

[@ferdinand12390]

some people are saying they used bots and i believe it, bots to artificially make it the most wishlisted game, some reviews look very sus, and if you start checking those profiles, ohh what a surprise, they have nothing else played but that game, only one review and nothig else@@juances

[@miciso666]

assets costed them like 500 alone. and to post it on steam its another 100 or so. so maybe a 100 scammed people would of worked yes.@@juances

[@TheCommanderTaco]

​@@juancesaccording to KiraTv the game was at one point the highest wish listed game lol. I think it was more the streamers that drew hype to it going by AngryJoe screaming about Dr.Disrespect and his audience lol.

[@Alfred-Neuman]

Hey! It's not an extraction game! It's an extrication game... That's completely different!

[@RaDicAL808]

Angry Joe’s experience was funny, he got the “void” after the waking up cut scene. And he basically couldn’t get into a server, so like most people. lol.

[@Skrunkdraws]

I can't believe the first 'The Division' trailer came out 10 years ago, I was a wee waterlouse in 2013

[@adamfrazer5150]

A DreamWorld for every fiscal quarter : modern gaming.

[@zoriiginalx7544]

Respect for the DayZ shoutout. The game has improved tenfold over the years and I love seeing it get recognition.

[@grizzlywhisker]

I tried playing DayZ a couple years ago and there was nobody online so I ended up refunding it because I couldn't find any other players. I had played Arma 2 and 3 many years ago with some friends so I was aware of DayZ, but when I tried to play it there was nobody else playing. 🤷‍♂

[@zoriiginalx7544]

@@grizzlywhisker That must have been 2017-2018 when it was going through a rough period. They were transitioning from the old legacy RV engine codebase and adopting new Enfusion engine subsystems during that period and it was taking a while. Consequently, lots of players dropped off during that update drought. However, they've since finished all that engine work and have now been delivering consistent updates and content. Resultantly, the game is in a great state now and player's numbers are higher than they've ever been.

[@grizzlywhisker]

@@zoriiginalx7544 I honestly don't think it was that long ago, but I might have just been too impatient to get into the game. I felt like I was just endlessly running around by myself with nothing to do so I gave up.

[@rushiltyagi8473]

Never thought I would see a game surpass the monkey game F

[@0008loser]

The funny thing is is that at least with watch dogs it was revealed that you can actually turn on the "E3" Graphics though it wasn't in the in-game settings

[@SebasTian-xk4xt]

15:33 the only game I know which launched with less content than it was advertised and made a full comeback and delivered even more, is No Man's Sky, but this isn't a NMS moment, this is incompetent devs moment.

[@nichtmenschlich]

And all these scam developers try to get a piece of the trust pie hello games has rightfully earned and then end up doing nothing. Basically just as an excuse for shitty behaviour

[@KEYTV13]

This was never a game, it was a concept art that was forced to turn into a game.

[@ollie_04]

It's fitting that this game released on Dec 7, because just like another unspecified event on that date, it's an absolute disaster

[@oranjpeel]

It took me a second to realize but he’s referring to Pearl Harbor lol.

[@mkaleborn]

A Day Before that will live in infamy.

[@jonbourgoin182]

"gamers are smart..enough" Nice save, Muta

[@ssgtblackmamba7991]

I remember seeing that first trailer and saying "Don't know why everyone is losing their mind. If this is what you want, The Division is right there." Then I forgot this game existed until it's release.... can't say I'm surprised.

[@SylentEcho]

15:12 Muta turns into The Great Muta.

[@Others457]

This is basically Overwatch 2 all over again

[@TOO_TALL305]

imma be real, good luck with any class action lawsuit against the devs, theyre in Russia. You are better off planting some evidence to get them arrested by the FSB and sent to fight in Ukraine than attempting a class action lawsuit

[@mkaleborn]

Nobody should buy the game for that reason alone. And Steam should not be hosting games coming out of that country. But with shell companies and their ‘volunteer employees’ I guess they could ‘base’ themselves anywhere.

[@HeyYouImAzu]

I always hate the people who think they are so hilarious for leaving a negative review words wise, but then click the thumbs up. I would like to see what the actual percentage of positive reviews is.

[@TuShan18]

What really confuses me is why would they lie about the game? People will refund it the second they see that it doesn’t look or play like the trailers. Plus, people knew the game looked shady a while ago. They couldn’t have made much money off of it, and they are probably going to lose more of lawsuits are on the way. Or just going bankrupt because they can’t keep the company afloat because people aren’t buying their terrible game. These aren’t the days of seeing something on a shelf on GameStop and buying it blind. Almost every game you see has reviews on the same page you purchase it.

[@SebastianTheGreat]

You know it’s bad when X has an automated disclaimer below an official tweet from the Developer warning that it’s a scam 😂

[@jackblaisdell4097]

X? You mean twitter