The Day Before Faces Severe Backlash with Over 10,000 Negative Reviews

On December 7, 2023, the zombie survival MMO game The Day Before made its Steam early access debut. However, the game has received very negative feedback. Reviews for the game have been overwhelmingly negative, with both critics and players lamenting its seeming lack of features, content, and overall polish.

The game is more closely compared to a simplistic extraction shooter than it is to a true massively multiplayer online (MMO) experience, which was the initial promise of the game.

In addition to design and gameplay critiques, The Day Before has been the target of grave accusations. There have been allegations that the game is a scam as well as that it plagiarizes other developers’ work. Concerns have also been expressed concerning the use of unpaid volunteers, indicating possible moral dilemmas in the process of development.

The game’s already long list of difficulties has been made worse by the discovery that it is embroiled in a trademark dispute with a Korean calendar app. The Day Before is presented in a troubling light by the accumulation of these problems, which raises concerns about the project’s development methods, authenticity, and viability of upcoming updates and enhancements.

Based on an astounding 10,000 user reviews, The Day Before has an average rating of 1.2 out of 10, earning it a dubious distinction as of December 18, 2023, on Steam.

With this rating, the game is firmly established as one of the lowest-rated titles in Steam’s vast library, coming in at a pitiful 75,685th place out of all games on the platform.

The game’s developer, Fntastic, has responded to the intense criticism by releasing a patch that should fix some of the reported crashes and bugs. Nevertheless, the player base has not been satisfied with this attempt at improvement.

There are still plenty of users who are not happy with The Day Before‘s overall functionality and quality, which suggests that there are more problems than just the occasional technical hiccup.

The Day Before faces enormous challenges in living up to player expectations, as evidenced by the game’s sharp decline in the rankings and the preponderance of negative user feedback.

Players’ dissatisfaction can have long-lasting effects on a game’s reputation and player base in the highly competitive gaming industry, which begs the question of the game’s long-term viability.

Though it’s not quite the worst game I’ve ever played, The Day Before is the most empty. Not only devoid of artistic merit but also lacking in engaging activities. There’s nothing to say about the confusingly awaited “Zombie survival MMO” from developer Fntastic.

Meaningful concepts, unique mechanics, imaginative stylistic decisions, and most definitely compelling characters are absent. It’s a simplistic, dull version of the extraction shooter where you battle dull individuals in a dull city and gather dull treasure to return to a dull base.

To be honest, I’d rather not waste your time the way The Day Before has wasted mine, so maybe I should save these ideas for the end. A lot had been said about this game’s dubious development before it was released, and a lot more will probably be said in the coming weeks and months regarding the specifics of its release.

Critically speaking, though, none of this is all that important. The game that was presented to me last Friday is what counts, and there’s no reason for me to wait to tell you how terrible it is. It makes no difference that it’s in Steam Early Access right now or that it’s been in development for five years. Its lack of redeeming qualities is all that matters.

I’m hoping that you’ll now believe me when I say that you should go do something more rewarding, like play one of the greatest games of 2023 or watch people on YouTube open novelty advent calendars.

But if you have to know why, like the zombie hordes this game lacks, you should stay away from The Day Before, then grab the closest blunt object, and let’s dissect this embarrassing mess.

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The Day Before, a contentious Steam release, has received over 10,000 bad reviews criticizing the game’s quality.

After several postponements, The Day Before finally debuted on December 7. Developer Fntastic has refuted accusations that the game is an asset flip made during the pre-release period.

Please refrain from accusing us of flipping assets; that is also untrue. The developer said in a statement last week, “Our team worked day and night for five years to make our dream game a reality.

The developer addressed those who “didn’t believe in us” in the same statement, saying that they “accept any kind of criticism and don’t hold a grudge.”

But last year, it came to light that Fntastic was employing unpaid volunteers to assist with game development. They clarified that part-time volunteers receive “cool rewards, participation certificates, and free codes” in exchange for their time on the game, while full-time volunteers are essentially treated as paid employees.

Currently, the game’s Steam review is rated as “Mostly Negative,” with over 10,000 users criticizing the game’s quality.

The developers “started working on the game The Day Before it came out,” according to one reviewer. We discovered that we had been duped the day it was released. We discovered that Steam doesn’t give a damn about what is in their store the day after it was released.

I’m “blown away by the level of scamming this game represents,” another reviewer said. You won’t be happy if you purchase this game.

That Valve permits this kind of behavior on their platform further astounds me.

Numerous crashes have been reported in other reviews while playing the game, with one player reporting that the game crashed while they were firing their weapon.

Another release date has been announced for Skull & Bones, the long-affected Ubisoft game.