Rendered Tangent
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I agree, and I think I'd let you perform a vasectomy on me with a rusty shovel while blindfolded before I'd play it.
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The Day Before... interested?
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Rendered Tangent
Banned
I suppose, this big question now is this;
Is The Day Before the worst game ever made?
If you take away the decent graphics what do you have?
For 35-40 £/$/€ it must be up there.
Oh, and anyone else think the slow paced intro and tutorial was cynically designed to run down the 2 hour refund window on Steam?
Effectively, making it so that is takes more than 2 hours to actually get into the city and move around for a while before the realisation that it's an empty asset flip with fake gun shots and barely any zombies to fight.
It wouldn't surprise me.
Is The Day Before the worst game ever made?
If you take away the decent graphics what do you have?
For 35-40 £/$/€ it must be up there.
Oh, and anyone else think the slow paced intro and tutorial was cynically designed to run down the 2 hour refund window on Steam?
Effectively, making it so that is takes more than 2 hours to actually get into the city and move around for a while before the realisation that it's an empty asset flip with fake gun shots and barely any zombies to fight.
It wouldn't surprise me.
Kupfer
Member
It sucks, yes, but it's not the worst game ever made.
However, it might be the cheekiest example of how to generate years of hype with false promises and lies, pull it off ice cold and shamelessly sell the unfinished game to the customer.
I can't think of another example of this magnitude.
Insane Metal
Member
^ well at least they tried lol.
Kupfer
Member
Some data I just pulled from the reviews :
I loaded the 1000 "Most helpful all time" (positive & negative) reviews,
of which 983 players have not recommended the game and 314 players have already refunded the game. This means a refund rate of 31.4% for this group.
Of the most recent (the list goes back to yesterday) 1000 reviews (positive & negative), 676 are negative, i.e. 67.7%.
The refund rate here is 24.8%.
Of the 1010 "Most helpful all time" ( only positive ) reviews, 35 players have refunded it, i.e. 3.47% refund rate even with people who obviously like it.
Update:
To get a more detailed insight I'm trying to load all 17586 reviews, I'm at 5000 now, steam is getting slow.
Of the 5000 most helpful all time positive and negative reviews, 3750, so 75%, are negative and 1037 players have refunded the game; thats 20.74 %
Update #2
Steam won't let me get past 7687 reviews.
So out of the 7687 most helpful all time positive and negative reviews, 6208 ( 80,76 %) do not recommend it and 1284 (16,70 %) did a refund.
~2416 players have played the game less than 1h.
on top of the <1h players, ~2332 players have played less than 2 hours.
This means that of these ~7687 players, ~4748 players spent less than 2 hours in the game, that is ~61.77% who could refund the game ( excluding the 4.70 % who bought the game from resellers )
Update #3
Okay, I've just seen that there's an easier way as far as this parameter is concerned:
Of all 17,649 direct-at-steam-buyers, 9511 players have spent less than 2 hours in the game. That's 53.89% with a playtime <2h who could get a refund.
I loaded the 1000 "Most helpful all time" (positive & negative) reviews,
of which 983 players have not recommended the game and 314 players have already refunded the game. This means a refund rate of 31.4% for this group.
Of the most recent (the list goes back to yesterday) 1000 reviews (positive & negative), 676 are negative, i.e. 67.7%.
The refund rate here is 24.8%.
Of the 1010 "Most helpful all time" ( only positive ) reviews, 35 players have refunded it, i.e. 3.47% refund rate even with people who obviously like it.
Update:
To get a more detailed insight I'm trying to load all 17586 reviews, I'm at 5000 now, steam is getting slow.
Of the 5000 most helpful all time positive and negative reviews, 3750, so 75%, are negative and 1037 players have refunded the game; thats 20.74 %
Update #2
Steam won't let me get past 7687 reviews.
So out of the 7687 most helpful all time positive and negative reviews, 6208 ( 80,76 %) do not recommend it and 1284 (16,70 %) did a refund.
~2416 players have played the game less than 1h.
on top of the <1h players, ~2332 players have played less than 2 hours.
This means that of these ~7687 players, ~4748 players spent less than 2 hours in the game, that is ~61.77% who could refund the game ( excluding the 4.70 % who bought the game from resellers )
Update #3
Okay, I've just seen that there's an easier way as far as this parameter is concerned:
Of all 17,649 direct-at-steam-buyers, 9511 players have spent less than 2 hours in the game. That's 53.89% with a playtime <2h who could get a refund.
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Slothbeing1209
Member
Rendered Tangent
Banned
Oh, I agree with you 100%.
There's never been an example this egregious, where the developers lied about almost everything.
Rendered Tangent
Banned
That's crazy, isn't it?
Thank you, for such a thorough job of compiling that information.
Rendered Tangent
Banned
It must be the most refunded game of recent times, possibly ever.
Luipadre
Member
Lmao i hope you are not serious
Rendered Tangent
Banned
Death Stranding had atmosphere, something unique and fascinating, and the story was completely bonkers but strangely engaging at the same time.
That can carry a game a long way.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
ChuckeRearmed
Member
Everybody was interested...a day before release 
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
Steam Store has a bunch of such games...
Eiknarf
Banned
I feel like WRONGED US and ROOTED are the next two to follow suit
Gamezone
Gold Member
Death Stranding didn't release a bunch of fake videos before its release.
Rendered Tangent
Banned
ChuckeRearmed
Member
I guess the studio was better off ... day before
Denton
Member
Absolutely not. Everyone who gave them money and did not refund it deserves to lose it for being a moron. In longer run, it might prove to be a valuable lesson for them, more than the money lost.
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Eiknarf
Banned
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
What? Don't be ridiculous
Not everyone who will buy it is a refined gaf user and knows whats up, Steam do need to step in, this is blatant bullshit now.
Denton
Member
Ridiculous is treating adults like babies and relying on nanny company to save them from themselves.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
What nanny company?
If a products shit it gets taken out the store. Like any shitty product in your local shop
What are you even arguing here?
Roman Empire
Member
Come one guys, we could smell the scam from miles away. I'm more impressed they literally gave it a day and are running with the money already hahahaha
Rendered Tangent
Banned
Wow, I can't believe they have folded this quickly.
The game only came out 4 days ago.
They released it knowing full well it would receive backlash and yet they did it anyway.
What an unscrupulous company.
The game only came out 4 days ago.
They released it knowing full well it would receive backlash and yet they did it anyway.
What an unscrupulous company.
Gambit2483
Member
They completely scammed steam users. At $40 a pop They sold at least 30,000 copies based on Steam numbers...that's at least 1.2 million dollars.
Coupled with the fact they didn't have employees to pay b/c they had "volunteers", they made out like bandits. Wouldn't be surprised if they are in Barbados or Cancun right now just waiting for things to blow over in a few months.
Coupled with the fact they didn't have employees to pay b/c they had "volunteers", they made out like bandits. Wouldn't be surprised if they are in Barbados or Cancun right now just waiting for things to blow over in a few months.
GHG
Member
dispensergoinup
Gold Member
I would have said this aged poorly but it hasn't even been a week. 
Eiknarf
Banned
Is a class action lawsuit possible?
Eiknarf
Banned
Facts
People had TWO YEARS to research, read about, follow up on, and view any and everything “The Day Before”
This was a guaranteed DAY ONE for me. But, wait: Why didn’t I drop $40 on this?!
Cuz I have the same access to information as those too naive or ignorant to realize that this was a wet-rash of a game
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Can someone explain to me what happened here? I must have been under a rock as I have no idea what is happening
Eiknarf
Banned
Two years ago Fntastic showed fake footage of a game they claimed they were making
It got hyped and was most wish listed
So then Fntastic said, “oh shit! We gotta really try to make this now”
So they used existing assets and rigged shit together for 18 months
Then in the last six months they suddenly started showing real footage which didn’t match what they showed 18 months prior
Then they stalled with fake copyright claims over the name etc and other shit
It came out. It’s ass. They closed their doors
M1987
Member
The studio stole other games gameplay/cutscenes to make a trailer and create hype,bought a 2k asset pack to make the game,made a couple of million from the sales on Steam,then ran off with the money by shutting down the studio
Edit: looks like they won't be making any money from it
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Eiknarf
Banned
The biggest waste is that the name was soooo good!!
THE DAY BEFORE
It just had such a great ring to it
Yeah, they definitely were inspired by THE LAST OF US with that title and font, but it was still a great title that’s now reduced to being a laughing stock
Ribi
Member
Assets flips have a name for a reason. They're on all the major stores, the truth is the day before cost money to make. Even as an asset flip they had to spend money to make it. Valve delist and that's it, there isn't a lesson to be learned other than "you know it's an asset flip and can tell from the trailers, are you sure you still want to buy it?"
Rendered Tangent
Banned
It's a shame you didn't use that crystal ball you obviously have to foresee all of this.