The Strange Saga of The Day Before
The Day Before is an upcoming post-apocalyptic open world MMO in which players must contend with zombies and other survivors in equal measure.
It quickly grabbed the attention of those looking to fulfill their own Walking Dead or The Last of Us-esque fantasies and exploded to become Steam's most wishlisted game, but excitement eventually turned to doubt for many fans after several delays and other controversies surrounding developer Fntastic.
Now with a release date of November 10, 2023, IGN has chronicled the ups and downs of The Day Before's development as it gears up for its long anticipated launch.
On January 29, 2021, Fntastic announced The Day Before with a five minute trailer. It showed two players driving into a city and looting various cars and shops before getting into a firefight with another group, and then fleeing from a hoard of zombies that were attracted to the noise. The graphics were of a higher quality than many games released since, the gameplay was seamless, and the world was open, full, and completely interactive.
It gained the attention of the gaming community, who looked on hopefully at what appeared to be a mix of Ubisoft's The Division and PlayStation blockbuster The Last of Us. And the next few months only gave fans more reason to get excited.
Fntastic co-founders Eduard and Aysen Gotovtsev appeared in a combat gameplay trailer in February to show off what they called "a real breakthrough for the MMO survival genre". Adding to this idea, they told IGN at the time: "It's no secret that [most survival MMO's] are all built on the sandbox model, when you set goals for yourself and wander around the [deserted] world. In The Day Before, we reinvented everything from the in-game goals to the ways we
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