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The Day Before Offline Mod in the Works For Those Still Interested in Playing This Troubled Game (wccftech.com)
submitted 11 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/games@lemmy.world
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• Modders are working on an offline mod for troubled game The Day Before.

• Development studio Fntastic has closed its doors and the game's servers will shut down in January.

• Luci0 and fskartd are working on a crack that would allow players to play the game offline.

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[–] Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand why everyone is calling it a scam. Everyone got refunded, right? Seems like they just had a better marketing team than development team.

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 31 points 11 months ago

The scam was likely on the investors who funded the game for 5 years.

It was only sold, presumably, so they couldnt be taken to court for failing to deliver. Technically they did publish. It was just a flop

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just because they started giving out refunds because of public outcry doesn't mean it wasn't a scam.

There are some games which under deliver or are broken on release, but this was barely a game- yet they shipped it anyway.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

It's not the studio that handles refunds, it's Steam. They hold onto the money for a while after a sale is made, and didn't even have a chance to hand it over before the studio died.