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The saga of The Day Before<\/strong><\/a> is clearly not over. After years of over-promising on features, a questionable trademark dispute<\/a>, and multiple significant delays<\/a> the game officially came out on Steam. Players immediately realised it was a different game from the one that was shown off for years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In just a few days, the game speedran through its demise arc, starting off with a Mostly Negative Steam user review rating, which prompted people to look over every statement developer Fntastic made over the years, every trailer released (and later deleted) and pretty much rip into it 24\/7.<\/p>\n

This has lead to the game being removed from sale, Steam issuing refunds, and Fntastic announcing its closure, apologising for the game’s issues by saying “s**t happens.”<\/a> Usually, that would be the end of it, but that is sadly not the case.<\/p>\n

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The saga of The Day Before is clearly not over. After years of over-promising on features, a questionable trademark dispute, and multiple significant delays the game officially came out on Steam. Players immediately realised it was a different game from the one that was shown off for years. In just a few days, the game speedran through its demise arc, starting off with a Mostly Negative Steam user review rating, which prompted people to look over every statement developer Fntastic made over the years, every trailer released (and later deleted) and pretty much rip into it 24\/7. This has lead to the game being removed from sale, Steam issuing refunds, and Fntastic announcing its closure, apologising for the game’s issues by saying “s**t happens.” Usually,…<\/p>\n

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