The Day Before, an open-world survival MMO that mixes the DNA of The Division and The Last of Us, is sitting pretty at the top of Steam’s wishlist chart. It was announced at the start of 2021 with a confusing but pretty trailer, then got a release date of June 11. Now, via IGN, developer Fntastic and publisher Mytona have announced a delay to March 2023, citing a change to Unreal Engine 5.
The game has been accused of being vaporware in various online communities, and it’s not hard to see why. The initial trailer features some pretty locales, but clearly canned animations, UI inserted over the top of the video, scripted sequences, and some odd implications about enemy players that are clearly AI-controlled. It also has a voice over that sounds like it’s being read by a Microsoft Sam off-shoot.
