The Day Before was marketed as an open-world MMO with survival elements, but the reality is far from it. The game leans more towards being an online extraction shooter with limited features.
Prior to launch, This was one of the most wishlisted games on Steam, but I guess it isn't no more, now that the can of worms has been opened and the game is now being accused of false advertising practices; compounded by its poor, incomplete, and buggy state at the moment.
If you are old enough to have been part of the early Arma 2 DayZ mod days, this is basically the same experience but worse considering this is already 10 years later; buggy, clunky, and barely works. The DayZ mod even did many things better than this Early Access game.
The main gameplay loop of the game is to go into the city, loot and complete some missions, and then extract back to get more money. Anytime you die in the city, you lose all the gear you bring, so it’s a matter of balancing resources and being careful in how you roam outside.
The game suffers from massive stutter issues, crashes, and bugs. Falling through the floor, losing items, renegade UI elements, and server de-syncs are commonly experienced here. Usually Early Access games gets a pass from these kind of issues, but in The Day Before its actually that bad. It’s probably one of the worst Early Access games ever released. Additionally, Controller support is very partially implemented, and not usable at the moment.
game looks nothing like this when you play it
2023-12-17
This is Android?
2024-04-26
Omg
2024-02-14