Builders who labored on the recently-released The Day Earlier than have come out and mentioned the general public was misled as to what the sport was going to be.
Speaking to DualShockers, a former nameless staffer who helped develop the title have mentioned that it was by no means supposed to be an MMO. The Day Earlier than was marketed as such from its reveal again initially of 2021 all the way in which till its launch. When the sport lastly got here out, it extra resembled an extraction shooter and lacked any of the mechanics of an MMO.
“I by no means noticed it as an MMO undertaking,” they mentioned.
“Nobody from our crew is aware of why they referred to as it an MMO. It was at all times a third-person shooter with some co-op mechanics. Not one RPG mechanic was applied — abilities have been an thought, and so they have been within the prototype stage, however nothing extra.”
Requested in regards to the disparity between the precise sport itself and its advertising and marketing, the supply mentioned everybody was confused about that.
“Nobody might clarify that,” they mentioned.
“Perhaps the CEOs knew one thing and didn’t inform us. Technically talking, there have been no RPG mechanics applied. There was no doable solution to put lots of people on the planet or make the world greater. From the start, the thought was that servers can be below 100 individuals — that’s not an MMO. No clans, no raids, closed hubs. It’s been that means for over two years.”
Developer Fntastic closed its doorways simply days after The Day Earlier than got here out.
PCGamesInsider.biz has reached out to the sport’s writer Mytona for remark.