Modders working on an offline mode for The Day Before, 2023’s most controversial kind-of-MMO

A zombie rushes toward the players in The Day Before
(Image credit: Fntastic)

Modders are working to restore this year’s most controversial game, the apocalyptic (in more ways than one) zombie shooter 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Day Before

Once Steam’s most wishlisted game, The Day Before finally launched earlier this month following a lengthy lead-up that was engulfed in alleged 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:trademark disputes, accusations that the game was a scam, and controversies about unpaid labor. Upon trying the game, however, players discovered that it wasn’t even an MMO, as promised, and gave it an 🐼“Ove♏rwhelmingly Negative” rating on Steam.

Just four days after the disastrous launch, developer Fntastic 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:announced that it would shut down, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:refund all players, and take the game offline on January 22, 2024. But in a somewhat heroic act to preserve a broken game, modders Luci0 and fsk🌳artd are currently w𓆏orking on an Offline Mod to extend the game’s lifetime past next month. 

“No promises or ETA’s as of now,” Luci0 writes in a social media . “It’s very early, and me + fskartd are doing our best: More ♒info will come once it’s available.” In a recent Discord message - shared to - the modder reveals that they’ve bypassed Steam’s DRM and accessed all of the game’s files. For now, the modder has been able to load into the map but can’t move the player character just yet.

It’s a curious endeavor since the undead disaster seemingly had no redeeming qualities, according to our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Day Before review and general player sentiment. At leౠast exploring the map and cracking open its secrets could lead to 🦂some “oh, what could’ve been” daydreams.

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