“The Day Before”: Between “Noise” and “Steam Programs” | Babylia

The premise couldn't be more desirable. A multiplayer zombie game set in a post-apocalyptic world, focusing on resource gathering, exploration, and of course, fighting when the going gets tough. Kind of The last of usBut to share it with players from all over the world. To wrap things up, the videos announcing the game couldn't be more amazing. its name yesterday It promised them so much happiness that it became the most requested toy in the huge store Connected steam. It was put on the market on the 7th and since then it has been…

The premise couldn't be more desirable. A multiplayer zombie game set in a post-apocalyptic world, focusing on resource gathering, exploration, and of course, fighting when the going gets tough. Kind of The last of usBut to share it with players from all over the world. To wrap things up, the videos announcing the game couldn't be more amazing. its name yesterday It promised them so much happiness that it became the most requested toy in the huge store Connected steam. It hit the market on the 7th and has since been global news because, well, it's bullshit.

Yes, there were signs that the game might not be what was promised, but it wasn't entirely clear. Or maybe everyone decided to ignore them. Because this is not the first time we have talked about society's desire to exceed its expectations. We have already mentioned here how the sector takes advantage of the hyper-connectivity in which players live to launch messages that gain hyper-resonance in seconds. Not to mention the entire ecosystem YouTubers, jerk, com. tiktokers And all kinds of content creators who feed off news and events like this. Moreover, let's be clear, in such a young industry, innovations are so popular that they greatly influence even the awards, which always value surprises higher than those that meet expectations, no matter how high they are. Finally, the successive delays announced by the game's developers (a small Russian studio founded in 2015 without any notable game) also did not raise doubts in the scenario of a major delay caused by the pandemic. Everyone saw but no one wanted to see, contributing to the machine The noise Follow her path.

But then came the real game. And the bubble burst.

What was in the videos were blocky streets, challenging enemies, and overwhelming graphics, in the real game became empty scenarios, wasted difficulty, and a challenging experience. Bugs. Ecstasy turned into a feeling of excitement. In this space we talk about many new terms, but who vaporwarewhich is used in a derogatory way to talk about products Programming Which does not achieve what it promised, and has not gone through these parts yet. Welcome.

no Man's sky (2016) and Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) are the latest glaring examples of games not being what they were promised, but while those were limited to disappointing after media stories that escaped the control of their creators, what yesterday He has more signs of falling straight into fraudulent swampy terrain.

The videos shown were sold as gaming videos. A lot of aspects that the game was supposed to include were falsified. A series of digital malpractices have also been incurred, such as unnecessarily extending the first two hours of the game in order to use up the Steam trial period (which refunds money if claimed before that short period expires). . condition). Two days ago, the game announced that it will permanently shut down its servers in January. It will be as if it never existed. If it ever existed.

But let's not kid ourselves: no matter what people point out yesterday As a specific scam in the world of video games, the truth is that it represents a fairly widespread practice throughout the digital world, from social networks to digital media: those companies that offer good and trustworthy ideas and speeches to raise money from private investors who see this as a scam. The ecosystem is a quick way to make money, and those who often find that their unrecoverable investments have disappeared. It's a bad art that we should all be more aware of. So I hope this is at least helpful yesterday, that game that once played, we can't help but give it the virtue of getting a great title. At least we can't deny it.

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