Why did the project fail? Fntastic responds to fraud allegations

In a surprise move, Fntastic announced its comeback this week. As expected, the community once again pointed out the failure of “The Day Before” and even accused the studio of deliberate fraud.

With what was initially announced as a survival MMO “The day before” The indie developers at Fntastic are making a crash landing with an announcement in 2023.

Since there was basically nothing to see about “The Day Before” apart from CGI trailers until shortly before the release, players were already expecting the worst. And they should keep the right. At launch, the title was presented in an unfinished form, both technically and in terms of content, which had little to do with the trailers presented for “The Day Before”.

A few days after the release, Fntastic pulled the plug and discontinued the project. Certainly somewhat surprising to many, the studio announced this week his comeback. Plans for a new game included.

Fntastic on the failure of The Day Before

As expected, Fntastic’s comeback plans attracted criticism, who once again referred to the developments surrounding “The Day Before”. In order to placate the critical voices, the studio looked back on the failed project and admitted that they had overreached themselves with this simple approach.

Mainly due to the expensive marketing measures such as the CGI trailer, there was ultimately not enough money to further develop or improve “The Day Before” after its release.

“After the game’s unsuccessful launch, we were unable to continue development due to financial losses.” “Factors leading to failure included overly ambitious goals on a low indie budget, a team with no AAA experience, and excess marketing, which “We deeply regret,” said Fntastic.

The players remain skeptical

Allegations of fraud have also emerged again in the past few hours. Fntastic replied that the developers are never interested in defrauding third parties. “How did we cheat? “We have refunded all the money,” Fntastic continued to comment on the end of “The Day Before”.

Despite everything, the community is of course skeptical and, for understandable reasons, seems to have little interest in giving Fntastic a second chance or supporting the studio’s new project.

So far it has come within the framework the Kickstarter campaign for “Escape Factory”, the new title from Fntastic, only a fraction of the targeted financing goal.

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