Summary
In the wake of a disastrous release week forThe Day Before,Bohemia Interactive and RocketWerkz have bundled their games,DayZandIcarusrespectively, in a Steam sale entitled “The Day After Survival Sale.” This sale accompanies social media posts from both developers, withDayZthrowing shade atThe Day Beforeand the developers ofIcarusfollowing closely with a mock-up of Bohemia Interactive’s original dig.
BothDayZandIcarusare multiplayer survival games, each offering bits and pieces of the open-world survival experience thatThe Day Beforehad promised to deliver. In their posts on Twitter, both studios thank their fans for years of support as each team continued to develop their products and make their games the best they could be for their fans.The Day Beforeis in hot water for falling short of its marketing promises, leaving players feeling cheated and evenaccusing Fntastic of scamming customers.
DayZandIcarusresponded to the situation with their indirectly shady social media posts and a bundle sale on Steam, with both games available for $53.58, saving buyers $26.40 on the pair. The name of the sale,The Day After Survival Sale, cheekily nods toThe Day Beforeand seems to suggest the games as alternate options for those disappointed by it. The bundle description claims to display the “stark contrasts of survival,” featuring aggressive zombie infestations and alien-infested wilderness begging to be explored. Coming after themassive wave of negative reviews forThe Day Before, Bohemia Interactive and RocketWerkz are striking at the perfect moment as players are looking for similar multiplayer-survival games to play after being let down.
These displays of gratitude towards fans and shade towards Fntastic can be interpreted in several ways, from hilarious to slightly hypocritical. While the general attitude towardsThe Day Beforeis negative and other games jumping on the bandwagon could garner some amusement from players, neitherDayZnorIcarusare without their flaws. However, both developers have consistently been hard at work to continue improving their games over the years, whileThe Day Beforedeveloper has shut down its company, closed the official Discord, and delisted its game.
AsThe Day Beforedisappears so quickly after release,IcarusandDayZcontinue to update regularly and listen to feedback from their players. Whether the shots at Fntastic are justified or not, amid Fntastic’s catastrophic controversies, it remains to be seen how other developers react to this blatant betrayal of players’ trust and work to combat similar issues in the future.
DayZ
WHERE TO PLAY
DayZ is a hardcore survival game where players must strive to endure a post-apocalyptic world populated by frenzied infected and other survivors. DayZ includes the original Chernarus terrain, and the Livonia terrain.Chernarus – The iconic DayZ terrain, set in the post-soviet state of Chernarus and encompassing 230 km2 of hand-crafted environment based on real life locations.Livonia – The dense 163 km2 map lets players experience the hardcore survival hit in a whole new environment. Players can put their survival skills to the test by venturing into the unfamiliar land of Livonia, and seeing just how long they can last in this deadlier-than-ever world.
