UK Developer DoubleMoose has a new trailer for their old people mayhem sandbox Just Die Already, and it looks suspiciously like Cyberpunk 2077. Sure it's ostensibly a bunch of senior citizens prancing around pulling potentially fatal hi-jinks more befitting a Saints Row game, but the narration, camera work and music are awfully reminiscent of CD Projekt Red's oft-delayed dystopian RPG. I think they did this intentionally, as DoubleMoose pulled something similar earlier in the summer, aping Death Stranding.
In any case, there isn't a solid release date yet for Just Die Already, but you can download a free demo on Steam until September 2nd, and check out that trailer below. I'm...not sure if this is the kind of game I'd personally be interested in, but at least the developers have a healthy sense of humor.
London, UK - 31st August 2020 - Responding to suggestions that its latest trailer looks somewhat similar to Cyberpunk 2077, development studio DoubleMoose - the outfit behind forthcoming old people mayhem sandbox Just Die Already, also widely known within the industry as “DoubleWhat?” - has suggested any likeness is “err, <cough>, erm, purely coincidental.”
Hype for CD Projekt Red’s latest game is at an all time high, though DoubleMoose co-founder Armin Ibrisagic has suggested the studio was in no way influenced by endlessly re-watching Cyperpunk 2077 trailers, over and over during the development of Just Die Already’s flash new promo.
“We talk a lot about Cyberpunk 2077 at the DoubleMoose office and the trailer kind of just ended up like this unintentionally,” offers Ibrisagic, sat in a home-made replica Cyberpunk jacket, complete with light-equipped pop collar. “Be cool, CDProjectRed. Don't sue.”
You can watch the aforementioned ode to Cyberpunk 2077 here: https://youtu.be/A6OI2m210qA
Said trailer follows a similar act of deference towards Death Stranding earlier in the summer. We wish to formally ask all journalists to start asking Hideo Kojima what he thinks of the trailer.
Wishlist Just Die Already now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/979070/Just_Die_Already/
You can also download and play the Just Die Already demo on Steam for free until Wednesday 2nd September.
