Yesterday Origins

This is a sad follow up to the first. Poor interface no identification icons so lots of random pressing, terrible puzzles with lots of random combos when more obvious answers available. Shame.

I don't have mouse cursor, have to click blindly around - no configuration options, nothing. I have to stop the game from the task manager.

The story and atmosphere are impeccable. This game and its prequel should be cult classics. I respect the more ambitious nature of this game compared to the prequel, but this also leads to more convoluted and less enjoyable puzzles (especially due to the hot spot mechanic). There were also a few times where the game crashed and I had to restart it to continue, but thankfully it worked fine after restarting.

The game control scheme is awkward. It technically works, but having to constantly drag and rotate objects in a small cut-out window to hunt for interactive points gets old fast. And you have to do it all the time because you must interact with every active point/character and possibly do it multiple times. And some further interactions don't even appear until you click on a specific point, the logic of which is not obvious at all, as you mostly stumble to solutions by combining every single object with every single interactive point. The directions for looking for a solution are not well communicated and there are even many red herrings. This problem manifests right in the first scene. Make sure to click the button to reveal active points multiple times on every screen. Use a walkthrough as soon as you get stuck because you may have missed an object or there is no hint in the game to begin with. Despite this, the fantastic story and the topics the game deals with make it absolutely worth playing. I loved that the game treats you like an adult. The visual style and graphics are beautiful and the voiceacting is good, but the other sounds are nothing to write home about. I had a couple of technical glitches, which were solved with a restart. Overall, I recommend to play the game, but definitely start with the first one.

I tried the demo on Steam and played the first chapter fine. Bought the game on GOG and the cursor disappear during first chapter as soon as I look outside the cell. Really bad that this should happen 4 years after the game is released. CRAPPY.