General Tips for Yesterday Origins Yesterday Origins Guide

Last update: 23 November 2016

Interface

Cursor has a shape of '+' and is brighter on hotspots. When you click the hotspot, you will see close-up, very often three-dimensional, where on particular item you can see hotspots (white pulsating circles or beams - you change it by using PPM key). You can turn three-dimensional item in the close-up, and move up and down, or to the right and to the left. In the top left corner you will find icon of eyeball which shows hotspots, and in the top right corner - gear icon (menu). The inventory shows itself when you move cursor to the bottom of the screen, when you inventory is full, you can move items and information to the left and to the right by holding LPM key.

Inventory

In the inventory you can find items (on the left), information (on the right), and icons of characters (in the middle), between whom you can switch. Items in the close-up are three-dimensional and you can turn them around, sometimes there are hotspots on them. Sometimes you need only to click on hotspots, sometimes it's necessary to use other item or information. Characters you can also turn around to look at them, and by clicking hotspots you can get new information (different almost in every location, different also from other character's perspective. There are also situations when you need to use on one of the hotspots on character's body some items or information.

Exploration

Also characters you will meet and some items in locations you can (and need) to examine in the close-up. Sometimes it is necessary to do, because without this observation you can't talk about something with someone or particular information won't be available. Also observations of objects which you can't take may give you some new information.

Puzzles

During the gameplay you will solve mostly environmental puzzles which means you need to manipulate and combine some items and use it on the objects (or less often on characters) located in surroundings. When you click an object, you will see close-up, there you need to move cursor to find hotspot and to may use other item on this one (or information). You can do the same with items in the inventory.

Dialogues

It is worth to talk with all characters about everything you can, not every dialogue will change the story, but you can know more about relations between characters and about the game world. There are some situations when you can get achievements only if you talk about something with someone. It is worth also to talk with the same characters twice, because new options can appear, sometimes really important. When you use one dialogue option, a symbol of check mark will appear.

Achievements

In this game you can get 36 achievements and to do this you need to play the game twice. For the first time you need to interact with every location with everything and everyone (including items in the inventory) which takes a lot of time. Also you can't skip cinematics. During the second time of playing you need to be fast to end the game in maximum 250 minutes. Some of the achievements you can get for choosing some of dialogue's options, some for not really reasonable using items on objects, some you will get automatically by playing.