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{{Infobox video game
{{Infobox video game
| title = Yesterday Origins
| title = Yesterday Origins
| image =
| image = Yesterday Origins PC-MAC box art.png
| caption =
| caption = European cover for the computer version
| developer = [[Pendulo Studios]]
| developer = [[Pendulo Studios]]
| publisher = [[Microïds]]
| publisher = [[Microïds]]
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| writer = Ramón Hernáez, Josué Monchán
| writer = Ramón Hernáez, Josué Monchán
| composer =
| composer =
| series = ''Yesterday''
| engine =
| engine =
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Nintendo Switch]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Xbox One]]
| platforms = {{ubl|[[macOS]]|[[Windows]]|[[PlayStation 4]]|[[Xbox One]]|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]|[[iOS]]|[[Nintendo Switch]]}}
| released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|November 10, 2016}}|'''macOS''', '''Windows'''{{vgrelease|WW|November 10, 2016}}'''Xbox One'''{{vgrelease|WW|November 17, 2016}}'''PlayStation 4'''{{vgrelease|NA|November 17, 2016|PAL|November 21, 2016}}'''Android''', '''iOS'''{{vgrelease|WW|October 19, 2017}}'''Nintendo Switch'''{{vgrelease|WW|May 31, 2018}}}}
| released = 2016
| genre = [[Adventure game|Adventure]]
| genre = [[Adventure game|Adventure]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}
}}


'''''Yesterday Origins''''' is a 2016 [[graphic adventure game]] developed by the Spanish company [[Pendulo Studios]] and published by [[Microïds]]. It serves as both a [[prequel]] and a [[sequel]] to Pendulo's earlier ''[[Yesterday (video game)|Yesterday]]''.
'''''Yesterday Origins''''' is a 2016 [[Adventure game#Graphic adventure|graphic adventure game]] developed by the Spanish company [[Pendulo Studios]] and published by [[Microïds]]. Both a [[prequel]] and a [[sequel]] to Pendulo's earlier ''[[Yesterday (video game)|Yesterday]]'', the game follows protagonists John Yesterday and his girlfriend Pauline as they try to unravel the mystery of John's [[immortality]]. The player takes control of John and Pauline and explores the game world, solves puzzles, collects [[Item (game terminology)|items]] and converses with [[non-player character]]s.

''Yesterday Origins'' began development in November 2014. It was the first new title that Pendulo had embarked on since 2012, when financial problems had forced the company to restructure.

Reviews for ''Yesterday Origins'' were generally mixed, according to [[Metacritic]], although its release for [[Xbox One]] won positive reviews and was among the highest-scoring Spanish-made games on the website by 2017.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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''Yesterday Origins'' is a [[graphic adventure game]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
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''Yesterday Origins'' focuses on both the events that occurred centuries ago when John Yesterday became an immortal and the present timeline after the first game.
''Yesterday Origins'' focuses on both the events that occurred centuries ago when John Yesterday became an immortal and the present timeline after the first game.

Having been caught by the Spanish Inquisition, John yesterday escapes with the help of Father Gines. Gines takes yesterday to a noble estate, where he translates the book of The flesh in order to create the potion of immortality. When Gines asks John to torture a child for the entertainment of the call John refuses and helps him escape.

In the present day, John yesterday and his girlfriend Pauline sell a huge Japanese sculpture to Baxter, an eccentric millionaire heiress. While meeting her, John finds a book with the tattoo of the book of the flesh, and tracks it to the author in New York. When leaving New York, John is kidnapped by Baxter's head of security and taken back to Frances, where he meets father Gines, now old and decrepit, who only lives two or three weeks before dying and returning as a frail old man. Gines begs John to read the book again to find a potion to reverse immortality. Baxter interrupts the process planning to take the potion herself to become immortal

However, as shown in an flashback, Pauline had swapped out the coin of judgment, one of the central ingredients. After being forced to drink the potion and being murdered, Pauline returns to life, and Baxter commits suicide, not realizing Pauline was already immortal.

Yesterday reads the book of the flesh again, and realizes he's been immortal even before he met Gine's, instead returning as a child rather than an adult. After making the reversal potion, Gines shoots John and then commits suicide. Pauline briefly considers drinking the potion as well, before John reappears as a baby.


==Development==
==Development==
Following [[Pendulo Studios]]' unsuccessful [[crowdfunding]] campaign for its project ''Day One'' in September 2012,<ref name=dayonecanceled>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722170554/https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/73096/la-financiacion-de-day-one-fracasa-y-el-juego-queda-cancelado/ |url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/73096/la-financiacion-de-day-one-fracasa-y-el-juego-queda-cancelado/ | title=La financiación de ''Day One'' fracasa y el juego queda cancelado | date=September 17, 2012 | author=Leiva, Carlos | language=Spanish | work=[[:es:Vandal|Vandal]] | archivedate=July 22, 2019 | deadurl=no }}</ref> the developer neared bankruptcy and entered a two-year period of inactivity.<ref name=eldiario>{{cite web | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20190712205639/https://www.eldiario.es/juegoreviews/noticias/Pendulo-Studios-trabaja-aventura-grafica_0_333167305.html | url=https://www.eldiario.es/juegoreviews/noticias/Pendulo-Studios-trabaja-aventura-grafica_0_333167305.html | title=Pendulo Studios trabaja en su nueva aventura gráfica | author=Alonso, Álvaro | date=December 9, 2014 | work=[[El Diario]] | language=Spanish | archivedate=July 12, 2019 |deadurl=no }}</ref><ref name=vandalprev>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722164431/https://vandal.elespanol.com/avances/ps4/yesterday-origins/31155/1#p-73 | url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/avances/ps4/yesterday-origins/31155/1#p-73 | title=Impresiones ''Yesterday Origins'' | author=Cano, Jorge | date=August 30, 2016 | work=[[:es:Vandal|Vandal]] | language=Spanish | archivedate=July 22, 2019 | deadurl=no }}</ref><ref name=lavanguardia>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712205624/https://www.lavanguardia.com/tecnologia/videojuegos/20141212/54421343639/pendulo-studios-nueva-aventura-grafica.html | url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/tecnologia/videojuegos/20141212/54421343639/pendulo-studios-nueva-aventura-grafica.html | title=Pendulo Studios trabaja en una nueva aventura gráfica | author=Garciá, Albert | date=December 12, 2014 | work=[[La Vanguardia]] | language=Spanish | archivedate=July 12, 2019 | deadurl=no }}</ref> Crowdfunding had been the company's attempt to survive after it was unable to secure a traditional publisher.<ref name=dayoneint>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821050623/https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/22157 | url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/22157 | title=''Day One'' - Pendulo Studios Interview | author=Allin, Jack | date=August 15, 2012 | work=[[Adventure Gamers]] | archivedate=August 21, 2012 | deadurl=no }}</ref> Pendulo's Juan Miguel Marín recalled the period as "a bad time",<ref name=gameespana>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712214444/https://blog.game.es/charlando-pendulo-studios-nos-habla-yesterday-origins-pasado-presente-futuro/ | url=https://blog.game.es/charlando-pendulo-studios-nos-habla-yesterday-origins-pasado-presente-futuro/ | title=[Charlando] Pendulo Studios nos habla de ''Yesterday Origins'', de su pasado, presente y futuro | author=Rodriguez, Lara Isabel | date=October 16, 2016 | language=Spanish | publisher=[[Game España]] | archivedate=July 12, 2019 | deadurl=no }}</ref> while Albert Garciá of ''[[La Vanguardia]]'' noted that "the future of this company was uncertain" during the period.<ref name=lavanguardia /> The developer's disappearance ended in mid-December 2014, when the studio signed a deal with [[Microïds]] to create an unannounced new adventure game. Its development began "immediately", according to Pendulo.<ref name=eldiario /> The project was revealed as ''Yesterday Origins'' in May 2015.<ref name=advgamersannouncement>{{cite web | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20190712205639/https://www.eldiario.es/juegoreviews/noticias/Pendulo-Studios-trabaja-aventura-grafica_0_333167305.html | url=https://www.eldiario.es/juegoreviews/noticias/Pendulo-Studios-trabaja-aventura-grafica_0_333167305.html | title=Pendulo gets started on ''Yesterday Origins'' for 2016 | author=Allin, Jack | date=May 22, 2015 | work=[[Adventure Gamers]] | archivedate=November 10, 2016 | deadurl=no }}</ref>
Following [[Pendulo Studios]]' unsuccessful [[crowdfunding]] campaign for its project ''Day One'' in September 2012,<ref name=dayonecanceled>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722170554/https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/73096/la-financiacion-de-day-one-fracasa-y-el-juego-queda-cancelado/ |url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/73096/la-financiacion-de-day-one-fracasa-y-el-juego-queda-cancelado/ | title=La financiación de ''Day One'' fracasa y el juego queda cancelado | date=September 17, 2012 | author=Leiva, Carlos | language=es | work=[[:es:Vandal|Vandal]] | archive-date=July 22, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> the developer neared bankruptcy and entered a two-year period of inactivity.<ref name=eldiario>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712205639/https://www.eldiario.es/juegoreviews/noticias/Pendulo-Studios-trabaja-aventura-grafica_0_333167305.html | url=https://www.eldiario.es/juegoreviews/noticias/Pendulo-Studios-trabaja-aventura-grafica_0_333167305.html | title=Pendulo Studios trabaja en su nueva aventura gráfica | author=Alonso, Álvaro | date=December 9, 2014 | work=[[El Diario (Spain)|El Diario]] | language=es | archive-date=July 12, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=vandalprev>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722164431/https://vandal.elespanol.com/avances/ps4/yesterday-origins/31155/1#p-73 | url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/avances/ps4/yesterday-origins/31155/1#p-73 | title=Impresiones ''Yesterday Origins'' | author=Cano, Jorge | date=August 30, 2016 | work=[[:es:Vandal|Vandal]] | language=es | archive-date=July 22, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=lavanguardia>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712205624/https://www.lavanguardia.com/tecnologia/videojuegos/20141212/54421343639/pendulo-studios-nueva-aventura-grafica.html | url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/tecnologia/videojuegos/20141212/54421343639/pendulo-studios-nueva-aventura-grafica.html | title=Pendulo Studios trabaja en una nueva aventura gráfica | author=Garciá, Albert | date=December 12, 2014 | work=[[La Vanguardia]] | language=es | archive-date=July 12, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> Crowdfunding had been the company's attempt to survive after it was unable to secure a traditional publisher.<ref name=dayoneint>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821050623/https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/22157 | url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/22157 | title=''Day One'' - Pendulo Studios Interview | author=Allin, Jack | date=August 15, 2012 | work=[[Adventure Gamers]] | archive-date=August 21, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> Pendulo's Juan Miguel Marín recalled the period as "a bad time",<ref name=gameespana>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712214444/https://blog.game.es/charlando-pendulo-studios-nos-habla-yesterday-origins-pasado-presente-futuro/ | url=https://blog.game.es/charlando-pendulo-studios-nos-habla-yesterday-origins-pasado-presente-futuro/ | title=[Charlando] Pendulo Studios nos habla de ''Yesterday Origins'', de su pasado, presente y futuro | author=Rodriguez, Lara Isabel | date=October 16, 2016 | language=es | publisher=[[Game España]] | archive-date=July 12, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> while Albert Garciá of ''[[La Vanguardia]]'' noted that "the future of this company was uncertain" at the time.<ref name=lavanguardia /> The developer's disappearance ended in mid-December 2014, when the studio signed a deal with [[Microïds]] to create an unannounced new adventure game. Its development began "immediately", according to Pendulo.<ref name=eldiario /> The project was revealed as ''Yesterday Origins'' in May 2015.<ref name=advgamersannouncement>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712205639/https://www.eldiario.es/juegoreviews/noticias/Pendulo-Studios-trabaja-aventura-grafica_0_333167305.html | url=https://www.eldiario.es/juegoreviews/noticias/Pendulo-Studios-trabaja-aventura-grafica_0_333167305.html | title=Pendulo gets started on ''Yesterday Origins'' for 2016 | author=Allin, Jack | date=May 22, 2015 | work=[[Adventure Gamers]] | archive-date=July 12, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Pendulo attempted to make ''Yesterday Origins'' harder than its last several games, following a yearslong trend of reducing the difficulty of each successive title in response to market demands.<ref name=zeroplayers>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702011813/https://zeroplayers.com/especial-yesterday-origins-entrevista-pendulo-studios/ | url=https://zeroplayers.com/especial-yesterday-origins-entrevista-pendulo-studios/ | title=Especial ''Yesterday Origins'': entrevista a Pendulo Studios | author=ZeroAdmin | date=December 5, 2016 | work=ZeroPlayers | language=es | archive-date=July 2, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> The company's Josué Monchan estimated that the game was at least "twice as long as its predecessor".<ref name=playmania>{{cite journal | author=Staff | title=En primera persona; Entrevista a... Josué Monchan | date=October 2016 | journal=[[:es:Playmanía|PlayManía]] | language=es | issue=216 | pages=14, 15 }}</ref> Pendulo chose the prequel-sequel format in an effort to make the game equally understandable and enjoyable for both series newcomers and players of the original ''Yesterday'', according to Monchan.<ref name=revogamers>{{cite AV media | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712212957/https://www.revogamers.net/noticias-w/revoradio/revogamers-radio-4x31yesterday-origins-nube-de-nintendo-switch-20912/ | url=https://www.revogamers.net/noticias-w/revoradio/revogamers-radio-4x31yesterday-origins-nube-de-nintendo-switch-20912/ | title=Revogamers Radio 4x31: ''Yesterday Origins'' y la nube de Nintendo Switch | people=Mena, Manuel Luis | work=Revogamers Radio | date=May 25, 2018 | language=es | time=14:42 | archive-date=July 12, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>

While Pendulo had previously developed games with a proprietary [[game engine]], ''Yesterday Origins'' was made in [[Unity (game engine)|Unity]]. The team later called this "the most brutal change" in project management that Pendulo had undergone.<ref name=competir>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128083230/https://as.com/meristation/2020/11/28/reportajes/1606550515_914667.html | url=https://as.com/meristation/2020/11/28/reportajes/1606550515_914667.html | title=Pendulo Studios, los españoles que quisieron competir con LucasArts | author=Oller, Martin | date=November 28, 2020 | work=[[:es:MeriStation|MeriStation]] | language=es | archive-date=November 28, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
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With an aggregate score of 76, the Xbox One version of ''Yesterday Origins'' was among the 18 highest-rated Spanish games listed on Metacritic by 2017.<ref name=spanishmeta>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626075628/https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/mejores-juegos-espanoles-segun-notas-metacritic-93834 | url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reportajes/mejores-juegos-espanoles-segun-notas-metacritic-93834 | title=Los mejores juegos españoles según las notas de Metacritic | author=Huertos, Alejandro Alcolea | date=March 30, 2017 | language=Spanish | work=[[HobbyConsolas]] | archivedate=June 26, 2019 | deadurl=no }}</ref>
| MC = 74/100 (PC)<ref name=mcpc>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/yesterday-origins/critic-reviews/?platform=pc | title=''Yesterday Origins'' for PC | work=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=July 8, 2020 }}</ref> <br /> 73/100 (PS4)<ref name=mcps4>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/yesterday-origins/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 | title=''Yesterday Origins'' for PlayStation 4 | work=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=July 8, 2020 }}</ref> <br /> 76/100 (XONE)<ref name=mcxbox>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/yesterday-origins/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-one | title=''Yesterday Origins'' for Xbox One | work=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=July 8, 2020 }}</ref> <br /> 68/100 (NS)<ref name=mcswitch>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/yesterday-origins/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch | title=''Yesterday Origins'' for Switch | work=[[Metacritic]] | access-date=July 8, 2020 }}</ref>
| 4P = 71% (PS4)<br />70% (PC)<ref name=4playersrev>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719050741/https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/Allgemein/Test/36912/82154/0/Yesterday_Origins.html#/web/20200719050741mp_/https://www.4players.de/ |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/Allgemein/Test/36912/82154/0/Yesterday_Origins.html | title=Test: ''Yesterday Origins'' | author=Wöbbeking, Jan | date=February 12, 2016 | language=de | work=[[4Players]] | archive-date=July 19, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| AdvGamers = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=advgamersrev>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719204936/https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/31990 | url=https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/31990 | title=''Yesterday Origins'' review | author=Ruha, Shuva | date=January 20, 2017 |work=[[Adventure Gamers]] | archive-date=July 19, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| Gamekult = 5/10<ref name=gamekultrev>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909052911/https://www.gamekult.com/jeux/yesterday-origins-3050472015/test.html | url=https://www.gamekult.com/jeux/yesterday-origins-3050472015/test.html | title=Test : ''Yesterday Origins'' (PC) | author=Gautoz | date=November 25, 2016 | language=fr | work=[[:fr:Gamekult|Gamekult]] | archive-date=September 9, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| HC = 90/100<ref name=hobbyconsolasrev>{{cite journal | author=Ruiz, Clara Castaño | title=Análisis; ''Yesterday Origins'' | language=es | issue=304 | journal=[[HobbyConsolas]] | date=October 2016 | pages=76, 77 }}</ref>
| JXV = 17/20<ref name=jeuxvideorev>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329081212/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/564203/yesterday-origins-le-grand-retour-de-pendulo-studios.htm | url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/564203/yesterday-origins-le-grand-retour-de-pendulo-studios.htm | title=Test : ''Yesterday Origins'' : le grand retour de Pendulo Studios | author=ChewbieFR | language=fr | work=[[Jeuxvideo.com]] | date=November 11, 2016 | archive-date=March 29, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| MIC = 85/100<ref name=micromaniarev>{{cite journal | author=Pareja, Àlex | title=Review; ''Yesterday Origins'' | issue=260 | language=es | journal=[[Micromanía]] | volume=Third Época | date=December 2016 | pages=76, 77 }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Canard PC]]''
| rev4Score = 7/10<ref name=canardpc>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719190452/https://www.canardpc.com/349/hier-est-un-autre-jour-yesterday-origins | url=https://www.canardpc.com/349/hier-est-un-autre-jour-yesterday-origins | title=Hier est un autre jour | author=Kalash, Maria | date=December 15, 2016 | work=[[Canard PC]] | language=fr | archive-date=July 19, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[:es:Vandal|Vandal]]''
| rev5Score = 8/10<ref name=vandalrev>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719200320/https://vandal.elespanol.com/analisis/ps4/yesterday-origins/31155#p-73 | url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/analisis/ps4/yesterday-origins/31155#p-73 | title=Análisis de ''Yesterday Origins'' (PS4, Switch, Android, iPhone, PC, Xbox One) | author=Varela, Ramón | date=November 11, 2016 | work=[[:es:Vandal|Vandal]] | language=es | archive-date=July 19, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Igromania]]''
| rev6Score = 7/10 (PC)<ref name=igromania>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223211751/https://www.igromania.ru/article/28489/Morschinki_kak_povod_dlya_samoubiystva_Obzor_Yesterday_Origins.html | url=https://www.igromania.ru/article/28489/Morschinki_kak_povod_dlya_samoubiystva_Obzor_Yesterday_Origins.html | title=Морщинки как повод для самоубийства. Обзор ''Yesterday Origins'' | author=Nelipa, Svetlana | language=ru | work=[[Igromania]] | date=November 26, 2016 | archive-date=February 23, 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Games Machine (Italy)|The Games Machine]]''
| rev7Score = 8.8/10<ref name=tgm>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719220035/https://www.thegamesmachine.it/yesterday-origins/yesterday-origins-recensione-pc-ps4-xbox-one/ | url=https://www.thegamesmachine.it/yesterday-origins/yesterday-origins-recensione-pc-ps4-xbox-one/ | title=''Yesterday Origins'' - Recensione | author=Besser, Paolo | date=November 28, 2016 | work=[[The Games Machine (Italy)|The Games Machine]] | language=it | archive-date=July 19, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>
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Yesterday Origins
European cover for the computer version
Developer(s)Pendulo Studios
Publisher(s)Microïds
Director(s)Ramón Hernáez
Writer(s)Ramón Hernáez, Josué Monchán
Platform(s)
Release
November 10, 2016
  • macOS, Windows
    • WW: November 10, 2016
    Xbox One
    • WW: November 17, 2016
    PlayStation 4
    • NA: November 17, 2016
    • PAL: November 21, 2016
    Android, iOS
    • WW: October 19, 2017
    Nintendo Switch
    • WW: May 31, 2018
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Yesterday Origins is a 2016 graphic adventure game developed by the Spanish company Pendulo Studios and published by Microïds. Both a prequel and a sequel to Pendulo's earlier Yesterday, the game follows protagonists John Yesterday and his girlfriend Pauline as they try to unravel the mystery of John's immortality. The player takes control of John and Pauline and explores the game world, solves puzzles, collects items and converses with non-player characters.

Yesterday Origins began development in November 2014. It was the first new title that Pendulo had embarked on since 2012, when financial problems had forced the company to restructure.

Reviews for Yesterday Origins were generally mixed, according to Metacritic, although its release for Xbox One won positive reviews and was among the highest-scoring Spanish-made games on the website by 2017.

Gameplay

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Yesterday Origins is a graphic adventure game.

Plot

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Yesterday Origins focuses on both the events that occurred centuries ago when John Yesterday became an immortal and the present timeline after the first game.

Having been caught by the Spanish Inquisition, John yesterday escapes with the help of Father Gines. Gines takes yesterday to a noble estate, where he translates the book of The flesh in order to create the potion of immortality. When Gines asks John to torture a child for the entertainment of the call John refuses and helps him escape.

In the present day, John yesterday and his girlfriend Pauline sell a huge Japanese sculpture to Baxter, an eccentric millionaire heiress. While meeting her, John finds a book with the tattoo of the book of the flesh, and tracks it to the author in New York. When leaving New York, John is kidnapped by Baxter's head of security and taken back to Frances, where he meets father Gines, now old and decrepit, who only lives two or three weeks before dying and returning as a frail old man. Gines begs John to read the book again to find a potion to reverse immortality. Baxter interrupts the process planning to take the potion herself to become immortal

However, as shown in an flashback, Pauline had swapped out the coin of judgment, one of the central ingredients. After being forced to drink the potion and being murdered, Pauline returns to life, and Baxter commits suicide, not realizing Pauline was already immortal.

Yesterday reads the book of the flesh again, and realizes he's been immortal even before he met Gine's, instead returning as a child rather than an adult. After making the reversal potion, Gines shoots John and then commits suicide. Pauline briefly considers drinking the potion as well, before John reappears as a baby.

Development

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Following Pendulo Studios' unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign for its project Day One in September 2012,[1] the developer neared bankruptcy and entered a two-year period of inactivity.[2][3][4] Crowdfunding had been the company's attempt to survive after it was unable to secure a traditional publisher.[5] Pendulo's Juan Miguel Marín recalled the period as "a bad time",[6] while Albert Garciá of La Vanguardia noted that "the future of this company was uncertain" at the time.[4] The developer's disappearance ended in mid-December 2014, when the studio signed a deal with Microïds to create an unannounced new adventure game. Its development began "immediately", according to Pendulo.[2] The project was revealed as Yesterday Origins in May 2015.[7]

Pendulo attempted to make Yesterday Origins harder than its last several games, following a yearslong trend of reducing the difficulty of each successive title in response to market demands.[8] The company's Josué Monchan estimated that the game was at least "twice as long as its predecessor".[9] Pendulo chose the prequel-sequel format in an effort to make the game equally understandable and enjoyable for both series newcomers and players of the original Yesterday, according to Monchan.[10]

While Pendulo had previously developed games with a proprietary game engine, Yesterday Origins was made in Unity. The team later called this "the most brutal change" in project management that Pendulo had undergone.[11]

Reception

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According to Metacritic, reviews of Yesterday Origins were "mixed or average" across its PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and computer releases.[12][15][13] Its Xbox One version scored higher, netting "generally positive reviews" from critics.[14] HobbyConsolas reported that the game's release for Xbox One was one of the 18 highest-rated Spanish games listed on Metacritic by 2017.[26]

References

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  1. ^ Leiva, Carlos (September 17, 2012). "La financiación de Day One fracasa y el juego queda cancelado". Vandal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 22, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Alonso, Álvaro (December 9, 2014). "Pendulo Studios trabaja en su nueva aventura gráfica". El Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Cano, Jorge (August 30, 2016). "Impresiones Yesterday Origins". Vandal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 22, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Garciá, Albert (December 12, 2014). "Pendulo Studios trabaja en una nueva aventura gráfica". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 12, 2019.
  5. ^ Allin, Jack (August 15, 2012). "Day One - Pendulo Studios Interview". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012.
  6. ^ Rodriguez, Lara Isabel (October 16, 2016). "[Charlando] Pendulo Studios nos habla de Yesterday Origins, de su pasado, presente y futuro" (in Spanish). Game España. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019.
  7. ^ Allin, Jack (May 22, 2015). "Pendulo gets started on Yesterday Origins for 2016". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019.
  8. ^ ZeroAdmin (December 5, 2016). "Especial Yesterday Origins: entrevista a Pendulo Studios". ZeroPlayers (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 2, 2019.
  9. ^ Staff (October 2016). "En primera persona; Entrevista a... Josué Monchan". PlayManía (in Spanish) (216): 14, 15.
  10. ^ Mena, Manuel Luis (May 25, 2018). Revogamers Radio 4x31: Yesterday Origins y la nube de Nintendo Switch. Revogamers Radio (in Spanish). Event occurs at 14:42. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019.
  11. ^ Oller, Martin (November 28, 2020). "Pendulo Studios, los españoles que quisieron competir con LucasArts". MeriStation (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 28, 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Yesterday Origins for PC". Metacritic. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Yesterday Origins for PlayStation 4". Metacritic. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Yesterday Origins for Xbox One". Metacritic. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Yesterday Origins for Switch". Metacritic. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  16. ^ Wöbbeking, Jan (February 12, 2016). "Test: Yesterday Origins". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on July 19, 2020.
  17. ^ Ruha, Shuva (January 20, 2017). "Yesterday Origins review". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on July 19, 2020.
  18. ^ Gautoz (November 25, 2016). "Test : Yesterday Origins (PC)". Gamekult (in French). Archived from the original on September 9, 2017.
  19. ^ Ruiz, Clara Castaño (October 2016). "Análisis; Yesterday Origins". HobbyConsolas (in Spanish) (304): 76, 77.
  20. ^ ChewbieFR (November 11, 2016). "Test : Yesterday Origins : le grand retour de Pendulo Studios". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Archived from the original on March 29, 2018.
  21. ^ Pareja, Àlex (December 2016). "Review; Yesterday Origins". Micromanía (in Spanish). Third Época (260): 76, 77.
  22. ^ Kalash, Maria (December 15, 2016). "Hier est un autre jour". Canard PC (in French). Archived from the original on July 19, 2020.
  23. ^ Varela, Ramón (November 11, 2016). "Análisis de Yesterday Origins (PS4, Switch, Android, iPhone, PC, Xbox One)". Vandal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 19, 2020.
  24. ^ Nelipa, Svetlana (November 26, 2016). "Морщинки как повод для самоубийства. Обзор Yesterday Origins". Igromania (in Russian). Archived from the original on February 23, 2017.
  25. ^ Besser, Paolo (November 28, 2016). "Yesterday Origins - Recensione". The Games Machine (in Italian). Archived from the original on July 19, 2020.
  26. ^ Huertos, Alejandro Alcolea (March 30, 2017). "Los mejores juegos españoles según las notas de Metacritic". HobbyConsolas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 26, 2019.
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