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Der Fall John Yesterday

Based on 13 reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

4
Average:

1
Bad:

6

Pros

Reasonably pretty.
A few clever narrative moments.
Unintentional comedy.
Some interesting story twists.
Good array of puzzles.
Lively visuals.

Cons

Awful puzzles.
A weak script and incredibly short.
Uneven cast of characters.
Disjointed pace.
Inconsistent voice acting.
Ending not timed well.

By Gamers Daily News on April 03, 2012

ReplayEach individual area may be replayed as many times as you would...

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By GameSpy on April 03, 2012

Even with its cliches, Yesterday probably looked good on paper. It's a comic-book-style thriller about a mysterious amnesiac (take a shot), which takes the graphical charm of the Runaway games and pushes them into the service of a much darker story...

30
By GameSpot on March 29, 2012

In the opening seconds of Yesterday, you see bloody pentagrams scrawled on the floor, hear tortured screams, and spot references to alchemy, the Vatican Secret Archives, and the Spanish Inquisition. It's a heavy-handed way to tell you something foul...

60
By Destructoid on March 27, 2012

Pendulo studios have had a long history in making adventure games, starting in the mid-'90s and continuing up to the recent Runaway franchise and last year's release The Next Big Thing. Yesterday is the studio's latest point and click title,...

80
By Strategy Informer on March 23, 2012

I had hope for Yesterday, you know. When I wrote my preview of this adventure I had a few issues but nothing that couldn’t be fixed. Let me keep things simple, as lord knows Péndulo Studios haven’t: nothing has been fixed, it's only...

40
By Games Radar on March 22, 2012

It's the sign of a strong point-and-click adventure puzzle when you know what you have to do, have a basic idea as to how to do it, but don’t know how you’re actually going to. Essentially, you see the door, know it’s locked, and...

50
By GamingShogun on March 21, 2012

I was fortunate enough to get to play the preview for Yesterday and in a very short section of the game I learned it was one of the most twisted point and click games I have ever seen. The characters were disturbed at best, the items you point and...

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By I Am Gamer on May 11, 2012

Der Fall John Yesterday - TestHangover, Total Recall, Memento und natürlich Ey Mann - Wo is´ mein Auto? - versierte Kinogänger können ein Lied davon singen, wie ungemein unterhaltsam es sein kann, einer Figur beim Stöbern in der...

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By Computer Bild on May 09, 2012

Wie heiße ich? Wer bin ich? Zentrale Fragen im Leben. Doch hier geht es nicht um Altersdemenz, sondern um...

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By Netzwelt on May 08, 2012

Mit dem "Fall John Yesterday" verlangen die Pendulo Studios und Publisher Crimson Cow Adventure-Spielern einiges ab - nicht wegen eines übertrieben hohen Schwierigkeitsgrads, sondern vielmehr aufgrund der unkonventionellen Erzählstruktur....

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