<s>
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2016	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Spanish	O
company	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Microïds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
and	O
a	O
sequel	B-Language
to	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
earlier	O
Yesterday	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
follows	O
protagonists	O
John	O
Yesterday	B-Application
and	O
his	O
girlfriend	O
Pauline	O
as	O
they	O
try	O
to	O
unravel	O
the	O
mystery	O
of	O
John	O
's	O
immortality	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
for	O
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
were	O
generally	O
mixed	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
although	O
its	O
release	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
won	O
positive	O
reviews	O
and	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
highest-scoring	O
Spanish-made	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
by	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
focuses	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
events	O
that	O
occurred	O
centuries	O
ago	O
when	O
John	O
Yesterday	B-Application
became	O
an	O
immortal	O
and	O
the	O
present	O
timeline	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
been	O
caught	O
by	O
the	O
Spanish	O
Inquisition	O
,	O
John	O
yesterday	B-Application
escapes	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Father	O
Gines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gines	O
takes	O
yesterday	B-Application
to	O
a	O
noble	O
estate	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
translates	O
the	O
book	O
of	O
The	O
flesh	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
potion	O
of	O
immortality	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
present	O
day	O
,	O
John	O
yesterday	B-Application
and	O
his	O
girlfriend	O
Pauline	O
sell	O
a	O
huge	O
Japanese	O
sculpture	O
to	O
Baxter	O
,	O
an	O
eccentric	O
millionaire	O
heiress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gines	O
begs	O
John	O
to	O
read	O
the	O
book	O
again	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
potion	O
to	O
reverse	O
immortality	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yesterday	B-Application
reads	O
the	O
book	O
of	O
the	O
flesh	O
again	O
,	O
and	O
realizes	O
he	O
's	O
been	O
immortal	O
even	O
before	O
he	O
met	O
Gine	O
's	O
,	O
instead	O
returning	O
as	O
a	O
child	O
rather	O
than	O
an	O
adult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
revealed	O
as	O
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
attempted	O
to	O
make	O
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
harder	O
than	O
its	O
last	O
several	O
games	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
yearslong	O
trend	O
of	O
reducing	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
each	O
successive	O
title	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
market	O
demands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
chose	O
the	O
prequel-sequel	O
format	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
equally	O
understandable	O
and	O
enjoyable	O
for	O
both	O
series	O
newcomers	O
and	O
players	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Yesterday	B-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
Monchan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Pendulo	O
had	O
previously	O
developed	O
games	O
with	O
a	O
proprietary	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
was	O
made	O
in	O
Unity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
reviews	O
of	O
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
were	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
across	O
its	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
computer	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
scored	O
higher	O
,	O
netting	O
"	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
"	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HobbyConsolas	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
18	O
highest-rated	O
Spanish	O
games	O
listed	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
by	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
