The berries on the lever????? – Shadow Wolf Mysteries: Curse of Wolfhill Review

I played through this game fine the first time, all the way up to the "pay to continue" part. Hush. I will, eventually. Anyways, I restart and play through up until, as the other review mentions, I get to the part where I need to lift the gate to save Neil, with the berries I need resting conveniently on the lever nearby. I tap, and tap, but nothing, zilch, nada. I restart again, thinking it's a glitch, and get to the same part. I tap "Hint" and it indicates the berries on the lever. I tap. And tap again. And again. I tap "Hint" again and now he says, in essence, "there is nothing I can do here". No tasks are indicated on the map, and he reports nothing to do, or to continue his investigation elsewhere no matter where I go. I cannot continue. (Also, after the first playthrough, none of the cutscenes appear. Is that related?)
Review by The One Player?????? on Shadow Wolf Mysteries: Curse of Wolfhill.