Ok, so I just updated my version of the game from 1.5d (I think) and I've found the interaction system to be completely changed. To be honest, I find this such a difficult to use, annoying, and quite frankly unnecessary change that I'm not likely to continue playing or supporting.
But before I take that drastic action, I do want to ask what the logic behind the change was. Was is gained, gameplay-wise or whatever, by having interactions happen in such a manner as opposed to how it was done previously (through the "Talk" function)?