Puzzle Agent

Gameplay-wise it's just Layton Professor. Story with puzzles that are like separate puzzles from puzzle books that don't interconnect with each other. Both Puzzle Agent 1 and 2 are part of the same storyline with largery same gameplay so you probably should get them together, albeit 2 leaves many plotholes and loose ends, woot. But Graham Annable style, wooh! That newspaper cartoonist style turned cozy, woah, it's not just static visual, it's in the whole game. Slightly thriller, many small pauses between dialogues, very fun voice acting. Screaming. Makes the whole deal enjoyable. Not A+, still a bit B, but still. I even like that some puzzles are a bit messy or have Common Sense logic here and there, kinda fits good there.

Puzzle Agent is an adventure/puzzle game by Telltale Games. It released in 2010 and was the first game in their experimenting with other ways to make and play games. I loved this game, though it should be known that Puzzle Agent and Puzzle Agent 2 are actually one full game. This first game will end on a cliffhanger that is picked up and resolved in the second game. The puzzles were quite difficult but also a lot of fun. And I certainly didn’t expect the spookier elements but it totally made the game. I loved the main character Agent Nelson Tethers and all of his reactions to the townspeople and their mystery. It kind of reminded me of the Professor Layton series as well. This is a must for those who like to solve a mystery and puzzles.

When I am consistantly able to to prove that my solutions are correct even though the game is saying otherwise there is a problem.

Really enjoyed this except for the ending. The setup is great, the puzzles are really well tuned to be fun without being frustrating, the story is often hilarious. But the ending is one of the most unsatisfying endings I’ve seen in a long time. We’ll see if the sequel does anything better with it.

8/10

Quite an engaging game, despite not all puzzles being incredibly straightforward it has a good pacing. The story itself and characters, though not thoroughly explained, are quite interesting too. Only wish it had been a bit longer.

An awesome little puzzler!