Agent Nelson Tethers just solved the biggest case of his career. So why isn't he satisfied? Theres still the case of
a missing eraser factory foreman
, a whispering madness is still creeping from mind to mind, and a troubling recurrence of... creatures... is lurking into the town.
The FBI's Department of Puzzle Research has marked the case closed -- are they sweeping it under the rug? Or worse, do they not even care? Worried that the case will languish forever unsolved, Tethers must go rogue and venture back to the eerie town of Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all.
The gameplay itself and the puzzles are a bit shallow when compared to Layton, but the atmosphere, characters and voice acting are fantastic. Its like if David Lynch made Fargo.
Picked it up since the first game was great and I got the gift, can't wait to start playing on Monday. BTW SalsaShark you can buy the game now for a $1 discount not a $10 discount.
The first one is pretty budget title. Even though it's short there's a fair amount of puzzle recycling and the puzzles themselves are usually too cryptic/clunky or too obvious. Everything else about it is pretty good and IIRC for Puzzle Agent 2 they hired a proper puzzle guy to do the puzzles.
Ended up with Puzzle Agent 1 from one of the Steam Indie Bundles and really had almost zero expectations for it(I didn't even realize it was a Telltale Game until I loaded it up), and it blew me away. The actual puzzles themselves tended to be a bit unintuitive, a couple times I had to use 3 hints to even figure out what the puzzle wanted me to do, but literally everything else about the game is magnificent. The voice acting is great, the characters are wonderful, the plot is genuinely interesting. Can't recommend it enough.
It's amazing that such a small project succeeds in so many ways that most retail games completely fail.
Ended up with Puzzle Agent 1 from one of the Steam Indie Bundles and really had almost zero expectations for it(I didn't even realize it was a Telltale Game until I loaded it up), and it blew me away. The actual puzzles themselves tended to be a bit unintuitive, a couple times I had to use 3 hints to even figure out what the puzzle wanted me to do, but literally everything else about the game is magnificent. The voice acting is great, the characters are wonderful, the plot is genuinely interesting. Can't recommend it enough.
It's amazing that such a small project succeeds in so many ways that most retail games completely fail.
I absolutely loved the Professor Layton games for DS and was hoping I would get the same satisfaction from PA1. However, the puzzles are really unintuitive and I often have no idea about what I need to do to solve them. So I don't think I'm gonna pick up PA2.
I absolutely loved the Professor Layton games for DS and was hoping I would get the same satisfaction from PA1. However, the puzzles are really unintuitive and I often have no idea about what I need to do to solve them. So I don't think I'm gonna pick up PA2.
I think that's how most people feel about the puzzles, but in general, there are enough pieces of Hint Gum to power through all of the confusing puzzles. It sounds like they've really taken that criticism to heart, but honestly, I was more than willing to struggle with some of the puzzles in order to get to the good stuff.
Picked it up since the first game was great and I got the gift, can't wait to start playing on Monday. BTW SalsaShark you can buy the game now for a $1 discount not a $10 discount.
I finished this last night, and loved it. It's about the same length of the first one, but covers way more ground in that time. It's still just as strange, and Sheriff Bahg is still a great character.
I have a feeling this won't be a daily deal. It just came out. I still might wait to pick it up though. I did like the first one, I just hated some of the puzzles. Layton had the same problem as well.
I think that's how most people feel about the puzzles, but in general, there are enough pieces of Hint Gum to power through all of the confusing puzzles.
Can you guys give a few examples of confusing puzzles? I found all of them quite straightforward and didn't use the hint system at all. I honestly can't think of a single puzzle whose rules are confusing.
Wow i didn't even know about this release Oo.
Played the first one on my iPhone but didn't finish it. Maybe i should buy the steam pack and play it on my mac instead.
Even though it may not look like it initially, but trust me: this is a game that's best played alone at night in the dark with the audio volume turned up to action movie levels. And on a real screen of course, not a phone.
OHHHH YES. SO bought. Loved the shit out of the first one, can't wait to dig into this! Loving the free copy of the first one too, I can convert a friend to buy too
Agreed. The delivery in the first game felt incredibly natural and laid back which isn't something you can say about alot of games.
I'm really glad Telltale decided to continue this series. The original was perhaps my favourite game of last year and probably my favourite Telltale-game to date, despite the shoddy puzzles. I encourage everyone who has even the slightest interest in this kind of game to give it a shot. The original is only 3 euro on steam so there's no excuse unless you're a hobo.
Finished this late last night - really disappointed I loved the first so much but the second game has some real issues which are both story and puzzle related.
Even though it may not look like it initially, but trust me: this is a game that's best played alone at night in the dark with the audio volume turned up to action movie levels. And on a real screen of course, not a phone.
Well i bought PA2 (came packed with the first game) through Steam today and had great time with it. Going to play through the first one again, this time on a bigger screen
Moobabe said:
Finished this late last night - really disappointed I loved the first so much but the second game has some real issues which are both story and puzzle related.
Yep - as it stands their inclusion is just a complete joke and another layer in an already bizarre plot. Don't get me wrong - I love the insanity of the story of the first game; it made sense in its own logic. The second isn't as consistent and every bizarre 'twist' just feels completely out of place.
Enjoyed it, but agree with the criticisms about the story compared to the first game. The creepy atmosphere didn't work as well since the
astronaut and hidden people
were carried over from the previous game. I wish that more of the game had been like the
milkshake
scene - that was great.
Another thing is that at a few points in the game it seemed like there were scenes missing. For example,
Nelson is in the woods, explicitly says that he won't be able to find his way back, ends up running from the astronaut suit, then suddenly is back in bed with no explanation of how he found his way back or what happened to the researcher.
And of course, the ending:
After he throws the ray in the lake they just let him go? He is back in his office with absolutely no positive or negative consequences? Why didn't we get to see what happened with his boss?
