Most top-flight puzzle crackers are known for their speed, but the FBI's Nelson Tethers isn't like most puzzle crackers. In fact, he'll need until June 30 to put together the answer to his latest stumper: Puzzle Agent 2, coming to iPad, iPhone, Mac and PC from Telltale.
After a brief E3 demo of Tether's second case, we were left with a pretty darn clear message: The game's more of the same, although that's not necessarily bad.
Give us the market's largest commercially available magnifying lens and we still wouldn't be able to tell Puzzle Agent 1 and 2 apart by presentation alone. So if you've got a problem with the series' odd humor or slideshow animation, you won't see it fixed here.
However, if you were irritated by the tendency of puzzles in Scoggins, Minn. to repeat themselves, you'll be happy to hear that Telltale is including more puzzles with more variety this time around. Considering puzzle repetition was our biggest problem with Puzzle Agent 1, Tethers may have just found the solution for winning back our hearts.
Reader Comments (9)
Posted: Jun 10th 2011 2:01PM Dance Mofo said
AHHHhhaahhhAHHHH!!
Posted: Jun 10th 2011 2:09PM Jay Z said
I saw crack in the title and automatically clicked on it.
Posted: Jun 10th 2011 2:13PM Faceless Troll said
I was kind of surprised that the first game ended where it did, like it wasn't really finished.
Posted: Jun 10th 2011 2:29PM Faceless Troll said
@Putts Yeah, I'm a puzzle game junkie so I liked everything else about the game but the way it ended. Nice to see the sequel might fix that at least.
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Posted: Jun 10th 2011 2:43PM matthargett said
My husband and I played this on iPhone during a trip to India, then played it again a few months later on PS3. Loved it, even the second time. My only complaint was the extreme close-ups of that revealed the lack of high-res texture assets.
I thought the "cliffhanger" ending was cool, and it fit with TellTale's episodic leanings.
We also really liked Blue Toad Murder Files -- hopefully that will see as second "season" very soon.
I thought the "cliffhanger" ending was cool, and it fit with TellTale's episodic leanings.
We also really liked Blue Toad Murder Files -- hopefully that will see as second "season" very soon.
Posted: Jun 10th 2011 2:59PM adamjgp said
fun




