Gede: May The Puzzlemaster please grant me Puzzle Agent 2?
Granted.
Gede: By the way, what does The Puzzlemaster think of the Puzzle Agent games?
The games are decent, but I'd have to say that the answer to this:
Gede: Are they puzzly enough?
is no. They're honestly your base-level, generic puzzles, the kind you could find in a dollar store book. Which is just fine if you're not used to 'em, but if you've seen nearly everything they can throw at you as I have, they feel a bit dull and uninspired (this isn't Professor Layton caliber, despite the reviews comparing the two games to one another). The art style to them is neat though, and the story has a spooky sorta mystery feel.
From my understanding, it was originally supposed to be an episodic game with I think 4 episodes (which explains the terribly slow pacing of the first episode and the unsatisfying ending), but they ended up having some sort of time crunch and jammed 3 episodes' worth of content into game #2, which, in my opinion, was a far better result. Game #1 isn't all that great, but #2 is quite fun with a neat story that, at last, ties up all the loose ends in #1.
Speaking of which, if you haven't played #1, let me stress that you DEFINITELY need to do so before playing #2. Wouldn't play #1 without the intention of playing #2 either, they're pretty much linked to one another.
oasis789: Please count me in for Halfway, Puzzlemaster. Do I need to solve a puzzle first?
Granted.