Doing the same thing multiple times is tiresome. This puzzle was in the first game….once or twice and it was fun that exact amount of times. Using various “logs or planks or objects” get the “laser or light or beam” to bounce to its end destination. They seem to be a rehash of the same format “laser or light or beam” needs to get to x point. It lacks the whimsy of the first, it’s like eating stale bread. Everything is just a more in-depth and less interesting version of the first game with some trippy drug moments that seem out of place. The woodlands cult also makes an appearance in the first game. He’s traveling back to the town of Scoggins where he previously investigated disappearances surrounding the local eraser factory to figure out what is going on with a mysterious cult there.
He works for the FBI’s puzzle department solving various puzzle related crimes and I assume trying to stop Will Shortz from hurting all of us with those Sunday Times crosswords. You play as Nelson Tethers, who is a Puzzle Agent. If you’re not familiar with the story of the first game, this game is literally just an amped up version of it.
Instead it relied on a good old mixture of X-files, Twin Peaks, and Fargo to create the town of Scoggins. It didn’t have the dramatic “x person will remember this” feature that became so commonplace in Telltale games after the Walking Dead. Puzzle Agent was fun, and quirky just like every John Green love interest. This is the sequel to that offbeat little gem Puzzle Agent, and it is sadly a disaster. If you remember awhile back I reviewed a little game called Puzzle Agent made by the now defunct TellTale Games. It’s bombastic, in your face, and I think it knows that it’s crazy. There were so many times I was laughing at the sheer “what in the world” factor of the whole thing. The puzzles have no logical sense, there are spelling errors out of every corner, and it can be buggy in the hit boxes but this is my kind of game. There are lots of problems with this game so I don’t feel it’s fair to give it a final rating as I’m biased. Be on the lookout for updates on the status of the crowdfunding for part 2 on Steam and also be on the lookout for me to play it on my stream! I love these weird little oddities so we’ll definitely be finishing it up as they come out. They have sadly not been released yet, crowdfunding is currently taking place on the second one. Part 1 of 3 Cowpocalypse leaves you with a massive cliffhanger which left me howling with laughter but also ready to play the next two. This story can’t just be told in one part, it’s an episodic series. If Mystery Science Theater watched games this would be on their viewing list. The perfect intersection of fun and good is when you get a perfect game, but when you have a fun bad game it’s like a B movie. Originality people? Have you heard of it? Hear me out though. You’re sitting there thinking we’ve seen this a million times Jess! Oh great! ANOTHER little boy adventure with missing cows, talking trees, and drunken Russian Santas. Along the way he solves puzzles, meets a drunken Russian Santa, and talks to trees. Worried about the fact his father will somehow blame him for all this, Zack decides to find the cows. Cue up the My Chemical Romance youngster. He wakes up to find a reindeer has crashed into the roof over his bed (butt first oddly) and all of his parent’s cows are gone from the property. Cowpocalypse tells the story of this kid that looks like they shrunk Zack from Saved by the Bell. Moove over other games cause this game is udderly unbelievable.
Maybe that’s just me though, a private detective of time wasting. It is one of those gems you find one late night when going down ten rabbit holes researching something random. Cowpocalypse was a very real and very free game on Steam.