Comparison

Puzzle Agent 2 HD vs The Aquarians

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Puzzle Agent 2 HD

An agent returns to a mysterious town to uncover the truth behind a series of strange occurrences and a missing person. This sequel to an award-winning game features a dark, humorous narrative filled with challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Solve challenging puzzles
  • Uncover a dark mystery
  • Engage with dark humor
  • Explore an eerie town
  • Experience a narrative adventure
  • Sequel to an award-winning game
Features
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**NOTE: Not compatible with iPhone 7 devices and iPad Pro devices.** Agent Nelson Tethers just solved the biggest case of his career. So why isn't he satisfied? There’s 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. Sequel to award-winning Puzzle Agent: * TouchArcade – Best of iPad 2010 * IGN – Best iPhone Game of E3 2010 * PC Gamer – Puzzle Game of the Year 2010 * Adventure Gamers – Game of the Year CREEPY PUZZLE ADVENTURE WITH MYSTERY & DARK HUMOR! _____________________________________________ MORE GREAT ADVENTURES BY TELLTALE GAMES: Walking Dead: The Game Back to the Future Tales of Monkey Island Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space Minecraft: Story Mode Tales from the Borderlands Gift this App: Click the arrow next to “Buy App” on the iTunes® App Store. Never miss out on great deals, news and updates. Visit us at… TelltaleGames.com facebook.com/TelltaleGames twitter.com/TelltaleGames youtube.com/TelltaleGames

About

The Aquarians

Embark on a point-and-click adventure set in 1882 New Hampshire. Explore the woods surrounding Thornsworth to uncover a long-forgotten temple and its mysteries. Solve puzzles, collect artifacts, and fulfill your purpose as a local explorer.

Highlights
  • Point-and-click gameplay
  • Puzzle solving
  • Artifact collection
  • Story-driven exploration
  • Historical setting
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The year is 1882, and it’s nearing a peaceful summer in the small American town of Thornsworth, New Hampshire. Meanwhile, the prestigious yet mysterious organization Loci Quaerere has gathered evidence of a long-forgotten temple from a bygone society, the Aquarians. This temple has been determined to be somewhere in the woods surrounding the very same town. In a headline announcement, the organization has sought after a knowledgeable and capable local to perform the tasks of discovery and exploration. That local has turned out to be you. In this playable short, point and click your way through various rooms, puzzles, and your assigned taskbook, to uncover the mysteries of the temple, collect artifacts for sponsors, and fulfill your ultimate purpose.

Screenshots

Puzzle Agent 2 HD4 screens
The Aquarians4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Aquarians at Free against Puzzle Agent 2 HD's $2.99. The Aquarians also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Puzzle Agent 2 HD's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 5). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

The Aquarians is free to download; Puzzle Agent 2 HD costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Aquarians holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puzzle Agent 2 HD has 52 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Puzzle Agent 2 HD's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Aquarians's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Puzzle Agent 2 HD versus The Aquarians: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzle Agent 2 HDThe Aquarians
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (52 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 52 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB116 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperLCG Entertainment, Inc.Logan Head

Customer experience

Puzzle Agent 2 HD

All ratings52 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.8%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral9.2%
Negative22.9%

The Aquarians

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Puzzle Agent 2 HD

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Game crashes and freezes
  • Sound issues (skipping, stuttering, looping)
  • Animation glitches
  • Unresponsive controls
  • Dialogue not playing
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  • Game stuck in a loop or on a specific screen
  • Puzzles not working correctly (e.g., missing elements, incorrect logic)
  • Voice skipping issues
  • Screen turns white
  • Cutscene issues

Requested features

9 requests
  • Bring back Puzzle Agent 1
  • Update Puzzle Agent 1 for modern devices
  • Make Puzzle Agent 1 available on the App Store
  • Create Puzzle Agent 3
  • Add a skip puzzle option
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  • Improve puzzle instructions
  • Make puzzles more challenging
  • Add more content
  • Make the game longer

The Aquarians

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Puzzle Agent 2 HD

No in-app purchases

None

The Aquarians

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puzzle Agent 2 HD free?
Puzzle Agent 2 HD costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Aquarians free?
The Aquarians is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Puzzle Agent 2 HD or The Aquarians?
The Aquarians is rated higher. Puzzle Agent 2 HD averages 4.5 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while The Aquarians averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Puzzle Agent 2 HD or The Aquarians have ads?
Neither Puzzle Agent 2 HD nor The Aquarians shows ads.

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