Now to preface this article, I want to say that I haven't any telltale games, so I don't know if some of my critiques are not applicable. This being said, let's jump into the review.
In simple terms, Puzzle Agents 1 and 2 are puzzle games that are in ways akin to games like the Professor Layton series or Henry Hatsworth. In these games, you take control of Nelson Tethers, the FBI's lead agent in the Puzzle division, and solve crimes throughout the sleepy, Fargo-esque city of Scoggins, Minnesota. One thing that is nice about this series as compared to something like Professor Layton is that the stories and dialogues that are around the puzzles seems cohesive. For example, you could be talking to a citizen of Scoggins about troubles he is having birds, then find yourself solving a puzzle about how to hold weights with multiple birds. In Layton, puzzles are often seemingly random, as some window will remind someone of a puzzle or a little child will randomly give some elaborate to pass the time.
Another thing that I very much enjoy about the Puzzle Agent series is the characters that you run into. Each character seems to have a distinct personality, and this can work bounds in creating affinities to certain characters (my personal favorite is Sheriff Bahg (I just can't get over how perfectly he says "Agent Tethers")). In addition to having a stellar supporting cast, Tethers himself is a delight to use, especially at the times when you can tell that he has absolutely no idea what he is doing (it's very endearing, I promise).
Now although these games are quite charming, they are not without flaw. My first big quip is the number of puzzles. I spent a while in the areas looking for all of the puzzles, and while I may have missed some, I feel confident in saying that each game has less than 50 puzzles. I got the first one for less than $3.50 on the steam sale, so that was a reasonable price, but I ended up beating the first game in less than 5 hours, and I couldn't have spent more than that on the second game. While some of the puzzles are interesting, some were extremely frustrating and one in particular (in Puzzle Agent 2), had me not even angry at the difficulty but at the developer for making assumptions about the player.
The final line? These games are quite fun, and if you are a fan of puzzles, they are definitely worth a check, but I would wait until they go on sale, because as fun as these games are, I found myself disappointed when the credit screen rolled across much sooner than I had expected.