GamerNode's Eddie Inzauto writes:
"A strictly ludic examination of a video game that emphasizes narrative as its predominant driving component tends to be dismissive of the game’s relevance to what many believe are the inherent tenets of play. Adventure games may run the greatest risk of such criticism, but a comedic approach to storytelling, as seen in Wadjet Eye’s Da New Guys: Day of the Jackass, can and does reclaim a sense of playfulness that is perhaps lost in the genre’s core mechanics, and helps to re-assert that play itself spans a broader spectrum of activity than commonly presumed."
Comparisons to LucasArts are apt. Da New Guys often mimics the sharply humorous characterisations and writing that became synonymous with the iconic studio during its glory years. The game’s central trio of heroes are all uniquely identifiable yet starkly different. To have three wildly contrasting characters compliment each other so well is no mean feat – creator Chris Burton should be commended for dreaming up such an off-the-wall premise that actually works.
Wrestling enters the point-and-click ring and Gnome's Lair reviews the latest indie, humorous, point-and-click adventure by Wadjet Eye Games.
Gamertell has posted a positive review of Wadjeteye Games' PC/Mac game, Da New Guys.
From Gamertell's review:
"The game is very funny and satirical as well. Clicking on different things will often give you a sarcastic or quirky remark and most of the puzzles are solved by doing something silly and obscure. Even The Defender who is the serious one of the group has some good lines. There are also a couple of fake endings that are simply there for comic effect."
It's a dying genre, but I'm glad to see some devs still pushing the limits like here.