Comments on: Do you have what it takes to be The Guy?

Do you have what it takes to be The Guy?

aftermarketradio — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:24:08 -0800

I Wanna Be The Guy is an insanely addictive and sadistically difficult independently developed video game that takes you on a wacky romp through some truly brilliantly designed stages. Along the way you have to best gaming history's most perilous adversaries, like a Giant Radioactive Zangief.

It's gotten some great acclaim from indie gaming bastions such as TIGSource and Destructoid. If you enjoyed watching (or, God help you, playing) Kazio Mario World or Jinsei Owatta (both previously), then you should love I Wanna Be The Guy. Watch copious YouTube footage of the game here. Or read more about it and download it here. Via

By: fuzzypantalones

fuzzypantalones — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:52:25 -0800

that link doesnt work for me.

By: fuzzypantalones

fuzzypantalones — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:54:59 -0800

hm. is the site down already?

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:58:32 -0800

the giant mike tyson is clutch.

By: painquale

painquale — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:06:36 -0800

Oh, FUCK that falling star at the end of the fourth screen of the demo. I don't know if I have the patience for this. Too much strict memorization and trial and error. Pretty cool look, though.

By: bunnytricks

bunnytricks — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:07:43 -0800

I saw Giant Radioactive Zangief and immediately downloaded it. Then I clicked [more inside] on this FPP and saw it compared to Kazio Mario and watched the youtube vid. Now I feel like a huge dick for wasting the designers bandwidth, but my dickitude is tempered by the his ass-osity in programming an unplayable game.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:11:53 -0800

I just want to be clear that that guy who uploaded the run through videos of himself playing I Want to Be The Guy should be the first one up against the wall when the revolution comes. That is the most annoying video of all time.

By: painquale

painquale — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:16:00 -0800

But then I have to fight giant Mike Tyson, which cheers me up and keeps me going.

By: demiurge

demiurge — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:17:55 -0800

I think the videos are hilarious, but I don't really Want to be the Guy.

By: eurasian

eurasian — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:36:23 -0800

Watching the videos, I have only one response: Jesus H. Christ.

By: RakDaddy

RakDaddy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:46:27 -0800

This game has "Fuck this, I'd rather try to meet girls" written all over it.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:52:33 -0800

Giant green Zangief WHY?

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:18:31 -0800

Sweet Jesus I miss my megaman. I need to get a working television...

By: griphus

griphus — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:25:44 -0800

I think the videos are more fun to watch than actually playing it. Here's Part 1/30 of someone playing it on Very Hard. The commentary is a little ... horrible, though.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:39:03 -0800

About 10 seconds of one YouTube was all it took for me to bail. Oh, puh-lease.

By: rlk

rlk — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:01:54 -0800

Heh. The giant radioactive Zangief is named Kraidgief. That's even better.

By: CheshireCat

CheshireCat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:11:52 -0800

This game is a work of sadistic beauty. No matter what setting you play it on, it will be as hard as any game you've ever played, and if you have an appreciation for these kinds of things you'll start to laugh out loud at some of the more clever traps, even as you gnash your teeth in frustration. It's almost like a nightmare version of nostalgia, where all the hardest victories of a childhood wasted on video games come back to be faced again with no room for error. Check out Nikumatic for better videos than the ones in the other youtube link. These are short, no commentary videos of a prefect run through the game. Some of the level designs, particularly the stretch after Mike Tyson, are hilariously twisted.

By: Curry

Curry — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:07:35 -0800

So many adverbs, so little time.

By: m0nm0n

m0nm0n — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:53:19 -0800

This game is so dick.

By: cog_nate

cog_nate — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:21:51 -0800

~~Yes yes yes oh my god yes make it hurt aaaauhhn.~~ This is a nice, fun game.

By: painquale

painquale — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:44:38 -0800

ARGH! Despite saying upthread that I don't have the patience for this game, I stuck with it to see how far I could get on Hard mode. After much teeth-gnashing and brow-furrowing, and having racked up 3940 deaths so far, I managed to make it to The Guy. But I just. Can't. Beat him. There's no way I'm quitting now! The time I spent perfecting my wall jumps was probably originally intended by Fate to be when I'd meet the woman I'd eventually marry. If I'm going to throw away a future of happiness and compassion, there's no way it's going to be for a video game that I can't beat. You hear that, The Guy? It'll be for a video game that I finish!