About I Wanna Be the Guy
I Wanna Be the Guy: The Movie: The Game is a 2D platform indie freeware video game created by independent developer Michael "Kayin" O'Reilly for Microsoft
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I Wanna Be The Guy: The Movie: The Game is a sardonic loveletter to the halcyon days of early American videogaming, packaged as a nail-rippingly difficult platform adventure. Players fill the role of The Kid, a youthful, vaguely Megaman-esque protagonist on a quest to become The Guy. This inscrutable plot, however, is just a vehicle for a wide variety of inventive, well-designed and frustrating jump-and-shoot challenges that pay homage to many of the games you loved as a child. The ever-fragile Kid explodes in a shower of red pixels at the slightest brush from the game's many obstacles, from traditional spikes and bottomless pits to more unconventional killers, such as plantlife and puzzle pieces. Using a multiroute layout not unlike a Metroidvania, the game grants a degree of deadly expl
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About I Wanna Be the Guy
I Wanna Be the Guy is a game developed by Kayin. Released in 2007, built on the Multimedia Fusion engine, I Wanna Be the Guy falls under the Shooter and Platform and Puzzle genres. It holds an overall rating of 83/100 based on 25 ratings.
The game is available on PC and can be found on itch.io.. Game modes include Single player.
The game explores themes of Action, Comedy and is played from a Side view perspective., with 1 DLC and expansion available. Players who enjoy I Wanna Be the Guy might also like the 8 similar games listed above.