10 Video Games That Want You To Hate Them

6. I Wanna Be The Guy (2007)

I Wanna Be The Guy is like the anti-therapist, it has absolutely no interest in making your life better or making you feel better in it. I Wanna Be The Guy wants to make you feel bad, and it’s good at it.

If you feel like video games just haven’t given you enough trust issues, I Wanna Be The Guy is the game for you. You play as The Kid and you’re about to have the worst day ever. It’s not only hard from the visible platforming challenges, it throws a bunch of super fun surprise ones at you just to up the ante. Think that hallway is safe? Nope you’ve been smooshed to death by a flying spike wall. Reckon you can wander under that bright red apple? Nope it’s made of concrete and you’re dead. Safely made it past all the apples and now you’re on platforms above them? Nope, the apples are now flying up and you’re dead again. Everything is a trap and you have one life.

Clouds can’t be trusted, apples can’t be trusted, basic platforms can’t be trusted. I can only assume this game is a medical tool made for people who need to skyrocket their blood pressure.