Baby Steps

"Baby Steps is unconventional in every way: a strange and unique gameplay style, a difficulty that is sometimes fun and sometimes frustrating, and sarcastic dialogues that hide deep messages beneath the surface. It’s an experience that may make you laugh …"

"Baby Steps, at times, struggles to walk the tightrope between frustration and satisfaction, but it stays on the rope at least as often as I was able to keep Nate on a thin wooden plank. I could have done without …"

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"Baby Steps won&s;t click with everyone, but if you have the patience, it delivers one of the most memorable and oddly inspiring platformers in years. Every laugh comes with frustration, every fall makes the next step sweeter, and the whole …"

"Tiptoeing on the knife&s;s edge of punishing rage bait and profound accomplishment, Baby Steps will either victimize or enthrall depending on the player. That fine line opens the path for both a brilliant anti-game or a fist through your screen, …"

"Baby Steps is exactly all it’s advertised to be. A clumsy, physics-first walking simulator that places an unwashed oaf at the heart of a very odd world. I don’t feel like it’s as punishing as Getting Over it, but the …"

"Some will enjoy struggling to climb sandy dunes and laughing at their friends falling down the same cliffside for the hundredth time, but no amount of creative appreciation will change how I felt playing Baby Steps. Every time I put …"

"Your mileage with Baby Steps will vary greatly. The heavy use of physics and intentionally awkward controls make a game that is designed to be frustrating, even when you feel like you&s;re starting to master the mechanics. This frustration has …"

"You&s;ll painfully wander aimlessly for hours. You&s;ll cringe hard at the "humor" that gets way too gratuitous, gross, and vulgar completely unjustifiably. This becomes a mostly mean-spirited game that even wants to drive you insane with the soundtrack. Laugh and …"

"The title by Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy offers a contemplative and poetic journey where every stumble belongs to us and makes us responsible for what happens to us. It is an experience that transforms the resignation of …"

"If you enjoy Baby Steps, I&s;m genuinely jealous. It says something nice about you: that you are patient and resilient. I am neither. I get frustrated. I want to throw the controller at the wall. And most importantly: I&s;m not …"

"Baby Steps has a simple premise, but a lot of depth. You’re pushed to be patient and persistent by the mechanics. In fact, the whole game is built around punishing you for being foolish or hasty. Every character is begging …"

"A Sisyphean challenge after which you&s;ll never take pressing W to walk for granted again."

"With intentionally difficult physics-based gameplay, Baby Steps can bring out the worst or best in you. If you&s;re willing to gel with the QWOP-style controls for a sense of self-accomplishment, with an absurd but impactful story, then it may just …"

"Part physics-based, slapstick open world walking sim, part satire of the worst parts of modern gaming, Baby Steps is a stumblecore banger that only those with a penchant for punishment and hyper-realistic donkey dicks will manage."

"What we have at the end of the day is a strange, silly game that is a little too sure of itself to stick its landing effectively. It stretches itself too thin to be consistently funny and its story is …"

"It&s;s impossible to hate a game that offers experiences like these."

"Baby Steps is a unique, yet somewhat divisive experience. Its sarcastic humor, awkward controls, and experimental approach will appeal to those who enjoy unusual challenges and don&s;t mind getting angry to overcome them. For everyone else, the game may simply …"

"Baby Steps is the new game from Bennett Foddy. So be prepared for frustration accompanied by a good dose of humor. You play nate. An anime fan who has to learn to walk again after too much One Piece."

"Challenging you to make your way up a mountain, Baby Steps is likely to be one of the most divisive games of the year. With its hands-off approach, you&s;re left to find your own fun as you ascend, and struggle …"

"Baby Steps walks a fine line between frustration and accomplishment to provide a walking simulator and climbing experience quite unlike anything else."

"Everything Baby Steps does, it executes with excellence, and I can’t think of anything else like it."

"As literal a walking simulator as you could want for, Baby Steps makes no secret of being a challenging, punishing game. It&s;s enjoyable in a way, and the awkward sense of humour laced throughout both the gameplay and the story …"

"Baby Steps is more than it first appears, offering up a heartfelt story about a man grappling with his insecurities as he&s;s forced to keep going. The intentionally tricky walking and climbing is a lot of fun to grapple with, …"

"And love Baby Steps I did. There are few ways this game could better achieve its aims; in what it is trying to be Baby Steps approaches perfection. Whether what it is trying to be is for you, well that …"

"I can’t universally recommend Baby Steps. It’s a niche game designed for a specific type of player—one who finds joy in mastery through failure, who appreciates a weird and wonderful sense of humor, and who has the patience of a …"

"Baby Steps is an infuriating ordeal of intentionally awkward physics that’s brutal, unbelievably stupid, and downright awesome."

"Baby Steps is a masterpiece of game design and storytelling. It takes the "Foddian" genre and adds a new layer of open-world freedom and emotional depth. You will hate it, you will love it, and you will not forget it. …"

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