With its cute little rabbit-esque protagonist, pastel, hand-drawn colors, and progressively divergent, iterative, and complex puzzle sequences which soon fold into themselves like ouroboros, Baba is You soon challenges the self-sovereignty of character and player alike as rules are altered, switched, combined, and destroyed with simple movements in order to reach a variety of win states. This unique experience develops further and further to involve Baba and her many friends (and interactable objects) until either the game or the player breaks—sometimes both. The intelligence of the design overall and its easy to grasp concepts, barring a few late game additions (and two expansion level packs which seem unnecessary in comparison to the base game), shifts a self-reflexive focus on the puzzle/video game in playful ways which have only been matched by the likes of The Witness. Baba is You And Good.

I don't normally play puzzle games since I find them uninteresting, repetitive, and (eventually) too difficult but not in an interesting way (even if it is in an interesting way, typically too difficult to bother with).

This game doesn't struggle with that, though. I've beaten almost the entire game (though you could say I already beat it technically). Each level feels very distinct. The gimmick is extremely unique but also super intuitive and versatile. It is amazing how many different levels the game manages to have without it ever feeling like solutions repeat. Each level almost feels like its own little game, thanks to how much potential the gimmick offers.

The game really understands how much potential the gimmick has. It goes really far with it. And it does get pretty difficult (from pretty early on, honestly), but in a way that doesn't make me feel like I'm completely stuck and the only way I could beat the level is through trial and error or having a very specific mental skill.

So many puzzle games feel like they're just spatial management. No matter how cool their mechanics seem, the puzzles just boil down to "You gotta push this thing over here first, then this, then this, and yay you made a path without getting blocked!!"

This game doesn't, though. It does have some of that, but only in small doses; the overall solutions for levels require something that feels creative, not just something that feels like "oh so that's the order that makes it work I guess..."

For me, a good puzzle is one where if you get stuck, when you read the solution you'll go "ooooh I see, that makes sense!" It feels like you could've (at least hypothetically) gotten that if you thought about it enough (not with trial and error/mental mapping). Spatial management puzzles don't do that for me, but this game's puzzles do (mostly). Which, yeah, I've looked up the solutions to a couple of them, but I'm usually still satisfied in those cases because, ya know, I get to see a solution that's actually cool and interesting.

This kinda turned into me just ranting about why I don't enjoy most puzzle games and how this one is not that, but yeah, it's super good and interesting. Even if you aren't great at puzzles and will end up looking a lot of answers up, I recommend trying it out.

Also, I like the visuals.

I absolutely LOVE this game!!!!

I actually almost gave it 5 stars, but gave it half-a-star less, because "Super Mario Galaxy" is just that good.

However, "Baba is You" is AMAZING!!!! Picture puzzles that seem to never end, and you constantly having those deep "aha!" moments, and you driving yourself insane, but still loving it anyways. XD XD XD XD

If you HATE puzzles, DO NOT get this game. ;'D ;'D ;'D

I LOVE puzzles, so I LOVE this game.

It teaches me how to think OUTSIDE the box, and be creative. The puzzles are pretty hard, but if you're patient, and maybe think about a puzzle or two while you're off to work or something, you'll eventually figure it out.

I have solved 100 puzzles currently, and I have NOT cheated AT ALL.

I challenge you to do the same.

(Reseña sacada de mi cuenta de Steam: APolChrome)

Tras jugar y completar los niveles de todos los mundos principales de Baba is You, puedo afirmar que es un juegazo. Lleva los puzzles a otro nivel distinto con una mecánica muy simple: hacer frases para que se cumplan en el juego. Voy a hablar mucho, así que por si acaso quieres llegar fresco al juego, no leas a partir de aquí. Ahora sí, empecemos.

Baba is You es un juego que nos propone puzzles en los que nosotros cambiamos la forma de jugarlos. Puede sonar raro, pero vamos a poner ejemplos. Hay 3 tipos de bloques: los de objetos (como Baba o Rock), los "intermediarios" (Is, And...) y la acción (Push, Win). Alineando estos de diferentes maneras, conseguiremos que los objetos interactúen de esa manera. No sé como será el código del juego, pero tiene una cantidad absurda de interacciones. Todo puede ser o hacer de todo. Al principio es simple, disponiendo de pocos bloques, pero al final, se vuelve en un quebradero de cabeza, pero lo hace tan bien que es difícil criticarlo. Pero esa abrumación es precisamente lo que más quita al juego. Al haber tantas interacciones, el juego solo te enseña unas pocas, por lo que la solución a muchos puzzles se siente extraña y frustrante por lo poco intuitiva que es.

Todo en los puzzles está pensado. La mayoría de niveles tienen bloques que no pueden ser intercambiados, por si acaso se nos ocurre cambiar las condiciones que hacen difícil al puzzle, por lo que la dificultad aumenta muchísimo, pero sin sentirse forzado. Esto sumado al diseño de nivel de cada puzzle, que se amolda perfectamente a todas las características anteriormente mencionadas.

Audiovisualmente, es simple pero funcional. El estilo artístico es uno muy simple y la OST no es nada destacable. No está mal, pero es bastante simple, por lo que no rinde homenaje a la jugabilidad que es más dura a veces que una roca hecha de Nokias.

Como la historia es como un coche volador (todos queremos, pero no existe), Baba is You es un juegazo que si te gustan los juegos de puzzles debes jugar. Para jugarlo necesitarás ser muy resolutivo con poco, pero no veas lo bien que sienta completar sus acertijos. Recomendadísimo.

This game has a very simple premise: Baba is you.

But what if...
Baba wasn't you?
VSauce music plays

Baba Is Amazing

Selten ein Puzzlespiel erlebt, das seinen Content so dermaßen gut ausspielt und dabei noch so unfrustrierend bleibt. Bei anderen Genrevertretern besteht oftmals das Problem, dass sie ab einem gewissen Punkt anfangen, die Rätsel mit einem "Haha, das hättest du nicht gedacht, Trottel" zu designen, was zur Demotivation und auch zum Vertrauensbruch gegenüber des Titels führt - man kann sich ab dem Punkt nie sicher sein, ob nicht etwas derart abwegiges wiederholt wird.

"Baba Is You" vermeidet solche Zustände nicht nur durch Desing-Konzepte, wie dass man alle interagierbaren Objekte stets auf einem Screen hat oder man die Regeln des Level beeinflussen kann, sondern primär auch, da die Machenden ein gutes Verständnis dafür besitzen, wann eine Mechanik ausgereizt genug ist und wie die Spielendenschaft an die Aufgaben herangeht. Oftmals hätten Level unnötig komplexer sein oder ihre Gimmicks ad absurdum treiben können. Dies war aber nicht der Fall, was mich mehr als nur positiv stimmte.

Zu schade, dass dieses Lob gegen Ende des Contents etwas einstürzt. Nachdem der Titel eine Special-Special-Special-Welt auspackt, werden einige Rätsel in der Kombination mit der Oberwelt recht anstrengend und machen genau das, wofür ich andere Genrevertreter kritisert habe. Zum Glück trifft dies aber nur auf ein paar der 230 Level zu, sodass sie in der Masse aus Qualität untergehen.

Das Prestige von "Baba Is You" lässt sich am besten damit zusammenfassen, dass, wenn nach langer Zeit eine Stage gelöst wurde, ich mir nie dachte, wie undurchsichtig denn das Spiel sei, sondern stets erstaunt gewesen bin, was für ein intelligentes Design angewendet wurde.

It's the most puzzling puzzle game I've ever played. Many levels give you that mental "oomph" and are satisfying to solve, which is an indicator of a good game. There are levels, however, that, once solved, cause even more confusion. Simply put, some levels demand too much time to solve and are too cryptic. The biggest problem, I think, is that there is too much freedom with what you can do, and it is often unclear what you can and what you can do because the tutorial is very sparse.
This is the only problem that I can find in a game that can be called even somewhat objective. Everything else negative comes from my reluctance to dedicate this game too much of my time. Nevertheless, it is still a good game and a person dedicated enough might find this game as one of his favorites.
Grade: 7,4/10

Baba is You is a creative and adorable little programming puzzle game. Block pushing puzzles quickly evolve into mind-bending, level destroying programming challenges. While it is initially fun to reconfigure obstacles to your liking, the game quickly becomes overly restrictive with its ruleset. This attempt to maintain difficulty stifles player expression and makes solutions a lot more deterministic. If every level had a consistent framework the difficulty could be offset with familiarity, but the only consistency is that there is no consistency - every level requires internalizing a new set of rules. Certainly great fun for a certain type of mind, but it feels like homework to me.

Baba Is You is, in my opinion, the hardest puzzle game ever created. And it might just be one of the very best at that.

The way this game uses its mechanics simply tickles my brain. Almost every level can be “beaten” with different solutions. There are highly obscure interactions, hidden worlds, and even entire hidden late game meta-areas that have to be one of the best and brain melting experiences I've had in a puzzle game EVER.

Baba Is You is one of the puzzle games that you can't sleep on. One of a kind. Must play. Everyone should experience this game at least once, it's a staple of game design.

BABA IS WIN.