Baba Is You

Baba Is You is a coding puzzle game developed and published by Finnish indie developer Arvi "Hempuli" Teikari. Originally an 8-bit game released as an entry for the 2017 Nordic Game Jam, it received a heavily-updated and smoother 16-bit remake and was published by Teikari on March 13, 2019, after nearly two years of development.

Why It's You

 * 1) The premise of a game world that can be manipulated by moving word blocks is an extremely unique concept that has not been replicated to this day.
 * 2) The game did a good job at actively and constantly makes you use your brains to learn how it controls, how it plays and where to go, and boy did it do it very well, throwing you into the game itself with a very vague tutorial that teaches you what to do and its controls in the form of semi-broken English like "Baba Is You" (you are in control of Baba) and "lava is hot" (lava can kill you).
 * 3) The graphics look nice and beautiful despite it being 16-bit.
 * 4) Nice music that's entirely composed by Hempuli.
 * 5) There is more than one way to solve puzzles in the levels. For example, if "Rose is red, violet is blue, flag is win, Baba is you", you can push the final words up to take control of the flag and use the violet bushes as the endpoint instead.
 * 6) The PC version has a really good level editor that lets you recreate famous coding problems in the game like Conway's Game of Life.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The difficulty curve can suddenly ramp up without warning in the later levels.
 * 2) The music, while nice, can be repetitive at times.
 * 3) Some of the more complex codes can be difficult to understand.
 * 4) Low replay value once the game is completed.
 * 5) There are no hints to help you when you're stuck at a difficult code, forcing you to look up the solution online.

Reception
Baba Is You received mostly positive reviews from critics and audiences alike.

On Metacritic, the game received a critic score of 87/100 ("generally favourable reviews") and a user score of 8.2/10 ("generally favourable reviews").

mh:crappygames:GameSpot gave the game a 7/10, praising its aesthetic, graphics and concept while criticizing its difficulty and repetitive soundtrack.

TechRaptor gave the game a 9/10, praising its unique concept, graphics, music and gameplay while criticizing its sudden difficulty spike.

God is a Geek gave the game a 7.5/10, praising its concept and puzzles while criticizing its music.

GameReactor gave the game a 9/10, praising its uniqueness and puzzles while criticizing its lack of hints or proper tutorials.

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