Baby Steps, the "slapstick walking simulator about a slob climbing a mountain" co-developed by Bennett Foddy (the Getting Over It guy, which should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect), Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch is out today, and the reviews are pretty close to unanimous: The word "hate" appears in the vast majority of them, as do words and phrases like "infuriating," "awkward," "stupid," "frustrating," and a whole bunch more—none of which would likely lead you to believe that these are all words uttered in fascinated praise.
We already had a pretty good idea that Baby Steps was going to be very good thanks to our March preview, but this confirms it. There are some complaints, and at least one critic didn't vibe with it at all, but overall? Baby Steps does what it does very well, and what it does is drive people bananas with rage even as it compels them to keep playing.
