Baby Steps is one of those games that makes a stronger impression when you hear about it than when you actually sit down with it. The idea is sharp: you take control of Nate, a 35-year-old man who has let life pass him by. He is unemployed, drifting and already convinced most of his opportunities are gone.
Then, as if out of nowhere, he is placed in a strange new world where he discovers an extraordinary power: he can walk. Not in the casual, natural way every human does without thinking, but in a clumsy, mechanical way that turns each step into a challenge. Every leg movement is controlled individually. Every shift of balance could send him sprawling. Walking becomes the ultimate test of patience and persistence.
On paper, that is fascinating. The absurdity of a grown man treating a basic human function like a superpower has obvious comedic potential. The metaphor of rebuilding a wasted life step by step has dramatic weight. The prospect of a game where progress is hard-won... Read more