I played this game over the past 2 months. Finishing it to 100% completion took me 60 hours, which I was NOT expecting. Every time I thought I was done, or close to finished, it just kept going. And I love it for that. I could not really get enough of this game; it sorta just became a life style in my mind.

From the cute minimalist style, to the music and sound-effects; from the ever-increasing pool of logic, to the satisfying meta-experience it builds up to; this game is one of the tightest, most complete experiences I've had with a game, while still having an innocent indie charm.

In terms of difficulty, I decided from the start that I was okay with not looking up any hints on anything, no matter what. I think the longest I was stuck on a level, at least while actively playing, was 5 hours -- and that's not even including the time I spent just thinking about it.

Usually an "impossible" level would get stuck in my mind outside of the game, and I would play out different ideas in trying to solve it -- stretching my way of thinking as much as I was able to, forcing myself to think beyond the limits I assumed. When I'd go to sleep, my thoughts of it would linger and my attempts would repeat long enough to create a fever-dream-esque experience. This whole independent process of drawn out mind-bogglery made solving them all the more satisfying.

Probably the most significant aspect to my experience with this game is the context it has in my life right now -- how I've been feeling and what I've been going through over the past few months. With a stressful job, trouble quitting coffee, bad sleeping habits, a sketchy financial situation, a less than ideal diet, feeling socially out of place, and many other things that often come with trying to "adult", Baba was the one positive constant in my daily life that pushed me to think more laterally -- always there in the end of the day to say, "Hey, despite all the insanity of life, tonight, Baba is you."

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