Why Baby Steps Is the Best Sports Game in Years (Analysis)

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The best football game in years isn't Rematch or EA Sports FC—it's BABY STEPS. In this analysis/essay, let's uncover the secrets of why, how you missed it, and why sports games are so weird generally. Support the show on Patreon - http://patreon.com/writingongames Podcast - http://anchor.fm/writingongamescast Second Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1xxfS_HILi09yaELQdmV1A --- It's difficult to imagine a genre that more completely epitomises the problems of the AAA games industry than sports games. On the surface they seem so creatively stagnant that IGN copy-pasted their FIFA review a few years in a row. Thanks to EA and 2k, you're essentially paying 70 quid a year for stat changes and Ultimate Team. #babystepsgame #fifa #easportsfc That's where a little game called BABY STEPS comes in—developed by Gabe Cuzillo, Maxi Boch and none other than Bennett Foddy of Getting Over It infamy. It also features a secret football game that completely shifted how I view the genre—g

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