Editor's Review:
Baldi's Basics Classic is a really wonderful game about education and learning. You may have some memories of your high school or primary school. But in this world, you will feel that the experience in this school is so weird that it will give you so many nightmares. So for a moment, you will feel that this is not a game about giving you knowledge. It is more about giving you life lessons. The whole style is quite innocent, and the graphics are simple, but you will love the texture and the cheesy sound effects. In this world, it seems that you are in a normal school and your task is quite simple. You just need to solve different math problems to collect seven notebooks. But you should never underestimate the difficulty level of these tasks. It seems that it is quite easy for you to find the notebooks, but once you start, you will soon find that things will spiral out of your control because you will find everything around you is so strange and it is definitely not your average school day. Baldi is your math teacher. Of course, as a math teacher, he is obsessed with math and he is always smiling. But you should always remember that he is not a nice teacher. He will relentlessly track you down as you collect all the notebooks. Once you get caught by this evil teacher, you will fail your task and then you need to start over.
It is a very challenging task to solve increasingly difficult math problems while being chased by Baldi and his bizarre friends. You can never afford to make mistakes, purposefully or by accident, because the more mistakes you make, the crazier Baldi will get, and when Baldi gets crazy, you will lose your chance. As you search the school, you will encounter so many strange characters. For instance, the principal will punish you for running in the hall. The mysterious bully will steal your things, and certainly Playtime will force you to jump rope. These strange characters will make you feel that things can be so mad and so strange. You will literally feel that it is such a terrifying thing to survive in this school. When Baldi gets closer to you, you will feel that the creeping dread is hard to describe with human words and whenever you hear the sound of his ruler slapping the floor, you will feel terror. And after you finish playing this game, you may feel that you can still hear this echo in your ears. With each passing second, you will feel more anxious, and for a moment you may even feel that the walls of the school are closing in on you. The atmosphere is so hilarious and unsettling simultaneously. Despite the great tension, you will still become addicted to this adventure because it feel so great to successfully collect all the notebooks. Whenever you successfully escape a close call or manage to solve a tricky math problem, you will feel a sense of victory. And you may even try to be naughty and want to keep making mistakes just to annoy Baldi and just want to see how Baldi will react.
But if you are a parent, you can also play this cute horror game with your kids because it is a perfect game for kids to learn math knowledge. It is not that kind of difficult to solve the problems because these puzzles are just about adding up the simple numbers. And during this process, you may strengthen the bond between you and your kids. And there are so many rooms in this school. Each time you enter into a new room, you will always have totally different tasks. So you will never get bored. You can even enter the school faculty room to see what is happening there. And there are two game modes available. In the story mode, you just need to collect all the seven notebooks and then exit the school to win. If you want to have the best gaming experience, you can always wear headphones. In the endless mode, you can collect as many notebooks as you can. And in the endless mode, you may find that some figures can be so large, and you need to use a calculator to get the right result. And there are some school rules you need to abide by while you are trying to collect all the notebooks. For instance, you will see the signs of no running, no entering faculty room, no bullying, no drinking, no escaping detention and so on. If you break these rules, you will be punished. And in real life, you may get bored with school because you think that in school you need to obey the rules and you need to follow the orders given by different teachers. But in this world, you will have a totally different experience. You will find that learning math is such a fun thing.
Of course, there will be challenges but you will never feel boredom or frustration. You just want to start from the beginning and there are so many levels for you to challenge. You can never predict what kind of surprises you may come across around the next corner. And in real life, when you are learning, you may get bored because you need to memorize knowledge points and you need to learn things in a mechanical way. But in this world, things will be different. You will feel that you can outsmart the principal and the teacher. Every time you get a new notebook, you will get a deep sense of satisfaction. In reality, it seems that learning cannot help you much or you may feel depressed or tired after long term learning but in this world, whenever you open the notebook to finish the math problems, you will always feel a sense of excitement. And you realize that your score will be used to compare with other students' scores. And if your score is not high enough, you may feel disappointed or you may feel a sense of inferiority. But in this world, you will find that you are so clever. If you are a parent, you can easily teach your kids how to solve these math problems by finishing all the puzzles. So you will always experience something weird but exciting at the same time. And in real life, when you are learning something, you may feel a sense of powerlessness. But in this world, as long as you try your best, you can successfully conquer all the challenges.
And while you immerse yourself in this world and walk around the school, you can just forget about everything else. You will not feel the pressure of studying and you will not be faced with anxiety. You just need to relax and have fun while you are solving the math problems. So whenever you feel that your mind needs some stimulation, you should definitely come into this world and swim in this ocean of the wonders of math and horror. You will experience totally different things while you are walking around this school. If you are a person who is always easy to get connected with the charm of math, you will have a better game experience. For a moment, you may find that all these numbers can be so beautiful. You will forget about everything else. And there is no need for you to write the correct numbers on the screen. You just need to select the correct answer by selecting the numbers. So if you are into strange and weird horror games about math, you should definitely try this one. This game will reshape your understandings about the role of being a principal, being a student, and even being a teacher. You may feel strange when the teacher is not nice and when the principal is out of his mind. And you will feel better when you find that actually you are smarter than the principal and the teacher. Whenever you successfully get the notebooks without being caught by the teacher, you will always feel so great and confident. So if you are into horror games or games about education and learning, you should definitely try this one. By playing this creative horror game, you can easily help your kids learn all the numbers in a fun and interesting way, especially if your kids are also into horror games! Together, you will laugh out loud when you are chasing by the principal. And you will scream out loud when you successfully solve all the math problems. You will never feel that school is a boring place. You may even want to play pranks on this evil teacher. You can just regard this teacher as some evil teacher you met during your high school time and get your revenge. So to some degree, this game can also help you maintain your psychological balance and release your inner trauma because of the bad relationship between you and your high school teacher!