Celeste

My hands actually hurt from gripping the Switch but I couldn’t stop, and when I finally landed on the other side of one of the many gauntlets that Celeste wears like a medal, I felt both relief and curiosity as to what it would throw at me next. It’s a rewarding experience and a game that I’m honoured to issue a perfect score.

Celeste is an exemplary amalgamation of style, mechanics and character. A devilishly brilliant action platformer with enough skill required to excite genre purists and the speed running community, while at the same time featuring a breakdown of gameplay elements to customize and cater for all audiences. While the game mechanically is great, if familiar, the art style and narrative are truly special, showing both a visual and emotional range and depth that will resonate and inspire. Celeste is the absolute peak of personal exploration and discovery on Nintendo Switch.

Celeste is probably the greatest surprise in 2018 so far. Its marvelous platforming, great mechanics, lovely visuals and lovely soundtrack simply make this a must have for anyone who loves 2D platformers.

Celeste is a challenging, charming and near-to-perfection game that doesn't only play well, but also tells a poignant story and merges this with all the best qualities you can expect from a platformer.

Celeste is one of the best 2D platformers in recent years. Challenging, beautiful and full of content. Prepare to die.

Celeste is an excellent platform game with excellent level design, a lovable cast and an intriguing atmosphere.

It may take a certain type of patience to really get hooked into Celeste's laboriously challenging masochism, but it’s undeniably a well-crafted and thoughtfully designed experience that’s equally satisfying as it is unyielding.

hermoso juego desafiante pero no al nivel donde te frustras y lo dejas votado es una experiencia unica donde realmente puede ayudarte a superrar problemas emocionales de tu vida prsonajes que con poco dialogo le puedes agarrar mucho cariño post game duradero con mucha rejugabilidad y retos y detaalles oculots un juego muy relajante a la vez

The point of this game is to be challenging. The story behind it is not particularly memorable. Completing the game itself requires considerable skill, but the game is fair, allowing the player to learn and recognize patterns. At the end of each level, the death count is displayed. This number is often in the hundreds, not dozens. However, the satisfaction of completing a level is significant.

This is an utterly unfair review and I'm going to be upfront about that. As a platformer, the game is extremely good. It feels good to play. I just. cannot. for the life of me. stand. the forced meme writing in this game. It isn't even that prevalent, but still... whenever it rears its ugly head, it's peak millennial "so like we did a thing." I can't deal with it. Somehow it **** out any joy I might have from the game.

Coming from games like Hollow Knight and The Messenger, I was pretty disappointed about spending $20 on this game(thanks hype machine!). Unlike HK or TM, this game controls like a turd. The graphics are nothing to write home about and neither is the music. You know modern gaming journalism is a joke when mediocre games keep getting high scores. If you are a thinking person who doesn't gets easily swayed by pathetic hyping, this is a hard pass. If you absolutely must play this game, just wait until it's on sale for like 10$ or lower

10/10?? You people are out of your minds. tldr: if you usually don't like extremely difficult 2d platformers, but you're thinking that with all these rave reviews maybe you should buy it and see what all the fuss is about... Stop Right There. Do NOT buy this game. It will be a painful waste of money. If you're looking for a challenge and hate yourself, buy this game and waste your life on it, please. The story? Meh. Common tropes about overcoming personal weakness. That makes it a standout game? Are you serious? Tight controls? Absolutely not! The more difficult levels (one screen is one level, typically) rely too much on luck to complete. You can find yourself rehashing the same jump attempt for 20 minutes. And when you succeed? You have no idea what you did different that time. That's luck. Not skill. Which means that the game is a Failure at developing skill in players via play. It also means the switch analog stick is a Horrible input method for performing such fine movements. The art? If you usually don't like pixelated art in games, this game is in no way going to change your mind. I hate pixelated graphics. I don't care if it takes more effort to make. It looks awful. And if you're going to be making players replay the exact same move over and over for over 10 minutes on the same exact screen until they get lucky, the screens should be beautiful to look at. The music? Actually very good. I bumped up my score a full point for music. The other 3 points are pity points. Some people worked very hard to make this title, and even though it galls me that a game this bad is one of the highest rated games on Switch, the fact that they made a game that some people seem to really enjoy is worth something. Mario games have charm and soul. This game is an ugly, repetitious bore that tricks players into thinking they've achieved something when success is too often dependent on luck. I can't help but wonder how many of these high scores were bought.