I've played hard games in the past and I've always given up saying "I'll never do it" or "The game is rigged" or "It's all up to RNG so even if I do beat it it won't feel satisfying". Then I played celeste.
First off I want to say this game is beautiful, I love pixel art and this game just hits the nail right on the head for the kind of stuff I love. I think what keeps me going is the atmosphere of the game. Not only is it beautiful but the whole story of the game with Madeline challenging herself to climb this mountain, I feel like if I give up I'll be letting her down. It's been almost a full week now where I've picked up the controller and played nothing but celeste. I've completed the full campaign, 4 of the B stages and I just completed the core. I'm at over 3,700 deaths total but I don't get deterred by it. The controls are tight, I know every mistake I make is mine, not the game's. And I know I'm getting better all the time. I recently went back to a starting level to find the B-tape and just blitzed through a bunch of areas I very clearly remember dying 15+ times at. And not because my character is more powerful now that I've progressed further as would be the case in most games, but because I as the player have determined myself enough to continue improving my skill. Even when I'm doing the stupidly hard levels I know that if I just try this jump a few more times I should get it and once I do I am one step closer to finishing the game.
This game has encapsulated me like no game has for years. So I just want to say Matt, and whoever else helped make this amazing game, well done. I don't know if this game has earned any awards but boy does it deserve some. I should have played it a long time ago.
Submitted January 16, 2019 at 09:35PM by FrigidofDoom http://bit.ly/2Mf685g
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