If you're looking for the well-designed platformer of your dreams then this is it. It goes without saying at this point but Celeste is one of the best platformers ever made. The controls are tight and allow for so much quick and precise movement once you have mastered them, the story is beautifully emotional and heartwarming, and the level design is incredible. Perhaps the best part is that it's not over, even once you've 100% cleared the game. A very devoted and welcoming fan community exists that have created hundreds upon hundreds of amazingly high quality levels that take the skill ceiling far beyond where the game leaves you at, and amazingly you'll find that there's *so much more to discover about the game's engine than the game ever taught you*. That's evidence in itself of how incredibly well-designed this game is. At the time of review I've put 743 hours into this game and I'm sure that by the time I've run out of things to do I will have at least doubled that. Play Celeste.

If you're looking for the well-designed platformer of your dreams then this is it. It goes without saying at this point but Celeste is one of the best platformers ever made. The controls are tight and allow for so much quick and precise movement once you have mastered them, the story is beautifully emotional and heartwarming, and the level design is incredible. Perhaps the best part is that it's not over, even once you've 100% cleared the game. A very devoted and welcoming fan community exists that have created hundreds upon hundreds of amazingly high quality levels that take the skill ceiling far beyond where the game leaves you at, and amazingly you'll find that there's *so much more to discover about the game's engine than the game ever taught you*. That's evidence in itself of how incredibly well-designed this game is. At the time of review I've put 743 hours into this game and I'm sure that by the time I've run out of things to do I will have at least doubled that. Play Celeste.