Celeste! ♫ the best a game can get ♫

I will never play this game (too hard) but the thread title delights me every time I see it.

the game has accessibility options that let you adjust the difficulty in a pretty granular way! I believe you can turn down the speed, add extra dashes, and turn off spike damage. Play this cool game!

the thread title delights me every time I see it.

:) i was hoping someone else would like that

I don't think this game is all that hard? The main story is quite doable. The post-summit stuff is much harder but that's your treat for completing the game.

yeah, agreed. it never felt unfairly difficult to me. well, not until one part towards the end of the summit b-side, I guess.

never made it past the first screen of the c-side resort. I think I doubled my death count on that one screen alone!

I really liked this game, but gave up on it pretty early. Maybe I'll go back to it some day.

zs, you seen robot assisted runs? this one is particularly nuts

watched this yesterday. Some of the middle section parts were truly insane. I love the bot's approach to the black blobs in the hotel.

beat 7B a week or two ago, it was A Lot.

preview track from the OST for the upcoming Chapter 9 is up

https://radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/album/celeste-farewell-original-soundtrack

chapter 9 out now !

Celeste wasn't very interesting when I tested it. The collectable apples were annoying. The dash jump wasn't special. The story was as light as any flash game. It looked like any flash game.

Watched the speedrun and the game never got any better.

So you’re hinting that you didn’t enjoy the game

I never understood how it got so much hype

Sorry I guess. It’s probably my favorite game of all time, if such a thing is meaningful.

As someone who gave up/set it aside pretty early on, but still appreciated what I played, I think it's because it's a super-challenging platformer that isn't based on lucky bullshit, just perseverance. But I think more importantly, those rapid respawns are key. If it took just another few milliseconds to try again, people would have been pissed. (fwiw despite Hollow Knight being a personal all-time fave, I never pursued the harder post-game levels, because like Celeste I ultimately find that stuff more frustrating than fun, even when the game looks gorgeous.)

It's crazy how much work the developers must have done to create content that's only going to be seen (outside of cheats and youtube videos) by very few ultra-skilled players. I beat the game, but almost all of the B-sides, all of the C-sides and all of Chapter 9 are just impossible for me--and for a lot of other people like me, I think. I'm not complaining, though! It's just amazing that they've put so much effort into the margins

you can turn on assist mode if you want to see it!

7B was a journey

I just started playing the game and finished the first two chapters... Can anyone tell me, without spoiling too much, does anything actually happen if you collect all the strawberries? Or all the crystal hearts? Or are they there just so you can brag about having found all of them?

The game explicitly tells you that you don’t have to collect the strawberries.

Yeah, I know, but I was wondering whether collecting them unlocks some extra content or something.

strawberries are completely optional. there's a bonus level that needs some hearts to unlock but you don't need all of them iirc.

Thanks!

Chapter 9 is a motherfucker. Haven’t messed with the b-sides but I’m sure I’ll get there before the end of the holiday.

And there are C-Sides? Curious how the difficulty stacks up against Chapter 9, which I am struggling with but chipping away at. Undeniably great platformer, really keeps me coming back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sJkEWlyk74

https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=100323

I’m on chapter 2 of this and it’s GREAT, actual sweaty palms stuff, got both bsides but few strawberries, but sometimes you just can’t be fucked, you know?

likewise hooked on this, so many indelible touches around pretty flawless level design. 100% strawberries so far

Got back into playing this. Wasn't 100% feeling this but now I've got to Oshiro's hotel, I'm loving it.
However, I have a bad habit of getting really far, then rage quitting and forgetting to save my game!
All the same, it's wonderful how you can spend ages and ages and ages simply trying to get past the first obstacle on a screen, and then suddenly it comes so naturally you can do the whole thing in one fluid motion. Reminds me of learning a tricky piece on an instrument.

I cannot be bothered with most strawberries though

Yeah it's a satisfying feeling, like you just gained a new skill in life, have you tried 1001 Spikes? It's full of that sort of experience. Dick rippingly frustrating mind.

Oh man the strawberries in the hotel are what put me off the game!

Also I do not understand B-sides, and have only found one so far.

b-sides unlock another version of that level that is EVEN HARDER!

(there's also c-sides)

:D strawberries are my favorite part of the game. they're totally optional! they're similar to modern day marios where every level has a handful of yoshi coins that really are more just for completionists

also LOVE the strawberries. i had to get every last one. they are optional and don’t amount to much in the end but encourage you to explore and really get familiar with each stage.

i tapped out on the c-sides a while ago and now i feel old and out of shape. booted up the new DLC from earlier this year and that was a rude awakening to be sure.

I have been really enjoying this. Mostly just picking it up, clearing 1–3 screens, then saving and putting it back down. A great way to scratch that video game itch with my short attention span.

Love it, been stuck in mirror temple for about a year now

I whizzed through a whole bunch of this a few weeks ago but gave up around the windy levels

picked this back up and are being eaten by a fish in the mirror level. gonna carry on tomorrow when my red raw thumb recovers.

fuck a s/berry tho, I've never been a completionist. just wanna see how Madeline's story ends.

also, it turns out streaming on twitch concentrates my mind and gives me sufficient gee-up to persevere.

this game is fkn tough

just started a game called Olija, which is a bit like Celeste meets Castlevania but with more of a puzzle element than fast-twitch action. Feeling it so far!

started playing this today and uh it says i died 341 times on the hotel level. my thumb hurts so much.

oh my god the fucking mirror level

i gave up on the wind levels. great game but life is too short

Turn on assist mode! The end of the game is so nice 😭

Turn on assist mode!

^^^

also relevant for people struggling with hades

Celeste's dialogue design is the #1 most-asked-about topic when it comes to the game's sound. I figured I'd share some of how we went about creating it. pic.twitter.com/HVpRdvlfAD

— Kevin Regamey (@regameyk) July 17, 2021

That's neat. I personally like the emotive gibberish of "Hollow Knight."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekz4-SNVJjU

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