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Celeste is such an amazing and finely crafted game.
It is an amazing precision platformer with very simple controls and movement options, but mechanics and level design that thoroughly expand on the simple premise to make so many unique and creative platforming challenges.
The presentation is top notch with its gorgeous art and soundtrack too. It even has a very nice story that's relatable to anyone that's going/gone through any mental hardships.
(Which, let's be honest... that's pretty much all of us ._.)
It's a tough journey, but also very fair. You will die a lot playing Celeste but it's all part of the learning process. Almost every death feels like you're the one who has made a mistake somehow and is something that you can learn from, rather than the game cheating you out of a room clear because of luck.
Personally the game is at its best when it presents a screen that's challenging to find the route to clear it, almost like it is a puzzle to solve and the solution is your movement. Getting the route down and then finally executing it is always really satisfying to do.
One thing worth noting above all else is that the game is very demanding. The base levels of the game are already fairly challenging, but the B-Sides, C-Sides and the Final Bonus Chapter take the difficulty up to a whole other level, demanding a series of some extremely tight inputs per screen with minimal room for error.
Eventually the game started to wear me out with how demanding it was. By the time I completed every single level, my hands were in so much pain I felt I was very close to legitimately injuring myself, but oh man the journey to climb and overcome Mt. Celeste was worth all of the hardships every step of the way. Absolutely phenomenal game.