One of the best platformers I've ever played, not much to the story but the little there is is phenomenal and touches on very real mental issues. Love it 10/10

Played the DLC, its a huge step above the main game on difficulty, I had like a 40 minute speedrun time maybe a month or so after the normal game came out, and this was still brutally difficult for me. The music, the visuals, the platform, a year later I'd still give it a 10/10.

(I wrote that last night, I wrote again about it this morning, this is a long post with some spoilers.)

So about two years ago, this game celeste came out, I really had no clue about it but I watched frozendoze play it a bit and decided I needed to play it. Well, keep in mind I'm still heavy in my drinking at the time and my life hadn't yet become an entire mess. I didn't realize what I was in for, you play as madeline, a young girl. At first it seems to just be about a game about climbing a mountain, but as you progress you meet her bipolar other half, badeline who tries to prevent her from climbing the mountain, telling her to give up constantly and trying to stop her however possible. Eventually you come to learn she has drinking problems, she can't let go of the past, she projects that anger onto others. It turns into shes climbing the mountain to prove to herself she can do it and at some point you have to fight the bipolar other half to progress. Blah blah eventually you defeat her, she combines with you and you work together to climb the mountain.

I had no clue that this game was going to be about some alcholic bipolar girl. I had no clue the game was going to be a mirror to myself. The mannerisms, the little bit of text in the game, EVERYTHING SHE SAID ARE EXACT THINGS I DID. I learned the writer of it suffered from addiction and bipolarism eventually as well. It was SO RELATABLE. I kept playing the game, I kept trying to speedrun it while just ...becoming a mess of tears every single time I finished the game. I kept trying and trying and eventually I think I got a pretty decent time, the vod exists on twitch, think I was around 4th place on time at one point. The ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ music in the game is phenomenal but I had to stop playing it because I became so emotional. I went and 100%'d it. (minus golden berries) I think thats maybe when I started thinking ....I'm not going to climb a mountain, I'm going to die in this room in my grandparents basement. This was right around the time when I really had completely given up.

The game really kind of became nonexistent for me over the next year, I never thought about it, heard about the DLC but I was so focused on trying to kill myself that it meant nothing to me, there was never a thought about trying to climb my mountain. March 10th last year I checked myself into inpatient treatment, I have been sober for over a year now. I still....ugh its really hard, I didn't want to come back to the game two years later, I really didn't. I knew what was going to happen. I knew I was going to became a ball of tears but I expected it to be a sadness event. This game, I have never cried so much over "just" a game in my life. Not to mention I found out the character was trans too. So lets reiterate, we have a trans alcoholic bipolar girl.

I wanted to stop playing last night, I really did, but there was a point in the dlc where she says "I don't need you I'll do it on my own" ...This was about 2 hours and at the point like, I knew I wasn't stopping until I completed it. It was like 3 am, the music, the game, everything in my life literally revolved around me completing that game. I know it sounds kind of ridiculous but, its like I needed to finish that game for me to realize that ...I climbed a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mountain in a metaphorical sense, maybe even much much more with my year of sobriety. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ did it, I was a winner. This is all new to me and I'm still a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ teary mess but its just because I'm so happy. Maybe I can finally take some credit for the good I have done. If I didn't say, I'm an alcoholic bipolar transgender.

This was a life changing experience for me, I doubt I'll ever experience a game like this again in my life. It was so well made, the music, the game, the movement, just EVERYTHING is so smooth. Celeste will probably always be my favorite game and even if something just as good does come along, I'll never let go of how I felt at this moment. Celeste changed my life/10. I recommend.

<3 Kat

Hundreds of hours later, still love it, still can't get under 33 minutes for any% .. Probably the best game to speedrun excluding mario 64.

One of the best platformers I've ever played, not much to the story but the little there is is phenomenal and touches on very real mental issues. Love it 10/10 Played the DLC, its a huge step above the main game on difficulty, I had like a 40 minute speedrun time maybe a month or so after the normal game came out, and this was still brutally difficult for me. The music, the visuals, the platform, a year later I'd still give it a 10/10. (I wrote that last night, I wrote again about it this morning, this is a long post with some spoilers.) So about two years ago, this game celeste came out, I really had no clue about it but I watched frozendoze play it a bit and decided I needed to play it. Well, keep in mind I'm still heavy in my drinking at the time and my life hadn't yet become an entire mess. I didn't realize what I was in for, you play as madeline, a young girl. At first it seems to just be about a game about climbing a mountain, but as you progress you meet her bipolar other half, badeline who tries to prevent her from climbing the mountain, telling her to give up constantly and trying to stop her however possible. Eventually you come to learn she has drinking problems, she can't let go of the past, she projects that anger onto others. It turns into shes climbing the mountain to prove to herself she can do it and at some point you have to fight the bipolar other half to progress. Blah blah eventually you defeat her, she combines with you and you work together to climb the mountain. I had no clue that this game was going to be about some alcholic bipolar girl. I had no clue the game was going to be a mirror to myself. The mannerisms, the little bit of text in the game, EVERYTHING SHE SAID ARE EXACT THINGS I DID. I learned the writer of it suffered from addiction and bipolarism eventually as well. It was SO RELATABLE. I kept playing the game, I kept trying to speedrun it while just ...becoming a mess of tears every single time I finished the game. I kept trying and trying and eventually I think I got a pretty decent time, the vod exists on twitch, think I was around 4th place on time at one point. The fucking music in the game is phenomenal but I had to stop playing it because I became so emotional. I went and 100%'d it. (minus golden berries) I think thats maybe when I started thinking ....I'm not going to climb a mountain, I'm going to die in this room in my grandparents basement. This was right around the time when I really had completely given up. The game really kind of became nonexistent for me over the next year, I never thought about it, heard about the DLC but I was so focused on trying to kill myself that it meant nothing to me, there was never a thought about trying to climb my mountain. March 10th last year I checked myself into inpatient treatment, I have been sober for over a year now. I still....ugh its really hard, I didn't want to come back to the game two years later, I really didn't. I knew what was going to happen. I knew I was going to became a ball of tears but I expected it to be a sadness event. This game, I have never cried so much over "just" a game in my life. Not to mention I found out the character was trans too. So lets reiterate, we have a trans alcoholic bipolar girl. I wanted to stop playing last night, I really did, but there was a point in the dlc where she says "I don't need you I'll do it on my own" ...This was about 2 hours and at the point like, I knew I wasn't stopping until I completed it. It was like 3 am, the music, the game, everything in my life literally revolved around me completing that game. I know it sounds kind of ridiculous but, its like I needed to finish that game for me to realize that ...I climbed a fucking mountain in a metaphorical sense, maybe even much much more with my year of sobriety. I fucking did it, I was a winner. This is all new to me and I'm still a fucking teary mess but its just because I'm so happy. Maybe I can finally take some credit for the good I have done. If I didn't say, I'm an alcoholic bipolar transgender. This was a life changing experience for me, I doubt I'll ever experience a game like this again in my life. It was so well made, the music, the game, the movement, just EVERYTHING is so smooth. Celeste will probably always be my favorite game and even if something just as good does come along, I'll never let go of how I felt at this moment. Celeste changed my life/10. I recommend. <3 Kat Hundreds of hours later, still love it, still can't get under 33 minutes for any% .. Probably the best game to speedrun excluding mario 64.