Celeste

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User Score
8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1088 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 923 out of 1088
  2. Mixed: 79 out of 1088
  3. Negative: 86 out of 1088
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  1. bingbon
    Nov 9, 2022
    0
    amazing game this game has truly made me appreiciate the beauty of indie games
  2. GRAFAIAI
    Sep 1, 2022
    0
    this game is so boring. i really dont like it. you cant have fun playing this
  3. binglebongus
    Nov 9, 2022
    0
    Bingle bongus when i bingle my bongus under the tree, when will i bingle somebody's bongus with me. My bongus needs bingling, meet me at the bridge, oh no, i left my bongus in the fridge.
  4. SethpCecil
    Feb 23, 2018
    3
    To me Celeste is at best a competent platformer with a nice soundtrack, at worst it's an unoriginal retro style game riding the "git gud" wave of better games such as Dark Souls and Super Meat Boy. The gameplay loop becomes repetitive after the first world and the when you finally pass a particularly difficult area you get more a sense of relief that its finally over rather thanTo me Celeste is at best a competent platformer with a nice soundtrack, at worst it's an unoriginal retro style game riding the "git gud" wave of better games such as Dark Souls and Super Meat Boy. The gameplay loop becomes repetitive after the first world and the when you finally pass a particularly difficult area you get more a sense of relief that its finally over rather than accomplishment. I appreciate why some enjoy this game, but in no way is it a "best game of all time" game, this game isn't even in my top 10 of 2D platformer games.… Expand
  5. bhappenstance
    Jul 9, 2022
    1
    Celeste is bar none one of the most frustrating games I've ever played. It's the kind of *tough-as-nails* platformer that makes self-professed hard-core gamers creams their knickers (hence the various glowing reviews). And while the concept, design, and music are praiseworthy, the controls just outright suck. For a game with hairs-breadth, one-hit deaths, you need as much precision asCeleste is bar none one of the most frustrating games I've ever played. It's the kind of *tough-as-nails* platformer that makes self-professed hard-core gamers creams their knickers (hence the various glowing reviews). And while the concept, design, and music are praiseworthy, the controls just outright suck. For a game with hairs-breadth, one-hit deaths, you need as much precision as possible. But with Celeste, sometimes a jump works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you clear an obstacle, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you grip the wall, sometimes you drop. It all starts to feel so...random and cheap. As such, a cool concept quickly devolves into a mind-numbing grind where you'll pass a level moreoften by luck than skill, which totally crushes any enjoyment Celeste could have offered. A terrible experience I wish upon no one.… Expand
  6. MoondogJapan
    Apr 17, 2018
    4
    10/10?? You people are out of your minds.

    tldr: if you usually don't like extremely difficult 2d platformers, but you're thinking that with all these rave reviews maybe you should buy it and see what all the fuss is about... Stop Right There. Do NOT buy this game. It will be a painful waste of money. If you're looking for a challenge and hate yourself, buy this game and waste your    10/10?? You people are out of your minds.

    tldr: if you usually don't like extremely difficult 2d platformers, but you're thinking that with all these rave reviews maybe you should buy it and see what all the fuss is about...
    Stop Right There. Do NOT buy this game. It will be a painful waste of money.

    If you're looking for a challenge and hate yourself, buy this game and waste your life on it, please.

    The story? Meh. Common tropes about overcoming personal weakness. That makes it a standout game? Are you serious?

    Tight controls? Absolutely not! The more difficult levels (one screen is one level, typically) rely too much on luck to complete. You can find yourself rehashing the same jump attempt for 20 minutes. And when you succeed? You have no idea what you did different that time. That's luck. Not skill.
    Which means that the game is a Failure at developing skill in players via play.
    It also means the switch analog stick is a Horrible input method for performing such fine movements.

    The art? If you usually don't like pixelated art in games, this game is in no way going to change your mind. I hate pixelated graphics. I don't care if it takes more effort to make. It looks awful. And if you're going to be making players replay the exact same move over and over for over 10 minutes on the same exact screen until they get lucky, the screens should be beautiful to look at.

    The music? Actually very good. I bumped up my score a full point for music.

    The other 3 points are pity points. Some people worked very hard to make this title, and even though it galls me that a game this bad is one of the highest rated games on Switch, the fact that they made a game that some people seem to really enjoy is worth something.

    Mario games have charm and soul. This game is an ugly, repetitious bore that tricks players into thinking they've achieved something when success is too often dependent on luck.

    I can't help but wonder how many of these high scores were bought.    … Expand
  7. b00lpr0p
    Jan 9, 2019
    4
    A very overrated game with nothing too special. The great feature is the soundtrack, which is really good, but the rest of the game is just like any other indie shovelware. It would deserve a 6, maybe a 7, but I gave it a 4 because the saddest thing is that the game is hyped by the specialized media just because the political views and connections of the author, which is a very disgusting fact.
  8. lucinhagamer
    Aug 26, 2022
    0
    a very cheap looking game, you found no fun playing this hours and hours. very bad game
  9. draculax420
    Dec 22, 2018
    4
    Coming from games like Hollow Knight and The Messenger, I was pretty disappointed about spending $20 on this game(thanks hype machine!). Unlike HK or TM, this game controls like a turd. The graphics are nothing to write home about and neither is the music. You know modern gaming journalism is a joke when mediocre games keep getting high scores. If you are a thinking person who doesn't getsComing from games like Hollow Knight and The Messenger, I was pretty disappointed about spending $20 on this game(thanks hype machine!). Unlike HK or TM, this game controls like a turd. The graphics are nothing to write home about and neither is the music. You know modern gaming journalism is a joke when mediocre games keep getting high scores. If you are a thinking person who doesn't gets easily swayed by pathetic hyping, this is a hard pass. If you absolutely must play this game, just wait until it's on sale for like 10$ or lower… Expand
  10. Radioactivedude
    Jun 28, 2019
    0
    I hate myself for doing this and signing up to review something negatively where some people have invested a lot of time in it to create it, but...How the hell can this game be so **** overrated???
    So I have what we most have, a life, work chores, duties, hobbies, etc. one of the hobbies are video games, so I carefully pick the games I think I will enjoy and love most for the scarce time    I hate myself for doing this and signing up to review something negatively where some people have invested a lot of time in it to create it, but...How the hell can this game be so **** overrated???
    So I have what we most have, a life, work chores, duties, hobbies, etc. one of the hobbies are video games, so I carefully pick the games I think I will enjoy and love most for the scarce time I have for playing them. After all the hype around this game "great difficult platformer with a great story and music" and the great pixel art I thought: "hm, I loved SMB, this looks nice, and with a story!!"
    To keep things short, it is utter **** mechanics and the controls are soooo bad you want to kill yourself midway through chapter 1....as some already have said here: in SMB it is about precision and fairnes, you know why you screwed up, you know how to do it, now make it! And when you get it right it is so satisfying! In Celeste most of the time you think you know what you need to do, but you try and try and try that, and it doesn't work at all...in the most simple levels. "Am I retarded? I have 3 options, jump, grab and dash...only a rock here...." and after the 1000 time you make it, doing the same you have done before. So you have to be on the exact pixel, at the exact time and release it at........just NO! That is annoying, not satisfying since there is more luck involved than skill...I will play it through in cheatmode to see all the pixel art and music, but this game is bad as it gets. Only once I felt equally screwed by all the hype: Undertale. But there I already expected troll hype by the look of the game...
    Celeste looked very nice and the reviews credible but no, again, a **** game hyped to oblivion....    … Expand
  11. MarquisInSpades
    Feb 8, 2018
    4
    Hype machine in full swing. Suggest trying Towerclimb which is so much better and underated.
  12. Hangedman84
    Mar 19, 2020
    0
    This game is just a ONE BIG TURD! I dont have closest idea why so many people likes it and gives it a big score. First of all gameplay - is boring and repetitive and I dont have right words to describe how much BORING and REPETITIVE it is! Second graphic - I love games with cool pixel graphic but its not one of them. Graphic in Celeste so bad its makes you whana puke and become blind orThis game is just a ONE BIG TURD! I dont have closest idea why so many people likes it and gives it a big score. First of all gameplay - is boring and repetitive and I dont have right words to describe how much BORING and REPETITIVE it is! Second graphic - I love games with cool pixel graphic but its not one of them. Graphic in Celeste so bad its makes you whana puke and become blind or first become blind and puke after! Third the controls - are so bad you want to kill yourself or kill the person who makes it be so bad! All other game aspects are at the same level as the first three described above.

    Give yourself a favor dont waste your time on this overrated garbage, there is so many good games around, better go and play to something else or spare some free time with people you love.    … Expand
  13. EmCza
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    This game is overrated and overhyped. For me it’s mediocre game with weak gameplay.
  14. Gette
    Jan 18, 2019
    0
    The game doesn't deserve a 0, nor a 10, but I feel obliged to give it a low score to round up the odds.

    It plays just like another platformer so I'd give it a 6 if people don't hype it up to be the saviour of the industry. The graphics looks really horrid, and people compare it to PSX/Saturn games? No, the game looks worse than Mario 3 on NES when it's in a dark environment. Snow    The game doesn't deserve a 0, nor a 10, but I feel obliged to give it a low score to round up the odds.

    It plays just like another platformer so I'd give it a 6 if people don't hype it up to be the saviour of the industry.

    The graphics looks really horrid, and people compare it to PSX/Saturn games? No, the game looks worse than Mario 3 on NES when it's in a dark environment. Snow bros has better graphics than this.

    Looks slightly better when it's under day light but still much worse than Mario world on SNES.

    It's nowhere around the hype blind fanbois make up to be. Keep this in mind or you'll get disappointed.

    And people talk about when you buy AAA games, you look for demonstration. Innovation is where Indie capable of, except I don't see any innovation in most award winning indie games.

    There is only connection made through social gatherings. Sucks AAA are repetitive and indie are flooded with another platformer or roguelike.    … Expand
  15. Notdumb
    Jan 20, 2019
    2
    Ha. Overhyped garbage. Story is an absolute cringe filled cliché infused tale about “mental illness”. Lol. Anyone that thinks the story is in anyway thought provoking is indeed mentally ill. Don’t get me started on the gameplay. Who’s genius idea was it to make it so when you die, you have to wait a couple seconds EVERYTIME for the levels obstacles to rearrange themselves so you canHa. Overhyped garbage. Story is an absolute cringe filled cliché infused tale about “mental illness”. Lol. Anyone that thinks the story is in anyway thought provoking is indeed mentally ill. Don’t get me started on the gameplay. Who’s genius idea was it to make it so when you die, you have to wait a couple seconds EVERYTIME for the levels obstacles to rearrange themselves so you can actually get through? Idiots and buffoons enjoy this game. WASTE OF MONEY. DO NOT BUY.… Expand
  16. Nintendist
    Jun 30, 2022
    0
    boring gameplay with no good story. the gameplay is so boring that made me sleep.
  17. playerunknown
    Feb 20, 2018
    1
    Very difficult, frustrating, repetitive game. Poor graphics uglier than 8-bit consoles game graphics. This is unacceptable nowadays
  18. formulas666
    Mar 11, 2018
    0
    I don’t understand the hype. It is one of the most boring and repetitive games I have ever played. I am also really getting tired of this ugly pixel graphics. Nothing special here.

Awards & Rankings

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#3 Best Switch Game of 2018
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#6 Most Discussed Switch Game of 2018
9
#9 Most Shared Switch Game of 2018

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. COGconnected
    Oct 10, 2018
    93
    It tells a surprisingly deep and emotional story featuring a relatable main character and it all blends uniquely together to make one of the finest gaming experience of the year. Celeste might not look it but, just like the mountain Madeline is so determined to conquer, it towers above the rest quite easily.
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  2. Video Chums
    Aug 25, 2018
    80
    As most indie-keen gamers already know, Celeste is a phenomenal 2D platformer. Almost everything about it comes together to make a satisfying and challenging game that'll thoroughly put your skills to the test.
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  3. DarkZero
    Jun 12, 2018
    100
    My hands actually hurt from gripping the Switch but I couldn’t stop, and when I finally landed on the other side of one of the many gauntlets that Celeste wears like a medal, I felt both relief and curiosity as to what it would throw at me next. It’s a rewarding experience and a game that I’m honoured to issue a perfect score.
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