I heard a guy on a podcast once say he likes watching golf on tv because it’s the only sport where you can watch an athlete competing with himself. Celeste is a whole game about that struggle with personal frustration and the defeatist attitude that you conjure while attempting something that stretches your abilities. Platformers are the video game version of golf in this way—if you mad bro, it’s only at yourself—and this one is harder than most. But Celeste wants to encourage you. Breaking up the levels into bite size screens is genius. The little bonuses being both tough as nails and totally optional makes you feel really good when you get one. I beat the game but kept it installed to go get every last strawberry. There’s just no reason to stop playing this game.