I'll definitely have to come back sometime soon to write up an in-depth review, but as of now, I just beat the story, and I can confidently say this is the best game I have ever played. The story is cute, weaves beautifully into the gameplay, is incredibly memorable as well as being easy to understand. The gameplay itself is utterly perfect. This game taught me my hand eye coordination when it comes to dashes is TERRIBLE lmao. The music, OH THE MUSIC. CHEF'S KISS BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE IT SO SO MUCH. Whenever I would put this game on, I had to turn off whatever video I was watching or whatever I was listening to on Spotify, because the sound design has just such a way of getting you immersed, it is absolutely magical. It's honestly so easy to fall into this game and not come out for a long while, and the only reason I didn't beat this in one or two days was because I always was playing right before going to sleep. Some people don't like the artstyle but personally I think it's extremely artistically pleasing. The only problem I had was sometimes I didn't notice some foreground platforms, or had some trouble distinguishing background and foreground elements, but then again I tend to tunnel vision SUPER hard when I play games, so frankly I would just chalk it up to that. I'm really thinking and the only complaint I could possibly give is that Theo is pretty cringe most of the time, but I was perfectly able to cope with it, it's not like it took me out of the moment while playing. I'm just thinking back to those intense sequences (which i will not specify for the sake of spoilers) where I was zooming through sections first try, not even knowing how I was doing what I was doing, and feeling like an absolute god. Madeline's movement is SSS+ Platinum Rank exceptional feeling and I absolutely love it, which is amazing and I'm so happy they were able to nail that. Something as simple as how your character controls can easily change the feeling of a game like this from something engaging and rewarding, to frustrating and unfair feeling, and I am extremely happy to report that this lands in the former's territory. Overall, this is gaming excellence, and I wouldn't change a single thing about Celeste. It's beautiful and heartwarming every single step of the way.