Celeste will make you better at every video game
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Date: 2023-12-10
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polygon
I've played a few games that were hopelessly tough in certain areas but I didn't give up. Instead, I grinded those segments furiously and eventually learned what to do, when, where and how to do it. Metroid Dread is such an example. The several Shinespark puzzles in the game are sometimes hellish to complete, but I just kept grinding. Some puzzles were hopeless to solve with the suggested solutions, so in some cases I invented my own solutions instead. I never thought I could finish all those puzzles, but I actually did. Another game I grinded hard was Daggerhood, which had one exceptionally tricky level. I think I replayed that level 50 times in a row before actually solving it. But I learned and got better.
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I've played a few games that were hopelessly tough in certain areas but I didn't give up. Instead, I grinded those segments furiously and eventually learned what to do, when, where and how to do it. Metroid Dread is such an example. The several Shinespark puzzles in the game are sometimes hellish to complete, but I just kept grinding. Some puzzles were hopeless to solve with the suggested solutions, so in some cases I invented my own solutions instead. I never thought I could finish all those puzzles, but I actually did. Another game I grinded hard was Daggerhood, which had one exceptionally tricky level. I think I replayed that level 50 times in a row before actually solving it. But I learned and got better.
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polygon
I honestly think the same principle of Celeste making you better at games applies to Hollow Knight as well.
Both are heavily skill based games, and funny enough, rather than playing Celeste first to prepare for Hollow Knight like you, I played Hollow Knight first and felt like it prepared me for Celeste.
After beating Hollow Knight, almost every other game felt easy. Celeste, however, was quite difficult by all means, but it felt very manageable, particularly compared to pantheon five in Hollow Knight (lost my sanity about 72 times beating that, lol)
And the Path of Pain in Hollow Knight greatly improved my general platforming skills as well for Celeste.
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I honestly think the same principle of Celeste making you better at games applies to Hollow Knight as well.
Both are heavily skill based games, and funny enough, rather than playing Celeste first to prepare for Hollow Knight like you, I played Hollow Knight first and felt like it prepared me for Celeste.
After beating Hollow Knight, almost every other game felt easy. Celeste, however, was quite difficult by all means, but it felt very manageable, particularly compared to pantheon five in Hollow Knight (lost my sanity about 72 times beating that, lol)
And the Path of Pain in Hollow Knight greatly improved my general platforming skills as well for Celeste.
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-LAK_770
It really does distill gittin' gud down to its raw fundamentals. You come face to face with your skill in a progressive controlled environment in which everything is fair. As you get better, you learn lessons about patience, attention to detail, humility and acceptance, the need for focused practice, the importance of taking breaks, and most importantly, the vast improvements that these things facilitate. Probably pound-for-pound my favorite game of all time. Always a joy to pick up. Also, the story was a million times better than it had any right or reason to be. It could have been CATCH BIRD, GO, and it would still have been a brilliant game.
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It really does distill gittin' gud down to its raw fundamentals. You come face to face with your skill in a progressive controlled environment in which everything is fair. As you get better, you learn lessons about patience, attention to detail, humility and acceptance, the need for focused practice, the importance of taking breaks, and most importantly, the vast improvements that these things facilitate. Probably pound-for-pound my favorite game of all time. Always a joy to pick up. Also, the story was a million times better than it had any right or reason to be. It could have been CATCH BIRD, GO, and it would still have been a brilliant game.
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-l0sts0ul72
God, I remember having Hollow Knight and really strugging with the Path of Pain. I left it alone for a while, but once I finally beat Farewell in Celeste, I came back to Path of Pain and it only took me about 45 mins to beat.
I was genuinely shocked - and so were my friends. I was the best at platforming in HK out of us all, but PoP was a serious challenge for me, and then out of nowhere, I just beat it without too much issue. The first room took a bit of getting used to, but once that was over, it was relatively simple.
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God, I remember having Hollow Knight and really strugging with the Path of Pain. I left it alone for a while, but once I finally beat Farewell in Celeste, I came back to Path of Pain and it only took me about 45 mins to beat.
I was genuinely shocked - and so were my friends. I was the best at platforming in HK out of us all, but PoP was a serious challenge for me, and then out of nowhere, I just beat it without too much issue. The first room took a bit of getting used to, but once that was over, it was relatively simple.
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-pizza_for_free
I don't know when I first watched this video, but it was before I ever played Celeste. Now, I've played it, and I've completed the story. I'm currently working on collecting them berries, and when I came across chapter 3, I remembered this video. I remembered the beta for that berry, but I forgot the video, and now I find myself, here, back at this video, completely by accident. Anyway, figured I should thank BDG for helping me become the genius beefcake, while I'm here. Thanks, Brian David Gilbert!
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I don't know when I first watched this video, but it was before I ever played Celeste. Now, I've played it, and I've completed the story. I'm currently working on collecting them berries, and when I came across chapter 3, I remembered this video. I remembered the beta for that berry, but I forgot the video, and now I find myself, here, back at this video, completely by accident. Anyway, figured I should thank BDG for helping me become the genius beefcake, while I'm here. Thanks, Brian David Gilbert!
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-safabekr
Hi, I-m here 3 years later and can confirm this is true! I bought Celeste because of this video plus some other let-s plays I was watching. My first go through, I died over 13k times and finally beat the game. Since then I-ve beat it twice more and died a little less every time. It-s really an amazing game that is so zen to play. And yes, I think Celeste helped me beat Hollow Knight!
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Hi, I-m here 3 years later and can confirm this is true! I bought Celeste because of this video plus some other let-s plays I was watching. My first go through, I died over 13k times and finally beat the game. Since then I-ve beat it twice more and died a little less every time. It-s really an amazing game that is so zen to play. And yes, I think Celeste helped me beat Hollow Knight!
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-hvnspwn
I finally beat chapter 7 for the first time and I went back to Chapter 2 just to see if I could try for the strawberries I thought was too hard. BRIAN WAS RIGHT. I snagged 10 and I thought -How did I find this hard? - but I used what I learned way back in the other levels and it was such a good good feeling.
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I finally beat chapter 7 for the first time and I went back to Chapter 2 just to see if I could try for the strawberries I thought was too hard. BRIAN WAS RIGHT. I snagged 10 and I thought -How did I find this hard? - but I used what I learned way back in the other levels and it was such a good good feeling.
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-The_Real_Alex
So bbecause i-ve played Celeste i am better at a completly different Game for Example Civ VI, i don-t think so or how about Overwatch can I now magicaly Aim better and am i able to communicate with my team? I don-t think so Polygon is again jsut out for the clickbait without any substance to the video.
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So bbecause i-ve played Celeste i am better at a completly different Game for Example Civ VI, i don-t think so or how about Overwatch can I now magicaly Aim better and am i able to communicate with my team? I don-t think so Polygon is again jsut out for the clickbait without any substance to the video.
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-wamisurimi
Celeste is one of the most fun games to replay, especially if you haven't already done everything the game has to offer. My first time playing Celeste, I stopped playing on Core B-side. But then I restarted from the beginning, learned new techniques, and made it all the way through farewell.
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Celeste is one of the most fun games to replay, especially if you haven't already done everything the game has to offer. My first time playing Celeste, I stopped playing on Core B-side. But then I restarted from the beginning, learned new techniques, and made it all the way through farewell.
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-maikomarx
I gained similar benefits from playing Dark Souls for the first time too. Games like these will always be an amazing experience, and I-d highly recommend them to anyone who-s bored of the -grind your character to level up- or the -cover shooter- gameplay of other games
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I gained similar benefits from playing Dark Souls for the first time too. Games like these will always be an amazing experience, and I-d highly recommend them to anyone who-s bored of the -grind your character to level up- or the -cover shooter- gameplay of other games
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-adamburton3173
I know it's more than a little late, but that strawberry can be easily obtained by simply jumping to it from the right side of the top platform, then dashing left and landing on the left side of the top platform. No need to go all the way around. :P
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I know it's more than a little late, but that strawberry can be easily obtained by simply jumping to it from the right side of the top platform, then dashing left and landing on the left side of the top platform. No need to go all the way around. :P
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-gdoubleu8045
A game that has a similar outlook in a very different style, is The Witness. You keep edging forward, nothing is explained to you, you solve one puzzle then another and you slowly build on your knowledge and problem solving skills.
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A game that has a similar outlook in a very different style, is The Witness. You keep edging forward, nothing is explained to you, you solve one puzzle then another and you slowly build on your knowledge and problem solving skills.
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-MrMikey1703
Awesome take on Celeste and gaming in general and I see your points completely. There have been MULTIPLE times in HK that I've wanted to kick my screen because I suck so bad at these games, but this video has given me some hope.
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Awesome take on Celeste and gaming in general and I see your points completely. There have been MULTIPLE times in HK that I've wanted to kick my screen because I suck so bad at these games, but this video has given me some hope.
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-kirill-a
-Most games make you grind to improve your character- whaaaaaat? Are you playing only RPGs and mobile games? Also, good RPGs are not about grinding but about strategy and decisions, so only MMO and mobile are left.
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-Most games make you grind to improve your character- whaaaaaat? Are you playing only RPGs and mobile games? Also, good RPGs are not about grinding but about strategy and decisions, so only MMO and mobile are left.
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-gamiac-
2: 20 -Celeste doesn't teach you how to push buttons correctly. -
The utter horseshit timing required to beat the B-Sides and C-Sides say otherwise. This game makes Mega Man X6 look like Barney's Hide and Seek.
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2: 20 -Celeste doesn't teach you how to push buttons correctly. -
The utter horseshit timing required to beat the B-Sides and C-Sides say otherwise. This game makes Mega Man X6 look like Barney's Hide and Seek.
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polygon
So. fighting games but less chaotic and less crazy motion inputs? Fighting games but minimalistic in terms of how it teaches these things, therefore needing to change to a generally more mechanically simply genre?
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So. fighting games but less chaotic and less crazy motion inputs? Fighting games but minimalistic in terms of how it teaches these things, therefore needing to change to a generally more mechanically simply genre?
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-waytoobiased
playing celeste will make you better at every video game because it will make your egg crack and you'll finally feel comfortable with yourself and will be able to just do everything better
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playing celeste will make you better at every video game because it will make your egg crack and you'll finally feel comfortable with yourself and will be able to just do everything better
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polygon
i am so happy i found this video which in turn led me to play celeste and it is SUCH an incredible game and it made me cry on multiple occasions and its my favorite game ever so thank you brian
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i am so happy i found this video which in turn led me to play celeste and it is SUCH an incredible game and it made me cry on multiple occasions and its my favorite game ever so thank you brian
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-cymonin5549
Played through Hollow Knight & beat Path of Pain, before thinking about playing Celeste.
Now I really wanna try it out, to see how much of HK's platforming transfers over.
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Played through Hollow Knight & beat Path of Pain, before thinking about playing Celeste.
Now I really wanna try it out, to see how much of HK's platforming transfers over.
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polygon
i clicked on this video assuming it'd be a bdg video since i know he loves celeste and BOY i was not disappointed. this video is so heartfelt and also makes me wanna play celeste.
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i clicked on this video assuming it'd be a bdg video since i know he loves celeste and BOY i was not disappointed. this video is so heartfelt and also makes me wanna play celeste.
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-Ryan.
When I started celeste I was at a point in hollow knight that I could do path of pain fairly easily then I played celeste and I compared the first level to path of pain difficulty
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When I started celeste I was at a point in hollow knight that I could do path of pain fairly easily then I played celeste and I compared the first level to path of pain difficulty
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-Leftisinsane
I really like this game, but holy crap! It can get pretty insane as you dive deeper into the game. I've died ALOT and I'm not even halfway through. Very cool game, but damn.
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I really like this game, but holy crap! It can get pretty insane as you dive deeper into the game. I've died ALOT and I'm not even halfway through. Very cool game, but damn.
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-aishas. 6895
woahh! wild to see someone using climbing vernacular in relation to video games! my two loves combined! incredible video, definitely made me want to finally pick up celeste
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woahh! wild to see someone using climbing vernacular in relation to video games! my two loves combined! incredible video, definitely made me want to finally pick up celeste
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-leandervr
Celeste is my favorite game of all time and this video gives a pretty good insight into why that is. And that outro is exactly how I talk about the game when I rave about it
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Celeste is my favorite game of all time and this video gives a pretty good insight into why that is. And that outro is exactly how I talk about the game when I rave about it
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-user__214
The funny thing is that you can just jump right, grab the strawberry, and then dash left back onto the platform you came from. That's how I got that one.
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The funny thing is that you can just jump right, grab the strawberry, and then dash left back onto the platform you came from. That's how I got that one.
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polygon
1: 06 well technically the floor only turns into the scary edges/dustbunnies when you move _off_ of it, you can stand in one spot indefinitely and not die
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1: 06 well technically the floor only turns into the scary edges/dustbunnies when you move _off_ of it, you can stand in one spot indefinitely and not die
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polygon
Oh, so that's how you're -supposed- to get this berry? I died many times till I got to jump and dash backwards on the strawberry's left plataform
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Oh, so that's how you're -supposed- to get this berry? I died many times till I got to jump and dash backwards on the strawberry's left plataform
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-iamgerer
Well guacamelee 1 & 2 are also same if u complete it 100%, it'll also make u better at every game.
However it's totally underrated
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Well guacamelee 1 & 2 are also same if u complete it 100%, it'll also make u better at every game.
However it's totally underrated
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-redshift7
honestly any metroidvaina works well. ive played hollow knight for the past few months and i can see how my skill has increased
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honestly any metroidvaina works well. ive played hollow knight for the past few months and i can see how my skill has increased
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-AdioShu
Thats not the only way to get that strawberry. You can just jump at it and dash backwards onto the platform you just jumped off.
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Thats not the only way to get that strawberry. You can just jump at it and dash backwards onto the platform you just jumped off.
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