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Celeste Free Download (v1.3.1.2) Posted by Admin January 26, 2018 Action, Adventure, Anime, Casual. Celeste Free Download PC Game Cracked in Direct Link and Torrent. Celeste – Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. About This Game. Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight, hand-crafted platformer from the creators of multiplayer classic TowerFall. A narrative-driven, single-player adventure like mom used to make, with a charming cast of characters and a touching story of self-discovery.

From Super Metroid to Metal Gear, Shadow of the Colossus to The Last of Us, gaming has spun all sorts of yarns across its relatively young lifetime. Though, for as loveable as these characters and motivations are - are these stories fundamentally told in a way that benefits gaming as a medium?

Rare is the game that actually uses the very fact we're controlling the action on screen to tell a meaningful story. You can argue that yes, being the person that kills The Boss in Snake Eater or downs the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus drew you into the moment, but fundamentally, was through a video game the only way this scene could unfurl, and could its impact also be done on film, or on the page?

- Spoilers for Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons follow -

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What I'm getting at, is think of something like Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Across that game you become accustomed to controlling two protagonists at once, with one analogue stick and a trigger each. It's a bit of a learning process, but when one of the brothers dies, you literally feel the loss in gameplay, because now you're only playing with half the pad.

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Cut to the end of the game, and when the little brother must remember the lessons he's been taught by his older sibling, you actually reuse the now-dormant part of the controller, rounding him off as a character and fundamentally moving him through the world in a more accomplished way.

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It's genius, and indicative of a style of storytelling that's SO rare in the medium.

This brings me onto Celeste, as I've not been so absolutely emotionally devastated by a game in quite some time. Not in a bad way, either. More a 'Yup, I'm never going to experience that for the first time ever again' kinda way.

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Now obviously I'd recommend playing Celeste for yourself, but let's go full spoilers if you're sticking around, because what two-man dev team Matt Thorson and Noel Berry have accomplished, makes for an utterly exquisite experience.

Celeste is an exploration of doubt, anxiety and failure - emotions and sensations we all feel, and some are completely dominated by. Centred on the physical act of character Madeline climbing the titular mountain, she comes across a few characters along the way that mostly serve to be commenters on her struggle.

There's the chirpy self-confident Theo, the constantly worrying Mr. Oshiro and the mocking, 'Oh just give up, why even bother'-style candour from someone literally called Granny.

Together they texture this gorgeous pixel adventure and factor into some supremely tough platforming. Celeste is a hard game, but one you can tell has been play-tested and refined until its difficulty curve is JUST right. Jumps, wall-kicks and boosts are all you have, but they get put to use across a series of levels that vary things up with puzzles and environmental hazards.

There's more to Celeste than the mountain's difficulty being a manifestation of any one individual's life challenges, but getting comfortable with being knocked back and incrementally progressing by using Madeline's own strengths is already tapping into why the game has such a positive takeaway message.

Back to the story itself, and before long you meet a dark, mirror version of Madeline. No-named and only being referred towards Madeline as 'part of you', it's clear Madeline has dealt with - and been overpowered by - this being's effect on her psyche before.

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Quickly we understand that this darker avatar is the on-screen manifestation of Madeline's worries; her doubts and fears: She's the voice we all have in our head whenever we want to push for something greater in real life. She's the almost societally reinforced notion that you should stick to your post; stick with what's reliable; don't go out of your comfort zone, because what if something goes wrong?

The game mostly sets up this darker self as a villain, and gaming in general would dictate some sort of 'final boss' scenario with Madeline vanquishing her doubts and emerging victorious would follow.

But she doesn't. Or rather... in some of the most affecting and emotionally powerful scenes I've seen, she starts to have a conversation with her worst self. She learns to rationalise those often overriding negativities with reason, with determination, with a will to carry on and prove herself no matter what.

In-game, this initially comes from many raw interactions and chase sequences as Madeline's shadow self doesn't WANT to 'open up'; she doesn't want to be understood because after all, she represents that runaway negativity we can often be paralysed by. To understand this is to vanquish and hone it, and therein lies Celeste's greatest achievement.

Eventually the pair reach something of an agreement on how it's okay to feel scared and shoot for the stars, and you start working together to make bigger jumps; to reach that little bit higher; to save you from falling at the last minute; to climb the mountain as one.

The following rush of fast-paced levels, the reality of working with this 'antagonist' you've feared and ran away from so many times - the fact that developers Thorson and Berry save some of the most intense visual flourishes and controller rumbles for the final few steps. It really comes together in a way that was so emotionally overwhelming, I just had to sit with a sensation of pure happiness, reward and accomplishment, for quite some time.

Celeste provides a window into how those who deal with depression, anxiety, general worry or any remote sense of dread in everyday life can learn to visualise their more 'out of control' elements, bringing them back under control and finding the positives inside mentalities otherwise routed in worry and a paralysing feeling of over-consideration.

Everybody feels trepidation, anxiety, stress - but they're human thoughts, impulses and emotions that can be channelled for good. The key, as Celeste says and I agree, is moderation.

As modern technology and newer generations continue to dissect and truly understand every last part of our insanely complex chemical makeup, when it comes to mental health, it is so refreshing to see a video game do something that means all who play, will come away with a greater understanding of what it means for each of us to tackle our own individual mountains.

The director of the hit platformer Celeste has confirmed that Madeline, the game's protagonist, is trans, according to a blog posted on their website. This follows some hints in the game's epilogue expansion which led many fans to speculate that Madeline was trans.

Celeste is a highly-acclaimed precision platformer that tells the story of Madeline, a young woman who hopes to move beyond a stagnant period in her life by climbing the fabled Celeste Mountain. As Madeline climbs the mountain, she encounters a range of obstacles holding her back, including a shadow version of herself that embodies her negative emotions. As Madeline and the player overcome Celeste's demanding platforming challenges, Madeline grows more at ease with herself, and confident in her ability to accomplish whatever she sets her mind to.

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Director Maddy Thorson, who uses they/them pronouns, confirmed that Madeline was trans while noting that they are trans, as well. Thorson did not identify as trans during the development of Celeste, and their process of self-discovery mirrors that of Madeline herself. The most explicit reference to this aspect of Madeline's identity comes during Celeste's brutally difficult Farewell content update, when Madeline can be seen to have the trans pride flag on her desk during a cutscene.

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I've been wanting to write this forever and today, for whatever reason, I was finally able to https://t.co/YpCOpFT5wH

— Maddy Thorson (@MaddyThorson) November 6, 2020

Thorson also acknowledges that Madeline's trans identity is never brought up within the game's narrative, and that this could be a potential source of criticism. In particular, Thorson acknowledges the similarity to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling retroactively declaring the beloved wizard Albus Dumbledore to be gay. However, this is partially explained by Thorson's gradual self-realization, and also by Thorson's belief that Madeline should be afforded some degree of privacy. Given how realistically Celeste treats the topics of depression and anxiety, it only makes sense that it would treat Madeline's privacy in a realistic fashion as well.

Trans representation in gaming has recently taken some strides through games like The Last of Us Part II and Tell Me Why. Still, representation across a range of genres is essential, and Celeste may be one of the first platformers to feature a trans protagonist. Given its themes of perseverance and self-discovery, Celeste can serve as an especially powerful metaphor for body dysmorphia and the importance of living as one's most authentic self. This does not take away from the game's explicit discussions of mental health and grief, but rather helps to contextualize them in a new way.

Of course, Celeste is not the first non-cisgender protagonist of a blockbuster indie game. For example, the highly-anticipated episodic release Deltarune features protagonist Kris, whose gender is never specified. Hopefully these games will pave the way for respectful representation of diverse gender identities in future games from both major and indie studios.

Celeste is available now for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia.

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