#i literally just have to rely on muscle memory to memorize positionings and timings because i genuinely cant see whats happening
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i consider celeste and hollow knight both masterpieces in the sense that they arent literally perfect (both have some major flaws that made it significantly difficult for me to get through certain sections and somewhat soured the experience) but at the same time i feel like theyre as close to perfect as a videogame is going to get. like, no piece of media will ever be truly, genuinely perfect, but ive never encountered another game that got so close.
#disco elysium is another game that got really close but the flaws got a bit much for me so i dont hold it in quite as high a regard#and technically i have less beef w celeste even though i prefer hollow knight#celestes major sins are its tutorials and some more lackluster accessibility#i appreciate that theres considerable effort but it does need to be better#it needs to explain itself more either by fixing the existing tutorials or adding an optional manual you can read#things like hitboxes are so confusing at times and it makes for an experience where i straight up dont understand why i keep dying#until i eventually figure it out and im like 'well why didnt you just tell me that so i didnt waste an hour trying the same thing'#also the camera isnt great#in larger rooms it often suddenly jerks to the side while youre moving#and my eyes cant process whats happening during those frames#and a lot of times im in the middle of maneuvering through spikes and stuff??#so it just causes me to lose track of my character and i inevitably get hit#i literally just have to rely on muscle memory to memorize positionings and timings because i genuinely cant see whats happening#which needless to say isnt great#if i turned on assist mode i could probably slow down game speed to help but that shouldnt be the only option#it should be a visual setting#(also in regards to visuals its very hard to make out hazards sometimes like they just blend into the bg)#hollow knight has a lot more issues and in terms of accessibility it sucks absolute ass#but at least there are mods if youre on pc that can help w a lot of the issues#esp w stuff like visibility in the radi fight#do i wish the game itself had more options?? yes absolutely#but also team cherry have basically been working on hk and silksong nonstop afaik so its less negligence and more just time constraints#i do hope silksong is better in this regard tho since they have no deadlines w it#edit: OH ALSO. CELESTE HAS RLLY BAD 'EXPLORATION'#searching for the collectibles isnt fun and the game is really awful at hinting at them
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