I didn't expect to get nearly 40 hours out of this lol.

I had always seen celeste as a short game before playing it. like, one that you pick up for a challenge, and then put down after a few hours.

but then I found out I had to do some of the side content to play chapter 8. okay, I'll do that I thought. it took me a while, it was tough, but I really loved the challenging B-sides, and my enjoyment of the game grew.

after beating chapter 8, I went on to chapter 9. I expected to beat that, and be done with the game. then I found out I had to seemingly do every B-side, and then some.

so I started finishing all of them, and I liked the game more and more. I then heard that chapter 9 was apparently harder than the C-sides (which I didn't even know existed), and that they really prepare you for chapter 9. so, I knew at that point that I was gonna be doing those too.

when I first picked up this game, I never expected to do all of the side content. I thought that those would be too hard for me. but this game naturally encouraged me to do all of the side content, and that's very cool.