Counterpoint: Celeste is a great game with great art (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, August 27, 2020, 09:27 (1337 days ago) @ kidtsunami

The game fetishizes mechanics to the point where is completely neglects to give you a compelling reason to return or improve.

Of all people... you routinely fetishize mechanics and challenge abhorring extrinsic motivation to the point that you abstain from playing the very game this forum is dedicated to; I'm just so absolutely confused to why that's a negative thing now.

I just explained how there is in fact no intrinsic motivation. Mechanics and challenge are not in a vacuum; they never were. The world is not one I enjoy being in. There is never any tension. I hope this explains the problem.