The first half introduces a load of interesting new mechanics before a mid-chapter break shakes Farewell up - from that point on, things get a little nutty. And even though so much time has passed, the new levels arriving in Chapter 9 still manage to introduce some of this game’s most clever mechanics, wonderfully difficult and satisfying screens, and loveliest music to date.Ĭhapter 9 will likely take all but the best players 2-3 hours to beat, structured a bit like an A-side and a B-side mixed into one continuous level.

Of course, it’s not really a sequel, something developer Matt Thorson tells me they aren’t interested in making, but it’s still meatier than you might expect from an unceremonious, free content update dropping nearly two years after launch. It tells a mostly contained story that picks up after the base game and introduces plenty of new mechanics while also remixing some previous ones in clever ways. IGN has the first 8 minutes of Celeste chapter 9, which you can watch in the video above.Ĭhapter 9, titled Farewell, will be added to Celeste on all platforms tomorrow, and it feels a little bit like like a bite-sized sequel in some respects.

I’m willing to bet it’s a bit of both, but this free expansion to an already incredible game is a blast either way. It’s hard to tell if Celeste Chapter 9 has some of the game’s hardest levels yet, or if a year and a half of accumulated rust from not playing is just slowing me down.

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