players and how her suicide attempt affects him years after. Alana Hagues for RPGFan discussed how she saw herself in Celes due to going through similar trials and tribulations, particularly Celes losing her allies, the loss of a family member, and her attempted suicide. The relationship between her and Locke was praised as one of the most beautiful subtle romances in video games by Stew Shearer for The Escapist. She has been requested for inclusion in the Dissidia Final Fantasy fighting game series as a playable character by staff of websites including Hardcore Gamer, Electronic Gaming Monthly, and Digitally Downloaded, the latter calling her their favorite character in Final Fantasy VI. Her Amano-designed outfit was featured among the best Final Fantasy outfits by Maddy Myers for Paste Magazine, while Todd Harper for Paste Magazine preferred the Amano design over her in-game artwork. Chad Concelmo for Destructoid also praised her outfit, noting that the bright yellows in it work well with her fair skin. Not all reception to the character was positive. Writer James Labolokie from Nintendojo felt that Celes relies too much on Cid and Locke to qualify as a character who breaks boundaries. Jef Rouner for the Houston Press was similarly critical of how she was depicted, noting that despite her and Terra's importance and strength, they are frequently "bound and dominated" by men and require their aide. Patrick Holleman observed that much of her personality is implied on what she does not say, and that the opera scene, which he described as one of the game's "cleverest" due to its use of symbolism, gives players the only real insight into her character in the first half of the game. Holleman argued that she is not a brilliant or rounded character because she suffers from a lack of characterization, particularly in the first half of the game, and attributed the developers' decision to have players start with Celes in the World of Ruin to her lack of character and identity. References Adoptee characters in video games Female characters in video games Fictional attempted suicides Fictional child soldiers Fictional defectors Fictional female generals Fictional knights in video games Fictional revolutionaries Fictional super soldiers Fictional witches Final Fantasy characters Final Fantasy VI Genetically engineered characters in video games Square Enix protagonists Teenage characters in video games Video game characters introduced in 1994 Video game characters who use magic Woman soldier and