The previewed climbing destination setting takes place in Asia, inspired by Vietnam’s famous and picturesque Halong Bay, but also draws upon other features and landmarks from all over the continent to create a unique rock climbing environment. I can only imagine the additional destinations from around the world the Crytek VR team will dream up of next. As Oculus Head of Worldwide Studios, Jason Rubin puts it, “The Climb is a beautiful combination of art and thrill that’s bringing an entirely new level of adventure gaming to Rift.” To grasp a hard-to-reach hold, you have to really lean your shoulders and crane your neck, as if straining your arm muscles to scale a steep slope. Turn your head left, and the camera will swing that direction along with a floating in-game hand. So the team had to dream up an entirely new set of control mechanics where your head directs both perspective as well as your virtual hands. When the Crytek development team first began working on The Climb, Oculus Touch controllers were not available. The Climb is a speed-climbing game where you scale treacherous mountainsides using only your virtual hands, in this case an XBOX One gamepad or Oculus Touch controllers.
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In a joint announcement between Oculus and Crytek, both companies unveiled a preview of The Climb, an adrenaline pumping free solo rock climbing adventure game.Ĭrytek who is known for their best-selling titles like Crysis and the Far Cry series, as well as currently in development virtual reality games Robinson: The Journey and Dinosaur Island, is bringing a new type of gameplay to VR.
Although there should be a good amount of game titles that launch on multiple platforms, Oculus gets to chalk up an exclusive with Crytek’s The Climb. 2016 is getting closer and platforms like Oculus, PlayStation VR, and HTC Vive/Steam VR are vying to release the best virtual reality game titles at launch.