The Climb will allow Oculus Rift owners to experience rock climbing in beautiful locations, the first of which has been revealed to be inspired by Vietnam’s Halong Bay. Other locations which will be included with the game will be revealed at later date. Players will use either the bundled Xbox One controller or Oculus’ Touch controllers to move their hands along rock faces, all while they look for their next handhold with their VR headset. Just don’t look down.
Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli provided this introduction to The Climb:
Crytek mentions that The Climb is designed to be a game for all audiences, though they also note that veteran and more hardcore players will find something to look forward to as well.
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The Climb is the type of game that’s likely to excel in this first major year of PC VR headsets. It combines a simple concept - rock climbing - with clever and intuitive gameplay, beautiful visuals and a promised depth for dedicated players. It smartly hides or does away with the areas where VR has difficulty: full 3D movement, complex controls, lots of loading, 360 degree head movement and so on. Mostly though, it just provides an awesome experience that people may never have in real life.
The Climb is planned as a PC exclusive for the Oculus Rift VR headset, and its release date is TBD.
Source: The Climb
