The Climb - Oculus Quest - First Look
4The Climb
Crytek
Oculus Quest
If you have a fear of heights or falling this may not be for you, but you will be missing out on a really unusual game that brings the extreme sport of free climbing to VR.
Visually the locations look stunning and the uneasy sensation you get when hanging one handed from a ledge and then looking down a couple of hundred feet certainly feels real. There are times where I experienced clipping, especially when you were leaning over towards a just out of reach hold, or my head passed through an out crop, but this doesn't detract from what is a brilliant game, that is a very visual platformer at heart.
I have only completed my first climb so far, but the simple control system of grab and hold, shake chalk and jump mean it will be your own errors that cause you to fall, your stamina does fall, so you will need to rest and chalk your hands often. but you can choose to take it easy up a climb or be daring and jump from point to point.
I can't wait to go back and try more.