Crytek Teases Oculus Rift-Exclusive VR Game: 'The Climb'

The one-minute teaser showed some early gameplay with the player climbing an isolated cliff in a tropical climate. All you see of your character are your hands, grabbing any sort of ledge on the cliff to continue the climb. At the end of the trailer, you’re transported to a helicopter that shows the area around the cliff -- a tall mountain, waterfalls, and even a temple-like structure at the top of one of the smaller mountains. Obviously, the fear of accidentally slipping and falling to your death is frightening, as one part of the trailer shows, but it’s all part of the experience of playing the game in VR.

Crytek showed something similar to The Climb back at E3 with Back to Dinosaur Island 2. Like The Climb trailer, you had to ascend the face of a tall mountain while avoiding falling rocks and pterodactyls. However, that demo had you only clinging onto a system of pulleys that pulled you up, whereas The Climb insists on a free-climb approach. Back to Dinosaur Island 2, along with the original Back to Dinosaur Island, were initially intended solely to show off Crytek’s plans for VR, but in our interview with David Bowman, the company’s director of production, he revealed that both demos were the foundation for the company’s upcoming game, Robinson: The Journey.