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  • 3 months ago
Sky Climb REVIEW on the Quest 3

Soar through the skies like never before and restore balance to the universe with Sky Climb!
This first-person adventure brings classic platforming to VR, featuring an intuitive arm-based locomotion mechanism that allows you to fling yourself from one cube to another in low gravity.

SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGN
An adventure with 8 unique worlds, comprising 74 levels complete with boss encounters and power-ups.

MULTIPLAYER CHAMPIONSHIP
Challenge your friends in the Online mode, supporting up to 6 players and 24 bots in races, hoop-collecting or shooting challenges.

PERSONALIZE YOUR CLIMBER
Collect tons of customization options and stand out from the crowd!

BUILDER MODE
Unleash your creativity and design your very own levels. Dive into a world of endless challenges and share your creations with fellow players, putting your platforming skills to the ultimate test.

Key Features:
74 single-player levels (including 7 bosses)
Innovative locomotion system
Online multiplayer championship
Customize your hero (colors, shapes, and faces)
Compete for the title of the fastest climber on the leaderboards for each level
Level Editor available in Mixed Reality

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01 - Game Menus - 5/5
02 - weapons/vehicles - 3/5
03 - Playable characters - NA
04 - Enemies and bosses. - 4/5
05 - levels and size - 5/5
06 - Campaign, multiplayer, co-op - 4/5
07 - Customisation options - 4/5
08 - levelling up options - NA
09 - Controls - 3/5
10 - Online playability - 4/5
11 - Puzzles - 4/5
12 - MR/Pass Through - NA

TOTAL = 36/45

I don’t include graphics in my rating system because you can see for yourself the graphics in the video.

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Intro Music by Gareth Gittins:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmdY1-aNLf97ZRwRtfRFNyA

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Transcript
00:00Here's a game which is very different to the norm, Skyclan, a game that I wasn't enjoying
00:18much to begin with but then found myself addicted to it after 30 minutes.
00:23Now I feel like I should explain the reason why I wasn't enjoying it to begin with.
00:28This was because I might have missed some of the instructions, the main one being turning
00:33in mid-air.
00:35So you launch yourself off these floating bricks.
00:38If you put your hands together like you would when diving into water, then you will fall
00:42faster.
00:44If you squeeze both triggers, then it'll give you a one-time boost in the air at wherever
00:50you are looking.
00:51And then the part I missed was how to turn, which is achieved by holding out your arms
00:56like you are a plane and turning, just like you used to do as a child.
01:01You can also flap your arms in big strokes like a bird to suspend yourself in the air
01:06for longer, but I found this doesn't work so well.
01:09You can only spend so long gliding in the air because your hands will expand and eventually
01:15pop.
01:16But once you touch back down on the cube, they will return back to normal.
01:21Now the idea is to reach the end of the course and slap the Guardian to finish.
01:26There are also 21 star coins to collect on each level.
01:30Seems the more you collect, then the more diamonds you are given.
01:34You can then use these diamonds to unlock stuff to customise your character, such as
01:38colour, face, head and expressions.
01:41There are checkpoints laid out across the level, so you won't have to restart every
01:47time.
01:49There are 74 levels spanning over 8 worlds.
01:54Everything looks really colourful, and though starts out easy, it soon ramps up and gets
01:59a little more difficult.
02:00You will soon be chased by various things which you can shoot if you find a gun.
02:05Then there's a sun that will blow you away if you let go of a cube at the wrong time.
02:11There's also tornadoes, angry looking moving blocks, even some of the cubes move themselves
02:17in the levels.
02:19The controls are easy, but may take some time to get used to.
02:23The menus are simple enough and offer you campaign, multiplayer, character looks or
02:30a level builder.
02:31Then you have controls for music, effects and voice chat on or off.
02:36Now I've been having fun whilst playing this.
02:39Many of the visuals are nice, kind of large picture book child looking, but still a lot
02:46of fun to look at.
02:47The game will get you frustrated many times, like not turning enough whilst in the air,
02:53or not grabbing cubes that you swear you grabbed hold of, or just the game itself as you try
02:58to figure out your route to that pesky little guy you gotta give a slap to.
03:03But it is good that it's not simple all the time and requires some thought.
03:08Some of it is trial by error, some is just pure luck.
03:12So you can build your own course for yourself and others to try out using the builder so
03:16you will never be short of levels.
03:19I feel for the price of this game you are getting your monies with.
03:23The makers, VR Monkey, that also brought you Galaxy Cart, have given us something a little
03:28different.
03:29And it's a fantastic effort.
03:32I think all ages will enjoy this, though be warned, you will need some room as you will
03:37be flapping your arms around in all sorts of directions.
03:41So on that, I score Sky Climb a 36 out of 45.
03:46You can find my scoring system in the description section below.
03:50So please tap that like button if you find my review helpful, leave a comment on your
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03:59and hit that subscribe button.
04:01As always, thank you for watching guys and I'll catch you in the next one.
04:05Happy gaming.