New Heights: Realistic Climbing and Bouldering

A cautious recommend for this. Overall it is worth it, but there is plenty of room for improvement here. THE GOOD 1. The climbing controls. Four limbs easily controlled by two mouse buttons and one ctrl key gives a far more natural climbing feel than other any other climing game to date (Peaks of Yore, Cairn etc.). 2. The locations. Classic climbing routes are included - and there are a LOT of them. A good mix of bouldering, big walls and monuments. 3. The photogrammetry. Okay, so the implementation is a bit hit-and-miss but it makes for a very nice contrast to the usual cartoon-style graphics. THE BAD. 1. Jankety-Jank. The game is very janky in places, to the extent that some routes are very difficult not because of the route itself, but because of clipping through the wall, ragdolling, vibrating etc.. It really is a bit of a mess at times. 2. Poorly implemented movement. This one is surprising in view of the control scheme and the body physics, but as alluded to in some other reviews, this climber seems to have some serious physiological defects. Her back muscles don't work at all apparently, her calf muscles don't work and her thigh muscles are decidely flimsy. Put …

Very fun game and its satisfying completing challenging routes.

I absolutely adore this game as both an aspiring climber and a fan of cairn and peaks of yore. But It must be said that at times it can be a bit frustrating with how sometimes the character just doesnt seem to do what you want them to do. And also the crashing. The game frequently crashes in the middle of a route which is extremely demoralizing. Any tips to fix this would be great. Or an update from the devs to make it happen less. Other than these issues the game is super addicting. I just wish there were more trad climbing maps instead of just the boulders and the semi urban climbing maps. Dont get me wrong those are fun too but some big walls would be a lot more enjoyable for me personally. Keep up the good work devs! :)

For obvious reasons, I'm comparing New Heights to Peaks of Yore. This game is far more nuanced than something like Peaks of Yore, so for me it scratches that 'parkour/climbing' better. HOWEVER, because of that increased nuance (especially with how physics-based everything is combined with the procedural grip points) this game is also FAR more frustrating and janky than Peaks of Yore. Most of the time this game feels really good to play, but every little hitch in the experience makes an already difficult game infinitely more irritating. It's the little things, like how the character is literally unable to stand and walk normally if you have a rope attached to your harness, how about 20% of all the grip points feel inconsistent and too weak, or how for some reason they decided to make all your limbs collide with each other so you end up tangling your arms and legs together when the mountain decides to make you play Twister. The game is good, again it REALLY scratches that climbing itch that Peaks of Yore introduced me to, but it so very desperately needs some polish on the gameplay front. idgaf about the janky animations or the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ standing and walking controls or even more con…

This is a really good climbing game it doesn't have all the story and survival fluff of Carin. It is razor focused on complex technical climbing with a very competent and more realistically conditioned protagonist. In Carin if you don't have all 4 limbs attached to the very limited and linear climbing path, you quickly lost stamina and fell. In this game, just like real climbers that condition their bodies to actually do this really well, you can hang from one hand with a good enough grip, and the climbing overall feels much more fluid and granular, giving tons more depth and options to explore the vasty superior terrain. An all around great climbing game and a must buy for fans of the genre and a great introduction for everyone else.

great game. bit buggy at times but It is actually great