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Unfortunately, the screen just goes blank, and resets where you left off.īut that is the only disappointment in an otherwise breathtaking demo. When I let go, I was hoping for a VR-extravaganza of violent death on the rocks below. If you let go of the pulleys, you will fall. It is a reminder that this is a game, and not just a demo. It tumbles toward its death, only to be rescued by a parent in mid-air. There is one moment of nice visual storytelling, when a baby pterodactyl falls out of its nest. Rocks tumble down from the top of the cliff, as a mother seeks to protect her young. Control is handled through direction of gaze and then controller buttons.ĭuring the ascent, pterodactyls emerge from hidey-holes, soaring above, below and behind the player, occasionally allowing themselves to come close enough to show off the creatures' detail.
#CRYTEK'S BACK TO DINOSAUR ISLAND SERIES#
VR hands float in front of the player, who must maneuver them in order to clasp onto a series of pulleys that pull upwards. To look directly down is to experience the wonder of a lovely view, but also to feel a wave of vertigo. The demo begins with the player clinging to the face of an enormous cliff, surrounded by a beautiful Jurassic landscape of mountains, jungles and waterfalls.
#CRYTEK'S BACK TO DINOSAUR ISLAND FULL#
By contrast, this new demo is a full bloom of colors that also demands the player to move.
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While impressive, it was fairly static and kind of monotone blue-ish. That earlier GDC demo featured a terrifying T-Rex, sniffing around a player who had unwisely decided to camp in the vicinity of some giant eggs. Shown on an Oculus Rift Crescent Bay prototype, it's the follow-up to a demo shown earlier this year.Ĭrytek rented a room in a quiet corner of the Los Angeles Convention Center to show a short demo to anyone who happened to pass and fancied spending ten minutes in the early Tithonian period. "Back to Dinosaur Island 2" is a proof of concept virtual reality demo from Crytek, for its forthcoming game Robinson: The Journey. One of E3's best demos this year was shown, not on a glitzy mega-booth, but in a quiet back room, without fuss or fanfare.