Climbing Flail is a physics toy about scaling a mountain Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Climbing Flail is a physics toy about scaling a mountain Legends of the fall. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Updated on 17 Jun 2019 At the bottom, this is clearly a climbing wall: artificial handholds, a ladder leaned just so, a sense of urban kibble to things. And you know Twitter, the pull-back-to-refresh action? That action spread everywhere on touchscreens, and it's how you climb this wall, too. You pull back, feel the elasticity in your body, and then let go, and you arc through the air, hands and feet flailing and gripping onto any colourful handholds they come into contact with. Your body is a papery thing, bright colours, face and clothes that can be randomised whenever the prompt appears. It is a ragdoll, individual parts rigid but the whole thing cobbled together in cheery floppiness. If the game were more grim it would be a bit like launching a corpse up a scaffold, but the game is not grim at all, the grey of the wall offset by the colourful handholds and chains, the bells you ring as you reach respawn points along the way, the flashing dots you collect, presumably for points. Dangers! The handholds disappear the moment you leave them, so if you don't attach yourself to something further up, you may drop back into the abyss. Then there are circular saws and roving red meanies. I left my daughter alone with the game for a few minutes over the weekend and when I returned she was crying with laughter, having de-armed and de-legged her climber on a saw. What I love about this game, which is called Climbing Flail, and is made by Korigame, is both how focused it is - fling yourself up physics-toy mountain, and once you get to the top, do it all over again - and how much it gives me the sense of a developer playing with an idea and watching it develop. At the bottom, it really is an artificial wall. But by the time you reach the top there is a mountain peak with snow and all that jazz. Climbing Flail is an absolute delight. It's a game made for Twitter, with its GIF-ability and its easy physics comedy, but it also offers a lovely sense of a journey and - at the summit - a weird thrill of victory. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 15 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store