Life of Fly 2 is like an incredibly slow bus journey through a bland neighborhood. To make it worse, a stranger sits next to you and spouts waffle that they think is insightful. It’s mercifully short at an hour, and Gamerscore pours out of it, but your time is worth so much more than this.
It was only as 2021 came around did we find the opportunity to delve into the minds of insects, with Life of Fly. Already though, just six months later, the sequel is here. And Life of Fly 2 promises to throw you in to a series of new short stories, all focused on the life and times of different flies.
I love quirky games that try something different, especially when they bring storytelling into the gaming arena, and that is the case with Life of Fly on Xbox. It's short, but I don’t have an issue with that as it’s just long enough to not outstay its welcome.
It’s not the first time a game has allowed us to delve into the minds of insects; only a few months ago, the surreal Metamorphosis turned you into one such creature. Now though, there’s a buzz regarding the newly released Life of Fly, which has landed on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. So, prepare to discover what goes on in the lives of flies as you actually get to become them.
Should you have found love with the plethora of Aery games already on the Xbox Store, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, you should be totally down with heading back to times gone by. It's there we are travelling to with the release of Aery - Stone Age.
Fancy settling down for some green fingered fun times? Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator is now available on Xbox, PlayStation and PC. It's coming to Nintendo Switch very soon too.
I was fortunate to recently be on a business trip to Taiwan. I went ahead and booked an extension to visit Tokyo and the real-life Kabukichō, the location that Kamurocho and many of the early games are based on. Even going as far as booking a hotel right in the centre of the red-light district.
In the heart-wrenching, exhilarating military RPG known as Long Gone Days, you will experience the intensity of a warzone, uncover conspiracies, and find out that not everything is exactly as it seems…