Wonderful game, and its free too! Play it, it will take up 5 minutes of your time, and give you a amazing experience. This not only simulates the life of a fly, but maybe of your life too.
Albert Einstein said - "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
That is this game in comparison to all others. The Gameplay is simple. The Story is linear. There is no context. But, this game is wonderful. The game is very short, but it makes you think. My only gripe is that the ending prevents any open ended thoughts. I think that the game would be better if you just blocked this out, and enjoyed.
Very very short, but very beautiful game also.
You're a fly... and you fly. Nothing more until the end, but with astonishing visuals and music (classical).
I got some lag flying through the breeze, but nothing that makes me mad.
The game is free, light download, just give a try.
I review games with all games starting at 5/10 (Average) and then deduct/add for negatives and positives:
Overall feeling:
"A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence." Is the premise of the game, and while short does live up to it's purpose. So it's hard to score against it or for it. The game is what it set out to be, a brief slice of a flys life. The game gives you time to think about what you are doing, flying upwards, why? What is The Plan? What is going on in this fly's head? The game's soundtrack swells at the end and abruptly ends at the climax with a solid white screen. Allowing you to enter in a name, or a message. I wrote "sorry fly".
Positives:
+ Graphics, art, and music worked well together
+1
Negatives:
-Wasn't interesting
-1
5/10
Don't go to the trouble of playing the game. Instead, just google a youtube playthrough and you'll have 99% the exact same experience while saving yourself from the trouble of an install and uninstall. A more interesting activity than playing this game is asking your friends why this game even exists.
It isn't a game. It will only take you about five minutes to complete, so it isn't like it wastes a huge amount of your time, but there isn't anything to it, nothing profound. It just kind of exists.
It is free, and is worth what you paid for it, i.e. nothing.