Time Flies Arrives on PS5 July 31 – PlayStation Blog

Alright, let’s take a ride through my brain, shall we? So, I’m Michael Frei, and yeah, I’m that guy who fiddled around with Time Flies. And guess what? You get to play as a fly in this quirky little game. It’s buzzing its way to PlayStation 5 on July 31st. Funny, right? I mean, who thinks of these things?

Okay, let’s get into it. First thing when you boot up the game, bam, it checks out your location. Not weird at all.

Oh, and let me show you something really cool. If you’re chilling in Switzerland, you have a life expectancy set at 83.3 seconds in the game, ’cause, well, that’s 83.3 years in real life, according to whatever nerdy stats WHO has. In the USA? You only get 76.4 seconds. Tough luck! But hey, you’re a fly. Who’da thought buzzing around comes with existential dread about life expectancies?

Now, this makes the game harder in some spots than others. Somehow it feels like an unspoken metaphor, or maybe I’m reading too much into this.

Alright, let’s dive into this whole bucket list shtick. What’s a fly got on its to-do list before the end? Darned if I know! But we threw in a list to get you started. You just gotta wing it—pun intended. Yeah, you might crash and burn at first, but like in life, you just keep trying. It’s about life, ironically, with infinite do-overs. Can you beat that?

My all-time fave? “Find God.” Sounds deep, right? We brainstormed a bit, tried to get all philosophical. I won’t spoil it, but it’s quite the journey for a little fly.

Got a few more stories up my sleeve. Ah, where do I begin? Such a thing as playing a video game in a video game? Yepp, that was plan A. Or was it plan B? Ah, forget it. Some sort of escape-from-hell-to-heaven scenario, but yeah, it kinda tanked.

The hiccup was, you could only tap one button at a time. Flies aren’t exactly the dexterous type. So, you land, you stumble, you try not to get squashed. It’s all about the joystick, my friend. No complex controls, just pure, unfiltered chaos.

What did we settle on? A super simple game with just three controls. Yup. Look left, look right, maybe hit a button. Finding God somehow involves looking both ways and heading whichever direction feels right—or wrong. It’s a mystery! Oh, and maybe Time Flies has secrets within secrets, but I’ll let you figure that one out.

So, yeah. Can’t wait for you to dive into the madness that is Time Flies. July 31st, mark your calendars. Catch you on the flip side. 🖤