Fly O’Clock

Genre: Arcade

Players: 1-4 Competitive (Local)

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Review:

Fly O’Clock, sometimes referred to as Fly O’Clock VS, is a single-button mobile-style Arcade game released in 2016 on PC and ported to Nintendo Switch in 2018. This game has players taking the role of a small fly sitting on the face of a wristwatch jumping over the two hands as they spin around, trying to avoid getting squished by them.

The presentation randomly chooses one of a variety of visualizations for the game when you start a new round, with all of these taking a pseudo 2D pixel art visual style, backed by a decent but repetitive Southern Rock-style song that I suppose works for the game but doesn’t seem related to the game’s theme.

For the gameplay, I credit this game’s designers for making this more than just a weird take on “jump rope”. Your fly jumps between four spots on the watch face, progressing to each in a counter-clockwise rotation as the hands move clockwise in increasing speed. The game includes a standard mode where you’re meant to survive as long as possible, and a “race” mode where you’re trying to complete a specific number of jumps faster than your human- or computer-controlled opponents, with the hands stunning you rather than eliminating you in this latter mode.

When it comes to complaints, I have a minor one and a major one. For the minor complaint, I really wish this game marked the spot where you’ll be landing when you jump and made it clearer when the clock hands will intersect with your hit box. As for the major one… well, as you might expect, this is a very simple, repetitive game.

I suppose for only $2, Flo O’Clock is an okay time-waster, but it’s one you’ll probably grow bored of after a few minutes of play. It’s not a terrible game, it’s just not much of a game.

tl;dr – Fly O’Clock is a mobile-style single-button Arcade game where players control a fly jumping over the hands of a wristwatch. For only $2, this is an okay time-waster, but it’s far too simple and repetitive to hold your attention for more than a few minutes before you’ll want to move on.

Grade: C

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