Quick Look: Beat Hazard

" @august said:

" @TMThomsen said:

" Playing Beat Hazard with a gamepad? Why...? "

It's a dual joystick shooter. "

Or you could just call it a top-down shooter and use a mouse. There is absolutely nothing to gain by using a gamepad over a mouse. "

I am sorry, but without weapon sound it just sounds broken/incomplete. Also, if I am understanding Jeff correctly I could just play some crazy 90s Thunderdome tune and coast through the game.

Headache, I'm not down with it.

that looks awesome but I beat it gets old after a while.

Even though this kind of gave me a headache, I just tried the demo on Steam and my laptop literally had a seizure. For the first time ever, and I've played quite a few games on this laptop, it overheated. Haha.

Cool concept...so-so execution.

It looks ok but I get seizure headaches just looking at the menu!

" A mouse is so much more precise and faster. "

Christ.  It's like watching a migraine.

my head hurt from even looking at this video

This looks sick! 

Seizure

That game causes braintumors

Dear GOD it was hard to watch this thing.  I'm not even epileptic and I was getting a headache.

my head started to ache. fuck this

My seizure just had a seizure.

Not interested of the game, too much of an visual overload, but dang I gotta start listening to Uffie again.

really hard to watch...

quite shit tbh

My irises started twitching. Not cool.

Holy Christ! I can't deal with what I am seeing. But, I also can't look away.

This looks perfect if you absolutely hate your eyes. Show those rods and cones who's boss!

tried the demo, didnt like it because i couldnt tell the difference between the special effects and the enemy bullets

Played a fair bit of it, and quite enjoyed it as its in the same line as Audiosurf, but with more shooting.

Crystal Castles! Awesome.

Interesting concept, I like it. I doubt I'd buy this, but if it was iterated on and given some more love to the design, and the stuff Jeff mentioned like having more feedback for the player, it could be a real winner.

what a bunch of cry babies.
 
This game is awesome.
 
Also, just go into the options and turn the sound effects down and turn the volume way up.
 
The volume should be loud when you play this game.

This game is pretty slick, I like it!  Pro tip, version on XBL is $5 vs $10 on Steam.

MCs Can Kiss is a song that i am extremely ashamed of liking. Uffie is soooooo bad i cant believe she got a record deal on Ed Banger but man i like that song...

hmm, tried the demo, but none of my music showed up in the folders when I tried to play it. 

Brad singing hip-hop, sad.

" what a bunch of cry babies.   This game is awesome.  Also, just go into the options and turn the sound effects down and turn the volume way up.  The volume should be loud when you play this game. "

" Crystal Castles! Awesome. "

Jeff hit the nail on the head, this game has some serious design flaws that keep it from being awesome. As it stands, the lack of proper leaderboards, mixed quality visuals, and wonky interface (it won't organize folders alphabetically, or even represent how it's organized on your computer) all keep this game at the "just OK" level of quality.

*gets a seizure*

This games looks pretty damn good, actually, though I agree with jeff about the visual style. If steam does a sale I will almost certainly grab it.

they need to run some death metal through this or something

I want to see someone rip the audio from this quick look and feed it to Beat Hazard.

so many bright lights ... my eyes are bleeding 

This game is bringing the video encoder to its knees.

Outkast! 
 
Jeff is awesome.

That hurt somwhat.

This game is fantastic! Sure it has some flaws, but the developer is pretty involved in the Steam forums taking in suggestions for updates from the community. Also P.O.T.U.S.A. kicks my ass every time.

drugs