[PC] Audiosurf + Geometry Wars = Beat Hazard

Very tempting. After seeing the ad pop up on steam I was already seriously considering it, but I was wondering if I should wait for a weekend deal. Chances are it would only be another $2.50 off, though, so I'm sure I'll end up getting it.

I think my first song will be the Confusion remix from Blade, and then perhaps I will indulge in a seizure.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

For those of you guys still on the fence, I'd say it can get pretty confusing if you play it on hardcore mode, because they up the number of lights flashing at you as well as the number of ships onscreen/firing.

Playing on normal isn't near as bad, so you can still get a lot of playability out of the game, but it might seem a bit easy on normal mode, too.

One thing I couldn't decide if I liked or not is that you have 2 separate power pickups. One is for power (duh) which ups your attack, but the other one is volume, which ups the volume of the track playing, but also increases the intensity of the lights and the ships onscreen. So basically you start out with the track playing really low and in order to get it going, you have to be doing well. If you take a couple of deaths without volume pickups you'll be straining to hear the track as you play through it. =/

I still find it a lot of fun, though, and a great alternative to Audiosurf, which I could never get into as a twitch game.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

For some reason it seems more like this game was aimed at people playing trance music than Freebird.

It does kinda freak out if a song has high peaks and low valleys, because you end up fighting a boss when your beam weapon isn't doing shit, but that's part of the point, too. Playing around and finding tracks that give you the most fun and/or challenge. So yeah, techno will sometimes give you the most predictable playthrough, but it shouldn't be the only thing you listen to with the game.

Some of my favorites to play so far:
Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch
La Roux - In for the Kill (Let's Get Ravey Mix)
Enigma - Gravity of Love
10 Years - 11:00 am
Amon Tobin - El Cargo

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.