Delixe: Really? I loved the game. Gifted it to a few peeps as well and they loved it too. Maybe i'm just used to a little pain in my shooters being a fan of R-Type, Radiant Silvergun and Borderdown :p
Never was big on R-Type. I liked Border Down but haven't played nearly enough of it. Now, Radiant Silvergun, that I dig. I've invested too many hundreds of hours into that game! XD
Let it be known, I'm a huge shmup fanatic. Not the best player on Earth, but damn if I haven't put countless hours into countless games. Beat Hazard... isn't really a shmup, though.
A more apt comparison would be Geometry Wars and the multitude of derivatives that have popped up afterwards. Except, I enjoyed the hell out of Geometry Wars\Retro Evolved\Galaxies, and found Beat Hazard to be one heck of a boring seizure. Listening to my own music didn't make it any better. If you like it, though, that's fine, we all have different tastes.
prakaa: Great game, but the achie for the steam treasure hunt was insanely high
I had to spend 20 minutes to get it. It wasn't hard, just time consuming and the devoid of fun.
Virama: It isn't available for this Australian :(
FUCK IT!!!!!!!!!!!
It isn't available anywhere yet, my friend! Besides that, if it's not available in Australia for some reason, I'm sure somebody here can gift it to you. If not them, then me, so don't sweat it. Are the original Oddworld games available on Steam for you? If they're not, yeah, there's a good chance you're going to have to do an exchange.