When comparing Beat Hazard vs Worms Armageddon, the Slant community recommends Worms Armageddon for most people. In the question“What are the best local co-op PC games?” Worms Armageddon is ranked 24th while Beat Hazard is ranked 74th. The most important reason people chose Worms Armageddon is:
Up to 6 teams, each with up to 8 worms can be present in the game.
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Pros
Pro Multiple difficulty modes
There are multiple difficulty modes in the game allowing for anyone's preferred skill level of gameplay as well as Insane, and suicidal if you really want to fail or experience a challenge
Pro Bragging rights through Steam achievements
Players can compete with one another through Steam achievements in the game. There are global leaderboards where one can compare their score against all other players making for a good method to judge how good one is as well as allows one to have some bragging rights.
Pro Music based gameplay
Use your own music to change gameplay and spawning enemies, which allows for endless replayability through the way it generates random content.
Pro Multiple ships/characters for replayability
Several characters and their ships are available to choose from in order to change up the gameplay.
Pro Easily change strobe effects
There is a setting in the game that allows users to change the strobe effects in the game, which may help those that do not enjoy the effects or find them medically dangerous.
Pro Allows for large multiplayer battles
Up to 6 teams, each with up to 8 worms can be present in the game.
Pro Easily practice in single player
Upon Armageddons release this was the first Worms title to have a single player campaign. This allows for a great way to practice before going online to play, which can be difficult due to being matched with players with a higher skill level.
Pro Easy to access multiplayer
Due to Worms Armageddons integrated Worms.net server the multiplayer is simple to join making for an intuitive online experience.
Cons
Con Default settings are very flashy
The default strobe settings may not suitable for people with a sensitivity for strobe effects. Though this can be changed in the setting to lower how much strobing is going on in the game.
Con Single player puzzles are frustrating
Many of the single player campaigns are difficult due to frustrating puzzles that can take many tries to complete. As much as it is nice to have a single player campaign the real meat of the game is meant to be in the multiplayer, which shows in the design of these single player missions.