When comparing Mushihimesama vs Beat Hazard, the Slant community recommends Mushihimesama for most people. In the question“What are the best Shoot 'Em Up games on Steam?” Mushihimesama is ranked 3rd while Beat Hazard is ranked 4th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Bright and colorful
Pro Many customizable options
The PC port of Mushihimesama is very tweakable. You can orient the screen for different monitor positions, expand the game window, move it around, have extra windows for displaying score, etc.
Pro Finely balanced level design
The levels are difficult and challenging, but never truly unfair. They encourage you to practice and increase your skill.
Pro Many difficulty levels
Allows players of all skill levels to enjoy the game.
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.
Cons
Con Moe Artsyle
While not necessarily a Con, the cute anime artstyle and theme won't be to everyone's taste, especially if you're not a fan of bugs.
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.