When comparing Nuclear Throne vs Beat Hazard, the Slant community recommends Beat Hazard for most people. In the question“What are the best Bullet Hell games on PC?” Beat Hazard is ranked 2nd while Nuclear Throne is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Beat Hazard is:
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
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Pros
Pro Adjustable screen shake
While playing the screen will shake and judder around, making for a visceral experience and for those uncomfortable with the shaking there is an option to even turn it down in the settings
Pro Procedurally generated levels
While always a staple of any roguelike not all roguelites use procedurally generated levels, but this one does, which gives the advantage of a new experience every time the game is played.
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 Early Access
The game is in Early Access, which means it is still in development and will most likely have missing features as well as 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.