RPCS3 v0.0.15 | Beat Hazard Ultra | PS3 Emulator Game-play
4Beat Hazard is a shoot 'em up where the player controls a small spaceship that must fend off waves of hostile ships and debris that spawns around randomly. Destroying ships and debris will earn points and sometimes spawn powerups that can be collected to increase the score multiplier and boost the FX and Sound of the music that is playing. During gameplay, larger enemies known as bosses will occasionally appear. Destroying bosses rewards more points and causes multiple power-ups to appear.
During each music sequence, the main goal is to earn as many points before the song that is playing in the background ends. When the song is finished, a screen then shows how many points was earned and is used as experience to move up ranks. When the player ranks up, a variety of gameplay options can be unlocked, including harder difficulty options and starting with a higher multiplier.
If the player's ship is hit by any enemy projectiles or collides into each other, the ship will be destroyed and a life is deducted, it also causes some of the FX and Sound power-ups to be dropped in the process. If all lives is lost, the music sequence immediately ends, but any points earned will not be lost.
As an important element in Beat Hazard, music affects gameplay in many ways. Enemies spawn in with each beat of the song and the background effects are determined by the sound volumes. Custom Soundtracks can also be used, allowing more gameplay opportunities like playing to a song with faster beats that causes enemies to spawn in more frequently.