Got the beta too. Took me a while to get used to his weird run animation. The whole screen feels like it's bobbing along with each of his steps.
One thing that really bugs me is the controller calibration screen. It's tap button to assign, which is great, but the implementation is really bizarre and confusing. I'm even having trouble explaining it in this post it's so confusing.
So before you play the game it gives you a controller layout screen. This can only be accessed by actually starting the beta level or going into the Tips menu and cycling through a mini tutorial on how the game works:
Then in the options menu you can calibrate the controller. It gives you this picture of a generic 360 controller:
It then highlights each button on the diagram and you tap the corresponding button on your pad. This is a fine and beautifully simple system if you're playing on a standard controller with a standard button layout. However, what if I don't like the default layout?
For example, if I wanted to swap Jump and Shoot on my pad. In order to change the buttons I now have to memorize the actual layout and then when it tells me to tap
A on the diagram (the position I memorized Jump to be in defaults) I have to tap
X, when it tells me to tap
X I have to tap
A. Or even worse, what if you're like me and you want to play on an arcade stick? Every button will likely be swapped around, so I have to totally memorize the original default layout (which is several screens away) and mentally remap it.
This whole issue would have been circumvented by just by having a list of actions Beck can do. "Tap Jump now. Tap Shoot now. Tap Dash now"
I'm really hoping this is just a temp screen because of localization not being finished or something because it's really awful.
Also on the note of controls... what the hell is up with default keyboard controls? ASDF to move. Spacebar to jump. Left Click and Right Click to shoot and dash. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!
EDIT: I should also mention that I really love the game so far, despite very very awkward controller options.