The slogan - Ride your music. Implies instant pick up and play fun factor doesn't it? Memorising a track i
Why couldn't Audiosurf just be 'Mouse Hero'. It's a formula that works spectacularly well in most music games!
Despite my moaning it can't be denied that it's extremely fun to play, even if the score balancing is completely shot to pieces. Grab any bit of music and bop allong to the beats collecting blocks by steering with the mouse. The accuracy and movement speed of a mouse really comes into play when you realise it's necessary to optimise framerate to 60+ fps just to see the notes coming!
Luckilly the tactical gameplay breaks down on faster, heavier songs because you're so frantically trying to hit blocks that it doesn't matter.