Yes, but look how they do it. The music never skips a beat and certainly never cuts to straight silence, and Runner taps his feet for an appropriate number of beats so he launches himself at the right time. It's still a shock to lose, but it's not a bucket of cold water to the face like this.

Bit.Trip Runner was not this difficult. And it's hard to make out the difference between an open space and a closed one. I tried it about 30 times and then gave up.

Super Hexagon.

I hated playing that too, even though it was not quite as hard.