Rocksmith 2014 - Review

Mark dons his spandex and shreds his way through through Ubisoft's great guitar teaching tool Rocksmith 2014.

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[victorhernandez]

Holy crap I'm hooked. I'm a beginner guitarist and when I first got my electric guitar I was learning for I would say 3 months on my own like 30mins - 1 hour a day and I feel like I did pretty good. Learned a few easy songs. Then I bought an acoustic and learned a few more songs and I didn't want to go back to electric. Well I stopped practicing for a while and was hard to go back in. I felt like I never improved. I picked up this game a few days back and it's so addicting! I have no life now. Lol. So fun because it gets harder and you just want to keep playing to get better. I have already noticed an improvement and now I love my electric guitar. Lol. I recommend it guys! For having it less than a week I can't imagine how much better I will be in a few months

[christianking]

I've spent the better part of the last 12 months playing with Rocksmith 2104 and I can honestly say I have learnt more during that time than the last 10 years fumbling around with Guitar Pro tabs, CDs and books. You don't HAVE to learn to read sheet music to be able to understand how to play guitar (despite this the game does teach chords and note names and the interrelation of scales and some theory and technique anyway) once you adapt to the note highway it's easier than following a line across the screen using Guitar Pro. What RockSmith excels in is taking away the difficulty in getting started and motivates you to practice by clearly showing progress through percentages and leveling up a song (and it feels like you are playing with a band). Once a song is mastered there is a score mode which can help you nail it perfectly by rating your accuracy and timing further and competing in leaderboards. The notes also disappear which means you have memorized the song and can play it without using Rocksmith anymore. I would strongly urge anyone on the fence to buy a copy and give it a chance, I wish this tool was around when I was in my 20s..but I'm looking into joining a band this year so better late then never I guess! Get the PC version it has no lag issues and it works great with an xbox 360 controller ;)

[NeverBeBored]

Ahhh, The Trooper! Brings back so many memories of when I actually had time to play guitar, now it's just dusting up due to college....

[kimothel]

I play bass. i Think you should've talked about that too. But yeah. I haven't played for years and when I did i was an amateur. Despite that I'm now taking lessons this is awesome for learning and of course getting your fingers used to playing. It's a painful, but worthwhile process.

[surg]

I'm a bit reluctant to buy this game because like everything I try to learn my brain goes about it in the most unorthodox fashion imaginable. Much like my typing my brain isn't able to retain positioning of anything. Every time I play something, it's different every time, even songs I've been playing for 20 years. I rely purely off of something you might call random adaptive physical skill, with absolutely no understanding of the instruments mechanics or the structure of music.

I think I'm slightly autistic.

[Dolphinsz]

I'm so use to the tab reading method! But find this version so refreshing! It's a fun game! And really does sharpen your skils, and makes learning songs kinda fun! Rather just doing small sections of tabs over and over again, and we all know when we stat out on a hard solo our first 6 notes played at a death slow speeds sounds nothing like! What we want hehe

[InfectedMushroom]

I've finally got the game and after just one day, I have improved so much! Even though I'm a beginner in guitar, this was the fastest way for me to get going. If you are considering buying this game, then do it!

[FELNOTH]

ima like re-learning bass. its been a while since i actively played but i think this will help me get back to grooving." Cartman just because I'm black doesn't mean I can play the bass".(Token)>.>

[Smpa]

This game has taken alot of songs of guitar hero 3 and thats awsome because thats my favourite because it has the best songs

[RegularRetro]

Very excited to get this. Been playing guitar on and off for like 7 years and never had any structured way of practicing or teaching myself. Bought a Strat on Black Friday and will be picking this game up soon. Hopefully I'll get back into it and stay playing !

[zaccds]

Some things he didn't mention was being able to set a lesson plan and it gives exercises to play when you're not playing the game. Also it suports bass.

[dannymoreno]

Did he say "Rocksmith 2013" in 4:06 ?

[cheezmunky]

I hope the next version of this gives you the option to scroll through the notes horizontally. For me, it would feel a lot more intuitive than having the notes coming at you. And it would teach beginners how to read tabs. And Rocksmith could sell tab books and make more money! Win, win for everyone.

[HQDivinity]

That's true. But Rocksmith is for the fun and believe me, I'm having a blast with session mode!

[RareBird]

Do spandex pants and grease paint come with the package or are they extra?

[Akerfeldtfan]

Absolutely, but rocksmith is a great supplement to having a teacher. At last, I felt the first one would have been. It set goals for you and made practicing feel more like fun and less like practice. That is incredibly powerful when you think about it.

[RpattoYT]

I'm glad gamespot had someone with experience do this review; take him at his word. Don't think that you can some-how pick this up and play an entire song after five minutes. If you went from game straight to a real amp; you'd likely only be playing the route note, which without all the other fingers will sound like a thin version of the original track. Learning a full song in real time is extremely difficult; though some of the advertising for this product would make you think otherwise.

[Edu_Selva]

Yes, you need a Guitar to USB cable, and comes with the retail copy of the game, or sold separately. I have the first version of the game, it is really good. I am certainly buying this new version!

[RpattoYT]

Exactly but it is marketed as being a replacement for learning by tablature, listening playing by ear or even being taught by professional. I think It really needs to be marketed as exactly what you've used it for; learning aid.

[Zieekel]

Dynamic difficulty existed in the original game. Look up "Rocksmith Riff Repeater" and you'll see that it's the same speed but with varying levels of difficulty via how many notes they have appearing on the screen and slower scrolling of the note highway. Much like the difference in difficulty in Guitar Hero