Rocksmith+ Review - The best way to learn guitar in 2024?

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[bassman-yfzy]

I think you missed that is was tuned in Open A. You need to tune up D to E. Also the note by note is great. Happy playing !

[tomsmith]

Got barre chord email today.. thank you.. had not seen new content since this video I do hope you are all well and look forward to new content

[RBFR]

This game would be the #1 game in the world to learn guitar on but the audio delay ruins it completely and there is literally no way to fix it on PC

[wechselschlag]

Hey. I don't know what Year it was when I was made aware of this Game. Probably 2014. Buddy told me "Hey there's a Game where you can plug in Guitars and play full Songs" I was super frustrated at the time. I bought an E-Bass years ago and tried to learn how to play it through YouTube Videos. Stopping the Video every time and looking at what I have to do next completely threw me off and I never got the feeling for it. I didn't have the Money for a Teacher either. So the Bass ended up back in the corner for years. I then tried out the Program (Rocksmith 2014). Once I understood the Program and in combination with YouTube learning Videos, it was like a wall that I walked through and I was so hyped. I later rehearsed in a small Band and had played Rocksmith for 1.6k hours at that point and it worked. Well, there were older People there who could play by hearing, crazy level off playing from them. It was so fun all together. Playing the Songs from your memory is also a good feeling. Now I grabbed an Guitar and am starting the journey all over again. This Game or Program and the Music saved my life. I have my problems. Grateful to the Band and my Buddy too. Keep practicing it will pay off for yourself @ll. I wish you all lots of fun and happiness on your journey. Thanks also for your Video review National Guitar Academy. It's definitely good for Ubisoft and their future Rocksmith+, for all of us.

* Update * At March 4.2024 there Updating the Price of the Subscription... i dont understand and honestly, i dont care anymore. Its crazy that they doing this. They are done i think. Thats only Milking now. Instead of them releasing Console maybe.This way they could generate more paying Customers. Or implement things that are inside Rocksmith 2014 like mini games, local coop to play with someone else at home. But no they do something like that. I just watch it from a distance and stick with Rocksmith 2014.

[jjjakins]

Thanks for the review Mike.
I did subscribe to Rocksmith + and my only gripe is the music selection.
I'm sure it's great for people who like certain genres but for a 90's grungey like me it needs more selection like Nirvana, Chris Cornell, foo fighters, STP etc.

[alainfilionmusic]

Sir Paul McCartney had the perfect response after losing to his grandkids at "Beatles Rock Band, " the video game that allows you to strum along to your favorite rock and roll hits.

On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon the other night, McCartney expressed good-natured frustration with the game.

"Are you kidding, " he told Fallon, "it's very hard!"

He said every time he plays against his grandkids, they kill him. But McCartney isn't phased.

"I just tell them, " he quips, "I wrote that song!" ...

[stvnnmnn]

I have been playing RS2014 for 7 years off and on. Problem with Rocksmith is that you learn chords pretty well on Rhythm mode, but you don't actually have to memorize anything about a song. If you just play this like the "real guitar, guitar hero" game it is, you won't know how to "play" any songs. I find myself in that predicament. It isn't like you can't slow it down, jack up the percentage skill, but lots of songs are too complex for that guitar hero interface. Something that becomes self evident in tablature, like an arpeggio, is really complex on that flying note display. You don't see what the chord is until it is too late, if you even have time to recognize it at all. If you want to get practice on strumming and playing chords, this product is good. If you want to learn how to shred or play more complex arrangements, I would say find a guitar teacher.

[eduardocardenas]

Thanks for sharing your time and talent…❤
Happy holidays 🎊 ❤

[blainetrain]

I would imagine you can play the notes wherever you want on the fretboard as long as they are the right notes.

[JoserShredsRosales]

this looks fun and great to learn songs as beginners but does it teach any basic music theory? besides telling what what note the open strings are?

[tomsmith]

show us how you did on Score attack please 😅
you would have found this out all ready but it should have had a delay setting to adjust this
broke my High E string because it said I was out
I assume its a per person subscription? for a household sub?

[JusDrgn]

Dang just missed the 30 day free trial

[ghosthawk]

A very honest review. Rock smith+ looks great fun. I’ll give it a whirl in the new year! Merry Midwinter!

[nxxmrcyxx]

so how does this pick up your acoustic guitar? is it just through the mic you have? i dont have an electric acoustic, if thats what they are called. i also have an electric guitar but what would i plug it into?

[cooldude]

Could not get this to work on my PC. looks good but no luck. happy holidays

[davidahgren]

As someone who learned via Rocksmith 2014, rocksmith+ blows.

The note highway is harder to read -- RS2014's is a lot clearer/simpler
The song selection is meh -- RS+ is newer, but still
Getting the audio to work properly was a pain -- with RS2014, it was plug and play

I would rather still pay for DLC songs and download customs, but I guess everything needs a subscription

The pros of RS+ that I saw
- Tabs
- Keyboard support

[NanoSchaap]

Humiliating indeed. I have for PS3 and XBox One. Now that pS3 is retired and just got a PS5 . I will try getting into the groove again

[erics]

Really wanted to love this game but the monthly fee and horrible song library was very disappointing.
Still play Rocksmith #1 though!

[spleefthedude]

Don’t like the way it makes you do everything on the same string jumping all over the neck!?!?

[MrPretzel]

It’s for noobs. You have to pay for literally anything on there and I realized it’s just trying to teach super below basic stuff. If you know nothing about music it’s fantastic. I can play anything I want without a robot trying to recommend notes when their notes end up being so basic.