Rocksmith

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Game Features
Introducing the next stage in the evolution of the guitar game. Rocksmith™, the first and only game where you can plug ANY real guitar into your PC/MAC, Xbox 360® or PlayStation®3 system, and actually learn while you play.


When we say any guitar we mean any guitar.
Whether it's the guitar sitting in your attic, your cherished faithful steed, or the guitar you have yet to buy, Rocksmith lets you plug any guitar into your PC/MAC, Xbox 360® or PlayStation®3 system.


Difficulty settings that adapt to your ability.
You love a challenge, but hate being overwhelmed. With addicting gameplay that adapts to your personal skill level, you will automatically progress from single notes to complex chords at your own pace. You'll be playing 100% of the real guitar parts from the songs in the game.


Lots of music. Lots of styles.
One of the most satisfying moments for any guitar player is hearing yourself play your favorite song for the first time. Rocksmith has amassed an amazing library of songs from different music genres allowing players to experience that moment first hand.


Play songs instead of just learning them.
You want to play new songs, but you don't want to labor through tablature or cringe through poorly produced videos. No problem. Rocksmith will not only present you with new songs, but will also challenge you to step away from the notes on screen and play songs by memory.


Masses of effects pedals, amps, and cabs.
Turn your console into an amplifier and play with loads of in-game effects pedals, amplifiers, and cabinets. String pedals together with nearly infinite combinations and tweak your sound until you're satisfied. Whether it's a crunchy distortion, a vintage tremolo, or a psychedelic reverb, we have the gamut covered to make sure you can achieve the sound you're looking for.


Develop real skills with mini-games.
There will be a wide variety of mini-games that will challenge you to hone in on specific skills. Whether its scales, or finger dexterity you want to improve on, our mini-games will have you covered, and addicted.


Get plugged in.
Rocksmith will include a unique quarter-inch to USB cable that is the first of its kind, and will allow users to plug any real guitar with a quarter-inch jack directly into their PC/MAC, Xbox 360® or PlayStation 3®. Developed exclusively for Rocksmith, this guitar cable is 11.25' cable turns the guitar's signal from analog to digital, allowing it to be recognized and played through video game consoles for the first time.

 

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I'm really looking forward to this. Preorder copy shipped yesterday, so I'm hoping it arrives tomorrow. I played guitar a lot as teenager, but then life happened. Ended up buying a new guitar last year, and very slowly getting back into playing, really hoping this game encourages me to practise more.

 

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Managed to spend a few hours playing this over the weekend. I'm impressed. The guitarcade games are fun, and will really help with muscle memory.

Playing the songs is frustrating me a little. My normal learning style is to have the sheet music or tab, and a copy of the song, and just repeat it slowly until learnt. This game jars a bit, as the dynamic scaling increases the difficulty to my point of incompetence, so I keep being left feeling as if I have failed. Though I'm scoring more than enough points to pass the section. I suppose I could just use the accelerator to learn the songs in my normal manner, but I'm trying to work with it the way it is.

I've also been confused by the introduction of new techniques. It will just throw them into a song with no warning... you suddenly get some new symbols and no idea what it is expecting you to do with them. Only after you have screwed it up does it bring up the new technique section, and you find out what it wanted you to do. Gits.

The DLC has annoyed me, the in-game news feed keeps telling me about all the brilliant DLC thats available, and then its not. Even with the stuff that is there its a bit ****ed up. All the megadeth track state that they are part of a pack, a pack which you have no option to buy.

Having stated all my whinges, don't assume that I'm not enjoying it. My callouses are sawn off and my fingers are numb. Probably the most I have ever practised in one weekend.

 

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I've also had no experience with lag, but I'm using optical output into my Receiver which is the recommended setup. I believe the in-game lag adjustment is purely for the video, and not for the audio.

The tuner is very accurate, and its understandable that you need to confirm the tuning regularly. My guitar has a Floyd Rose, so it doesn't tend to go out of tune. The downside is that its going to a bitch to drop tune it. I've rather carefully not mentioned to my wife that its possible to add a pickup to any of my acoustics, and have gained acceptance, rather than approval, that I may buy a fixed bridge electric to make drop tuning easier.

 

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The first UK DLC came out on tuesday, same time as the states. Just need them to give us all the stuff already released.

Saying that, I hadn't heard of any of the bands; Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Shins, and Gary Clark Jr.

 

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On a more positive note, I'm completely stuck with the journey mode now only providing me drop-tuned options. This is such a shame as I've had to buy another guitar. Ibanez ART300 is on its way. I'm all kinds of giddy.

 

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I've got Gold every Technique except the Harmonics, has anyone done it?

It's doing my head in!

Ah, now had a chance to see what you mean. Got silver on my second go, and thought that this was going to be easy. Can't get anywhere near now.

Supplier cancelled my order for the ART300, apparently list as a mistake. Gutted. Back to searching for something bargainness, though may have to bite the bullet and skip the secondhand market.

 

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New shiny toy has arrived.

Took a little adjustment to stop the frets buzzing, but I'm very impressed with it. More importantly its easy to drop tune, so I've finally made some progress on the journey mode.

The enforced break appears to have done some good. Spent a fair amount of time with the mini games, and it appears the colours used for the strings are now beginning to make sense. Playing this afternoon there was some semblance of sight reading, which definely makes the game a lot easier. Its also finally unlocked the Scale Runner mini game, which I've been looking forward to as I really like practising scales (sad? most definitely)

Celebrated by purchasing the newly released classic rock pack.