Rocksmith discussion thread - New real guitar game.

[alexlifeson]

As soon as I saw these 2 vids from their site for the "Beginner" and "Gamer", I knew we were in trouble and it was going to be very simple stuff for this game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYzoavA8B_8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAP-IvVXoHM

i think the track listing reflects the fact that this game is geared more toward teaching new guitarists than satisfying existing guitarists. most of the songs listed are fairly basic, with simple melody lines or basic chords being repeated. there's not much challenge in that song listing for existing guitarists. certainly nothing along the lines of crazy train or a7x. and considering the wonky notation system they're using, i don't know if those songs would even translate into even a vaguely readable form on this game.

maybe they are saving the more difficult songs for dlc, but you'd think there'd be at least a few challenging songs on disk. it's ironic that this is the game that can be used with ANY guitar, thus should be more appealing to experienced guitarists who would want to use their own guitars instead of buying a new one, and yet the song list has almost nothing an experienced guitarist would be very interested in playing.

[toymachineSH]

Sweet Home Alabama is in the game
that isn't really "easy"

[GNFfhqwhgads]

I wouldn't recommend this to someone who has no interest of playing guitar,

Does this REALLY have to be said?


Also, called the forced difficulty thing. : / Awesome.

[lvmathemagician]

I think as a player, I would be better served without the variable difficulty. Of course, it's what I'm used to so I'm biased.

[toymachineSH]

http://www.thegamingvault.com/2011/0...for-rocksmith/

[alexlifeson]

Thats good to hear. Hope it gets even better before release

[pokemonmaster30]

Oh no! Rock Band's going to have competition! It does really look good, though.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

Oh no! Rock Band's going to have competition!

Why? Because this compares to 10% of Rock Band's playability?

[toymachineSH]

Yeah it's pretty indirect competition

[Bront20]

Yeah it's pretty indirect competition

And any success in the Rhythm Gaming section is good for the genre. I'm sure reviews will mention RB3's Pro mode, HMX will be able to mine it for any new ideas, and if it succeeds, it may draw folks to RB3 as well (as it's the only place for Drums and Keys), and it might keep labels interested in releasing music though the genre.