Rocksmith discussion thread - New real guitar game.

[Death50]

The only part that had me, is I can use my real guitar on it... though with out fret sensors how will it know my finger placement? Is the USB (thing) so advance it will detect that as well based on the sound/vibration? Hm... doubt it. If it proves to be as good as it says (when is it ever?) then I might rent it and try it. Though... I doubt I can rent it because I don't see it coming with the USB thing then. I will hold my judgement.

Interesting they praise it so highly, let's see a Rolling Stone artical, and Rolling Stones are in the game. I detect a hint of bias. Also as some people mentioned how much money did this shell out to score them into it? Gone for years from GH and RB, and here they re enter with this. Interesting...

[skyttskytt]

Also as some people mentioned how much money did this shell out to score them into it? Gone for years from GH and RB, and here they re enter with this. Interesting...

Implying that both games were actively trying to get them, and the reason they didn't was because the Rolling Stones wanted more money than either was willing to spend.

[dog037]

But Rolling Stones have had numerous songs in Guitar Hero, including one in the most recent game.

[skyttskytt]

But Rolling Stones have had numerous songs in Guitar Hero, including one in the most recent game.

But I thought they had been "gone for years" from them.

[m_estock]

I'm interested to see how this will work - using any guitar means that the game uses the note/pitch coming from the guitar and decodes it into game data. I see a ton of problems with this.... For example, if the guitar isn't tuned perfectly to a T then it would throw the game off.

The fact that HMX chose not to do it this way is a big sign that it has problems. I'm sure they entertained the idea.

[Death50]

But Rolling Stones have had numerous songs in Guitar Hero, including one in the most recent game.

What's a Guitar Hero?

[RockBandand24Fanatic]

But Rolling Stones have had numerous songs in Guitar Hero, including one in the most recent game.

Yeah, in GH5 they go Sympathy for the Devil, and I believe on the first week of DLC they got a 5-pack of live songs. Then on Band Hero, They Got Honky Tonk Women and GH6 got Stray Cat Blues.

Needless to say, Rock band needs a huge helping of the 'Stones.

[hakko504]

Even article viewers on Youtube are pissed over the lack of mention of the ultimate music game (not PowerGig, no, I'm talking about Rock Band 3).

Speaking of Youtube, I've been posting quite a lot there about the difference between RB3's pro mode and this game but I could use a little help there. Someone wrote down the Squier, and while he has a valid point that the Squier might not be the best guitar, I'd love to see some other step up and post their impression of the guitar.

BTW, the IQ level of some people there is appalling. Someone claimed that any electric guitar is digital and that it wouldn't be a problem for the xbox to just get the frequency data out without any problems whatsoever.

[tnevaker]

I'm interested to see how this will work - using any guitar means that the game uses the note/pitch coming from the guitar and decodes it into game data. I see a ton of problems with this.... For example, if the guitar isn't tuned perfectly to a T then it would throw the game off.

The fact that HMX chose not to do it this way is a big sign that it has problems. I'm sure they entertained the idea.

i'm not sure why having to have your guitar in tune is such a big deal. this is a guitar game, designed to teach people how to play guitar, and tuning your guitar properly before playing is kind of fundamental. when i was first learning to play guitar, my teacher would make sure i tuned my guitar at the start of every lesson. if having to tune before playing your guitar is a problem for you, then that's just laziness.

now, the one area i can see this being a problem is if you have a really cheap guitar with poor intonation. i'm sure the game accounts for some variability in intonation, so if you're off by 10 or 20 cents it can infer what the closest note is and still count it, but if you're intonation is so bad that you're off by a half-step or more, and the guitar is of such poor quality that you can't fix it, then yeah there's a problem, but that's really a problem with your guitar, not with the game.

[abynormal]

All I can say is if this game gets Clapton instead of Rock Band I will scream. Or cry.