Rocksmith

This is a joint review of two products I bought together for use together, which I am certain will help you in your decision. I bought my first Guitar when I was 17 (a few decades ago :-)) in Pakistan but never had the time to learn, especially as I got more into music synthesis, sequencing, and keyboards. Arriving in Manhattan to attend Columbia Business School almost 25 years ago I immediately purchased a Yamaha (acoustic) that still adorns my Long Island home for nearly 20 years. During that time I did manage (despite an utter lack of talent and complete lack of training or music education) to create an electronic music CD a few years ago. Email me about nTrance: To The Tunnel Of Love. :-) Of course, I have to thank Atari for the original experience (Atari 520, then 1040ST and finally Mega4ST) and Apple (various Macintosh desktops and laptops) along with Korg, Yamaha, Casio, Roland, and many others (including Ashar Nisar, as well as whoever wrote Music Studio for Atari, Dr. T for KCS, and Opcode for Vision) for helping but not completely hiding my total lack of musical talent. By the way, I still own those products in running condition 25 years later. Anyway, back to this review. Despite my love for the Piano and for electronic music and the dual creativity of music tunes and sound synthesis on keyboards, here was something about the guitar that always attracted me. But, lack of time, knowing there was a calloused fingers price to pay, and other obligations kept me from it. Then I bought an Xbox 360 with Kinect, and my interest in guitar was rekindled (not the Amazon Kindle kind :) ) by the availability of Rocksmith. At the price, for what is elaborate software, including a cable interface for ANY electric guitar to connect to the Xbox, along with licensed music (including the first rock tune I loved as a 7 year old, Can't Get No Satisfaction), and an ability to help even the untalented learn to strum guitar, I had to order it, and I did, from Amazon. Since Rocksmith required me to purchase an electric guitar, I looked around, on Amazon, and one of my other favorite music stores, Guitar Center. I also checked out Best Buy. There were many great guitars in the several hundred dollars price range but I also knew that the likelihood of it becoming an expensive unused showpiece around the house was high. So I looked downmarket in price. Reading the great reviews on the Glen Burton guitar, I settled on it. Heck, even if it was never used, it matched the colors of my new Yamaha Y-ZF R6 motorcycle :) and would be a not too terrible waste of money. I did email the seller to see if there was a way I could get the Blueburst (gorgeous blue and black body) but I could not get it in time, or with Amazon Prime that I was planning to use. So, I went with this Glen Burton in wine red. Both Rocksmith and the Glen Burton arrived on time the next day. I love Amazon purchase experiences but this was the first somewhat less than perfect ones. Rocksmith, a software DVD and cable, came packed beautifully sturdily in the typical Amazon carton. The far heavier, more "breakable" and sensitive guitar, on the other hand, arrived in a carton just slightly larger than the guitar's own carton, with just a few folded layers of brown wrapping papers thrown in for "cushioning". (Others have commented on the poor packaging also). Mine, fortunately was not damaged, but the packaging was not up to par for Amazon experiences, in my opinion. This is when it got more annoying. The product name clearly states: '39" Inch WINE RED Double Humbucker Full Size Electric Guitar [Fat Style] & DirectlyCheap(TM) Translucent Blue Medium Guitar Pick'.... but, there was nothing in there with a pick. I had to email the seller and was told that is shipped separately! It is "just" a piece of plastic but to get Prime (and pay extra per item for next day delivery) and then find out the pick will arrive later, after I would have left for a trip, was annoying. Another thing that I was surprised by was the complete and utter lack of anything remotely like an "owner's manual". Even if I buy something for $1.99 at a Home Depot or someplace these days, I usually find even a tiny scrap of folded paper with some usage, or care, instructions. Nothing, zip, nada, for a nearly $100 product that will be used by many beginners. Nothing about a warranty. Nothing about how to care for it. Nothing about not putting it in a washing machine... OK, I say that last piece in jest, but you get the idea. For less than $100 I am not expecting 2 separate manuals in 20 different languages and colored how-to plug-in instructions. But to have nothing at all in the box, and the seller's advice in an email to go buy a book, were extremely annoying and dissatisfactory. What do I ask for at the book store... "How To Clean Your Wine Red Electric Guitar For Dummies"? The Rocksmith software, on the other hand, was delightful to set up and use - except for an initial hiccup. As you probably know, the software is basically of the type you've seen people play, e.g. Rockband etc., on their TV consoles. Notes of different colors come down the highway lanes representing different locations on the fretboard. But, no matter how hard I tried, each note made Rocksmith tell me to move one note over to the left. Every note, on every string. I tuned and retuned the guitar, but kept getting the same error. I then did a Bing search (why Google when using an awesome Microsoft console :-) ) and found others reporting the same problem and found the answer to be exactly what I said. "No matter how hard I tried...." was the problem... When the strings are pressed too hard they stretch enough to change their tone, making Rocksmith thing you played one note to the left. Using a lighter touch I was immediately able to hit the right notes... of course, every 20th note of the actual songs. I have used Rocksmith thrice, once each day for about 15 minutes, so as to slowly toughen the fingertips, without overdoing it. The guitar itself has been a satisfactory purchase. I will read up more in other places to learn about the upkeep and maintenance of such instruments (manufacturer gets a Fail for not including something in the box). Overall, I have to say even the seller has been fine, and Amazon, as always, has been great to deal with. The seller's auto-reply says emails may take 24 hours to reply and generally he responded well within that time frame. Amazon was awesome in how quickly they offered to take the guitar back or to otherwise make up for the less than satisfactory experience. So, for that I would make this a 4.5 Star experience. But since there is no half-star option, and I do not want to give 5 stars due to the shortcomings, I will leave it at 4-stars. I had to be in Seattle for the weekend and only got back to Long Island, New York, late last evening. I will get back on the Xbox starting my learning experience this week. Who knows, in these next few decades ahead, I may actually learn to play, not just own, a guitar. :-) Rock On!

Don't believe the few poor reviews of this game. It's simply the best ever guitar game and you will learn how to play quickly while having a blast. New songs can be downloaded every few weeks as new DLC is released for 2.99 a song. Next week some Pearl Jam songs will be released. I've been playing this game for 3 months and I've had a blast learning how to play guitar. I bought a 350 dollar Squier Fender Deluxe Stratocaster to use with this game and it works great. Those few disappointed people have nobody to blame but themselves because they did not take the time to setup the system or their guitar. As far as the people that complain about audio lag, the instructions tell you to use separate component/composite cables to run the audio through a home theater receiver & speakers, so the HDMI just sends the video to your TV, so mute the volume on the TV while playing. If you still hear a little lag, the game allows you to adjust settings for lag, so experiment with different settings until the lag is gone. The few bucks you spend on cables and the 5 minutes you spend wiring the game correctly eliminates the lag. Do a little research before crying and giving up, and bad mouthing this awesome game. Visit the Rocksmith forum at the Ubisoft website to learn tips like: tuning the sixth string a little bit on the flat side helps ensure the notes register and also make sure you aren't bending the string when pressing down or the proper note will not be played/register (don't blame the game for operator error); Also make sure your volume knob on the guitar is at max volume. A software patch was recently released that allows 30 tries in Riff Repeater mode, instead of 5 tries, it also lets you set the mastery level so you can try 100% difficulty or make it really easy. So for those people that complain about playing a song and getting overwhelmed when the game automatically levels up and throws unexpected notes at you too quickly, first you should practice the song in Riff Repeater, Freespeed, pause the game to adjust difficulty, master the song in Riff Repeater and then play the full song to qualify for a performance. Additionally, if you keep your controller next to you, you can always reach over and pause the game when you see a tough section coming up, this allows you to reposition your fingers to the upcoming strings/frets, then un-pause the game and tackle it. I routinely pause the game when new chords come up so I can reposition my hand and it works great! Some people complain about having to check the tuning on the guitar before each song because this takes too long; but really it only takes a few seconds and don't you want to make sure the strings are in tune so the notes will register correctly and you will get a higher score? That's just whining, maybe those people are too lazy to learn the guitar in the first place...maybe go back to the guitar hero plastic toy game. Some people complain about how its hard to play the correct notes while looking at the screen. Well yes this is true but you will get better with practice and soon be able to do this. You will also learn the song so well that you don't have to always look at the screen, as you memorize the riffs you can play along with the music while just looking at your guitar. Bottom line, this game makes learning the guitar really fun. Of course you should also use youtube and other websites to help learn proper fingering and chords and other basics like changing strings, don't expect Rocksmith to teach you 100% of what you need to know.

About me: I am a musician, I have played flute, piano and bass guitar for most of my life. I can read music and I already understand music theory. I have a guitar, but I never learned to play it. I purchased this game after reading the great reviews about it. I have been wanting to learn the guitar for a long time but I never took lessons. The game gets me playing and learning songs. Essentially, it's like learning to read Tab. The biggest challenge is learning the interface and how to get comfortable moving up and down the neck. If you have played Rock Band before, it's a similar interface... but with a lot more buttons and now strings! haha I hate the user interface in this game. Otherwise I would have rated it 5 stars. It's not intuitive, because you have to press the start button to get to the main menu. I'm getting used to it, but if you've played other games, you'll be confused, since it doesn't follow the flow of more popular games. The song selection is decent. I was happy to see some obscure titles in there, because I hate playing pop music. This was a great surprise to see. The learning curve is steep. I'm not going to lie, I was expecting to pick this up quickly, but it's not easy at all. You'll be picking one note at a time for a long time until you're comfortable enough with the interface. The system has some intelligence built in. So if you're doing well, it will make it harder, and if you're messing up a lot, it will make it easier. As other reviewers have stated, if you're doing well and you think you're getting the hang of it, the system will throw you a chord that you never saw before and totally mess you up. This happens constantly. It's nice though because you're continually challenged! One thing I do not like about the game is that when you want to show someone else the game, or play with your spouse, there is no option to have other profiles. It's very difficult to just hand a newbie a guitar and let them try, if you've already built up the system to be at your level. They will fail, and might potentially hate the game. Also if you have other people in your household who want to play, if they're not learning side by side with you the whole journey, it can be a real pain in the butt to switch PS3 profiles to have them play on their own. Overall, I like the game. It is not a replacement for musical education. Do not expect that you're going to walk away from this game playing solos and rocking out and writing music on your own. But it's a great start, and it's really really fun. I have wasted hours and hours into the wee hours of the morning because there's always that feeling of : "Just one more!" Your fingers will get nice and callused quickly this way :)

So, Rocksmith showed up at my doorstep on Thursday when i was away for work. On Friday evening, after i drove back home, i threw it in since my wife was still at work. I also played a little this morning since she had to work early. Two sittings, 5ish hours, and raw fingers. I consider myself a pretty accomplished guitar player. I'm 30 years old, and I've been playing for as long as i can remember. One of the first "toys" i had was a guitar, my dad is a phenomenal guitarist, so i've been around / playing guitars for a long time. That said, i'm a TERRIBLE lead guitar player. I can play any chord progression(s) you want, as well as sing and strum, but when it comes to riffs or soloing, i'm awful. Clumsy fingers, i guess. I popped in rocksmith and hooked up my guitar, and went through the tutorial. The interface is pretty intuitive. It's sort of like Guitar Hero in that you have the scrolling stuff you have to hit. instead of the buttons at the bottom of the screen, though, you have a guitar neck. Strings are color-coded (EADGBE = Red Yellow Blue Orange Green Purple), and the frets are numbered. Going through the tutorial was pretty clumsy for me, trying to sight-read as well as make sure fingering was correct (haven't picked up my guitar in a month or more heh). After the tutorial, you go right into the "game mode" with rehearsal, play a gig, etc etc. For your first gig, they give you two songs. The first song to rehearse is a choice between a Black Keys song and the Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Easy choice for me, since I don't know the Black Keys song. So they start you out playing what i would consider the "bass line" of the song; single notes pretty evenly spaced. As if you were playing single notes to try and figure out what key it was in, you know what i mean? The adaptive difficulty is pretty spectacular. The game sees you're playing correctly and changes up the difficulty in the middle of the song. Occasionally this can be problematic as they're throwing stuff at you that you haven't seen before, but i guess that's the point :p. I played through Satisfaction about 5 times to feel comfortable playing it, each time picking up a little more of the song. You have to play a song and score over a certain number of points in order for that song to be "gig worthy." You can make your set list for a gig from a list of any song you've qualified on. Of course, when you play your gig, if you score high enough, you'll be tossed an encore, which is a song you've NEVER rehearsed before, and that you have to sight-read. For me, these have been significantly harder than the set list songs. There are also technique practice sessions you can unlock (i.e. practicing palm mute, double-stop, power chord, etc etc) as well as arcade-style games using the guitar neck - i played a "Duck Hunt" type arcade game where they give you the neck interface, and a duck begins flying from one of the frets, and you have to hit the note to "shoot" the duck. If you hit the wrong note, the duck goes faster. It's a pretty cool fingering tool. As i said earlier, I was playing Satisfaction, and eventually played a gig and progressed through some other songs for a while, got comfortable with the interface i bit, then came back to "Satisfaction" and i guess my "level" was better, and the game was throwing all these licks in during the middle part of the song. I was lost. So i practiced a couple more times, and caught up. The best part about it so far is that, unlike guitar hero, when i turn the game off and pick up the guitar, i've actually learned to play a song. And that's why, after 5 hours, I highly recommend Rocksmith to anyone who wants to learn to play the guitar (or, hey, if you want your KIDS to learn to play the guitar!). Doesn't matter if you have never played before, if you're a novice, or if you're a pro: You'll get something out of this.

There are some reviews from people who I have to believe are either naturally gifted or simply ignorant that rate this product as less than stellar. I have been trying to play guitar for over two years and it took me all of two years to be able to work with chord progressions with even the slightest competancy. I took lessons but was unable to progress at a pace that justified continueing to spend money on it every week. That is not a slieght to the instructor who has been reviewed as excellent and very patient by other students. I agree with those reviews. He tried a number of different methods to get me to progress. The fact is that guitar is the hardest thing that I've ever tried to become competant at. It is very difficult to me in rythm, finger placement and string picking. It is all very difficult for me. This game/learning tool has been fun and my progress is much more noticable than anything else I've tried, (full disclosure - I'm a bit of a video game junkie). Some of the issues with the original reviews were valid and have been fixed. Most notable to me is the way the string layout is presented. The original game had the low E at the top, whereas traditional tab has it at the bottom. You can now choose either or. Latency may be a problem, but lets face it. If you play as poorly as I do you won't notice it for a long while. When I start ripping out fast as hell arpegios and the game doesn't keep up I will thank the makers for getting me there and move on. If you don't have other people to play with this is that much better. It gives you a complete backing track to play to and you can see where you are struggling. It even allows you to work on the riffs that you are struggling with indepentdant of the regular game play. Cons? I wish it didn't have a giant black box in front of everything when you pause. This would allow me to pause and look at a chord during the song and get my finger placement worked out then unpause and continue. It seems to get harder as you are trying to qualify on a song if you are doing well on certain parts, it will change what comes at you. This may also be a Pro as it adds an element of challange to it and gives you the option of making qualification easier too. I think though that I would like it better if it was the same throught a given qualification. The rough tuner before each song is a joke, if you think you may be out of tune use the precision tuner option instead. That is a pretty weak lists of cons. I am totally buying a bass and another chord for my wife so we can play the multiplayer option!

I recently bought this game for PS3. As someone who has been playing guitar for nearly 2 years and is a lower intermediate player I find the game has a lot of potential, but also a lot of things wrong with it that make it extremely frustrating and in the end unenjoyable to use. The developers need to spend some time with a similar iPad, iPhone (iOS) app/game called Rock Prodigy to get some ideas on how to majorly improve Rocksmith. 1. Adaptive Difficulty: adaptive difficulty might be okay for those who just want to play a game, but if you actually want to learn to play the song it is HORRIBLE! The constant adding a removing of notes makes it very hard and frustrating to actually learn a song. Adaptive difficulty should be optional. Like Rock Prodigy I should have the option to pick a difficulty level. Once I get the hang of a level I can move up until I am playing the full song. 2. Pre-Rehearsal: Add a pre-rehearsal or a option screen that presents all the chords and progression used in a song (like sheet music), maybe strumming patterns and other skills used in the song. Music tabs could also be available here. 3. Note Names: I should at least have the option to turn on note names like in Rock Prodigy. Colored strings/notes are useless outside this game. 4. Practice Mode: Kill the 5 lives idea, make endless if wanted. 4a. Auto Pause: Rock Prodigy has a very cool function called auto pause. In practice mode the song will automatically pause until you hit the correct note or chord. Very helpful when getting started with a new song. Can be turned off at any time. 4b. Speed: Let me pick the speed. Once I can play it slower I will speed it up at my own pace. 4c. Riff Repeater: Let me decide when to stop! 5. Rhythm: A better way to present rhythm or strumming patterns. The presentation on the note highway is confusing. 6. Retry: Let me retry whatever I am doing without having to go back to the main menu screen and reload. Gets annoying very fast. 7. Load Times: Install to hard drive option to speed up load times. As I stated at the beginning I believe the game has a lot of potential, but as it is now I find it more aggravating than fun or educational and would have a hard time recommending it to other guitar players. I think I am done playing the game for now. Once the overdue PS3 patch/update is finally released I will revisit the game and see if it is greatly improved. I hope it is because I want the game to be hugely successful. It is a great idea to be able to use a real guitar to learn actual songs and have fun, but it currently falls short in to many ways in my opinion.

First, I'd like to say that along with most of the other reviewers, I love the game immensely! I think that there is much room for improvement, but overall this is the most successful game for guitar players/wanna-bes to hit the market since the emergence of Guitar Hero. The navigation is a bit annoying, but it is fine if you have any inkling of patience. Some reviewers have complained of the lag, but I haven't encountered any lag after playing for about 6 hours straight. My setup is just through an HDMI cable, no other adapters or requirements and I'm also not connected online if that makes a difference or not I don't know. Also, I don't mind the "tuning" before each song/mini game/technique challenges. If you don't have the patience to sit through it you probably shouldn't buy the game. I played for 6 straight hours and I never had to retune my guitar and all that the game asks is that I play each string individually so that it can check to see if my guitar is in tune. My guitar by the way is a Fender Bullet Strat. I just bought it at Guitar Center because it was on sale and it works great. I am a beginner too, I bought a Fender CD60 Acoustic Dreadnought back in July and only played maybe a month or two before I decided I wanted an electric. I only just now bought it. So far, playing the game my reflexes are super sharp. I'm changing frets effortlessly without glancing at my guitar neck and I'm hitting notes relatively easy enough. I still have to double check that my fingers are in the right place, but my progress is outstanding after only 2 times playing! I don't think the game is perfect, but it is really fun and I'm new to most of the music because I'm more into hip/hop. I love The Black Keys, White Stripes, Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others from the game so it isn't all new, but the newer stuff is a refreshing change. I do feel like the songs are kind of easy, but that doesn't mean that it will be simple to play. It takes practice and the game changes pace and the amount of notes based on you progression and it will revert back to easier levels in game play which is really cool. Several reviewers highlighted the game well, but this game deserves 5 stars just for it's ingenuity alone. If this franchise gets going it will be very successful. If you are a budding guitarist do not get your hopes up with this game as your main source of learning material. It will cover most basic areas and shine on some intermediate stuff, but it will not replace lessons or good guitar books and DVD's. Personally, I own all of the Mel Bay Extended Edition books and DVD/CD along with a Chord Bible and sheet music study, which is what I've been studying the last several months. This game will be a great rhythm and speed practice application and I am enjoying it like crazy!

Lacks the ability to play the same notes over and over so that you can learn to play one note before moving onto the next. In the practice section, it only lets you play the note like four times before the practice ends, forcing you to reload the practice session again. It needs a section that will allow you to play a single note (or better yet, whatever multiple notes you select) over and over until the player decides to stop. Playing a note 3 or 4 times doesn't really allow you to learn it. I bought a book and a "learn to play guitar" video after playing this game...I've learned more from the book and video than from this game. ***UPDATE*** After owning this game for 3+ months and sinking a lot of time into it, it STILL frustrates me. It tells me I'm playing the wrong fret and to move up or down, and when I check what fret I'm on, I'm on the correct fret. It puts symbols into songs that it doesn't say what they're for. It doesn't tell you where to start first, where to go, what to read first, doesn't let you know if you should learn the chords first or the strings, it just throws you into the menu and leaves it at that. It fails me for songs and events and games which either prolongs or prevents my progress. There's also an audio lag on the amp portion of it (which is like a free play where it's like plugging into an amp) that's at least a half a second from when you strum to when you hear it come out of your speakers. It may not seem like much, but it's enough to mess up your playing/practice because you can still hear the electric guitar strings strumming, and by the time you pluck the next string or two, the one you plucked a second ago plays throws off your timing. They even put in the scrolling messages that they've made "massive" improvements to the 2014 version of the game. You'd probably be better off going with that, although I can't say for sure. I for one wouldn't recommend this game.

It's a wonderful game and fantastic for people learning guitar or more experienced players just looking to have fun. I've poured a few hundred hours into the 2014 edition, and mainly bought this one so I could import the songs into it, but decided to try this one on its own as well. In some ways it is superior to the later game, my personal favorite feature being that it plays a recording of your playing right after you finish the song. On top of it being a satisfying ego boost where you can hear "Hey I actually played it really well!" It also helps you actually hear parts you have trouble with and need to improve on. The song list is fantastic as well, with a lot of songs that are great for beginners and a lot more difficult songs to build up to. There's also a stellar list of unlockable songs, which broadened my taste in music further and introduced me to bands I probably never would have listened to beforehand. Overall I'd heavily recommend getting this game as well as the 2014 edition as they both have fantastic song choices (not even counting dlc songs), are remarkably fun to play especially for any aspiring guitarist or bassist, and a wonderful stepping stone into the beautiful world of music as a whole. As a side note though you're going to need to buy a Real Tone Cable separately now and those aren't cheap.

Als kurze Zusammenfassung des Spiels fällt mir nur: "MUST HAVE!" ein! Hier die längere Version meiner Rezension: THEMA LAG ---------- Vorab möchte ich kurz auf die besagten Lags eingehen, heißt die zeitliche Verzögerung von Gitarrenanschlag bis zum Erklingen des Tons am TV bzw. der HiFi Anlage. Eine leichte zeitliche Verzögerung konnte ich feststellen, als ich den Ton über HDMI laufen ließ. Zwar ist die Verzögerung minimal, jedoch absolut störend, da das verzögerte Timing den Rhythmus stört und letztendlich Punkte kostet ;) Beseitigt habe ich das Problem indem ich den Ton (in den Systemeinstellungen der PS3) auf meinen Verstärker gestellt habe. Die PS3 habe ich via TOSLINK mit meinem Verstärker verbunden. Dadurch wurde das LAG THEMA beseitigt! ZUM SPIEL ---------- Das Game ist top zusammengestellt. Anfangs hatte ich Schwierigkeiten das Spielsystem durchzublicken,...da gibt es einen Event Manager, eine Song Section etc. ...wofür alles gut ist erklärt sich von selbst, wenn man einige Stunden vor dem Spiel verbracht hat. Obwohl ich seit einiger Zeit Gitarre spiele, ist das Spiel trotz allem eine Herausforderung, da man quasi ins kalte Wasser geworfen wird. Das heißt: Im Idealfall habe ich die Möglichkeit mir vorher einen Tabulator/Noten anzusehen und dann einen Song langsam einzuüben. Bei Rocksmith, kommen die TABs angeflogen und man muss reagieren. Das mag zu Beginn evtl. frustrierend sein, schult aber ungemein die Reaktion und die Vertrautheit mit dem Gitarrenhals. Das Spiel passt sich dem können des Spielers "on the fly" an und gibt Hinweise darauf, was man unternehmen sollte um sein können zu verbessern z.B. wird auf Übungen in dem Technik Bereich verwiesen etc. LEVEL UP --------- Jeder Song fängt leicht an (d.h. relativ! Bezogen auf das Können des Spielers). Spielt man diesen ordentlich durch, hat man die Möglichkeit mit dem "Leveler" (heißt irgendwie so) einzelne Teile eines Songs zu spielen (z.B. Intro, Outro, Verse etc.). Hier beginnt man mit der leichtesten Stufe. Spielt man diese einmal gut durch, wird das Level erhöht (es kommen mehr Noten, Akkorde etc. dazu)...das geht dann so weiter, bis man den zu bearbeitenden Baustein wie im original Song spielen kann. Spiele ich den Song jetzt noch einmal komplett durch (bisher auf leichtester Stufe), wird der Baustein den ich soeben komplett durchgelevelt habe auch in der (schwersten) Originalversion mit verbaut. So kann man Stück für Stück den Song auf das Originalniveau "Hochleveln" *Anmerkung: Die Schwierigkeitslevel des Songs sieht man als orange Balken unter dem oberen Bildschirmrand dargestellt (Intro und Outro des Songs sind blau)* MOTIVATION ------------ Das Spiel macht süchtig! Neue Pedale freischalten, neue Gitarren freischalten, neue Gigs freischalten... das spornt an! Das Publikum flippt voll aus wenn man ordentlich rockt und das motiviert total!!! Die Jungs (und Mädels) von UBI Soft haben ganze Arbeit geleistet! Es motiviert viel mehr bei einem original Song mit zu performen, als über einen als mp3 beigefügten Backingtrack zu spielen (wobei ich das nicht schlecht reden möchte! Es ist ein anderer Ansatz den ich ebenfalls zu schätzen weis und auch nutze!)...es macht einfach tierisch Spaß die einstudierten Riffs etc. vor "Publikum" zu spielen ;) Vom Spiel erhält man auch immer Feedback wie gut man ist/war und auch Vorschläge woran man arbeiten sollte. -> Um es kurz zu machen, ich kann mich nicht erinnern wann ich überhaupt einmal über 9 Stunden am Stück meine Klampfe geschruppt habe ;) NACHTEILE ---------- Ich persönlich finde die Ladezeiten nervig, obwohl die bestimmt nicht länger als 10 Sekunden dauern...oder das ständige Überprüfen, ob die Gitarre gestimmt ist... Aber das spricht dafür wie sehr das Spiel fesselt!!! :))) RIESEN VORTEIL! --------------- Den möchte ich nicht verschweigen. Vielleicht kommt das dem einen oder anderen bekannt vor, dass man ab und zu (mal mehr mal weniger ;) ) auf den Gitarrenhals schielt um zu sehen ob man sich im richtigen Bund befindet...das wird hier knallhart und "spielerisch" abtrainiert, wenn man vor dem "Publikum" ordentlich rocken will :))) ******************************************** ***** US Content Downloaden - How To - ***** ******************************************** Um an die Songs/Features zu kommen, die in den USA zum Download bereit stehen muss man folgendes tun: 1. US Account anlegen (Über das PS3 Menü ein neues Konto erstellen, dabei angeben dass man "irgendwo" in den USA lebt. Google Maps hilft!) 2. Ist der US Account angelegt, muss man natürlich irgendwie einkaufen können. Dafür gibt es die folgende Lösung: Man muss sich für die PS3 eine Playstation Network Card (US) kaufen. Es gibt im Internet zahlreiche Shops wo man sich diese kaufen kann...meist ist der Wechselkurs 1:1 :( ,aber dafür kommt man an die US Angebote ran :) ************************************************* -> Nach gut einer Woche intensiven Gitarre-Zockens mit Rocksmith, habe ich meinen PodHD zum Üben gar nicht mehr angeschlossen! ...das funktioniert wunderbar mit der PS3 :))) TOP!!!!

En la descripción del producto, en la parte de las características dice que incluye un cable USB para poder conectarlo a la guitarra, el cual no lo trae.

普段ゲームしている環境にエレキギターさえあればすぐにプレイできます。 いろいろと不安でしたが、リプレイシーンの音ずれ（自分のギター音が少し遅れていることがある）以外はかなり出来がいいです。 ５０数曲あるらしいのですが、好みが分かれる曲が多いので少ないと感じるとおもいます。 私のようなギターを買っただけ！のような初心者でも楽しめます。 ただプレイしていくごとに難易度が上がるようにできているので、デキる人ははじめは退屈に感じるかもしれません。

WOW!!! This is really awesome! Just need more songs! What a great way to learn how to play a real guitar! I have so many Rock Band and Guitar Hero games which were great practice for reflex and now applying it to a real guitar is absolutely wonderful! Excellent!!!