I had a great time with Rocksmith ; I came away convinced the game is going to actually work. A few of my thoughts are captured in this brief 2 minute video, below. A good song list, but a bit … obscure at the edges. Rocksmith will be available in just a few days on October 18th, and comes in either a , or a for Xbox, PS3 and PC. So what are u calling slash old? What u trying to say? Try picking up a real guitar. Nothing compares to playing a Gibson les Paul or a fender strat. Making ur own unique music. What can u do with the plastic one? Make a whole lota clicking noises. In addition, to complain because it is primarily for beginner to intermediate players is useless. People that want this game want to learn. I got the game yesterday and had a great time with it. My fingers are killing me, but it is worth every minute. This is fun, and there is a challenge to try to get as high a score as possible. I, for one, find it to be a great tool for learning to play. Really disappointed with the track list. They should have really tried to cover all their bases, not sticking to alternative rock and mid-tier 80s hits. Waiting to see more reviews before I buy it. I agree with Mike and Jan. And for a new game such as this attempting to differentiate itself from the near dead rhythm game market to see success, it needs to pick music that will appeal to a wide enough spectrum of people for the game to thrive. As a beginner guitarist, I find this game can be helpful to beginners but the basics such as the different chords, string letters, how to hold a guitar and such were missing from this experience and I found I needed that information to help me better understand what I am doing with this guitar. If anyone needs some extra help, I have been looking at some free guitar lessons at. I hate mainstream bullshit, and it s nice to know they chose a few bands i regularly listen to. I expected maybe one at best. For all those complaining about it, try listening to something that required some creativity to make, instead of the four chord shit they play on the radio that includes rock radio, metalfags. This is easily the worst soundtrack not only in the history of music game or even video games in general. This is the worst soundtrack in the history of soundtracks. Needs a metric assload of metal or at the very least punk… real punk not Blink 182 or Green Day DLC before I even consider buying this. Give me Ted Nugent. Give me Sex Pistols. Give me Iced Earth. I bought the game not knowing what to expect Ive read reviews knocking the game down a couple pegs but as far as my opinion goes I am enjoying it : Its a great tool not only for those of us who already know how to play but for those of us striving to learn how to play. If you have that big of a deal with the game just wait for it to be on dicount or something, but if your just reading reviews and judging what you decide off of that just go to your local guitar center store and see if they have it on display to try it like they did at my store. Yeah the playlist couldve been better, but the songs are still good. Im sure theyll come up with downloadable music playlist and maybe songs tuned in drop d but as far as it goes right now… Most advanced, and funniest guitar game purchased. Its fun to see all the nay-sayers here. To make a music game where everyone are happy with the list is impossible lest you include 1000 songs. Thankfully DLC exists and the genres missing will receive their due attention. I for one would love to see some SOAD or other heavy stuff. But what I find the most disturbing is to the extend the list is anglocentric, the game is developed by French Ubisoft after all. I want Rammstein on that list. How much do you think a smaller, relatively unknown group charges to put a song in vs some group like SOAD, Metallica, GNR, etc? Also, they have to market to the mainstream purchaser, and the mainstream purchaser listens to mainstream music. Eyesick has a point. Id rather feel like im learning to play and not blowing my load to a metal track trying to keep up with all the sliding…. The first song I learned to play was Satisfaction, playing along with the Stones!!! What a great way to feed my ego and keep me coming back! Jeeeez its not like you are going to be able to play the songs they offer let alone more stuff. They are challenging enough for someone who has never picked up guitar. They have done a great job with the Ducks game and all the other offering. Its a fine learning tool. I dont think the playlist is really that important. Not all metal heads are also pot heads. Depending on the Set, It could be too hard for beginners and therefor — Lose money. For alll the metal heads, They obviously listened because of the megadeth track pack that came out. Could of picked a better song than the over played symphony, But none the less, a good song. Some people say its shit, some say its great.. I have fun with the game, even though 90% of the music is not the kind i listen to. But it teaches, and lets you have fun, and explore other genres on your guitar. So just have fun! No complaints about the playlist from me. Most of the groups I have never heard of. I am just glad someone made this game. We can work on all the fine polish later. I have to admit there are a few songs I like alot. There is a decent mix of music nothing great, but it is alot of fun and my fingers are killing me. I played this game for the first time the other day and love it! In response to a earlier comment I see on here — Real guitars are for Real Musicians. And so what, if the songs are not all your favorites — You get something from every song you learn. One thing I really like is the digital compensation for your strings if they are out of tune. This makes even a beginner sound alright. If you dont think thats an amazing list of bands you should go see a therapist cause something wrong with you. They want you buying their music. I have played less than a week, and I almost got Next Girl down-pat…. In any case the playlist needs more songs and flavors…something loud and crazy: killl or lightning bolt. Just have a look on youtube of people playing guitar hero and stuff like that, most of the time they play metal or kind of. The success of guitar hero or rock band is mainly due to the rock or metal songs. But if they do a songlist for people who do like music so exit black eyed peas , that will be a succes for sure. I want some Bloodbath, Entombed, some dirty stuffs tuned low! Maybe they could do a rocksmith for band tuned in B. Most of the artists featured in the playlist have less than 5% of a say in which tracks get included in the game, that decision is made by the record companies, and comes down to the negotiation of royalties. Less popular tracks by an artist are featured because they are cheaper. The artists name is enough of a draw to buy the game in the first place. Also, we all share a wide and varied taste in music, like mentioned above, the game would have to include 1000+ songs to please everyone. DLC will satisfy most people if they only want to learn to play tracks by more obscure artists, its thier ears and if they like them bleeding, then rock yourself out i say! RS is an amazing well put together game, i mean come on, they are sampling guitar harmonics in realtime here and playing that back with the extra overhead of processing for the game dynamics, on a games console!! If that isnt awsome enough for you, then there something wrong with your brain. Learn to play something new every day, and your reportiore will make you a more rounded individual.
