- ROCKSMITH 2014 CABLE WORK AROUND FULL
- ROCKSMITH 2014 CABLE WORK AROUND SOFTWARE
A few dozen songs are included for free, but if there's others you want to learn, then you'll find yourself paying an additional $5-$10 per pack (usually 2-5) of songs.
ROCKSMITH 2014 CABLE WORK AROUND SOFTWARE
Upsells of Content - While the price of the software itself is solid, they upsell the crap out of you. We really wish there was a way to slow this down more.but couldn't find this feature. It may have gone from 140 bpm to 130 bpm, but we were more in need of a 70 bpm practice run. Maybe we're crazy, but we didn't feel much of a slowdown. In certain game modes, you can screw up a phrase and they'll have you repeat it at a slower pace. While it is very cool to hear the entire song and go through it, we found it to move a little bit too quickly. Rocksmith throws the entire song at you at once. Slowly but surely, you're able to put together these indivdiual phrases and play a complete song. Too Much, Too Fast - JamPlay's video lessons typically teach you one phrase at a time. But the Rocksmith format of notes flying at you was overwhelming for us. Again, this could be a result of our past education and familiarity with video and tabs. 
A lot more time was spent trying to figure out what note was to be played where (it's a weird combination of numbers and string colors), instead of actually getting our finger to the appropriate fret.
Frustrating - Along the lines of the above point, we often found ourselves to be very frustrated. But for those of you with some experience playing, watching videos, and/or reading tablature.you may be in for a rough ride. If this is your first time ever touching a guitar, you may be able to pick it up okay. 
We know our way around the fretboard pretty well, but found it very awkward to try to get our hands to cooprate as the notes flew towards us. Except this time, instead of being required to mash one of 4 huge plastic buttons, you're having to accurately fret one of the 144 notes on the fretboard, oftentimes having to play more than one at a time. Notes fly at you just like in games such as Guitar Hero. However, we found that the actual way that you're taught is very, very awkward.
Awkward Method of Teaching - This could just be because we are used to video instruction and tablature. Sure you can get in there and learn a few notes of a song, but without knowing the proper way to hold your guitar, fret your guitar, position fingers, etc.you're going to be developing very bad habits. This can not only be very frustrating (see below), but will also leave you lacking a lot of mandatory knowledge. A majority of the focus and direction tends to be on hopping into songs and just going for it. Develop Bad Habits - While Rocksmith does provide some video instruction and basic foundations, we found that overall, there are a lot of gaps in the teaching. Compared to being at a computer or smaller laptop / iPad screen, being able to utilize your main entertainment system is very immersive. It's very cool to sit in your living room with instruction coming through your 7.1 surround sound system, with video from your HDTV. Ideal Platforms - There's something to be said for being able to play this on your Wii, Mac, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, or Xbox One. When you price this out as entertainment or education on a dollar per hour level, you're not paying much. It's very easy to put dozens if not hundreds of hours into the game. Good Value - Assuming you already have a guitar and the adapter cable, game costs $50-$60. While playing the game, a guitar is in your hands.and every minute with a guitar in your hands is definitely a good thing. If you're having fun, you'll continue to play the game. Simple feedback and scoring systems add a "fun" element to it above and beyond most other learning mediums (books, DVDs, etc). The gamification of learning seems to be one of the primary goals of Rocksmith. 
If you aren't having fun then you'll experience diminishing returns and eventually give up.
Fun - One of the toughest obstacles for any type of education is level of fun. Instead, we'll just give our high-level feedback on its usefulness in the guitar education space. ROCKSMITH 2014 CABLE WORK AROUND FULL
This won't be a full in-depth review of every aspect of the software, explaining and demonstrating every feature set. Our goal is for this review to be short and sweet.
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