nickdawgy

Would this be difficult for someone that only played Rock Band/Guitar Hero on easy? I could never do the medium stuff, let alone the hard mode.

Spiderbite

Whoever answers this question, also give an opinion for those that play hard/expert on RB & GH. Thanks.

RichC2

^ IMO you'll be fine.

This game has a lot of flaws - ones that could be fixed via patch if Ubisoft listens to the complaints out there - first and foremost you have very little control over the difficulty -- it automatically "adapts" to your skills which is both neat and frustrating. Secondly while there are a lot of functions and features, their implementations aren't quite there (learning Chords can be a little tedious due to the setup in the game, but at least they're there)

That said I'm loving the game.

I know guitar basics but I've primarily played GH and Rock Band (I'm a bit of a Harmonix fanboy and felt GH took a dive after #2 when they started adding ridiculous note charts, still played through them on hard/expert regardless), I feel the transition from that to Rocksmith has been nearly seamless, the first few stages focus on single note charts which is reminiscent of Easy difficulty in Guitar Hero. It's just with a much, much larger guitar (it's like a 126+ button version of Guitar Hero with 6 strike zones).

It's also a lot more satisfying, you get to hear yourself actually playing, and that's something they just couldn't achieve with other peripherals.

Rambling aside, I used to play Hard/Expert in all the GH and RB games, and I found the transition from that to Rocksmith almost seamless, and it's incredibly enjoyable.

^^
The game adapts to your skill, if you're trying to get some basic guitar skills this game will help you out, the first few levels are very similar to Easy on Guitar Hero.

montag

I'm liking this game and have a lot more fun with it versus RB3. I've been playing guitar for about 10 years and consider myself an average player and can see this game encouraging me to progress.

A couple of comments/questions:

1. They really need to improve the menu system. It's just so clunky and not that easy to navigate.

2. I'm playing this through my home theater setup, optical audio cable to Pioneer receiver. Is this a preferred setup would the red/white analog connection better for this type of game?

3. Is it recommended to play this game through a 5.1 setting or through standard stereo 2.1 setting?

4. Is there anyway to increase the output of my guitar audio? I hear it but it is not loud enough. Of course my guitar volume is turned to 10.

Imprint

Today only, you can crank your volume to 11.

glassdragon

Damn, beat me to it

glassdragon

When can we turn this into a release thread. It looks like there were some new ones a week ago added

(Don't Fear) The Reaper” Blue Öyster Cult
Space Oddity” David Bowie
Barracuda” Heart

I might have to get a couple of these.

nickdawgy

I'm gonna grab this with credit at Gamestop. My question is should I go for the bundle or just get the game and borrow my father-in-law's guitar (he's a professional musician).

pinata242

Looks like you just did. Keep it up!

I still haven't thrown this into the xbox after getting it for myself for Christmas. I just need some motivation, but the only guitar I have is the RB3 pro squier which, I hear, isn't very good. My buddy said he's got one or two to hand down to me, so maybe then.

glassdragon

The guitar in the bundle isn't all that bad from what I hear, but I would borrow his so that if you like it then go ahead and get yourself a better one if you decide to stick with it.

Canis Firebrand

If you buy the guitar bundle, it comes with everything you need?

If you just get the game, you need a guitar and a cable that is sold separately?

Too bad Rock Band 3's pro mode didn't work with other guitars that have the right connection and the midi controller thing.

Adam Tyner

Yes.

The game comes with a cable. You'll still need a guitar, 'course.

If you wanna play multiplayer, I guess you'll need another cable, but I've never done that. If you have a guitar, everything you need is in the box.

glassdragon

Hey adam, will you allow us to make a thread like the rock band one that is about releases and such? I know this game doesn't release nearly as often but I think it would be a great thread for help also without all the talk at the beginning of it being released.

pinata242

What's wrong with this thread for that stuff?

Canis Firebrand

Duh.... It doesn't have the words "The Official" at the front of the thread title.

Liver&Onions

This.

fumanstan

Yeah, for whatever reason i've had a lack of motivation to keep trying this too. I have a guitar that I don't know how to play already, I just can't get myself to put this in and spend time on it..

pinata242

Are we afraid of failing? I mean, we're not in college for the easy Oasis pussy so it's just a new hobby, right?

glassdragon

Good point, but no one seems to care about this thread lol

Maybe it just needs a bump every now and again :P

glassdragon

But, but, you can't fail in this game. It is impossible to fail...

Yeah i knew what you meant and agree with it. Just fucking do it, if you don't do well then so be it.

Adam Tyner

Totally fixed now!

Canis Firebrand

Spiffy.. its not just official.. its way-official... that's like better than official.... Gnarly...

fumanstan

Adam Tyner

It's pretty addictive once you start. The problem in my case is that an insurmountable project for work popped up shortly after it came out that consumed every waking hour, and once it was over, I kinda moved onto other games. I need to get back in the routine.

I know a lot of people aren't too hot on the dynamic difficulty thing, but I love it. It's not that the game gives you a free pass; you can't progress in the game until you get to be reasonably okay at a song. You just aren't forced out of it part of the way through.

nickdawgy

He has alot of guitars, probably at least half a dozen. But I'm sure they're a bit more expensive than the one that comes in the bundle

I was just wondering if it makes a difference. I don't want to break an expensive guitar.