Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY

After 100+ hours I love this game, but it's been bit of an abusive relationship. Do I recommend it? Yes, but with caveats. There's just so much bad, frustrating and broken, but in the end the game is fun and motivates playing guitar more. So in the end, with the help of modding and CDLCs, I'd recommend this game. IMPORTANT EDIT! PLEASE READ 13.3.-26 --------------------------------------------------------------- - Started getting random crashes to desktop with [runtime error] message. - Did the [Validate Game Files] AND THE GAME LOST ALL MY PROGRESS! - Managed to find backup copy of some old save files because apparently I had activated the RSMods backup option. But lost 2 weeks (tens of hours) of progress still. Steam Cloud saves only one backup copy and it will not ask if there is a mismatch between local and cloud saves. Only way to secure your progress that I found working so far is to use RSMods, but it will only make a new backup when RSMods GUI is started. I found a modded startup .exe file that should backup your save every time when the game is launched, but it didn't work. So use the RSMods and on the [Enable/Disable Mods] tab there is an option [Backup Profile], check that one and make a habit of launching the RSMods GUI after every session if you value your progress. end of edit --------------------------------------------------------------- First I think I need to tell a bit about my setup: I do not have the official cable. What I have is my instruments connected through IO-box to my interface (Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 2nd gen), which is connected to my PC via USB and I use the Scarletts Direct Connect routing mode and assigned Focusrite ASIO with RSMods to the game. Also have my active studio monitors (Kali LP6) connected to Scarlett. To get the game working was PITA (initially it crashed on startup, might be because of my graphics settings because I have 144Hz 3440x1440 monitor), but finally I managed to get it working. I installed RSMods and CustomsForge Song Manager and managed to get it to pretty good working order with these, also modified some files with Notepad. Also tried AudioMatrix as in some instructable videos but ended up not using it since I don't stream currently. Now the game works reasonably well, and for what it is, I really love it. I just wish it would get a complete remake to fix it to the state that a released game should and in this case deserves to be. Positives: + Endless fun and motivation to grab guitar/bass daily. + Mostly because of CDLC the library of songs is practically limitless. Don't find the song you like? Then make it yourself and share. I have played Rockband, Singstar, etc. a lot and always felt like the idea was good, but there just was not my kind of songs. This game finally fixed that issue. + The lessons are great, despite sometimes note registration can make perfect completion frustrating. + I also like the games. Sometimes you just wand to fool around with guitar or just have fun with friends. They look horrible, are bit wonky and are like something made in 90's, but can be fun still. + I don't care about the jam session much, but I see the point of it. Also a friend likes to noodle around with it so I count that as a plus. + I really think this game is good and fun way to improve your skills. Trying to practice the old way always killed my motivation after a while, but now I have improved my speed and accuracy in 100 hours and it didn't feel like a chore at all. Instead I have had much fun playing songs I like. Negatives: - Game is broken. Like at this point and time, it shouldn't be so hard to make a game that actually launches without modding. It's pretty much mandatory to mod the game to even get it working. - Without custom dlc's, I would not recommend this game. The main point is to play songs, but like I said before, I don't care about stock songs and dlc songs that are sold, because they are not of my taste. This is also one of the reasons why I don't like the concept of Rocksmith+ and don't see myself buying that game. - Getting game to work without official cable can be PITA. Why would anyone use cheap usb gadget if most people who have instruments already have really capable interfaces and guitar gear. It should be already an option in the base game to at least choose the ASIO audio source. - It's even more hassle to modify the audio path so that you can use actually good guitar sounds, for example from your analog rig or software amp sim like DSP Archetypes. It should be in game feature to use VST amp sim for the guitar sound to actually sound good. Even better to let you use your VST library in Tone Designer. - The game crashes every now and then. Mostly when starting up, but also in the menus sometimes. - The game looks outdated. Like really outdated. Like 90's outdated. Yeah, it's 11 years old game, but come on, Ubi made Far Cry 4 and Assassins Creed Unity around the time of this game. How was it ever approved to release a menu like this is beyond my understanding. It's wonky, slow, ugly as hell and like so bad. Overall the graphics are like from 8-bit Nintendo. - Did I say the game interface is slow and wonky? It is. Like really to the point of constant frustration. - Note detection is sometimes bit off and tuning is bit stupid, since the tuner goes through strings in order and then re-checks each string and then it quits. Like tune a floating bridge with that and you'll understand how bad that can be. Also if you use actual tuner, like TC Helicon Polytune3 or any other actual tuner, the games tuner is sometimes off a bit. - The calibration is broken. Like I have managed to do it, but for example a mission asks me to play Gone Whaling and I can't do that, because the game wants to calibrate first before starting the game and it just doesn't get the signal. I hear my guitar with games sounds and everything should work but nothing registers. So far I haven't been able to fix this. Going to be hard to complete all achievements... - Stock tunings list is abysmally limited. I had to manually re-write the tuning.database.json file and use RSMods to inject it to the game to get all (or most of) the custom tunings instead of the game just telling me this and that song uses "Custom tuning". - Sometimes connection to Ubisoft servers fails. Good thing is that you don't need that to play the game, but it's just so stupid that when launching, first the game tries to connect to Ubisoft servers, then you choose your profile and again it tries to connect to Ubisoft servers. - Did I already say this games interface is slow? At startup, with custom library of over 3000 songs, it take a good while waiting the game to enumerate the library and show all songs in the playlist. All in all. Game is broken, interface is outdated and bad, Everything is bit wonky, but in it's core the game is actually so much fun and great concept even if the quality is lacking. Also thank you Ubisoft for letting people make custom dlcs from songs not officially sold, that was probably the best idea anyone ever had and really makes the game worth it's price.

Rocksmith 2014 was one of my favorite games ever, and over the years I spent hundreds of dollars buying DLC songs. Today, I can't access much of the music I paid for. Some songs have been delisted because of expired licenses, and purchases are locked to the platform where I originally bought them. As a customer, that's incredibly disappointing. I understand that music licensing is complicated, but it's hard not to feel burned when you spend that much money on digital content and later lose the ability to use it. It makes me think twice about ever investing heavily in digital DLC again. The game itself is fantastic. I just wish there had been a better way to protect the investment made by long-time players.

I’m splitting this review into two parts: first as a game, and second as a tool for learning guitar. As a game, it’s pretty fun—by no means perfect, but enjoyable. The note detection, especially for a rhythm game, can be pretty scuffed. While this can be tweaked somewhat through the settings, doing so often just makes the game feel artificially easier by widening the hit windows, which is hardly a real fix. In other words, if you crank up the difficulty and let the game seriously punish missed notes, you’ll quickly notice that it doesn’t always pick up everything you play. Realistically, there’s no way to truly 100% some of the harder solos. So as a rhythm game, it’s okay—not the best, but not terrible either. As a method for learning guitar, I’d strongly suggest starting out with a real teacher first. Proper technique—things that can save your wrists or make life easier at the intermediate level—isn’t reinforced enough by the game. In some cases, you may even learn bad habits that you’ll have to unlearn later. Rocksmith needs to be understood for what it actually is: a way to learn songs, not a complete guitar education. Overall, despite Ubisoft abandoning the game, I still think it’s worth the money. I’ve grown as a guitarist because it made practice far more fun and engaging. The Riff Repeater really needs more subdivisions to be less annoying—something Ubisoft chose to lock behind their newer product instead of improving this one. I’d recommend this over the obvious scam that is Rocksmith+, just know that it won’t be an experience without its problems.

It's 26 and the game's bones are still good - so much better than Rocksmith+ in fact. The community around it added a lot of nice features (like a true support for Asio without this dumb cable, CDLCs...) and even if the note detection shows its age, it remains good enough most of the time. I hope someday we'll have a new version with a metronome, better looping, more song in it... and that it won't come from Ubisoft since while adding to the + version they also destroyed what's good in the other part.

this game is for guitar and bass players of all skill levels. when i started back in 2015-2016 with this game i was a beginner guitarist and now that i have 1524 hours in this game i can play through most songs at 100% difficulty right away and rarely have to lower the difficulty or slow the song down to nail a part. i recommend this game if you want to learn and have fun

Melhor versão do RockSmith, sem mensalidade, da para baixar infinitas musicas e já vem com algumas dezenas de horas de aula para diferentes técnicas de guitarra e baixo. Só estraga se você baixar Sertanejo, Legião Urbana ou funk carioca.

You need a guitar and a sound cable to connect it to your PC; it doesn't have to be the original cable. Suitable for beginners to professionals, and you don't need any additional launcher, just a Ubisoft account – a definite plus. The DLCs are incredibly expensive, and it has a Sims 3 feel to it, which isn't ideal. I recommend the CDLC mod, which gives you access to community-created songs. The song difficulty varies, but you definitely have a wider selection.