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On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 02:10:08 -0400, MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 9/5/2016 8:10 AM, Tim O wrote:
>> On Sun, 4 Sep 2016 16:06:29 -0400, MetalGuru <notmy...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/3/2016 7:04 AM, Tim O wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Crusty old arcade games is pretty much it! Rocksmith is the only
>>>> game-ish thing I've done on the PC for the second month in a row.
>>>
>>> This program has been on my radar since it came out but I haven't
>>> touched an electric guitar in more than 5 years, I only play acoustic
>>> ones with nylon strings nowadays. I wonder if that would also work with
>>> an aftermarket acoustic pickup?
>>> Also I'm no Jimmy Page but I get the impression this is geared mostly
>>> toward beginners? And I have no interest in rock/pop anymore, do you
>>> know if they have DLC's for things like jazz and classical stuff as well?
>>
>> I think it will accept anything with a 1/4" output. As long as
>> Rocksmith can recognize your notes when you tune, it will work. I
>> watched a video of someone playing it with a MIDI piano.
>>
>> There are plenty of easy songs (and lessons) along with the dynamic
>> difficulty which replaces chords with single notes until it detects
>> you hitting them consistently, but its definitely not all beginner
>> music. Plenty of Barre chorded songs and Eric Johnsons Cliffs Of Dover
>> is in there (yikes!).
>>
>> If you're on the fence about it, I suggest snagging 2014 soon. A
>> version called Remastered is coming out in October which will be a
>> free upgrade if you already own it. The standard version is going to
>> be gone and its replacement will be full price for a while.
>>
>> The PC version has a huge underground of custom DLC.  Ubisoft doesn't
>> support it, but they also haven't done anything to prevent it since
>> the people in this community remove any custom material that becomes
>> official DLC. www.customsforge.com
>>
>> Look in the CDLC Ignition area for a list. Its pretty mind-blowing.
>
>Ubi's uPlay had this game for $10 yesterday, whereas the price was 
>$39.99 everywhere else (without the cable). Decided to wait until I got 
>home to buy it and today the price has jumped back up to $39.99 for some 
>reason :(
>
>It's all good since I didn't really like what I saw from a few let's 
>plays on YT. That colorful highway like interface with the notes coming 
>at you is not exactly what I thought this program would be like. It 
>looked very game-y, and for some reason I was expecting something more 
>along the lines of Band in a Box (ever tried that one? I don't even know 
>if it's still around but I used to love it).
>
>If the cable wasn't so expensive I'd probably still get it on sale and 
>mess around with it for an hour or two but that would be about it.
>
>Thanks much for the info though, I appreciate it.

I wasn't familiar with Band In A Box, but you're correct in that it
looks a lot more like a utility than a game. Rocksmiths Guitar Hero
like presentation is sort of why I'm lumping it in with the game
discussion here, even though it sort of skirts genres. Sort of an
action game with the most unintitive controller ever. :-)

There is a great utility built into Rocksmith that doesn't get much
attention compared to the main game. Its called Riff Repeater and lets
you slow down and repeat sections of songs to get used to playing them
outside the game. I can see this eventually being the main part of it
that I use. I'm sort of playing the "campaign" now because it unlocks
songs if you do the missions. That sounds terrible, but its mostly
stuff like trying  a new song or increasing accuracy in a song you
play a lot.

There is another game on Steam that I saw and put in my wishlist so I
wouldn't forget about it. Its called FourChords, I think its a little
less game-y than Rocksmith and its only $15.