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On 2016-09-07, Tim O <n...@thanks.com> wrote:
> 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.

I hadn't heard of FourChords; I see there's an ad-supported free
version on mobile. I'll give that a go tonight.
I find Yousician to be good on Mobile.

-- 
-Toby
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