Rocksmith 2014 Edition

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Push Square
    Nov 9, 2014
    70
    With a wealth of songs to learn and excellent arcade minigames that make typically tedious practice exercises actually entertaining, anyone with the right attitude will find real value here.

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 42 Ratings

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  1. softLOUDsoft
    Aug 23, 2015
    10
    For many years I have wanted to learn to play guitar and have fooled around with chords and tabs in noncontinuous fashion, takingFor many years I have wanted to learn to play guitar and have fooled around with chords and tabs in noncontinuous fashion, taking progressively longer breaks from playing as a result of piss-poor progress. Rocksmith has completely changed this! Learning guitar is a challenging practice, as with any meaningful craft or art. Rocksmith is not of course some Matrix-Karate-Rom software magically providing you with years of unearned practice and muscle memory. What Rocksmith does is give you the best modern forum for learning guitar, providing you with note-to-note feedback, consistently enjoyable practice, and feeling musicianship at all stages of a reasonable and sound development of mastery through playing.

    After only two weeks of play, I am comfortable with chords and riffs I never have been able to achieve in years of self-training, and putting in more practice hours than I could have hoped. The amount of practice and the variety of skills encountered, organically and without self-motivated efforts of printing out tabs, finding rhythm, and listening to songs on repeat, is maybe the most effective aspect of Rocksmith. You will play along with songs, in a challenging, fair and progressive manner, having that guitar-hero feel while actually playing guitar. There still is, or at least can very much be pursued, the video game vibe; but you are developing skills off the screen. Skills that otherwise feel like a chore, or even worse, unattainable.

    I will warn however, I did not find some aspects of the software totally intuitive. This is for the most part due to the acclimating to the use of Rocksmith as a multi-functional tool where you have to decide how best to progress and how best to learn. For instance, the main 'Learn a Song' mode for me was not enough to actually learn a song. As you get better with a current scaled difficulty, it will just keep on ramping up, and once I could do reasonably well at a section it wasn't long before it becomes harder and not feasible for me to accomplish at this level. These constant obstacles reflect the nature of learning a craft though, in being challenged beyond your current skill-set, and not the nature of video games!! Rocksmith gives you the tools: once I defaulted to and played with the RIFF REPEATER mode, I gained a 100-fold confidence in Rocksmith's ability to provide me the tools for learning guitar. You have (near complete control over the learning experience with this tool, e.g. section difficulty, song portion, and speed (being the most important), I was able to become comfortable new skills which I then brought back to 'regular' arcade play.
    However, in relying on Riff-Repeater, I eventually saw this tool as being somewhat limited, and wished for even more narrow control over the specific sections to practice. I think, while it does the trick, it could still be improved.

    The one aspect of the experience I feel is still left more to my own burden, is strumming patterns and to a certain extent proper form. There really is no indication or guidance on how to properly strum. I think, even if feedback on strumming patterns is too difficult or convoluted to implement, there still could easily be include some indication or reference for song-specific strumming patterns. However, I think this is and has always been true of guitar. I do hope people buy and use Rocksmith, because I am definitely invested in the expansion of this product and am certain the developers can implement more refined and comprehensive learning tools.

    In it's current state, the software is still exceptional. Rocksmith can provide anyone who is interested in learning guitar the ability to do so. Perhaps most amazing, is that not only is playing guitar with Rocksmith immensely enjoyable, but the learning experience itself is absurdly effective.    … Full Review »
  2. asvillela
    Apr 17, 2015
    0
    LAG MAKES THE GAME UNPLAYABLE.
    I did try (as recommended by manufacturer) HDMI for video only and a digital optical cable for the audio    LAG MAKES THE GAME UNPLAYABLE.
    I did try (as recommended by manufacturer) HDMI for video only and a digital optical cable for the audio (through my Bose sound system). There is still too much lag to play. I visibly have to hit the string earlier so the system will recognize at the right time. If playing freely, I'll be playing the 3rd note when the system is recognizing (and playing) the 1st -- so you just can't play it. (I am not a fast player.)
    (With HDMI only the lag would be comic if not tragic.)    … Full Review »
  3. FactCore
    Aug 7, 2020
    9
    Всё тот же Rocksmith 2014, только на PS4. Сначала был расстроен задержкой звука, но затем купил USB-колонки (Logitech S150) и задержкаВсё тот же Rocksmith 2014, только на PS4. Сначала был расстроен задержкой звука, но затем купил USB-колонки (Logitech S150) и задержка уменьшилась практически до уровня ПК-версии. Конечно в игре не хватает развлекательного элемента, из-за которого игры и называются играми (а это по-сути визуализатор табов), на данный момент аналогов данному продукту все равно нет.… Full Review »
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