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Mild Cartoon Violence

Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: UbiSoft
Developer: UbiSoft
Category: Music & Party, Music

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Product Details:

Introducing the next stage in the evolution of the music game. Rocksmith, the first and only game where you plug into any real guitar. Nothing plastic. Nothing fake. Just an authentic guitar experience. By plugging into your console, you'll develop real skills and styles while playing absolutely real music. Featuring gameplay that automatically adjusts to your personal ability and innovative game design that makes reading music visually intuitive, Rocksmith will engage experienced musicians as well as those who have never picked up a guitar in their life. Nothing compares to playing a real guitar. Except playing Rocksmith.

When we say any guitar we mean any guitar.

Whether it's the guitar sitting in your attic, your cherished faithful steed, or the guitar you have yet to buy, Rocksmith lets you plug any guitar into your Xbox 360 or PlayStation®3 system. As long as your guitar has a jack, you can play. No jack on your guitar? Head down to your local music store, get an inexpensive pickup, and problem solved.

Difficulty settings that adapt to your ability.

You love a challenge, but hate being overwhelmed. Rocksmith understands this, and knows exactly how far to push to keep you entertained and addicted. With dozens of difficulty levels, you will automatically progress from single notes to complex chords without getting in over your head.

Lots of music. Lots of styles.

One of the most satisfying moments for any guitar player is hearing yourself play your favorite song for the first time. Rocksmith has amassed an amazing library of songs from different music genres allowing players to experience that moment first hand.

Play songs instead of just learning them.

You want to play new songs, but you don't want to labor through tablature or cringe through poorly produced videos. No problem. Rocksmith will not only present you with new songs, but will also challenge you to step away from the notes on screen and play songs by memory. Imagine that. A video game that'll get you stage-ready.

Includes 1/4 Inch to USB Cable.

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Rocksmith

Gameplay:

8.9 out of 10

Graphics:

8.5 out of 10

Sound:

9.3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

Overall Rating:

9 out of 10

Gameplay:

8.9 out of 10

Graphics:

8.5 out of 10

Sound:

9.3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

47 out of 5290%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.

77 Introducing the next stage in the evolution of the music game. Rocksmith, the first and only game where you plug into any real guitar.Nothing plastic. Nothing fake. Just an authentic guitar experience. By plugging into your console, you'll develop real skills and styles while playing absolutely real music.Featuring gameplay that automatically adjusts to your personal ability and innovative game design that makes reading music visually intuitive, Rocksmith will engage experienced musicians as well as those who have never picked up a guitar in their life.Nothing compares to playing a real guitar. Except playing Rocksmith.

Gameplay:

8.9 out of 10

Graphics:

8.5 out of 10

Sound:

9.3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

Overall Rating:

9 out of 10

Gameplay:

8.9 out of 10

Graphics:

8.5 out of 10

Sound:

9.3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

47 out of 5290%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Summary of Customer Ratings & Reviews

Gameplay:

8.9 out of 10

Graphics:

8.5 out of 10

Sound:

9.3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

Gameplay:

8.9 out of 10

Graphics:

8.5 out of 10

Sound:

9.3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

Overall Rating:

9 out of 10

Gameplay:

8.9 out of 10

Graphics:

8.5 out of 10

Sound:

9.3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

47 out of 5290%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Product Reviews

Great Practice App!

Overall Rating:

9 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

10 out of 10

Sound:

8 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

Posted on:10/19/11

Chanse

Location: Los Angeles

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

I am not a gamer nor am I an expert musician. I have only been playing guitar for a few months and I am not very good at it. That being said, this game is great! I would not use it to learn music because it doesn’t really teach anything about the theory of music but, let's face it, the hardest part of learning an instrument is the mechanics of it. Stretching your fingers out and becoming comfortable with moving around the finger board is hard, time consuming, and until you get good at it, it can be very boring. This game takes the boredom out of it. There are lots of ways to play and practice. Rocksmith forces the player to watch the T.V. and not their fingers. For a beginner that can be challenging, but after only a couple of hours I found myself playing right along with it. The automatic increase of difficulty is actually during game play so you can start playing a song at level 1 but end it playing at level 5. It is fun, informative, challenging and worth every penny I spent on it. In other words, "This game is AWESOME!!"

FEATURED REVIEW

Overall Rating:

9 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

10 out of 10

Sound:

8 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

28 of 30 found this review helpful.

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steelwolf

rocksmith

Posted 12/5/11

great game but i have already beat the game easily cause im good at guitar already but i bought it cause i wanted to check it out and great game and deffintley a different way to learn guitar and if anyone wants to start playing guitar today i highly recomend this game

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Couldn't ask for more.

Overall Rating:

9 out of 10

Gameplay:

9 out of 10

Graphics:

7 out of 10

Sound:

8 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

Posted on:5/17/12

rusty50

Location: south bend, IN

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

I just retired and decided to dust off my guitar after almost 20 years. It was frustrating so I went looking for something to help me get my licks back again. The cd lessons did not seem the way to go so I read the reviews on the Rock Smith game. I just picked it up today and with a little messing around was jamming with the Rolling Stones. For someone who needs to refresh their chops this is the ticket. The system pushes you to improve. Just about the time you start to feel comfortable it adds more notes. I would have some reservations recommending this to someone with no guitar experience as it requires some basic idea of what playing guitar is all about. Do not confuse this with Guitar Hero. This is much more of a training system then a game but it does make you practice time much more productive and entertaining. I cannot wait to get more into it.

Overall Rating:

9 out of 10

Gameplay:

9 out of 10

Graphics:

7 out of 10

Sound:

8 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

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Not like guitar hero

Overall Rating:

5 out of 10

Gameplay:

5 out of 10

Graphics:

4 out of 10

Sound:

3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

Posted on:5/13/12

DANNNN

Location: NJ

Well I was a huge fan of guitar hero and I saw this game I was exited. I thought I would be able to pick up a real guitar like a could use a guitar hero guitar. I was sadly mistaken. As a never before player, I have no idea how to hold it, and the game never really teaches you. When the notes start coming faster I'm sure there is a way to manuver your fingers so you are able to hit them, but I'm stuck with just my index finger. It mroe just sends out some notes at you. Its not as responsive as I would liek either. For example, in guitar hero when you hold down the red button, the red button on screen is highlighted. This does not happen in Rocksmith, it just tells you when you hit the wrong note to move left or right. I think this game would be a lot better if it came with a guitar specially made for the game. Also as one other complaint, the notes sort of come at you on. If you are an experienced player im so this will come as a fun game for you, but for new players, heed my warning and learnt he basics first. For now this is going on the self until after I take a few lessons.

Overall Rating:

5 out of 10

Gameplay:

5 out of 10

Graphics:

4 out of 10

Sound:

3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

0 of 7 found this review helpful.

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Guitar Hero and Rock Band, prepare to be owned....

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

9 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

Posted on:5/6/12

Coolyo

Location: Boston, MA

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

This is legit, not GH or RB, this is real guitar. Don't waste your time learning how to play something unuseful, get this.

Top 50 Contributor

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

9 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

9 out of 10

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My Rocksmith Disappointment

Overall Rating:

1 out of 10

Gameplay:

1 out of 10

Graphics:

6 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

3 out of 10

Posted on:5/5/12

mysticole928

Location: Renton, WA

I've played Rocksmith off and on for a couple of months. At first, I was in love with it. I wanted to learn to play guitar and I love playing games. It seemed a perfect fit. After playing the game for a couple of months, I've had a change of heart. When I first played it, I was hopeful and optimistic, but now I'm frustrated and annoyed. It's angered me to the point where I've not even opened the case for the game in a month. Though, I'm considering it, because some of the downloadable content has me curious.

My first frustration came from the interface. Granted, it can be customized to reflect the strings as they are on the fretboard (with the bass notes on top) or reflect how guitar tablature works. (With the bass notes on the bottom.) However, what you can't change is how the the music comes at you on the screen. It has a type of forced perspective where the notes are coming from a small point in the distance and expand towards you as you need to prepare to play them.

The problem? While the strings are color-coded, the forced-perspective can make it hard to tell which fret is to be used. You can be sure that it's the third fret you're to have your finger on, but then you realize that it's the second. Then, when you play the wrong note, you are penalized. Not cool.

I tried to put this behind me and learned some songs in the game mode. After you complete some music to the game's satisfaction and standards, you get to play in a "venue." This is a chance for you to show off what you've learned. However, if you play three songs to get to a venue, by the time you've gotten to the venue, you're skill level might have increased and now you have lots of new notes and musical styles that were introduced that you never got to practice. And, for the time it takes to get good enough in the third song, you've forgotten when you knew about the first one.

How on earth are you supposed to feel comfortable "showing off" in a venue if the target of excellence keeps moving?

Yes, you can go back and practice the songs you've learned, but, you have to remember it's name and band because there is no way to filter the songlist other than alphabetical. So, you may remember it's a tune by the Black Keys, but, to get the exact title, you have to go back into the game mode to look it up.

Also, you are shown the strings to play and the fret to hold down. That's great. However, you've never told which finger (or fingers) might best be suited to use. While I can appreciate the game letting me use my judgement, I'd like an expert to (at the very least) give me a hint.

There are a number of "challenges" that you can play. These are not songs as much as they are games to teach you the mechanics. They're as much fun as learning songs. (At least, the idea of them is as much fun as learning songs.) In some ways, I like them more because they teach me finger patterns. While there's a rehearsal mode for the songs, there's not a rehearsal mode for the challenges. So, if you're trying to figure out the finger patterns in the Hammer-On and Pull-Off Challenge, it goes by so fast that it's nearly impossible to see them. If you try to skip a note so that you can see them, the notes are removed because it assumes you need more practice. If they'd remove one or two notes, that'd work, but they remove so many that you can't really figure out the pattern.

Some challenges I've played nearly spot on (the Slide Challenge) but I've had a score of zero. I'm still trying to figure that one out. "Ducks," is a game that acts like a Space Invaders style shooter. When I first played it, the notes were all wrong. I read the FAQ and took my guitar (a gently used Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro) to be intonated. Done. It seemed to work, but only for a while. I still have times where I'll play the correct note and it will display incorrect information on the screen.

The songs are rather eclectic but enjoyable. However, if you're practicing a song, get through it to get to the next one, if you want to go back and practice it, the number of hoops you have to jump through to do this is mind boggling complex. Not only that, but the songs are presented to you in alphabetical order. So, if you don't remember the song title, you're out of luck.

Then, I got to the point where I couldn't get a score high enough an individual song to get to the venue. It turns out that, to get the high score, you actually needed to get through some more of the challenges. However, in the song, I'm having to bounce up and down the fretboard. Yes, this is called anchoring, their little anchoring challenge did little to prepare me.

In defeat, I thought I'd try to go to the forums hosted on Ubisoft's website to seek the assistance of other users.

I created a logon on the website only to find out that I'd had one from another game that I'd played. It turns out that you can't change the logon name, so I created a new account. When I tried to log on, I got this message:

"Something went wrong, please try again later. If this problem persists please contact our administrators."

Hmmm.... I navigated through their maze of online help and found the place to create a helpdesk ticket. I was told that this was a known issue and I'd be contacted when a solution was found and the helpdesk ticket was closed.

Closed!

Closed as in "fixed."

I waited a day, then two days, and then three days. No fix. I created a new ticket. I was told not to do this and it was closed as a duplicate ticket. The original incident was opened on February 2nd, 2012. It's now May and I still get the error and I can't log in to ask others for their help.

I spent a nice chunk of change on the game. Granted, this included that nifty guitar cable (that works with my Mac and Garage Band/Logic Pro) so, I understand the cost. But, I also picked up a (new to me) used guitar, and bought some XBox Live points. I've invested my time, money, and effort into this endeavor based on their promises and I've come away disappointed.

I really feel that this game had promise, but, I also feel that I've been treated very poorly and gotten the worst customer service ever.

I've heard that there's another game out coming like this from a different publisher. I hope to give them a shot. Right now, they can't be any worse in my mind.

Overall Rating:

1 out of 10

Gameplay:

1 out of 10

Graphics:

6 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

3 out of 10

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BEST GUITAR GAME EVER!

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

9 out of 10

Graphics:

10 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

Posted on:5/3/12

jcraff

Location: hampton, nh

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

WARNING!! do NOT practice guiatr hero before this game lol it messes with your finger and hand coordination, trust me...i always wanted to play the guitar but didnt want to spend the money on lessons and a guitar if i never got good at it, i just bought a sweet Ibanez acoustic and been playing for a week and can already tell i can do so much more.. i can only imagine how the people who have prior experiance is doing, peopple that alreayd know notes and chords etc will become pro in 2 weeks GAURENTEED! only draw back so far is i finally unlocked the "chord" technique but iv only been taught full chords, they have many more but to be taght them, i havent seen much of that yet..a dozen other techniques i ahd no idea about that i know how to do, and since the i found out a billion inside things about guitars and strings etc it rocks! feels good to play something with some meat on it and not guitar hero

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

9 out of 10

Graphics:

10 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

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Loving this 'game'

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

9 out of 10

Graphics:

8 out of 10

Sound:

9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

Posted on:3/20/12

Phearce

Location: Upstate NY

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

This is one great idea: a guitar game where you actually learn to play. I've messed around with a guitar before, trying to learn basic chords, but always got bored. Rocksmith goes at things differently -- it starts out super-easy and takes you through an entire song just strumming one or two strings with minimal fret changes. But it's watching your progress the whole time and as your timing and accuracy improve it ramps up the complexity of the music it presents. You'll quickly be providing meaningful accompaniment to real music. I suggest setting aside just 30-40 minutes a night at the beginning until your fingers get used to the strain of playing. PS - saw a review complaining about audiolag: this is controlled in options.

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

9 out of 10

Graphics:

8 out of 10

Sound:

9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

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Awesome!

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

10 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

Posted on:2/24/12

AwesomeAbe

Location: New York, NY

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

It's really fun, I don't have the money for a guitar teacher and for one payment of 80 bucks this is a really good deal when you think about it! Too bad there's no Beatles songs, I'm counting on those coming as d/c soon, hopefully :)

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

10 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

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WHAT A REVOLUTION

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

8 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

Posted on:2/15/12

Ichief

Location: Houston

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

So i officialy bought this yesterday ive been playing guitar for a year and a half now and taught myself as time went passed, The moment i plugged my Kramer in i noticed how my tv turned into an amp!(its mainly on the loading screens which is still dope in my book) Next thing it did was tune my guitar to E which was really neat since i dont own a tuner i go by ear. I started playing the first song and found myself head bopping to the beatles!!! its very unique such as if your not hitting notes correctly no biggie rocksmith will adapt the game to YOUR needs and take notes out to make it easier or slow down the song, if your good it will make you play the real tabs, this game is NOT a guide to teach anything other than the basics, I highly recomend this game if your wanting something different other than first person shooters(dont get me wrong i love shooting people in the faces too). This game DOES work with pretty much any guitar that has a jack available. Just a heads up be sure to do ALL the challanges to warm yourself up to the "story" mode of the game.

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

8 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

3 of 3 found this review helpful.

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Good for finger exercises

Overall Rating:

8 out of 10

Gameplay:

8 out of 10

Graphics:

5 out of 10

Sound:

8 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

8 out of 10

Posted on:2/8/12

theONLYbigHEAD

Location: Nebraska

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

First of all this game is indeed fun, but I would not exactly say it is so much going to turn you into the next Ace Frehley, but it will help you understand the motions in playing a guitar, and works very well as a warm up or even a good exercise getting someone used to the frets and general feel of the guitar. But with that being said I would recommend picking this game up, whether you are a guitarist or have never picked up a guitar in your life time. The guitarist will enjoy being able to play a game with their favorite ax in hand while the gamer will enjoy being able to use a guitar as a controller while getting more familiar with the fret board and the feel of a guitar in their hands! Rocksmith is all in all a fun game and props to Ubisoft for finally a guitar game that does not involve a plastic "guitar" or rather controller, but by actually allowing to play a game with our prized ax in hand!