Rocksmith+

« For a beginner guitarist, Rocksmith+ is a godsend. »

« Rocksmith+ is a far from perfect offering from Ubisoft, but it’s an undeniably effective teaching tool. Learning to play a track through Rocksmith+ offers more fun than staring at the same tab for an hour, but whether or not it has the songs you’re after is another matter entirely. »

« The game has constant connection issues, and they are well aware of it. Yet all their tech support does is give you a list of troubleshooting procedures, that may, or may not work. Why they can still be allowed to take subscriptions is beyond me. »

« I really, really try to love this, but still if you compare it to Rocksmith 2014 with CLDC I would give it only two stars. However since Rocksmith 2014 has serious stability issues nowadays and not supported anymore, I try to approach Rocksmith+ as an option instead of Yousician, Melodics etc... which it actually is. Game is actually quite fun and it has the best music library of subscription based music games. It might well be the most fun learning game for guitar and keys actually. However not all songs are originals and they are covers, but they are well made in comparison to other learning games which often don't have even full songs. Gameplay is very similar to old Rocksmith - when you play single player mode. And this is my main issue here. The BEST part of Rocksmith was always playing together with your friends. This is not possible with Rocksmith+. Imagine how fun it would be to play Sabaton together with keys and guitar?! Also there is no support for multiple profiles, practically all other music learning apps support multiple profiles for family members so you can track your own progress. Also they didn't release it for Mac? What the heck? I could say that a huge number of users who have music as hobby are using Macs. It doesn't even work well on Windows ARM, so can't play it via Parallels either. In desperation I am currently playing it via iPad connected to my mixer and that works okay as long as the small screen is ok with you and you have decent soundcard for it. I subscribed to this during Black Friday pricing, and this is the most I would pay for this now (around 50€/year). However if they want me to keep subscribed they will need to address a couple of issues below. Positive: - quite nice selection for songs, though still not as good as RS2014 - UI is ok, and most of the songs are made well for learning - the videos supporting learning are mostly nice Negative (in priority order) : - no two player games :( - no support for family profiles - no MacOS support - Windows ARM support - where is White Zombie from the library and many others? - strange and difficult audio setup for advanced sound cards/mixers (on windows) - subscription model ( I don't need thousands of songs, I only need 50-100 songs I love) »

« This game is horrible. The music selection **** plus it’s a subscription based game no thank you I’m going to stick with rock Smith 2014. There’s no reason to have to pay monthly. You should at least allow people to pay for the game and then add DLC or some type of subscription service, but the base game should. be a one time fee, The only cool feature is connecting the iPhone as a mic other than that this is garbage »

« Overpriced garbage. Paid for a year and was not happy with the course of the game in that year. Poor songs, poor optimization, - doesn't register and their support was little to no help. 2014 works and plays fine and I have almost 2000 hrs in it, and it registers my chords just fine... TOTAL DOWNGRADE AND MONEY GRAB »

« The game is OK and has lots of songs but they removed session mode, recommended songs and mod support. The video stammers and audio configuration is very hard. Oh, and you can't buy it, this is a game as service. A VERY EXPENSIVE service. »

« BEWARE: Don't subscribe for this and don't use the 30 days free trial. Currently Ubisoft ignores cancellation of subscriptions and bill people anyway 100€ or $ via credit card, paypal etc.. You will be up for a massive freakshow experience with their incompetent support team which will try to deny any wrongdoing until you give up. There are several threads on the rocksmith reddit about this and the issue affects lots of players: ****/r/rocksmith/comments/18s0b16/rocksmith_plus_refund/ In addition to that Rocksmith+ is an awful experience with hardly any rock songs. It feels like an alpha version and is miles behind Rocksmith 2014. You notice everywhere that it's optimized for mobile devices and thus comes with many limitations that cause a dreadful user experience. It's a pure money grab! »

« The game looks like a demo of Rocksmith 2014. The guitar effects are very distorted or dull, and the price does not match the service offered. Another issue I found was with the audio settings. I tried using the Realtone cable, the interface connected directly to the PC, and even sent the audio through the ASIO driver in Studio One (Presonus), but in all cases the sound was horrible. I prefer to use the backing tracks from Ultimate Guitar and play with my pedalboard on headphones, as I get a more satisfactory result. In the piano, despite being a beta, the audio delay is very annoying in MIDI devices. »

« UPDATE: Aug 2023 I paid $100 for a year subscription, and now that the first year is almost complete, I am pissed off at this game. Song releases were few and far between, and the new songs were mostly NOT ROCK. This tech demo was worth, maybe $10 not $100 (or even $60 as a non-live service game). Cancelled my subscription and am going to uninstall now. I am what you call a Rocksmith 'power user'. For almost a decade, Rocksmith 2014 has been the most satisfying game in my library. I always looked forward towards the weekly DLC packs, and over that time I've spent several THOUSANDS of dollars on songs. Most of my time was spent on the PS3/PS4, but recently I switched over to the PC due to note detection and audio fallout problems on the PS4. I REBOUGHT my favorite songs on the PC so that I could hone my skills on a more stable build. I would often tell people that Rocksmith was my favorite game OF ALL TIME because my time was well spent learning skills in an entertaining way. FWIW, I am a game developer for 20+ years, and RS2014 has had this place in my life me since it launched. That brings me to Rocksmith+... I am very disappointed with this title. There is a laundry list of issues/regressions that make me regret the $100-per-year subscription fee I spent earlier this week. The list of disappointments include: - The included song list is overwhelmingly filled with 'user content' rather than the 100% Ubisoft-transcribed songs from RS2014. Most of, if not ALL, of the user content is simple strumming against chords and NOT accurate note-for-note tab. I dabbled in user created content in RS2014, and a lot of those songs were flat out wrong. When paying top $$$ for Rocksmith+, I expect the content to be professionally generated and note-for-note. It is a huge overstatement, and frankly lazy, to say that the song list is thousands-strong if you are filling it with third-rate user content. - To reiterate the above point, the ACTUAL song list at lauch is really small, and of those songs they are weird and obscure selections. Not sure what is going on in the licensing department, but is this really the best you could muster? - I agree 100% with the other user reviews in that the UI is horrible. It feels like Ubisoft decided to ape 'insert-your-streaming-video-service-here', but made it worse. I don't want 'suggestions', I want a clear way to find content that I want to learn to play. And when I was able to (somehow) get to the full song list for a category, finding what I wanted was overwhelming. It would be really help to have different filters so that I could, say, organize the songs by tuning and then possibly artist. I would take the clunky RS2104 UI over this any day. - Rocksmith+ needs to stop saying that it is suggesting things based on my likes. I like rock, metal, and alternative music of all types. I have found ZERO songs in the current list of Ubisoft-generated songs that I listen to in my day-to-day life. That wouldn't be a problem if the other selections didn't feel like they were chosen based on how cheap Ubisoft could license them for. Feels like a garage sale, whereas I was always impressed by the quality and top-tier feel of the selections of the older games. Hell, didn't RS2014 launch with Jerry Cantrell doing a demo at E3 or something? And AIC was one of several high-profile rock/metal/alternative acts that shipped in that title. Sigh. - To top it all off, I think the note detection is WAY off and the new tab visualization doesn't clearly indicate when you are making mistakes. I used to be able to download a new song and at least get 80-90% accuracy on the first try (unless it was something like Megadeth), and RS+ constantly grades me as 50-60% accuracy, even if there are only a handful of notes in the song at beginner diffculty. Something is broken. To sum it up, I want this title to succeed. This is my first (and maybe ONLY) review that I have posted for a game in my life, so I hope some of this feedback makes it way back to Ubisoft so that they can course-correct and bring back the parts of Rocksmith that were working. And I shouldn't have to wait and 'trust' Ubisoft to release songs that are worth learning 'at some future point'. Like I said, I paid $100 for a year subscription. That is $40 over a standalone game costs. I EXPECT a song list NOW that is worthy of at least that $60 price tag... ...and I hope that Ubisoft listens and improves their game. I would love nothing more than to be able to tell my friends that Rocksmith+ is my favorite video game of all time, like RS2014 turned out to be. Your move, Ubisoft »