![]() Installing the app on Android or iOS effectively gives you a device ready to listen and relay the results to the game. ![]() The cable, once working, is the most reliable, but the addition of the app or midi hardware is a welcome one. In Rocksmith+ you can use the Realtone cable from the original games, or you can download and use an app, or any midi interface hardware. I don’t mean the UI, that’s something else – no, I mean how the game hears what notes you are playing. With that out of the way you’ll hit the first major change for Rocksmith+ – the interface. First you’ll select the correct instrument – Guitar or Bass, and then the type of headstock you are using. In a section entitled “Getting to know you” you’ll set up your gear. With those out of the way, we could finally get to playing. Plugging in my RealTone cable yielded zero sound, so it also gave me a plunge into the support pages at Ubisoft to find out that reinstalling the drivers from within Device Manager is a common fix for this problem (it took three reinstalls for mine to finally work, so be persistent!) – I hope that helps somebody reading this. My first two launches of the game resulted in a crash to desktop. My first impression of Rocksmith+ was rocky at best. As such, our impressions are anything but sealed in stone. At that point the game should be fully cemented into its semi-final form, so it’d be fair to judge it at that point. Rocksmith+ has just launched into the first 30 days of its ongoing service, so it’s probably a bit early to cast our full review at this point, therefore we’ll be offering up a hands-on impression, with updates at the 30, 60, and 90 days mark. It’s time to strap up and rebuild those calluses. After all, games like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater are why we know certain bands at all, right? We were eager to jump in and shred to some all-new tracks. When Ubisoft announced Rocksmith+, we immediately saw the allure of a subscription service that offered far more content without needing to buy into just what we know. While I’ve not suddenly become a master shredder, my wife can routinely crush it on bass, exceeding 100% and watching the notes fade into full obfuscation with her mastery. To say we are fans of the series is an understatement. I’m literally playing Rocksmith+ with a pick from the original release of Rocksmith back in October of 2011. Laura and I have spent a dumb amount of time and money buying tracks to learn to play guitar via Rocksmith.
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