Well done.Д«ends,В slides, and sustainsВ look different now - more like ribbons.В I was fine with the old way of showing bends and slides, but this is OK, too. And, nowВ you'll know what chord you're playing because the name of the chord is shown next to the chord diagram right from the start!В If you never played the original Rocksmith, you have no idea what a great improvement this is. Then, as you 'level up,' more notes are highlighted until eventually you're playing the whole chord. Initially, only the root note is highlighted and theВ rest of the notesВ are muted gray.В You only have to play the highlighted note. Simply put, they're treated as chords! No moreВ leveling up a phrase andВ discovering that the one finger note you've been playing isВ actually a complex barre chord which requiresВ totally different hand position! You don't have to play the whole chord all at once, but the whole fingering is shown right from the start so you know what's coming. The audience DOES respond to how well you're playing, and they WILL boo you if you suck!Д¬hords One HUGE improvement for 2014 is the treatment of chords. It's much less distracting than the old version. TheВ bar graph is still at the top of the display showing your mastery of each phrase and an 'alert' message is displayed whenever you're playing a phrase in 'Master Mode.' But, you aren't bombarded with an endless battery of atta-boys and ah-shits on the screen. For example, I don't remember seeing any 'Level Up' or 'Level Down' messages.В If you miss a note, you get a little 'Miss' message on the note itself but that's it. In general, there aren't as many messages flashing up on the display while you're trying to play. The RSNH has beenВ cleaned upВ so it's a little easier to see what's going on.В The song lyrics are nowВ diplayed in the upper, left-hand corner of the screen in a bigger font soВ they're much easier to read. Generally, playing through a song in the Learn a Song mode is very much likeВ playing a song during an Event in the original RS but withВ several improvements. The audience begins to get rowdy and I can hear them applauding my efforts.

As I start hitting notes consistently, more notes appear. Just a few notes fly toward you on the RSNHВ establishing the basic framework of a riff or melody. Things start out simple, just like the old RS. Yep - even when you're just learning, there's an audience.

Reminiscent of the old Rocksmith Events, the wall of the studio morphs into a smokey haze through which you can make out the faint silhouettes of an audience. Pluck a string on your guitar and psychadelic sound waves flow from the speaker cabinets. The RSNH (Rocksmith Note Highway) appears andВ your selectedВ songВ starts. ('Rocksmith Recommends' activities - 3 items) The basic Learn page includes the following options, with your selected song title right up at the top: These comparisons won't mean anything to brand new Rocksmith players butВ old veterans might find the comparisons interesting. Keep in mind that I played the original Rocksmith for 2 years, so I will frequently refer to differences between the original Rocksmith (ORS) and Rocksmith 2014.

I've wanted to learn this song for years and years, so let's see how it goes. I chose Walk This Way by Aerosmith as my very first song to learn on Rocksmith 2014. So, it's no big surprise that 'Learn a Song' is the very first option on the Main Menu.В I'll start my new 'journey' by going down this path first. Rocksmith 2014, even more than the first edition, bills itself as a learning tool.

Songs on rocksmith 2014