Rocksmith 2014 Day 3

Day 3 saw an epic milestone: the first successfully completed song on Score Attack.

Song - Paint It Black
Score - 77265
Difficulty - Easy
Finger Callus meter - 2

I found this song to be a lot of fun for my current skill level. There weren't any slides and long shot movements across the fretboard.  The song was just slow enough for me to be able to look down at my fingers (both fret and strum) in case I ever got lost.  The action was enough to make me feel like I was actually contributing to the song, instead of being a giant road block. [video below, not me]

 I also went back to the Guitarcade games to see if I had progressed. My first attempt on these games from Day 1 wasn't the best, and saw more frustration and impatience then I would like to admit.  I couldn't even get more than 10,000 pts on most of them that day. 

One thing I knew even before I started Guitarcade was that my picking had definitely improved. When I started I had a lot of trouble just switching between the E and A strings, however now I'm able to go between [1]E, [2]A, [5]B, and [6]e.  (The middle ones are when I still get lost in the forest...).  

First game I went to was the String Strip Saloon...

 I'm no where near as good as the guy in the video, but I was still able to make out to level 2, another milestone achieved!  So the way the game works is that as you can see in the video above, there are 6 doors the angry gunman can come at you from.  Lo and behold, you have 6 strings on your guitar.  You pick the string on the guitar that matches with the lane the baddies are coming at you from to shoot them.  (Personally, if I was the bartender at this saloon I would have a shotgun, not a pistol)  For being a minigame that tricks you into practicing, its actually a lot of fun.

Next I wanted another shot at those ducks [skip to 35s]..

Again, not as good as the guy in the vid, but I am making progress.  I learned since last time not to hold the fret down too hard, and to recalibrate the game if I kept missing.  So this game works by just fretting the correct position, and picking the corresponding string. None of the Guitarcade are difficult, they just require some practice to master the skill required.

So even after only 3 days, its pretty impressive to see that the Rocksmith system is working for me. Even when I'm actually playing "Learn the Song" mode and playing the same song over and over for hours at a time, the system doesn't make it feel like a boring practice session.  It feels like a game. It feels fun, and I still can't get enough.

If you've been holding out on whether to get this "game" or not (it does have achievements on the Xbox version), and there's a little guitar hero guy inside of you, then you need to pick this up.

Your's may look different.