In Rocksmith 2014, a game that features 50 new songs as well as all DLC downloaded for the previous title, the player only tunes once. Similarly, where the earlier game forced players to tune their guitar before each song - a process that became tedious considering its roster of over 50 tunes - this too is gone. Gone are clunky, maze-like menus they're replaced now with a system that makes options available simply by pausing mid-song, not by backing out to a separate set of menus. The team has honed a new and faster system that lets the player get straight to the song. And now, two years since the release of its predecessor, it's a decidedly faster and more streamlined game. Rocksmith 2014 is two years in development, which Cross says is the necessary amount of time to "fix" the earlier games' problem. Both adopt a "discovery" approach to learning, where students learn by working with materials rather than being instructed. While musical theory can be necessary for classical training, Cross says it can also be "dull as dishwater and doesn't necessarily help in early stages" of learning the instrument.Īlternatively, he cites the Montessori approach to education as having a similar method to education theory as the makers of Rocksmith. According to Cross, there was resistance from some because of the unconventional methods of teaching music - Rocksmith's ad hoc, punk ethos meant users could learn dynamically, at their own pace and avoid traditional music theory until they were ready. The team, however, was "disappointed" in critical appraisals of the game that stated Rocksmith failed to teach its users to learn guitar despite acquiring a passionate and active community of aspiring guitarists. "It was a nice idea but dodgy implementation." "It was a nice idea but dodgy implementation" he says, describing an often frustrating menu system that plagued the earlier game. In Cross' words, the game suffered as the team worked to hit its impending launch deadline. Following the launch of Rocksmithin 2011, an instructional tool-meets-rhythm game that followed the wave of Guitar Hero and Rock Band games of the era, the development team at Ubisoft San Francisco "weren't surprised" by the negative reaction from critics, creative director Paul Cross told Polygon during a London event for its sequel Rocksmith 2014.
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