Is Rocksmith Plus worth it? 

Ubisoft needs to sit down and watch these reviews to succeed

Finally someone saying what should be said about this game. The track list is so over inflated that I literally only found 3 songs out of their 8000+ repertoire that I am interested in learning. My prediction is that this model won't hold up or survive for long.

They should make the software free and allow you to purchase the tracks you want when you want. This would generate more interest and revenue that could be used to grow their BS catalog.

Good video, answers my concerns pretty much perfectly. I'm going to stick with RS14. $15/month is a steep price with that disappointing library. There's also zero chance I'm ever going to see more obscure artists I want on it, i.e. a lot of J-rock (there was J-rock music on release for RS14 though).

One thing that will always hold back a tool like this is going to be the licensing. I remember a lot of people reached out about getting stuff like Ozzy but they were always at the mercy of the owner and they never got a response. Had to rely on the awesome folks at customs forge to play along with Randy Rhoads

It’s crazy that rocksmith 2014 cost about 15$ during a sale and this is on par

It’s sad that the master of puppets cover art has the Netflix logo and stranger things artistry. And you’re SPOT ON about the inflation of songs. Glad someone brought light to this.

Thank you for this review. Was on the fence about getting the game.

This is solid content! Thank you very much for creating this video. One of the other things I’m trying to find out is whether or not there is any lag in the system but this alone is worth it’s weight in gold so I know I should wait to purchase.

Great review. Only critique... is don't critique yourself with the overlaid text man! Personally, I would not even for a moment have noticed the stuff about your voice being trashed or going on "too long" about a point. It was totally fine. You did a great job and made a quality video mate.

I was sad it wasn’t going to be on mac but not after seeing this! Thanks.

As a bass player rock smith plus is just like throwing money away, I’ll stick to R2014 with customs forge

I have a hard time getting this when Rocksmith 14 is doing the job and modding makes it amazing.

The self deprecation wasn't needed mate =) Was exactly what I was looking for! Honest

I AM a huge Boston fan, but I'm not sure if that's worth the subscription price yet honestly. I was truly shocked at how little there was

RS+ even lacks tons of classic Rock and Metal tracks that are available for RS 2014 both as DLC and CDLC. Also, what are 7000 songs worth if only a much smaller percentage comes with authentic tabs? I rather pay for propper arrangements pr. song than jumping on an half-arsed subscription model.

I'm wondering what the "plus" is supposed to refer to? score attack: removed. session mode: removed. guitarcade: removed. scrolling through riff repeater with arrows: removed. its more like rocksmith minus

Thank you. The reason they don't have a playlist is because the there is NO guarantee the songs will stay for any period of time. Think netflix as content is constantly moving. Hence NO PROGRESS. I don't get why anyone would change. I have never had trouble with 2014 which is AMAZING... Sound is great, no lag (but that could be my because i have fast computer), only note detection on a couple of songs in couple of passages out hundreds! I wanted this to be great. I just don't see anything of value, since 2014 is for sale. Still waiting for someone to do side by side

Awesome vid. Considered getting rocksmith for math rock and jazz, but well, the songlist is truly underwhelming...

I’ve been playing on and off since Rocksmith 2014 and the remastered on my xbox 360/one. Love it fell in love with guitar. But seeing this breakdown of RS + I won’t be getting it.

I am missing my DLC songs on my Rocksmith 2014 remastered on my PS. I have moves from ps4 pro to ps5 and now when I have instaled the game again all of my purchased songs are gone. Why?

I'm looking to kick-start my guitar playing again (been off and on for many years) and having got the jack dongle and cheap key many years back, thought this could be amazing. I drilled into the song list and it is indeed a hard pass for what you get in the sub.

was really hyped for this... sad to see the catalog. Iw ould definitely come back and try it again fi they add like huge offset of maybe punk and jrock

tnx you save my money

I’ll just keep playing my Rocksmith 14 with my 5000+ REAL tracks 👍🏻 No subscription…

Ubisoft actually just updated their song tracks and they added parts to songs that wasn't there when they released it. And by the way Ubisoft does have a lot of the songs from the other rocksmith games.

Thanks a lot for a proper review. It's really sad that they're slowly destroying 2014's catalogue. Not sure why they didn't just make RSmith 2022. It worked, I'm sure! (Even if they did have a ludicruous amount of DLC worth into the ££££'s

Rocksmith 2014 with mods is far better than RS+ imo. Ubisoft was so shady, that they released an update for 2014 a litte after Rocksmith+ release. The new update crashed the 2014 version on steam that it was purely unplayable, it would not boot up. Thats because the new update does not compute with mods or specifically the CDLC files. The only way to fix this problem as of now was to obtain a beta code to install the previous update file. THAT was pure bullshit. The only way to find out about this was through this one guy on steam discussions or a reddit discussion that for some reason is very secretive and hard to find. Its still unfixable to some players out there which is unfortunate. Ubisoft knows the Customforge is there big competitor and the fans are not too fond of RS+.

I just came across Rocksmith+, and I own the remastered copy but never had the cable to connect the guitar, am I wrong to assume without the cable, there's any way to connect the guitar with this new Rocksmith+ options(Apps)? I am getting a feeling this Rocksmith+ is a completely new facade to pay for...

I just loaded up my RS2014 and purchased Holy Wars and 5 mins alone...must be licensing issues as they would not launch....but at least i can still access the tracks i purchased back then and continue having fun with the songs i never got around to :) Subscription based model is not appealing to me.

yeah i figured, I was lucky enough to get beta access, it was kinda disappointing to see the lack of tracks then. i figured ti would have been better by now.

Does R+ have custom songs and charts? Cause of so that must resolve SOME of the issues

im sure you've been asked this before but would you recommend rs+ or rs remastered if youre brand new to guitar? im looking to pair it with justin guitar as more of a teacher and then rocksmith to put the learning to the test.

Reminds me I need to bust out my guitar and Rocksmith 2014

Hey ! Awesome Video ! Is there a delay in this rocksmith when using a realtone or phone ?

Can you please tell me where the progress bar is at the top and what is disappearning bubbles. Any video showing actual play through has the progress bar not available. How is that a good thing? How is NOT having score attack good? Competition is good and fun

Two things made me choose to stick with my copy of Rocksmith remastered. 1. The subscription model. Knowing how licenses work. They will sell this game with Boston and some Metallica but the second they lose those licenses there goes your ability to play em. They will pull them from the menu and now you’re just left with the lame filler crap. If you think it’s scarce NOW!? Just wait. 2. The price of said subscription. $15 a month comes to $120 a year. Every year as long as you wish to play. Sure you can stop playing it but you then when the game gets shutdown in a few years you’ll never be able to play it again. You’ll be paying to play the game but you’ll never actually own it. You’ll be left with nothing but the filler crap by the end. If the game boots up at all.

I'll stick to RS14 with CLDC thanks

At the moment it's not anything I don't already have on RS2014.

I wish they would have incorporated the note highway customization like they did with the Beta. Not a fan at all of the new one. It's way too translucent.

Do you think they’ll ever add support for more instruments such as ukulele? I’ve been learning how to play ukulele for the past few months and this game seems really cool, however it sucks that it’s only for bass and guitar as of now.

Does it still have multi-player for co-op play locally?

A feature that i was dreaming about is acapella mode.

RS had exercises and videos for the exercises. Not sure how it is improved in plus

Stick with RS2014 it seems, looks better, better song, you buy you keep it. The subscription should have been £5 per month or 1 month free trial though most people would have tuned out after week 1. They haven’t even reintroduced a key feature from the original RS which was to rewatch your performance afterwards

I think I'll stick with yousician for a bit longer then

Licensed music is the Bane of all creativity

I don't like the subscription model - I'd much prefer if existing DLC could be carried forward and continue to add more music to the library. The only way a subscription model makes any sense is if they do some deal with e.g. Spotify to have access to all available music and IDK, apply as many charts as possible and allow community charts. Also, more personally, I was in the beta test and I could not solve sound problems when running it on Linux...

They should at least give us a free trial

Honestly I feel like overall it is just a step backward. I find very few songs that I actually enjoy playing, I have no ability to buy or add more, the Guitarcade and multiplayer are both gone and the lessons are really just the same stuff, just rerecorded. Even the interface is more complicated than it needs to be. There is no way I can justify the $15 per month for this in it's current state. Rocksmith 2014 was a masterpiece. I think they failed horribly here and by looking at how few arrangements have been done in the workshop and how even a google search shows almost no news about the game or articles or forums, Ubisoft dropped the ball completely. It's like they are managed by EA.

Thing is, play it on a pc and use custom DLC if you dont its way to expensive to get the songs you want and most of it wont be available. Its the same with Netflix you pay but they cant get most of the permissions for all movies so watching online for free is still way better

Rocksmith 2014 is good enough as it is. There are a few quirks, but nonetheless I use that to practice scales in band session, even the guitarcade was fun, string skip saloon, castle to chordead. Such a good game itself

hi would you recommend to play 2014 version today?

I thought I was in the minority of thinking there's nothing on the song list I really wanted to play until I read through the comments here.

Hmmm I will just keep using customs forge

i was considering this , but after seeing your clips of the library it looks bad for guitar focused people

No session mode to teach you improv, phrasing, keys, modes, etc.... no equivalent to guitarcade to let you practice changing chords, or learn all your scales in any key and any mode and of course the awful tracklist. Rocksmith 2014 does SO many more things to actually teach you guitar. RS+ just looks prettier. That's it. Maybe a year from now we will see something better. Till then: I already unsubscribed.

Can you switch to a guitar pro tab like view instead of a guitar hero style display?

Thanks for saving me a subscription. I'll stick with 2014

i CANT EVEN TELL THE DIFFERENCE OR IMPROVEMENT WITH RS2014

Other thing- their cable sucks. Absolutely terrible lag. I had to use a third party interface.

so what you are saying is if you already have Rocksmith 2014 and know how to use the CDLC community, do not "upgrade" to the new "hotness"..... gotcha

Ubisoft screwed up my rocksmith 2014 and i cant play all the songs i got off customsforge plus the songs on rocksmith plus suck.

I've been real frustrated with the entertainment industry switching to subscriptions and putting out half baked or even incomplete content.

Sad sad sad playlist 😭😭😭😭

I’ve been playing Yousician for a year. I like Yousician’s playlist way more, and for me it’s way more readable. I really regret jumping in and buying the year subscription to Rocksmith. Can’t get used to it. It has a terrible song list.

I would love to pay for a subscription, but the songlist is so dissapointing. I could even be ok with it, if they would have improved the jam section a lot, put loop pedals in it etc. But right now, no way I'm gonna pay anything for it. Very dissapointed

it is more than disappointing. They took a premier title and destroyed it but to this day, still wont admit it.

I was geared up for the console release, and now I'm back to feeling disappointed

I'm impressed by the Lynyrd Skynyrd catalog.

Very Important....If you live in the US you cannot get a refund for this game even if you cancel your subscription. Only certain countries can get refunds in the first 7 days.

Beware australia it's very limited for us, Also we are on all exclusion lists for refunds.

I got 15 months for $100. that's 666 a month \m/ its a great game with good improvements that doesn't have great content. worth it at this very moment? nah. worth it in 15 months? I sure hope so! and they better hope so if they want to keep our subs. scares me a bit becasue Ive been playing rocksmith for 10 years and its been a big part of my life. dont want to see it die off

I agree, not worth the subscription price. I rather pay Ultimate Guitar and jam along with the songs that I like than on Rocksmith.

Just get Rocksmith 2014 and mod it..

Considering the Customs Forge... Rocksmith Plus is at worst a scam, at best it's useless

Wait till you hear about the Wiggles.

Stick with 2014 much better, and songs your actually want to play.

The song list really sucks. I’ve found three songs that I might want to learn. That’s it

It's not even on mac like the original games. Good guy ubisoft preventing mac users from buying their shitty game.

Après rocksmith 2014....Rocksmith - ...pour moins d'intérêt... playlist vieillotte pour des gamers !

8000 songs now… and a quick browse of that list found nothing interesting.

More like Rocksmith Minus

screw ubisoft they shot there own game in the foot to try to force people to switch over to this new sub service with no where near the same amount of songs to learn

The Rocksmith 3D view is horrible! I definitely prefer the Yousician tabs!!!!

This doesn't have The Beatles... THERE IS NO FUCKING BEATLES...

It's actually rather funny that others think that the RockSmith system is super readable. As a guitarist who initially learned with Guitar Pro when I was young, the Rocksmith tablature is screaming so much for attention that it becomes completely unreadable to me at higher speeds. While I can perfectly follow a guitar pro at double the speeds. Never expected others to find it easier :)

So the answer is just stick with Rocksmith 2014

The note highway is an absolute downgrade. RS 2014's is way more clear to read; RS 2014 looks a tool to actually learn how to play and RS+ looks a *just* a game

I just rewatched your video. Even more disappointed as changes are all cosmetic, and some not for the better.

I'm cheezed off, it cost me double the price of the original Rocksmith and for only 12 months, has none of the legacy music and no multi player. It is useless.

Can't get the latency correct. I wish they'd of put the efforts of RS+ into RS 2014. 2014 is great. RS+ is horrible. I want a refund but it's like pulling teeth. Do not buy/rent RS+. RS+ song selections is also horrible.

no

This is a joke when compared to 2014. Completely pathetic for the price they’re asking, when compared to 2014 & it’s custom dlc. Overinflated with bands and songs no one cares for or wanted, all the good classics are missing. The screen is now filled with so much visual noice and distraction. The note colours seem to have less contrast between them, it’s unnecessarily hard to read notes/fret/technique when compared to 2014. The strumming sucks ass, like being able to easily read/discern when you’re supposed to strum. Sure most of us aren’t looking at the strumming pattern 24/7, one sort of intuitively gets the strumming patterns, but still. It’s definitely a joke when compared to 2014, definitely freaking pathetic for the price, especially when 2014 is a thing and has cdlc. 2014 is objectively better in most aspects. They really just changed things no one wanted to be changed, barely addressed any of the issues people had with 2014, and even managed to be worse than it’s predecessor in other parts. The music catalog is laughable. Unnecessary visual distractions and effects with an already unnecessarily hard to see notes/techniques (when compared to 2014). This game is a joke, and the streamers shilling out for it are clearly being “encouraged” by Ubisoft Talk about trying to needlessly reinvent the wheel & completely fucking it up.

Is it worth it ? An emphatic "NO". I had Rocksmith 2014 and it was fantastic, I was trying to learn bass guitar and as a learning tool it was invaluable. I was expecting Rocksmith+ to be an improvement. What a total disappointment. The song selection wouldn't even qualify as a B list, and you'd think with an annual fee you would get access to the original song list from Rocksmith 2014 along with many new songs. Nope. You hardly get access to any of the old library, and the instructional videos are generally fewer and poorer than the original Rocksmith. I was looking forward to Rocksmith+ and so far it has been a major disappointment - I'd give it one star out five. The folks working on Rocksmith+ have a lot of work to do to restore their cred, and I'm sure many who used Rocksmith 2014 would feel the same way.

Selection is crap. So few metal and “rock” songs that I want to learn. Why so much POP and R&B? Ugh 😢

No its not great, its trash

so just get rocksmith and mod it Ubisoft is crap