Should You Buy Rocksmith? No.

earning to play a guitar by playing a game is always wonderfully appealing to me. It was with Power Gig and with Rock Band’s last title. And in many ways Rocksmith comes closer than any of the three to delivering on that promise. But ultimately what you have in Rocksmith isn’t a game, it’s an instructor, an instructor with a peculiar way of teaching that may get you to play songs, but still not understand what you’re really doing. If you’re looking for something that will mechanically run you through the progressive skills it takes to learn to play something like Nirvana’s In Bloom, then get this. But if you want a game give Rocksmith a pass. No.