Rocksmith 2014 is the sequel to Rocksmith. As its predecessor, it is a music game which uses an actual electric guitar as a controller, but now designed more as a learning tool than a game. The gameplay is essentially the same: notes are shown floating on a board towards an overlay of the guitar’s fingerboard near the bottom of the screen and players must hit them as they reach it. The presentation, though, is different: there is no more a “journey” mode where the player progresses through events with set lists organized by difficulty. Instead, the game is guided by “missions”, objectives that must be achieved in some of the available modes in the game. These modes are:
All Rocksmith DLC songs are compatible with Rocksmith 2014.