Power Gig: Rise of the SixString Review

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(More customer reviews)OK, the game itself isn't that bad. Despite the cheesy graphics and goofy storyline, the music is actually OK.
My bad review is on the instrument peripherals.
The airstrike drums are completely frustrating and UNfun. They don't register hits half the time. You're not actually playing drums, you're striking the air with the drumsticks. The IR sensor has to be exactly aligned with the drum sensors and you have to "shake" it to get it to register the hit. It definitely does not feel like you're really playing drums. Do yourself a favor, use a Rock Band drum kit.
And then the "real guitar." It really is technically a real guitar, that you can use to play this game. But it's mostly a gimmick-- don't expect to actually learn how to play guitar. This is a rhythm game just like guitar hero, except you're using a real guitar with strings instead of a plastic guitar with buttons.
The only addition is the option to play "power chords". The game uses a whopping TWO power chords-- one uses two fingers and one uses one finger-- and the fingering is exactly the same no matter where it's played on the fretboard. A monkey can learn how to do that.
Actually playing the song with the power chord option, I did not find to be very much fun either.
If you want to learn real guitar skills I suggest you get Rock Band 3 and buy the pro guitar peripheral.

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Power Gig: Rise of the SixString will transport players to an entirely new universe, with its own mythology, politics, settings, heroes and villains, where music rules all. On the gameplay front, Power Gig uses new technology that represents the next evolution of music performance games to provide all players — from casual gamers to the hardcore, from those who have never before picked up a guitar to those who play guitar on a regular basis — with a more authentic and fun experience. The game offers two overarching modes of play. In addition to traditional beat-matching that will be familiar to fans of the band game genre, Power Gig also introduces the option to switch on chording, or chord play. Chording presents the added challenge of playing the game using chords that require specific finger placement on the strings. As players progress through the game, becoming more comfortable with a genuine guitar and potentially choosing to play real power chords, they will find that the byproduct of playing the game is coming away from it with an understanding of some real-life guitar fundamentals.

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