For a slightly different perspective, I began playing bass by playing an emulated bass in Rocksmith 2014 on PS4 using a guitar and only using the lowest pitch four strings. It was a fun way to get started, then when I finally bought a real bass I started on this course and learnt INDESCRIBABLY more than in the game.
That being said, I still use it regularly for a bit of fun and to learn some cool songs.
One bit of advice for anyone wanting to check it out: Don’t use the automatic difficulty adjustments! Start with 100% difficulty, but drop the speed down as much as you need. The idea of adding notes progressively sounds good, but if you want to learn your right and left hand fingering you will need to relearn each time new notes are added. Much better, in my opinion, to start with the full difficulty and learn it the right way straight up.
For the record, Hysteria at about 10% speed is almost doable…
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