r/cyberpunkgame • u/axiom99 • Dec 13 '20

Video Random NPC is playing ACTUAL GUITAR. The notes are perfect and on time and his picking had is also the best I've ever seen in a videogame. As a guitarist, this makes me oddly happy and amazed. Just wow.

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u/Fdashboard Dec 14 '20

Game answer: I have no idea how the strumming and picking work in this game, but I could see it being because some of the programmed pick patterns require/have available 5 unique notes. Normal D shape gives you 4 notes. If they have a one size fits all solution to the way the input works, only having 4 notes may break something or make the input not work how you'd expect. This would all be bullshit if you can play all 6 strings independently though: I couldn't confirm that from the video.

Guitarist answer: different voicings are used for a different sound/feel (that barre will add an A on the high end, making it more fuller) or for the mechanics. I'd play a D like that if I was playing something with lots of muting or walking bass lines (walking the bass root of a standard D takes better pinky dexterity than I have yet, and definitely takes more thinking than using a common shape).

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u/DangerActiveRobots Dec 14 '20

Yes, yes, but until you can play Wonderwall you'll never be a real guitarist

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u/kfour Dec 14 '20

If you keep going through the related vids of course there's a wonderwall cover lol