Holy shit, now that you put it that way...shut it down folks, you're just being nerds.
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Dark Souls Switch still suffers with Compressed Audio
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Holy shit, now that you put it that way...shut it down folks, you're just being nerds.
By the sound of it (ugh) I'm no audiophile.. I cant really spot such a difference that makes everyone go incredibly mad. There's a difference and I can hear it but I dont think it would change anything from me. I also did read like 4 reviews as well but didnt see anything about it either?
Either way, hopefully they patch it for everyone who is suffering by this. Seems like it's really bad for many of you.
Either way, hopefully they patch it for everyone who is suffering by this. Seems like it's really bad for many of you.
This is why I straight-up don't take most reviews seriously anymore when it comes to technical performance.
I feel the same way. There's a Reddit thread for the reviews, four added to it so far and do any of them mention sound problems? I'll give you two guesses ........
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/9p9q12/dark_souls_on_switch_reviews_thread/
It's frustrating, because now it's pretty much guaranteed to never get fixed.
Oh and by the way, the idea that only "audiophiles" will notice this is just....I don't even know what to say, really.
Oh and by the way, the idea that only "audiophiles" will notice this is just....I don't even know what to say, really.
Not so - the reviews mentioned here are from Nintendo Life and Eurogamer, the reddit thread that I linked to also links reviews by IGN and My Nintendo News (not mentioned in this thread).
It should sound horrendous to anyone whose hearing actually works. :)
Maybe not audiophile, but you have to be someone that notices audio quality. Like, I really, honestly do not. I can tell the difference in the OP video easily because it's a side-by-side comparison but it's not something I would've noticed otherwise. I certainly didn't notice it in the network test, but I realize I don't notice these things and therefore took the word of people who do notice them, like you.
Same. I definitely can tell there's a difference, but it just not enough to impact on my enjoyment of it, or something that I remain conscious of while I play. I totally sympathise with people who are annoyed by it though, and they should at least release an optional pack of better quality audio if possible.
Framepacing issues too? Every from game at 30 fps seems to have that really annoying problem, yikes.
Sekiro will be the next test lol.
Sekiro will be the next test lol.
Wow, that's horrendous. You dont have to be an "audio nerd" to tell this sounds atrocious. You don't even need a side by side comparison. Its so compressed and garbled sounding. Glad I'm skipping this port. This is completely unacceptable in a full priced AND late port.
I can't really run the counterfactual of whether I would have noticed if not for this thread. I'm not someone who invests in an audio set up or plays with headphones (or better than $10 headphones). Maybe I wouldn't have thought much more than, "was the sound always a little off in this game?" But in any case I notice it now. It's bad. Not bad enough for me to skip the port. But I sure hope they fix it.
I doubt Sekiro will be the one to break that tradition. Either they don't think it's important enough to fix, don't know how to fix it, can't fix it because of some underlying engine issue, or maybe they aren't even aware of it. If they wanted to fix it, it would be fixed by now.
Which patch is it btw? 1.1.0? There was a patch when I started it up just now but it was 1.0.2
Ok one problem already. No way to remap the B and A buttons
The latter.
That's exactly the part we need to figure out.
Oh good for me then because I don't even look at the button prompts anymore, I just go by muscle memory from playing Souls games between Playstation and Xbox controllers all the time.
Far more reviews on Metacritic -
https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/dark-souls-remastered
After reading the reviews I've pretty much had it with these 'reviewers' as it's very obvious that some at least haven't really sat down and played the game properly - I base that on the fact that they would have noticed the terrible audio if they had played it properly. Or maybe they played it handheld only? Or with the sound turned down? Or in a noisy room? Or did they all have versions with good audio (although that seems unlikely).
https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/dark-souls-remastered
After reading the reviews I've pretty much had it with these 'reviewers' as it's very obvious that some at least haven't really sat down and played the game properly - I base that on the fact that they would have noticed the terrible audio if they had played it properly. Or maybe they played it handheld only? Or with the sound turned down? Or in a noisy room? Or did they all have versions with good audio (although that seems unlikely).
At least Digital Chumps noticed:
I don't give a shit about the audio since I only play in portable mode and Nintendo doesn't know what Bluetooth headsets are, so this part was far more vexing:
That's really going to suck if we can't remap these damn controls.
I don't give a shit about the audio since I only play in portable mode and Nintendo doesn't know what Bluetooth headsets are, so this part was far more vexing:
That's really going to suck if we can't remap these damn controls.
Or maybe it's that this "fact" is not a fact and just an assumption which isn't always true. As several of us on this page have said, this isn't something everyone will notice unless they hear a side by side comparison.
Nope. Anyone with reasonable hearing and headphones or decent TV speaker should notice the issues even if they haven't played the game before.
Urg man, I was looking forward to getting this version.. but if this is true I'm going to pass. I can get by with the audio issues, by having re-learn muscle memory and not being able to remap the dodge button is a hard pass.
As someone who knows absolute jack shit about audio it is incredibly noticeable and incredibly shitty. Like that's some shovelware quality audio. Unacceptable.
And also what the fuck is with B being confirm??? They couldn't put in the tiny work to change that?
And also what the fuck is with B being confirm??? They couldn't put in the tiny work to change that?
Apparently then I don't have reasonable hearing. Who needs an ear doctor when you've got ERA!
There's an option to change the confirm button in the configure menu but for some completely insane reason it's been greyed out.
Lmao why in the world would it even be there? To taunt the player?
It is. I'm playing on 1.0.2 here in Japan online, as it launched already yesterday.
I mean, something like Horizon PS4 at 30 fps feels incredibly smooth compared to their output. Not being aware would be insane really for a dev. Nothing wrong with 30 by the way even if there are drops but they manage to make it feel like 20 somehow.
Seriously though, maybe I do have shitty hearing. I mean, my hearing is actually fantastic in that I can hear a car door close like a block away when nobody else in the house has heard anything, but my ability to discern sounds has always been pretty bad. Like, at a club or bar with loud music you can shout into my ears at the top of your lungs from like an inch away and I'll still only be able to understand maybe a quarter of what you're saying.
Maybe my hearing discernment is bad (is that a thing?) which is why this isn't something I would've even noticed without a comparison video.
Yeah I have no idea. Someone a few pages back posted a theory that Nintendo doesn't allow games to offer the option to reconfigure menu buttons, which is the only possible explanation I can think of outside of downright ineptitude. Still makes zero sense but maybe that's it.
Maybe my hearing discernment is bad (is that a thing?) which is why this isn't something I would've even noticed without a comparison video.
Yeah I have no idea. Someone a few pages back posted a theory that Nintendo doesn't allow games to offer the option to reconfigure menu buttons, which is the only possible explanation I can think of outside of downright ineptitude. Still makes zero sense but maybe that's it.
Does this option have to be chosen before a specific point possibly? Like before you ever enter the actual game or something along those lines?
I asked that to someone the other day but I don't think I got a response. I asked if it was something that was only configurable in the main menu rather than in-game. Can anyone with the game check on that?
Also Nintendo Japan uploaded a video showing (seemingly) A being the button for confirm. I can't read Japanese so I can't confirm that's what it is but it's on the left side, whereas B is on the right side, on the bottom of the menu. Pic for reference:
So if this is showing A for confirm how the hell did they enable that?
Apologies if this is off-topic since this is a thread for the audio issue, but people have been talking about the confirm/cancel issue here too.
Well, if there's one thing that's been confirmed by this release, it's that many Switch owners are either hard of hearing or have terrible headphones or TV speakers. Or only play handheld. Perhaps there should be a scientific research project into the hearing of Switch gamers. :)
The audio is terrible, even on the onboard speakers. Perhaps the people who can't notice it have never heard how other Souls games sound.
Surely anyone can pick up on such poor audio irrespective of whether they've played the game before?