The audio compression is bloody terrible

[PossessingSpirit09]

I can handle the light novel type of exploration and gameplay. I can handle the really outdated graphics


BUT GOOD LORD, the audio compression is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unbearable. ATLUS please patch or improve that ♥♥♥♥ soon

[Redblaze27]

Its nowhere near that bad on the PSP.

[Stormy Dawn]

Granted I haven't gotten the game yet for myself, but I've watched a friend stream it off and on Twitch, and I'm not really experiencing the audio as a major issue. I can definitely tell that the quality is subpar, straight of the PSP version, but I haven't been negatively impacted listening to it.

Maybe it's one of those things you just have to experience yourself as you play it, the quality of my speakers or even just the fact that I'm not an audiophile who tends to take issues with clarity so much, I'll fully admit any combination of those may invalidate my opinion, but I'm just not reacting to the compression issue as harshly as some.

[Elapso]

lol just use the original japanese audio. it sounds ok

[Terra]

It's not the voice acting that's the problem.

I mean yeah, the audio in Awakening is bad, but the rest of it is fine.

It's the combat sound effects that are compressed and spikey.

[Nerrinas]

I thought people were just ragging on the game before I bought it, because I've never touched 3 before and wanted to experience it without the hassle of setting up any kind of emulator.

It is actually the stuff of nightmares. There is little to nothing wrong with the actual voice dialogue outside of combat that I can noticeably hear but by god - the combat audio is atrocious, as if they stood at the end of a hallway farting obnoxiously whilst trying to record the sound from an actual PSP on the opposite side.

It's so crunchy and low quality, you'd think it was directly ripped off of Limewire back during the games actual release.

[trippastrid]

they arent going to "fix" a playstation 2 game
that would just ruin the entire thing the purpose of them putting it on here was to say "hey look at what we made in 2008"

[Nerrinas]

Originally posted by trippastrid:

they arent going to "fix" a playstation 2 game
that would just ruin the entire thing the purpose of them putting it on here was to say "hey look at what we made in 2008"

You seem to be missing the point that the audio is in fact, broken. The PSP version of the game sound significantly better.

[dog]

my audio was lossless outside of the brutally awful persona summoning scene, where the audio was crunched to hell

[Leviathan]

Sounds like P3P on PSP to me.

Originally posted by Elapso:

lol just use the original japanese audio. it sounds ok

Maybe it's this because I'm using Japanese audio.

[Regal Pixel King]

Mod it. On GameBanana you can find mods to fix all of the sound effect and all the music. Just make sure you download to PC version of the mod and not the PSP version.

[Desticler]

I really wonder how some people are unable to hear the difference. I can confirm that whether you're using English or Japanese audio doesn't matter, it sounds worse than PSP version either way.

[Seraphita]

Someone said the audio issue is the same on the switch. So the problem IS there. It's all worse than on PSP. They compressed the sound too much, they ruined the audio of the game.

[Stormy Dawn]

Originally posted by Desticler:

I really wonder how some people are unable to hear the difference. I can confirm that whether you're using English or Japanese audio doesn't matter, it sounds worse than PSP version either way.

I've noticed it now a bit since I made my original post.

What I find odd is it seems inconsistent. I've only noticed it on a few select SFX tracks and the occasional voice line sounding muffled or peaking. Yet it seems like the majority of the sound sound fine, even most of the voiced dialogue. It's strange. You'd think if some of the audio was badly compressed it would all be.

[Nerrinas]

Originally posted by Tsurayu:

Originally posted by Desticler:

I really wonder how some people are unable to hear the difference. I can confirm that whether you're using English or Japanese audio doesn't matter, it sounds worse than PSP version either way.

I've noticed it now a bit since I made my original post.

What I find odd is it seems inconsistent. I've only noticed it on a few select SFX tracks and the occasional voice line sounding muffled or peaking. Yet it seems like the majority of the sound sound fine, even most of the voiced dialogue. It's strange. You'd think if some of the audio was badly compressed it would all be.

I would not be surprised if different people handled different sections of the game without so much as talking to each other on how to do it properly. It's very select, in that the OSTs in the novel-esque areas of the game seem relatively unharmed but a lot of the battle OSTs and to some effect, the sound effects of using skills and attacks alongside a lot of the in-engine rendered replacements for cutscenes range from slightly scratchy to disgustingly crunchy.

[Leviathan]

Originally posted by Desticler:

I really wonder how some people are unable to hear the difference.

I actually can't.

Surely you'll know which one is which, won't you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyKXPEvlB6s

0:00-0:09 First section
0:09-0:20 Second section

Which one is PPSSPP and which one is Steam in those two?

0:20-0:21 Third section
0:21-0:26 Fourth section

Which one is PPSSPP and which one is Steam in those two?

0:26-0:32 Fifth section
0:32-0:39 Sixth section

Which one is PPSSPP and which one is Steam in those two?


It would be very so hilarious if everyone but me can tell the difference so everyone who wants to try and guess you're welcome.

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But if that's not the case, maybe it depends on other stuff, like the audio device or something, dunno.