Question about 5.1 Surround Sound / Sound in general - Muffled Footsteps?

[Mkilbride]

Does anyone else have this? Footsteps sound very muffled, weapon swings can as well when it hits the enemy, my center channel sounds terrible int his game, wondering if it's related to the game, as I googled and found one other person with the problem, or jsut me?

[cunge]

Same on my 5.1.
LOUD but muffled.
Also bass is way over the top, had to crank the sub down to almost nothing to stop my ears bleeding

[Mkilbride]

Interesting, see...

I am having issues with my audio at current, but maybe it's not...

I was playing this old game and it sounded muffled, I had played it before but didn't remember it muffled. Then, I started hearing it EVERYWHERE.

So I updated my sound drivers, checked all my speaker wires, took them apart and looked for issues, found none. Scratching my head.

But really, the only two games I've been playing at that...and Dying Light, and if the issue is with just those two games, thje rest might be in my head.

[cunge]

Just been watching some vids of Dying Light and it seems thats the way the sound is in this game, I guess we will just have to get used to it... :/

[Mkilbride]

It's ♥♥♥♥, but it makes me feel better about my audio situation.

[♥♥tutor♥♥tαrα♥♥]

I think it is part of the game. As the character gets sicker from the infection, it affects his sense of hearing.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/239140/discussions/0/523890681421655687/#c523890681424916355

[EbonHawk]

From that other thread..

Originally posted by Wilfred Warfstache:

as you go throughout the story your guys becomes more and more infected as he does that. he starts to lose his surrounding one of the first steps is he basically loses his hearing usually your MC will still be able to pick up louder noises (gunshots) but the more quiet noises he wont be able to pick up.

So, will my character eventually stop hearing really important stuff, like zombie noises so that he doesn't know he's about to get attacked?

That just seems like a really dumb game mechanic, honestly. Half the beauty of a lot of modern games is the sound. If more and more sounds are going to be taken away throughout the game, that's really going to suck big time eventually.

[jonathan.jolin]

I am having the same problem I do not believe it is due to how the game is designed. I hear people behind me better than when they are infront of me. I also have 5.1 surround.

[EbonHawk]

Try temporarily disabling 5.1 to see if it sounds better. Then decide if you want better positional, or better quality..