Bethesda says it will fix reported audio quality problems in Skyrim: Special Edition next week, after fans notice a difference in the sound when compared to the original release.
Even with its improved visuals, it didn’t take long for some fans with keen hearing to spot a difference in the audio quality of Skyrim: Special Edition when compared to the original release of Skyrim in 2011. Those playing the remastered version of Skyrim on PC and Xbox One may have noticed it too.
After fans brought the audio quality into question on Reddit almost immediately after launch, Bethesda has responded saying that a fix is on its way soon. A Reddit user who goes by gstaff and who has spoken for Bethesda on Reddit before, posted “We’re currently testing a fix and hope to have an update out next week.”
The first report of a problem with the Special Edition’s audio came from a user LasurArkinshade, who claimed the audio in the PC and Xbox One versions of Skyrim: Special Edition to be greatly compressed compared even to its 2011 original release:
I launched the Special Edition last night and began playing, but something about the audio seemed… off to me. I couldn’t tell whether or not it was a placebo effect since I was going out of my way to analyse everything that could possibly have changed in the SE, but I couldn’t help but notice that the audio seemed… muddier. Less crisp.
LasurArkinshade even took a sound effect from the original release and compared it to the same audio as the Special Edition, which can be heard below.
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