Assassin's Creed: Valhalla low audio quality issue won't be addressed, confirms Ubisoft support

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla arrived in 2020 as the latest installment in Ubisoft’s successful saga of action-adventure games.

Valhalla has continued to be supported by Ubisoft with new content and events. However, there are also certain issues that have been present since its release without a fix.

One of the most recurring complaints from Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla players is the low audio quality issue. For those who hoped for a future solution, there is bad news.

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla low audio quality is a common topic of discussion among its players. In-game audio seems to feel muffled, lacking in nuance, or flat (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9).

Is anybody else having this issue where the audio sounds super muffled/low pitched? Sounds like people are talking through an empty can. It sounds very low quality when wearing headphones. It’s especially noticeable with dialogue scenes and hearing ambient music. It’s pretty disappointing as these audio issues are breaking immersion for me and quite hard to get past through the game.
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The issue is especially noticeable during dialogues, where even the volume is uneven. That is, the voice of some characters is very loud compared to that of others in the same dialogue.

Let’s talk about the poor audio quality in AC games!

So I’m a long time AC fan and I’ve played almost every entry so far (except for unity which I plan to play). Almost every title, especially the newer ones have a huge issue and that is the sheer amount of bad Audio quality. Every other game I play has a very good audio quality or HD quality rather and then there are the AC games.. This is most evident in AC Valhalla where dialogue and the audio in general is grainy, low quality and pretty bad.
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There have been reports of poor audio quality in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla for at least a year.

Also, there is no workaround to help mitigate the situation, so the issue negatively impacts immersion permanently.

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla players have been waiting for a fix for the audio issues for a long time. However, Ubisoft has confirmed the worst possible news about it.

According to the company, it is impossible to resolve the game’s audio issues because it would require ‘an overhaul of the entire audio system from the ground’.

After thorough investigation, the development team will not be able to resolve these audio issues. Resolution of this issue would require an overhaul of the entire audio system from the ground up and is not feasible. We recommend enabling subtitles to aid comprehension of dialogue.
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So, unfortunately, Valhalla players will have to get used to the current game state in the audio section.

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