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Was stoked when I pressed new game only to be hit with the Audio bug that makes it so you cant hear voices during cutscenes nor any immersion in general with sound because its not there just music and sword swings and that to me makes this worse than unity at least unity I could hear audio....although surround sound seems to be working for people who dont use surround sound headphones...


**Update**

Ok first off the surround sound seems to be an issue with only virtual 7.1 logitech headsets so its not an isolated inccident as there are alot of post in the forums about this and ubisoft should be taking this seriously to remedy immediately. I managed to make my headsets work by going out and buying a 12 dollor AUX cable and switching to the stereo mode option in my headsets to get it to work I shouldnt have to be spending money to make a game playable.

Now with that said I can give my impressions of the game but I wont recommend until the Audio is fixed.

Pros
-The game is absolutly beautiful from the desert sands to the towns themselves are just full of life its fantastic.
-Combat is revamped and really tough this time around which is something I really like
-Photomode is fantastic I honestly usually spend around 5-8 mins getting the perfect photo its great for someone like me who works in the cinematic industry
-The main character is actually great and not an Ezio rippoff hes got depth, actual emotions, a baddass background.
-PETS! completely useless but you can pet a cat and thats always great
-puzzles are back thank god the series was lacking that mental aspect that assassins creed 2 had with all the puzzles.
-Underwater exploration enough said there.
-Open world thats pretty immersive I like the change to how the missions play out very Witcher 3 which honestly is the new standard on how openworld RPGs should be so Kudus to Ubisoft for Changing the series for the best.

Cons
-Can be buggy at times
-BIG CON BEING THE AUDIO BUG!
-Camel animation is really bad, extremely bad and laughable no weight at all to it.
-Story so far is a hit or miss weird way of telling actually for its kinda convoluted the way its told and it shouldnt be.
-Combat can be off sometimes which is why its on my Cons and Pros
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Ubisoft Oct 27, 2017 @ 10:38am 
Sorry to see that audio is missing in game for you. If you could create a case at support.ubi.com and provide the headset you're using, that will help us to investigate and look for a fix. Please let us know your case number here if you end up making one.
PastelGrizly Oct 27, 2017 @ 4:28am 
Downvoited game works perfect for me
Super Bambaspis Oct 27, 2017 @ 1:08am 
FYI most surround headphones actually only have two drivers, accept a 5.1 or 7.1 source, then cram it back in to two drivers after applying some virtualisation to make it sound more surround. The thing is that these days virtually every games engine will do the same thing, so you have no need for your headphones to do it for you.

By setting your system to 2.1/headphone mode you will just shift the spatial virtualisation from your headphones to your PC - you will still be getting the same virtual surround that you were on 5.1/7.1 mode... Or perhaps even better, if the games engine is better at it than your headphones.

So in summary: you loose nothing by setting to 2.1/headphones - but you will gain your missing audio. All pro's, no con's.
Super Bambaspis Oct 27, 2017 @ 12:56am 
If the game has an option for surround sound disable it. Sounds like your headphones are only accepting two channels, but the game is mixing 5. Force the game to mix two, and your audio will be good.

You only need 2 channels for good positional audio with headphones so don't worry about that.

If the game doesn't have any direct audio options, set windows to 2.1/headphones mode. I'm 99.9% sure that will give you back your missing sounds.
Chef GrumpyBlitz Oct 27, 2017 @ 12:49am 
its not the surround sound works with every other game except assassins creed origin not to mention all my drivers are up to date plus its not an isolated issue alot of people are reporting the bug with logitech headsets and other surround sound headsets
Drayth Oct 27, 2017 @ 12:08am 
Thats an issue with your surround sound bud. Not the game. I run into the issue all the time. It has to do with windows disabling the surround sound on your headset. Usually due to drivers.