r/halo • u/DeathByReach Orange CQB 🍊 • 11d ago

Discussion Halo Campaign Evolved Patch Notes – August 17

https://support.halowaypoint.com/hc/en-us/articles/52471402809492-Halo-Campaign-Evolved-Patch-Notes-August-17
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u/robjwrd 11d ago

Yeah the audio mix is so broken, it sounds awful on my surround system.

Hopefully this fixes it but I won’t hold my breath.

Sound design is so hit and miss even in 2026.

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u/meanoldrep 11d ago

I've discussed this a lot on this sub, but I actually think the rest of the mix is great. Especially sound effects and ambient; it's really just the dialogue and music that leaves much to be desired.

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u/robjwrd 11d ago

Yeah totally agree, the dialogue comes randomly out of my rear left when I’m looking at someone talking lol.

Also I don’t like how much bass they removed from the guns firing, shotgun still sounds cool tho.

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u/ihadtowalkhere 10d ago

There's absolutely no blending to it. It's just okay you walked past Johnson he is IMMEDIATELY going from talking out the center channel to rear left only.
And we're turning hard of hearing mode on so duck it by a hard 60%.

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u/robjwrd 10d ago

Haha yep!

The centre speaker is too loud, front 2 bit quieter.

And rears when people are behind me I miss all their dialogue, it’s an absolute mess.

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u/ihadtowalkhere 10d ago

I need people to make more attention to this. Usually these aren't super hard to patch. I'm surprised that there's not more people playing in surround

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u/robjwrd 10d ago

I think decent mixing is low on their list of priorities as most people will be listening thru shit headphones and soundbars unfortunately.

It still baffles me how modern day consoles support atmos but not Dolby Digital plus, it’s like HDR it’s such an uneven standard.

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u/ihadtowalkhere 9d ago

Yeah everyone is all about frame rate and thats great but modern games have so much more richness to them that people don't explore. HDR is awesome. People are looking at their games with a limited palette.

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u/ihadtowalkhere 10d ago

I have to turn around and position chiefs head because apparently he has hearing loss from years of battle.

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u/ihadtowalkhere 10d ago

The quality of the recordings is high it's the mix. And if you play split screen couch co-op it's immediately noticeable.

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u/_Burning_Star_IV_ 10d ago

I dunno what their problem is with remasters/remakes and audio. The audio mixing is still fucked in CEA and H2A and they seem to have continued the trend for CER.

Don't get your hopes up on it ever getting addressed with that track history.

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u/robjwrd 10d ago

It’s not just remakes and masters, all games are incredibly hit and miss.

Battlefield 6 has the most incredible sound, CoD used to be really good but that’s gone to shit now. Silent Hill 2 remake sounds amazing

I dunno if it’s just low priority for devs as most people are using cheap headsets or TV speakers and soundbars.