NotTheGuyYouKill
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Just got a 5.1 system and I wanna test out why surround sound is so good. Beat games to play with Surround sound?
Games with the best use of surround sound
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polyh3dron
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Dead Space
MGS4
Bad Company 2
MGS4
Bad Company 2
GoofsterStud
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Which systems do you own?
SolsticeZero
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Tomb Dadier is great. The Last of Us is awesome, too.
Hellshadow
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Yup, Dead Space was the first game that came to mind.
First post and all.
Was Going to post the exact list
illusionary
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The Last of Us gets a vote from me.
jacksepticeye
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The Last of Us or Uncharted games have always had fantastic surround sound due to the options they provide like DTS, Dolby or Linear PCM. They're very versatile
Battlefield 4 has great audio in general but it's positional cues aren't the best. The BF sound engine has always needed to be a bit more accurate in that regard. Bad Company 2 was too boomy and bassy for my liking. War Tapes is also shitty because it's just raw audio files with no balance to them. It's over powering and too loud, there's fuck all consistency to it
Dead Space 3 actually has fantastic audio. The game itself is pretty eh but the audio is great. It's very meaty and bassy
Amnesia A Machine For Pigs has great audio too. Sitting still in some areas you can hear like chatter in the background. The Dark Descent has shit audio.
Skyrim actually has some decent positional audio. Especially when you go into dungeons etc. Plus hearing wind all around you and then the call of a Dragon is pretty great. It also has some nice meat to it as well
Battlefield 4 has great audio in general but it's positional cues aren't the best. The BF sound engine has always needed to be a bit more accurate in that regard. Bad Company 2 was too boomy and bassy for my liking. War Tapes is also shitty because it's just raw audio files with no balance to them. It's over powering and too loud, there's fuck all consistency to it
Dead Space 3 actually has fantastic audio. The game itself is pretty eh but the audio is great. It's very meaty and bassy
Amnesia A Machine For Pigs has great audio too. Sitting still in some areas you can hear like chatter in the background. The Dark Descent has shit audio.
Skyrim actually has some decent positional audio. Especially when you go into dungeons etc. Plus hearing wind all around you and then the call of a Dragon is pretty great. It also has some nice meat to it as well
nhlducks35
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Yeah, Corpse Party is basically the only series that has Binaural Audio
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I have a PS3 and PS4 and a 360. I was playing Outlast on Surround Sound.
Shiiiiiiiiet.
Shiiiiiiiiet.
bigboss370
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MGS4. I said goddamn.
Mass Effect
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First post etc. Though any of the Battlefields from the original Bad Company onwards would work.
Yeah, it's actually pretty decent. Too bad about the rest of the game though.
Skyrim is another good choice.
0ptimusPayne
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Whenever my dumb ass neighbors play their music loud, I just point my subwoofer down and play BF4. I pop off some Sig rounds on full blast, and they usually turn their shit down lol. So yes BF4 Dolby sound is ridiculously awesome.
KojiKnight
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Batman Arkham series. It gives you great spacial awareness, especially for directly behind you just out of site. Plus it sounds awesome when things are clashing and being broken all around you.
GraceflAnger
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Alan Wake was creepy as hell with surround.
Aces&Eights
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I agree. I typically turn music off on most of my games. Unless it's donkey kong or something of similar caliber, I find just the gameplay sounds to be more engrossing.
Xal-Shoota
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For me it was Dead Space and MGS4, but then again I don't have surround sound anymore 
As others have said, make sure your surround sound is set up correctly.
For the Xbox 360, it's simple. You just need to ensure you're connected by optical or HDMI and have DD selected.
For the PS3, there are a ton of audio options. If you only have 5.1 receiver, or only have 5.1 speakers connected to a 7.1 receiver, make sure all the 7.1 options are deselected. This doesn't really matter for game, but was always required for me when I used my PS3 to stream movies. The PS3 will default to outputting LPCM audio, so don't freak out of you don't get the little DD or DTS logos light up on your receiver.
For the PS4, the latest firmware including an important option which fixed an audio issue. If the PS4 is connected to a 7.1 compatible receiver, it would output 7.1 sound regardless of how many speakers you have or the settings on your receiver. This would mean that some people didn't get rear channels output through their 5.1 set-up. Now under Settings > Audio there is the tick box option for force 5.1 sound.
For WiiU, I made a FAQ thread about how to get surround. the WiiU only support LPCM over HDMI.
For the Xbox One, dunno lol.
For the Xbox 360, it's simple. You just need to ensure you're connected by optical or HDMI and have DD selected.
For the PS3, there are a ton of audio options. If you only have 5.1 receiver, or only have 5.1 speakers connected to a 7.1 receiver, make sure all the 7.1 options are deselected. This doesn't really matter for game, but was always required for me when I used my PS3 to stream movies. The PS3 will default to outputting LPCM audio, so don't freak out of you don't get the little DD or DTS logos light up on your receiver.
For the PS4, the latest firmware including an important option which fixed an audio issue. If the PS4 is connected to a 7.1 compatible receiver, it would output 7.1 sound regardless of how many speakers you have or the settings on your receiver. This would mean that some people didn't get rear channels output through their 5.1 set-up. Now under Settings > Audio there is the tick box option for force 5.1 sound.
For WiiU, I made a FAQ thread about how to get surround. the WiiU only support LPCM over HDMI.
For the Xbox One, dunno lol.
Solid Samus
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Best ever