Okay, so here’s the thing about “Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.” People have called it all sorts of stuff — Souls-slop, gooner-bait (whatever that means), and, oddly enough, a good game. But now, you can also toss “censored” into the mix because the new 1.5 update has stirred the pot, particularly involving some fans over in China. Weirdly, the folks who snagged the game on disc are probably feeling like fortune tellers right now since they can still dive into the original version, in all its uncensored glory.
Alright, this patch dropped just the other day, making a whole slew of tweaks. Some changes seemed totally harmless, even helpful. Faster healing animation? Yes, please. Dodging out of recovery? Nice touch. Improved i-frames? Sure, why not. But hold up – there were some eyebrow-raisers. Like, “Added dialogs for some NPCs to complete some plots.” I mean, what? And this gem: “We will further optimize the exhaustion animations in the future.” What does that even mean?
Turns out, it’s a whole thing. Shared on social media by this diehard gamer Lance McDonald, what the devs really meant was you can’t go around offing any historically significant bosses or NPCs anymore. They just, you know, get tired after a fight and chill to chat. Historical peeps like Liu Wenxiu, Liu Cheng’en, and Emperor Chongzhen—they’re all still kicking. Well, sort of.
People are freaking out that you can’t take down the Ming Dynasty’s “Dragon Emperor” in the game anymore. Which is kinda bonkers because, dude, he was dead by then anyway. You fought a zombie version of him, for crying out loud. The uproar over this is something else, and changing that plot point? Messes everything up.
So yeah, McDonald keeps going on about how it’s censorship because Chinese players didn’t like seeing those historical figures meet their end. It’s wild. And apparently, they ditched the ‘pray’ gesture from this Portuguese Christian character. Oh, and Chapter 4’s all different now, with Ming soldiers opting not to fight, making things way easier.
Throw in some more nerfs to enemy armor and bosses, and you’ve got players losing it over patch 1.5. Steam and Reddit are buzzing with complaints. Heck, some folks are saying the subreddit mods are deleting the angry posts. One player even said they switched to console after 80 hours on Steam! Hardcore, right? Some are even trying to roll back updates using file edits. Commitment, much?
But hey, it’s not all doom and gloom. The game is performing better on PC. Maybe that’ll help the Steam reviews bounce back? Nah, not quite. The gripes about framerate crashes have swapped out for a whole new wave of review-bombing about the censorship. Leenzee, the devs, they’re just keeping mum about why they reworked the story. Anyway, update 1.5’s live now on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, so there’s that.
