Fallen Feathers Faces Censorship Allegations in Controversial Update

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers… what even is this game, right? Some people are calling it “Souls-slop,” whatever that means. Others say it’s shockingly good. But now? Now you can call it “censored.” The 1.5 update just dropped, stirring the pot, particularly among fans in China. Now, those who snagged the game on disc are feeling pretty smart for having the original version, untouched.

So, this patch, it brought along a bunch of tweaks. Some are cool, like who doesn’t love a quicker healing animation? And you can dodge out of those annoying recovery animations now. But some changes? Yeah, they’re raising eyebrows. Like this note: “Added dialogs for some NPCs to complete some plots.” Uh, what? Turns out, it means no more killing those big historical bosses or NPCs. Instead, they just… get tired? And then chat with you after the fight. Seriously.

Lance McDonald, who’s apparently a big shot when it comes to this game, shared on social media that you can’t off those important historical figures anymore. Liu Wenxiu, Liu Cheng’en, Emperor Chongzhen—they’re all just chilling now.

People are losing it over this. You used to fight this “Dragon Emperor” dude, a zombie version, mind you. And now? Nah, he survives because some folks got upset. It’s nuts. Oh, and get this, they’ve axed the “pray” gesture from the Portuguese Christian character. Why? Who knows! Plus, a whole bunch of Ming soldiers in Chapter 4 now just let you waltz right by.

Players are up in arms on Steam and Reddit. Accusations are flying about mods deleting negative comments. One player was like, “After 80 hours on Steam, I’m switching to console. Long Live Wuchang 1.0!” Some folks are even trying to revert the updates.

Sure, some think the game’s performance is crawling in the right direction on PC. But is the Steam review rating bouncing back? Nah, it’s still tanking. Crashes might be down, but now people are slapping it with negative reviews over this so-called censorship. And why’d they change the plot, anyway? Leenzee isn’t saying. The update’s live now on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, so buckle up.