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Oh man, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, right? This game’s been called everything under the sun – from Souls-slop to gooner-bait, whatever that even means – but now it’s got a new tag: “censored.” Why, you ask? A recent 1.5 update stirred the pot, trying to calm some ruffled feathers (pun intended, maybe) among Chinese fans. And get this – some hardcore fans bought the game on disc just to preserve the OG version from last month. Smart or paranoid? You decide.
So, this new patch dropped, like, last week, and stirred up the whole pot of soup. Some tweaks were no biggie, like a fast-forwarded healing animation, and yay, dodge-cancelling recovery animations! But then there were these sketchy changes. Take this bullet point gem: “Added dialogs for some NPCs to complete some plots.” What’s that even mean?
Enter Lance McDonald, the guy who loves this game maybe too much. He spills the beans: “They basically changed it so you don’t actually kill any big-deal bosses or NPCs anymore. They just kinda, well, chill out after you fight them. Like, I kid you not.” Previously dead folks like Liu Wenxiu, Liu Cheng’en, and Emperor Chongzhen? Still kicking in this fictional universe. Weird, right?
Check out Lance’s tweet where he rants about people freaking over offing the “Dragon Emperor” – who, by the way, was already toast historically. Zombie version, anyone? The censorship hellstorm’s real, y’all. And the “pray” gesture’s out the window too, gone like yesterday’s trash. Thanks, Portuguese Christian character.
So, in Chapter 4, Ming soldiers who were ready to brawl are now just chilling. Makes the once brutal level a total cakewalk. Add in some no-big-deal nerfs to boss armor, and players lost their minds on Steam and Reddit. Some say Wuchang subreddit mods are going delete crazy. One dude even jumped ship to console after 80 Steam hours, yelling, “Long Live Wuchang 1.0.” Dedication, huh?
But here’s the kicker. Not everyone’s lighting torches. The game’s slowly getting love from PC folks. But Steam ratings? Nah, still crying over frame rate drama—now tangled with censorship shouts. What about Leenzee? They’re doing the classic “silence is golden” bit on why they altered the story. Meanwhile, update 1.5 just launched on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
And there we are. What a rollercoaster.
