Wuchang: Fallen Feathers receives criticism after new ‘censorship’ patch prevents killing historical figures (1 Viewer)

[Matthew]

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers receives criticism after new ‘censorship’ patch prevents killing historical figures | VGC

Many boss fights now have new dialogue…

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The game received its version 1.5 patch earlier this week, which fixed numerous bugs and made some gameplay tweaks. However, players were somewhat confused by one patch note, which reads: "Made adjustments to animations, values, and level design for certain NPCs and AI. Added dialogs for some NPCs to complete some plots. We will further optimize the exhaustion animations in the future to improve the plot performance."

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Players who downloaded the new update have found that the patch note refers to a crucial change in the game, which no longer makes it possible to kill certain bosses and other NPCs who are based on real-life historical figures.

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Now, instead of dying, these characters collapse in exhaustion. Some of them also speak new dialogue to the player, essentially changing the story, to ensure the plot still makes sense now they're no longer dead.

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In a thread on X, game modder Lance McDonald heavily criticised the new changes, calling it "actual censorship due to pressure from Chinese players who were upset about being able to kill historically significant characters from the end of the Ming Dynasty".

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Yeah, unfortunately if you're making a game primarily for an Asian market, made by Chinese developers, you're gonna be impacted by Chinese censorship. I don't agree with any of this. Let a game be a game. It's complete fiction. I don't know why governments feel the need to interfere with fictional entertainment.

 

[Matthew]

Looks like players have found a way to undo the censorship patch! This is why I love modding

https://www.nexusmods.com/wuchangfallenfeathers/mods/213