Fallen Feathers Faces Censorship Allegations in Controversial Update

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers—wow, this game sure has a rep, right? Some people called it Souls-slop, others said it was gooner-bait, whatever that means. And a bunch even said it’s surprisingly good. But now—guess what?—you can toss “censored” into the mix after the recent 1.5 update stirred up all kinds of drama. Imagine snagging this game on disc just so you can always have the original version? Smart or paranoid? You decide.

So, earlier this week, the latest patch rolls in, and yeah, a lot of changes. Some cool stuff, like faster healing animations. Who doesn’t want that? Or being able to dodge out of a recovery. Sweet, right? Anyway, then there are changes that seem… unsettling? Like they added dialogues for NPCs to complete some plots. Whatever that really means. And they’re talking about optimizing exhaustion animations. Okay, sure.

Then, we get to the kicker. Lance McDonald, this Souls fan, jumps on social media to spill the beans. Turns out they’ve altered the game so you no longer kill any historically big-deal bosses or NPCs. Nope, these characters just get “exhausted” now. They have a little sit-down chat instead. Historical figures like Liu Wenxiu, Liu Cheng’en, Emperor Chongzhen—they were meant to die in the game’s story, and now they’re just chilling instead. Like, what?

And then there’s this tweet: people seriously got mad about fighting this Dynasty “Dragon Emperor” thing in the game. But c’mon, he was dead by that point in history. A zombie version, no less! Killing him was a big plot point, now it’s just… gone.

Lance McD also mentions more stuff, like the “pray” gesture being booted. You used to get it from some Portuguese Christian dude in the game. Plus, this army of Ming soldiers in Chapter 4? They don’t even fight anymore, just stand around. Makes a tough part of the game a cakewalk.

Add some nerfs to enemy armor and boss fights to the mix, and players are not thrilled. They’re flooding Steam and Reddit with complaints. Some even say the subreddit mods are deleting posts. One fan switched to console after 80 hours on Steam. Others are scrambling to roll back updates. It’s chaos!

Not everyone’s losing it, though. Some say the game’s performance is getting better on PC, at least. But does that save the Steam reviews? Nope. Framerate crashes used to dominate complaints; now it’s all about this alleged censorship. But who knows why Leenzee even made these changes? They’re keeping quiet. Update 1.5 is out on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S now too. Go figure.