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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers receives criticism after new 'censorship' patch prevents killing historical figures, altering story

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

Many boss fights now have new dialogue…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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."

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...the change is seemingly due to pressure from Chinese players who were upset about being able to kill historically significant characters from the end of the Ming Dynasty

 

[//DEVIL//]

Because we don't give a shit about the game to worry about a woke patch lol.

We are BF these days

 

[The Cockatrice]

I am surprised that this has gotten no news here:

You should search better then.

Cringe Game Dev  Thread 'Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Has Made Certain Bosses And NPCs Unkillable Following Backlash In China'

Aug 14, 2025

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It's claimed that these changes have been made thanks to the backlash received from Chinese players, as fans concerned with the country's history are apparently upset that you can kill prominent figures from the Ming dynasty. It's also being reported that a 'Pray' emote given to the player by a Portugese Christian character has been removed too.

Article:

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Has Made Certain Bosses And NPCs Unkillable Following Backlash In China

Source: https://www.thegamer.com/wuchang-fallen-feathers-update-bosses-npcs-unkillable-backlash-in-china/

• Draugoth
• Replies: 85
• Forum: Gaming Discussion

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[adamsapple]

I am surprised that this has gotten no news here

It's already been talked about here, just without the terrible 'woke' monicker.

Cringe Game Dev  Thread 'Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Has Made Certain Bosses And NPCs Unkillable Following Backlash In China'

Aug 14, 2025

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It's claimed that these changes have been made thanks to the backlash received from Chinese players, as fans concerned with the country's history are apparently upset that you can kill prominent figures from the Ming dynasty. It's also being reported that a 'Pray' emote given to the player by a Portugese Christian character has been removed too.

Article:

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Has Made Certain Bosses And NPCs Unkillable Following Backlash In China

Source: https://www.thegamer.com/wuchang-fallen-feathers-update-bosses-npcs-unkillable-backlash-in-china/

• Draugoth
• Replies: 85
• Forum: Gaming Discussion

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Mods, please lock the thread

 

[nowhat]

Mods, please lock the thread

Instead of Success, the thread ended in Failure.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

This game is coming to PS +, is it still woke?

 

[Skifi28]

This game is coming to PS +, is it still woke?

You can always try the game for yourself instead of letting the internet decide things for you. Woke doesn't even have a specific definition. "You can no longer kill some NPCs" wow, game ruined.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I have become woke, destroyer of worlds.

 

[uncreativename]

I uh, I don't think that counts as woke lol

 

[archangelmorph]

Pressure from random Chinese players or from China (as a state)?

Wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter and I don't see how or why this would be considered woke?

So many rotten brains in this day and age.

 

[uncreativename]

Pressure from random Chinese players or from China (as a state)?

Wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter and I don't see how or why this would be considered woke?

Nah, based on what I saw of Chinese gamers who were into Total War Three Kingdoms, that kind of Chinese gamer who plays historical games is really passionate about the people in their own history. Like they would go out of their way to try not to kill any of their favourite historical characters so they could collect them all into their faction, and stuff like that :].

So it's almost definitely the players who complained and got this changed imo.

 

[archangelmorph]

Nah, based on what I saw of Chinese gamers who were into Total War Three Kingdoms, that kind of Chinese gamer who plays historical games is really passionate about the people in their own history. Like they would go out of their way to try not to kill any of their favourite historical characters so they could collect them all into their faction, and stuff like that :].

So it's almost definitely the players who complained and got this changed imo.

Then how did Dynasty Warriors get away with this for literally decades?

 

[uncreativename]

Then how did Dynasty Warriors get away with this for literally decades?

Well, in Dynasty Warriors you're kindasorta playing the actual Romance of the Three Kingdoms story, so that's different . In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Koei strategy games though, there are definitely also character collectors.

 

[Skifi28]

I uh, I don't think that counts as woke lol

Indeed, this is practically pressure from far-right nationalists which is quite common in certain countries like China and a completely separate issue, almost the opposite one could say. Woke has become a catch-all term for stuff we don't like and has completely lost all meaning.

 

[StueyDuck]

When ever I step into one of these free to play chinese/korean games i swear people are talking a made up language.

Im still trying to figure out the woke part. That instead of dying the game just goes to a cutscene or something

Its like that GTA Korea game, people are saying things that is definitely English but I have no clue what is going on

 

[Unknown Soldier]

The patch was done for Wuchang because Chinese players complained. It has nothing to do with the West at all

 

[IDKFA]

Indeed, this is practically pressure from far-right nationalists

If they're from China it's doubtful their "far-right". Not in the same way we understand the label in the West anyway. In China, the CCP has promoted fanatical nationalism for decades and nationalism is the default setting for the majority of the population across the political spectrum.

Although I do agree that this isn't "woke". The "woke" label is thrown around so much these days that it's lost all meaning anyway.

 

[uncreativename]

Indeed, this is practically pressure from far-right nationalists which is quite common in certain countries like China and a completely separate issue, almost the opposite one could say. Woke has become a catch-all term for stuff we don't like and has completely lost all meaning.

I wouldn't say it's completely lost all meaning, I mean we still get stuff like Veilguard and Concord that most people can agree on, but yeah there are definitely people using the word in ways that don't make any sense to me at least.

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

Then how did Dynasty Warriors get away with this for literally decades?

Cos the Japanese don't give a fuck about hurt Chinese feelings

 

[duck_sauce]

I am surprised that this has gotten no news here:

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers receives criticism after new 'censorship' patch prevents killing historical figures, altering story

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

Many boss fights now have new dialogue…

www.videogameschronicle.com

This is a desperate attempt to grasp at straws, just to stir up controversy. Criticizing the patch is fine, although I don't find it particularly problematic. Labeling everything as "woke" is not only stupid and wrong, it also completely dilutes the term.

 

[Physiognomonics]

This has nothing to do with wokeism. Wokeism is a western ideology. This looks like chinese censorship.

 

[nkarafo]

Censorship? Yes.

Politically correct? Sure.

Woke? Eh...