Recently, foreign media discovered that the domestic soul-like action game "The Last of Ming Dynasty: The Feather of the Abyss" was bombarded with negative reviews after the 1.5 update.

After the 1.5 update of "The Last of Ming Dynasty: The Feather of the Abyss" by foreign players, the reviews of foreign players were very negative because the update prevented players from killing many historical figures, thus changing the plot."The Late Ming Dynasty: The Feather of Yuanxu" is set in the late Ming Dynasty and tells a parallel history. Players will control the pirate Bai Wuchang to fight the spreading feather disease.

Earlier this week, the game released a version 1.5 patch, fixing a lot of bugs and making some gameplay tweaks.However, players were somewhat confused by one of the patch notes, which wrote: "The animation, numerical and level design of some NPCs and AI has been adjusted. Dialogues have been added to some NPCs so that players can complete some of the plot. We will further optimize fatigue animation in the future to improve plot performance."

The newly updated player found that the patch notes refer to an important change in the game, which is that players are no longer allowed to kill certain bosses and other NPCs based on real historical figures.Now, these characters no longer die, but fall down exhausted.Some of these characters will also say new lines to the player, which actually changes the storyline to make sure the plot remains reasonable after they are resurrected.

In addition, some enemies, such as Ming Dynasty soldiers, no longer attacked, making the once very difficult chapters extremely simple.Some foreign players pointed out that the fourth chapter of the game "It's become very simple now because 50% of the enemies are now not hostile to the players, and you can't attack them during the outbreak of rebellion."

On social media, MOD maker Lance McDonald criticized the new changes harshly, noting that this is actually due to “a self-censorship carried out by pressure from Chinese players who are dissatisfied with being able to kill historic figures in the late Ming Dynasty.”

A foreign player left a message saying: "Before the 1.5 patch, I liked this game very much. Although it must have its own shortcomings, it is still very fun. The storyline is great and the battle is very good, but this update is the development team unilaterally killing the entire story. They modified the plot and deliberately cater to certain people, and these people never play this game. I will not recommend it until the development team fixes or give a way to make players around the world repair themselves."

In addition, foreign players said: "The 1.5 patch makes the game much easier and reduces the level of violence. I think this is no longer a soul-like game."

Some players also complained: "Patch 1.5 has been added to the censorship, ruining the game story."

Previously, when "The Late Ming Dynasty" was first released, it was bombarded by domestic players for being able to kill civilians and certain historical figures. After listening to the opinions of domestic players, the production team corrected some settings, but unexpectedly attracted dissatisfaction from foreign players, which also highlighted the differences in Western players' acceptance of domestic history and cultural sensitivity.

These foreign players do not understand the status of these historical figures in Chinese culture, but rather regard them as ordinary bosses or plot characters in the game world, so they cannot understand why freedom of killing must be restricted.In their opinion, one of the core of the soul-like game is the player's free choice and high-difficulty challenges, and the changes in version 1.5 directly deprive this experience.

At the same time, on domestic social media, some players expressed support for the revision, believing that the development team has the responsibility to respect local history and culture and avoid excessive "speech" or "insult" plots of historical figures in the game.

Industry analysts believe that this incident may become a typical case that domestic stand-alone players must face in the process of global issuance in the future - finding a balance point between respecting local culture and satisfying the freedom of overseas audiences is much more complicated than optimizing a boss battle.

After 1.5 update, domestic players commented: