While Leenzee’s debut game, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, appears to have sound gameplay mechanics, its release has been marred by performance issues so severe that its rating plummeted toa “Mostly Negative” rating on Steam.
The technical issues in the Souls-like game became so widespread that the studio and publisher, 505 Games,had to issue a statement about it.
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To help save its reputation and appease fans, Leezee has released the game’s first post-release update, mere days after the game’s launch.
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers First Patch Released To Improve Performance
Thedevelopershave issued a patch for consoles and PC that aims to improve the game’s performance. Most of this applies to the PC version, which is understandable, given it’s the version that needs the most optimization.
The performance-related improvements released include:
Not only that, but there are bug fixes released as well. Chief among these is a fix to the game crashing after the company logo flashed on screen during the game’s startup.
For gamers who were annoyed that Standard Edition owners seemed to be getting the Deluxe Edition content for free, this issue has now been resolved as well.
As compensation for this inconvenience, all Wuchng: Fallen Feathers Steam ownerswill receive the game’s original soundtrack (OST) DLC for free.
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There are not a lot of gameplay-related fixes included in the patch, with the major one rebalancing the landmine encounter to make it a more “fair” experience.
Leenzee also mentioned they are working on a “more extensive” patch that will be released in the coming days. No word has been released on what fixes will be included, although we expect more technical improvements to be part of it.
It’s an unfortunate situation for Leenzee, as outside the technical issues, the Souls-like game’s overall core gameplay is fun. This is something we’ve gone in-depth aboutin our review.
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