Wendy skill tree update and the tencent effect.

[Vinja]

This update appears to me to be the ground zero of when Tencent as new owners of Klei Entertainment began to effect the game. Klei has always been decent at engaging with player feedback but never to this point, where an update has been delayed multiple months and to where they almost seem afraid to send this update into the full game. 

Also the game has included systems which would be considered offensive to western religious values such as literally using dark magic to reanimate the skeleton of an ancient demon, casually reviving at a touch stone which is something in Christianity is very clear that only Jesus could do.

Obviously it's just a game and you aren't meant to take these systems too seriously, this game isn't some thinkpiece on the failings of western religious teachings. But Klei apparently has a new approach to content which edges the line on things that would be offensive to real world religious culture, which is if it's offensive to their new Chinese leadership it gets removed, goodbye wendys ability to move graves which was a simple utility perk that fit the character, providing flavor for the update and a QoL update in one swift stroke of a pen. 

I don't know how far this goes or what the endgame looks like, but this whole fiasco has been the first step in a direction I don't like seeing Klei move in.

[AliceShiki]

1 hour ago, Vinja said:

Also the game has included systems which would be considered offensive to western religious values such as literally using dark magic to reanimate the skeleton of an ancient demon, casually reviving at a touch stone which is something in Christianity is very clear that only Jesus could do.

Let's be real... Nobody cares about that. People who are religious enough to get uncomfortable seeing this kind of thing wouldn't be playing Don't Starve.

Like, I'm sure there might be a handful of people who play the game and actually care, but they are a super super small segment of the game's playerbase and it will definitely make 0 impact on the game's long-term performance.