Assassin's Creed Odyssey DLC is being changed to 'better reflect' player choices

Sheik Yerbouti

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Following an uproar over the decision to force Assassin's Creed Odyssey players into a heterosexual romance in the recent Legacy of the First Blade DLC episode Shadow Heritage, even if they'd opted for a same-sex relationship in the main game, Ubisoft has announced that it will make changes to the DLC to properly reflect players' choices in the game.

"After hearing player feedback and discussing within the development team we are making changes to a cutscene and some dialogue in Shadow Heritage to better reflect the nature of the relationship for players selecting a non-romantic storyline. These changes, along with renaming a trophy/achievement, are being made now and will be implemented in an upcoming patch," Ubisoft wrote.

"We’ve also been carefully looking at the next episode, Bloodline, to ensure the paths that players experience mirror the choices they make in game."

A representative for advocacy organization GLAAD said that it reached out to Ubisoft following the release of Shadow Heritage, and that the changes were the result of a "direct dialog" that took place between them. GLAAD applauded the updates on Twitter.

We are pleased that Ubisoft has listened to LGBTQ players and will be making changes to Assassin's Creed. This is an important first step toward mitigating the damage done by the game's latest DLC. https://t.co/2l5CeXI3JVJanuary 25, 2019

Assassin's Creed Odyssey – Bloodline doesn't have a release date yet but will be out later this year.

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Augestflex

Interstellar

Really glad to hear this!

rakrakaj

Planetary

nice

poelzer

Solar

First world problems

ciromendes1

Lunar

Wow. Let´s see. XD

Vendettan

Interstellar

Really easy to fix and they did, well done

kagomerom

Lunar

Vendettan said:
Really easy to fix and they did, well done

Contrary to what you said. It is not that easy to change content. Yes. It is good they decided to do that if they want to please their audience. But this means a lot of people have to redo something that wasn't so broke and break it more in the process. Testers would have to work some more on new content and those on the production side have to make sure they provide enough to meet the expectation.

Vendettan

Interstellar

kagomerom said:
Vendettan said:
Really easy to fix and they did, well done

Contrary to what you said. It is not that easy to change content. Yes. It is good they decided to do that if they want to please their audience. But this means a lot of people have to redo something that wasn't so broke and break it more in the process. Testers would have to work some more on new content and those on the production side have to make sure they provide enough to meet the expectation.

Lol what you saying? It was a subtle change. As said by Ubisoft: "making changes to a cutscene and some dialogue along with renaming a trophy/achievement". Just needed to read ;)

LixCZE

Solar

Pretty cool :D

Gawri

Lunar

I think it was a HUGE waste of time and money.... Everyone who is NOT happy should get their panties in a bunch and suck it up.. Who cares? It is JUST A GAME... No one cares who you are in real life and who you choose for yourself as a partner of if you identify yourself as a cabbage.

They opened a freaking Pandora's Box. The fact that they caved in, created a huge problem for the future and all other developers / publishers.

Bl4ck-_-L0tuS

Solar

cool, lol :D

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