Hello there and the first thing I want to say is that... I am kinda full of emotions, but I will try to behave myself modestly, respectful, polite and 'not like before' at all. However, this patch was what I was waiting for just because I hoped it will fix the controversial DLC ending and... it didn't. So, I've picked up this video on YouTube, really wanted to see it and see how this fix will work... So, let's look on it.
To be more structured, I want to put on here some kind of structure of what was not good in the fix. Let me start from the obvious things and then go on to some smaller details.
1)
Having a child. I know it was obvious that Ubisoft is going to make a pretty big emphasis on this child in the next DLC chapter, but it is still not very good.
There were many different things in Kassandra's body, but most of them was... well, sharp. Blades, spears, arrows, well, mercenary's life - nobody asks her if she want to be hurt or not. But she have never gave anyone to put 'something more interesting' inside her without her permission. At least, it happens during the game: you can still reject Alkibiades if you want to. It happens because during the historical section of the game Kassandra is our character at the most of time. And making some choices via that character kinda makes her... our avatar - the reflection of our "inner world" in the game. You may call it "synchronization" - the word so beloved by Assassin's Creed series (and me).
When it comes to this DLC, this feeling of avatar kinda crushes. Your character has sex with Natakas and has a child with him. I understand LGBT people on this case because I am childfree myself - another kind of minority. This social group is much smaller and they don't put too much emphasis and attention to themselves, but they may not just don't want children - they may dislike them, feel some disgust to them and even their parents - but it all happens without violating their rights, without discrimination. Disliking is not equal to disrespecting. Notice that and let there be peace.
However, in Assassin's Creed Odyssey - the game with a big variety of choice, it would be great to play as a character you can associate yourself with even in DLC. Of course, you can't make the game good for all the people, but I think that the decision to have a child still has to be up to the player in the game which already sets up the fact that we are free to have relationships with every gender or with no one at all. And even continuing the bloodline can't be the reason.
Also, it breaks the timeline. Maybe, you have a side quest to kill someone or to bring some thing to the other character. These 24 hour quests, you know... So, you take this quest, go through this DLC ending and then come back like nothing happened. Funny.
2)
The romance is still can be felt and the happines around the child still exists.
If you think that the first point felt like a small populism, you're right: Ubisoft deserve some understanding upon this DLC, and if they want to put a child in this game so much - let it be. However, the way this child is presented is bad at all even after the update, just as the rest of communication with Natakas. Let's see here...
So, the controversial part of the plots starts when Natakas and Darius go to the ship. After the "Farewell" choice, Natakas says about some letter in the house. We go there and here it goes again.
Kassandra cries, then sees Natakas and rushes to him, holding him like he is the main person in her entire life. At this moment nothing seems to be patched: Kassandra is still in love with the character the player don't feel to be loving.
More after. Let's imagine like Kassandra decided to do a child only for utilitarian goals (or how do you call it). But still, I want to play a childfree character who dislikes children, for example. LGBT-people feel the same because they were forced to have a sex with the character of the opposite sex (sounds strange, but gender is an other thing nowdays, I suppose). However, Kassandra feels so happy about this child. She doesn't regret about anything. You can't even choose a dialogue line where Kass can express her disgust to the situation she got into. She feels a little... insane about her having a child. And you can't choose it.
Also, she calls the place she is with Natakas as home. And she's happy with it too and it doesn't matter if you want to call it like this or not. However, this is a much smaller problem.
The only thing I have noticed in the video is the addition of the heart symbols near some dialogues. Really.
I don't want to be disrespectful to anyone, but I want to ask for an explanation and maybe even further work on this problem after the release of the third episode. By now... I can't even say "Thanks for noticing this problem" anymore. It is noticed, but all the changes were too small to be thankful for. So, I hope this message will be seen and there will be some answer by any of Ubisoft representatives.