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    Ricardus Insanusaum Member Bob the Insane's Avatar
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    On the subject of censorship The Witcher wiki has the following to say:

    Localization variations
    All the female portrait cards shown after Geralt's "conquests" were retouched to a more modest standard for the US release version. The in-game Dryad was also reskinned so her hair covered more of her body in this release.[citation needed]

    Some dialogue between characters is shortened in the non-Polish language versions. Lead Designer Michal Madej has disputed claims by fans that this was due to the sometimes crude language, but that the decision to edit down dialogue occurred because of production-related concerns in game development. Proof reader Martin Pagan noticed this shortened version during his work and writer Sande Chen confirmed that it was not due to censorship. Fans have theorized that it may have been done for voice acting cost savings, especially since much of the vulgar language has been retained. Such cost savings would normally occur during any shortening of dialogue, even in cases where no major crudity was involved.
    So while I applaud you moral stand, if you do chose to get the US version you are really not missing out on much. In fact if you really want to see the european version of the collectable cards you can go to the witcher wiki site and search on "sex cards"...

    I obviously can't provide a link due to forum rules...
    Last edited by Bob the Insane; 11-26-2007 at 16:44.

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