Physical Version
I can see this mentioned in some old threads, but there seemed to be a lot of uncertainty, confusion etc. So, update for 2026 I guess incase anyone else is Googling this after coming to the game late.
My husband bought me this game for my birthday off of Amazon. Received the Japanese version and were very confused (didnt know the whole deal with scarcity of physical release etc), but it booted up in English so whatever.
I didnt notice anything until I got to Act 2 in my romance with Karlach and it faded to black. I thought it was my fault at first and was looking up how to change settings. But there are no settings. I found tons of old reddit threads confused about no settings and others saying its a bug or they just aren't looking in the right place. However, finally found out that the Japanese version is censored. So the settings regarding nudity and the romance cinematic are not in that version of the game. If you dont have the option to turn it on then you have the Japanese version. Looks like most physical versions of the game are the Japanese version.
I will admit, a little bummed, but was more amused by the discovery. I will just watch the scenes online. However, I also saw comments that the heavily censored version of the game 'ruins' it and that there is extensively toned down violence.
I haven't finished the game and I have nothing to compare it to. Until the lack of a sex scene i didnt notice anything that seemed 'edited'. Since finding out that it is, I have noticed one more fade to black that looked a little unecessary, which was when Thisobald Thorm died. Instead of seeing his gut open up, it fades right before that happens. Then instead of seeing him slump over dead, his whole body fully explodes into a puddle of goo. Which is more hilarious quite frankly, and not the first 'puddle of goo'd' body I have come across. I also found it very appropriate as zombie bar staff kept talking about 'cleaning up the mess' and in this version Thorm definitely made a mess!
Obviously I will not know what I am missing going forward. The dialogue is still raunchy and bodies still pop like blood balloons. If there is anyone who knows of any specific scenes that I will miss, or have missed, besides the sex ones, I would be interested to know so I can look them up after. Use spoiler tags if they are for Act 3, just as I am not finished yet (roaming the shadowlands just now and meeting all the Thorms and zombies)