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Originally Posted by SILen(e
The gore was untouched in the german version, but they removed the mercenary-style bonus-games.
Gore isn't such a problem in Germany anymore, as long as it's not unnecessary.
The mercenary-bonusgames of some Resident Evil-titles are 'mindless' killing of people, so they have been removed.
I heard about the mercenaries being removed. I swore I read that the thing where Leon's head gets cut off by the chainsaw man (Dr. Salvador) doesnt show the actually removal of the head up close and bloody like it does in the US release. Oh and I just found the Wikipedia that has the info on that.
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Via Wikipedia
In terms of violent content, all the PAL versions are identical to the North American version. This is with exception to the German version of the game, which has less graphic animations for various ways that Leon dies (ie. Garrador, Chainsaw), explosions of enemy heads are almost unseen, violent cutscenes have been edited, and Assignment Ada and Mercenaries mini-games are left out. Since all PAL versions include multiple localizations, the game sold in the Netherlands is 100% identical to the UK version. Only the language of the manual is different in each country. The Swiss and Austrian version, however has all the original violence of the normal game and also includes the two mini-games that were removed from the German version while shipping with a German booklet.
Sorry for the huge post but this is a good reason I suppose they wouldnt do region free, but I still think region free is a good idea.