Japanese Version Of 'The Order: 1886' Heavily Censored For Nudity

As the processing prowess of the CPU and GPU have grown at a geometric progression over the years, the real of possibilities for the videogame medium has grown at a similar rate. The smoother graphics and better details afforded by modern hardware have made games more cinematic than ever. Being cinematic also allows videogames to establish character relationships, which at times also entails the romantic kind. Some games, which usually receive mature ratings, don’t shy away from including graphic depictions of sexual intercourse.

The ill-received Sony exclusive "The Order: 1886" is one such game that incorporates graphic sex scenes. One such sequence involves frontal nudity involving a topless female character engaged in sex with a man, whose privates are briefly exposed in the cutscene. Kotaku reports that the cinematic sequence has been censored in the Japanese version of the game. In fact, it has been done to a hilarious effect.

The original uncensored version of "The Order: 1886" shows the naked man struggling with one the main characters for the control of his revolver. The male character's privates are visible and were considered too graphic for the Japanese version. The censored copy of the game has the woman's top blurred out in a bizarre manner. The man, however, has been covered up in red long johns that make the scene appear rather comedic after the change.

Strangely, the censored Japanese version of the game has been out in Japan since Feb 20, but the changes were noticed only after Censored Gaming pointed them out in a video. The YouTube channel dedicated to documenting instances of censorship in gaming has uploaded a video comparing the two versions. The comparison video is embedded below, but be advised that the video still depicts a sexual act despite it being censored to obscure the privates.

This isn't the first time a game has been heavily censored in Japan. Although Australia and Germany get the most flak for removing instances of sex and violence from videogames, Japan is equally notorious when it comes to sanitising risqué games. Games such as "Bionic Commando" looked entirely different in Japan owing to censorship, whereas "Doom 64" in Japan was the only version of the game with the blood and gore censored out. Eurogamer notes that "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune," "Resident Evil 4," "Resident Evil 6" and "The Evil Within" were some other games that were hit hard with censorship in Japan.

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The Order 1886 CENSORED - Brothel Cutscene's Nudity Removed (credit: Censored Gaming)