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Yeah, okay, I'm asking about the nudity in The Witcher. Yeah, I've seen all the arguments where people claim that the violence is worse than the nudity or the sex scenes. No, I don't agree with you; I'd rather have the violence. It affects me less than female nudity does. With all that out of the way, let's get on to the actual question.

How much nudity is there really? Obviously there are the dryads that GOG has in their screenshots, and I've read that you can avoid all of the sex scenes, but how much else is there? And is there a way to get rid of it?

Please, please, PLEASE don't post if you're just going to criticize/make fun of my morals. That's not helpful to anyone. I'm looking for a factual answer, not a pointless Internet debate.
This question / problem has been solved by grozeimage
There is a mod/patch that censors nudity, I think, though I can't precisely assure you this is true, it's likely just something made up, used to troll people bothered or offended by nudity and sexual content into playing the game. A twitch caster I follow was supposed to stream The Witcher using said mod/patch, but he never actually did, so I'm assuming it was a fake (on a side note, it had nothing to do with twitch.tv EULAs or anything, The Witcher series is on the list of games streamable on twitch).

You can't avoid all nudity, unless you find a censor patch. You can't avoid all sexual encounters (there's a scripted one, right at the beginning of the game, every other one is entirely optional and you are, in fact, able to skip them, but it requires some meta-game previous knowledge to do it 100% -- celibacy runs are usually only possible after you've finished the game once, so that you know how, where and with whom to avoid the sexual encounters).

I don't feel entitled to tell you whether you're right or wrong, it's a matter of your personal morals and beliefs, and though I don't particularly agree with them, I respect them -- and you. If you are offended by sexual content and graphic displays of nudity, then I think you should avoid The Witcher series entirely, because it is an intricate part of the lore and the background of Geralt, even in the books. If that censorship mod does exist, I hope some other user can let you know, but, otherwise, I think if you play the game you'll get more bothered by it than anything else.

Hope this helped.
Yeah, it did. Thanks for the reply and your consideration. I guess I'll just let it go, although it bothers me that such an acclaimed series has that sort of content woven into it so tightly.
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groze: There is a mod/patch that censors nudity, I think
Wasn't the US version originally censored?

KingMudkip, you should try to ask support if they could release a censor patch.
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groze: You can't avoid all nudity, unless you find a censor patch. You can't avoid all sexual encounters (there's a scripted one, right at the beginning of the game, every other one is entirely optional and you are, in fact, able to skip them, but it requires some meta-game previous knowledge to do it 100% -- celibacy runs are usually only possible after you've finished the game once, so that you know how, where and with whom to avoid the sexual encounters).
I think you could choose not to have sex with Triss at the beginning.
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KingMudkip: Yeah, it did. Thanks for the reply and your consideration. I guess I'll just let it go, although it bothers me that such an acclaimed series has that sort of content woven into it so tightly.
It is sad, nevertheless, because it's a great game in an amazing series, and if somehow you were able to look past that, you'd be in for an awesome experience, true to all the good old classic RPGs we love, but with modern aesthetics. I would still try to get that alleged censorship mod, maybe it's for real. Anything that might help you enjoy the game.
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Ingsoc85: I think you could choose not to have sex with Triss at the beginning.
You're right, I was remembering wrong. Still, for a first playthrough, it's really hard to skip it; plus, if you do, you end up losing a recipe (you'll eventually get it, but, still...) and some dialogue options that give some background into the characters and the story. You can skip it, but you'll feel cheated. It's like choosing to be evil in other morality based RPGs, you'll always feel it's the hard way to do it and doesn't reward you as much.
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Ingsoc85: I think you could choose not to have sex with Triss at the beginning.
And, even if you do choose to sleep with Triss, that scene technically has no nudity in it. But it is certainly still suggestive.

Overall I think that the Dryad is the only completely unavoidable example of nudity in the game. The rest only appear if the player decides to sleep with someone, and those are all optional (although I think there is a sidequest that requires sleeping with someone to complete it).
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Waltorious: Overall I think that the Dryad is the only completely unavoidable example of nudity in the game. The rest only appear if the player decides to sleep with someone, and those are all optional (although I think there is a sidequest that requires sleeping with someone to complete it).
Yep, the side quest in the vampire brothel.

I do find of concept of celibacy and Geralt hilarious though, seem to go against the idea of his character in the game as he try to screw anything with a skirt.
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KingMudkip: Yeah, it did. Thanks for the reply and your consideration. I guess I'll just let it go, although it bothers me that such an acclaimed series has that sort of content woven into it so tightly.
It is no tightly woven, it is part of the game's lore. Witchers are infertile non-humans with an insatiable sex drive, and this game as the sequel has nudity warnings everywhere so you shouldn't be suprised, and as groze said. If you can't stand it you should avoid the whole series. The games and the books.
I am not able to understand how you could be ofended by the representation of a nude women to the point of not beign able to play the game. I guess you can't stand Michael Angelo's paintings neither.
Anyways I'm not anyone to judge you, and I respect your opinion.
So KingMudkip jerks off to violence?

I'll take a green forest chick anyday before that;-D
People can get offended for so many reasons . I'm so glad I'm not a prude. I get to enjoy more things.
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KingMudkip: Yeah, it did. Thanks for the reply and your consideration. I guess I'll just let it go, although it bothers me that such an acclaimed series has that sort of content woven into it so tightly.
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MaddXav: It is no tightly woven, it is part of the game's lore. Witchers are infertile non-humans with an insatiable sex drive, and this game as the sequel has nudity warnings everywhere so you shouldn't be suprised, and as groze said. If you can't stand it you should avoid the whole series. The games and the books.
I am not able to understand how you could be ofended by the representation of a nude women to the point of not beign able to play the game. I guess you can't stand Michael Angelo's paintings neither.
Anyways I'm not anyone to judge you, and I respect your opinion.
The supposed lecherous character of witchers is not founded in lore; it is a slander laid upon them by nobles and the superstitious masses the nobles stir up with their slanders.

Geralt's randiness in the first game is actually quite out of keeping with his well-founded character. But for someone to be disturbed by it to the point of being unable to enjoy the game says more about the player than the game.
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KingMudkip: Yeah, it did. Thanks for the reply and your consideration. I guess I'll just let it go, although it bothers me that such an acclaimed series has that sort of content woven into it so tightly.
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MaddXav: It is no tightly woven, it is part of the game's lore. Witchers are infertile non-humans with an insatiable sex drive, and this game as the sequel has nudity warnings everywhere so you shouldn't be suprised, and as groze said. If you can't stand it you should avoid the whole series. The games and the books.
I am not able to understand how you could be ofended by the representation of a nude women to the point of not beign able to play the game. I guess you can't stand Michael Angelo's paintings neither.
Anyways I'm not anyone to judge you, and I respect your opinion.
In the books, Geralt's actually loyal to Yennefer for the most part, so no, it isn't that tightly woven into the lore, the lore that the game's supposed to be based on at least.