Due to Germany's strict laws regarding video game violence at that time, the German version was heavily censored in order to see release over there and obtain the USK-16 rating. Notable changes include removal of gore and majority of the blood, human NPCs sit on floor and shake their heads when being killed, military soldiers are all robots instead of humans, and Barnacles spit out mechanical parts instead of bloody parts. In 2017, the game was removed from the BPjM index list and since then Valve offers a uncut patch for German Steam users.