Thanks for stopping by, Severian. It's always good to see a developer willing to respond to criticism about their game.
I thought I'd share a few opinions of my own on this topic. As I mentioned in my review, there are a few lines of "adult" dialogue in the game that will most likely spur a shaking of the head or a rolling of the eyes. It's tough to say if this is a side effect of the Polish to English translation (on top of the 20% reduction) or what the team had originally intended but, regardless, I never felt that it detracted from the overall game experience. These moments are few and far between and, aside from the randomly uttered "dwarf cock" and "balls itch" lines, are totally optional. If you're not trying to see how many notches you can put into Geralt's bedpost, then this really isn't an issue.
Just as
I don't think the small number of lengthy cutscenes should be used to judge the whole game, I don't think these few lines of obscure dialogue should either. There
are mature themes, difficult choices, and great dialogue embedded in The Witcher, but you're not going to really be able to experience them without putting some time into the game and making sure you understand the various factions and what they represent. The conflict between the Order of the Flaming Rose and Scoia'tael alone had me staring at a half dozen dialogue options for a minute or two trying to figure out how I wanted to react. While it might be typical for an RPG to tell the story of two opposing forces, it's not very often that you have the option to pick a side and participate in the slaughtering of innocents for the sake of some deep-seeded racial hatred.
I don't know how Sapkowski presents some of these issues in his novels, but I thought the game did a solid job of forcing me to pick between two evils on multiple occasions. By the time I was headed into Chapter Five, I couldn't have cared less about the few lines of lame dialogue I witnessed 30 hours earlier.