Seems like headshot(aka hs) effects were removed in Japanese version. I personally don’t mind the gore but maybe they should have left in the sound effect otherwise its really hard to tell whether it was a hs or not.

So what’s up with the gore settings? Why not just set gore off by default rather then rehashing the game experience with more than half-year delay from the original release.

I think ratings are pretty messed up here.  What about resident evil 5?  I don’t think that fits into CERO-D.  And what is CERO-Z for anyway?  Maybe its time for ESRB to extend to Japan.

Watch the comparison here.