Well, the US Version of Sacred, for example, has seemingly all gore censored (cut out) (if I have read this correctly), in order to get this game a T rating.
(T for "T-Bone" ???)
So people wanting blood must buy the game elsewhere. Normally it is vice versa, as I always say : Games are censored here in Germany, and not in the US. At least that's my impression. So much about "standards".