Wow lots of posts since yesterday, and thanks to all the guys making uncensored patches. GTXR4, AceFej, Laz Jag, thanks.
I'm about to start playing the game for the first time.
Should I wait for patches and mod updates, or should I play the vanilla game as it is now?
I've heard that there're numerous bugs in broken English and gameplay. So I ask.
Vanilla is fine, it's what I played first. But it really is inferior compared to the PCP mod. The dialog in vanilla is google translated tier and is so broken it kinda ruins some of the fun, and PCP is way better translated dialog. So I'd actually say just go with PCP. I only went with vanilla first because PCP wasn't out then. PCP also adds some modded characters into the game too so there is extra variety.
The new characters added in the latest update obviously aren't in PCP (yet, until it updates anyways, but could be a while) but these characters are sandbox only (bonus characters unlocked when finishing the main story) and not in the main story, so it shouldn't matter aside from Olivea and Paula's new second pose and the new noble woman outfit, which you would be missing out on if you play PCP. But if you play vanilla you'd be missing out on Elf Girls, the second Cat Girl character, Grace and a few others I won't spoil, plus extra outfits for most characters.
There is no current definitive version, but the older versions of PCP are still objectively better than the more updated versions of vanilla, purely due to better dialog. The game is about interogations, so getting good dialog reactions when you undress and question girls is important. I saw the old original dialog again the other day when testing 1.71 and I had forgot how bad it was compared to PCP.