Recently, Antony De Fault, Narrative Director of "Hellraiser: Resurrection," revealed to IGN that the development team had set an "unofficial goal": to have the game banned, refused classification, or restricted in at least one region worldwide. This was intended to determine whether the team truly captured the extreme scale expected from the "Hellraiser" series.
Saber Interactive aimed for the explicitness of the content to match the series' films and Clive Barker's original novel, "The Hellbound Heart." It is reported that "Hellraiser: Resurrection" includes full frontal nudity of both men and women, self-mutilation, intense gore, and strong sexual content.
De Fault emphasized that the team was not satisfied with merely letting players witness taboo scenes; they wanted players to actively participate in extreme violence, sexual interactions, and other disturbing acts from a first-person perspective, while still retaining traditional survival horror mechanics. The team also made subtle adjustments to avoid crossing rating thresholds: a scene involving character masturbation was designed with room layout constraints to prevent players from seeing frontal views.
De Fault stated that directly displaying genitalia would likely push the rating beyond acceptable thresholds, preventing sales in most regions. The game was released uncensored in most countries, receiving the highest age ratings locally. However, Indonesia's game rating system assigned it an RC (Refused Classification), effectively banning its sale there and allowing the team to achieve their aforementioned unofficial goal.