Review: Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival (Switch 2) – A Hellish Adaptation, In Several Ways
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival is a first-person shooter that draws on the horror of the early films, with original creator Clive Barker involved and Doug Bradley returning as Pinhead. Players control Aiden, who journeys through human and Cenobite worlds to rescue his girlfriend Sunny after she is taken by Pinhead.
The game mixes exploration, combat, stealth, puzzles and chase sequences, and includes explicit adult content. The review praises the tense encounters with Chatterer and the series’ atmosphere, but criticises sluggish combat, awkward diagonal camera movement, visual bugs and a progression-blocking fault that forced the reviewer to restart.
- Doug Bradley returns as Pinhead in a new Hellraiser shooter.
- Chases capture the horror, but controls and combat disappoint.
- Bugs include a progression block that forced a restart.
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Clive Barker’s Hellraiser began as a 1980s horror story about a mysterious puzzle box that opens a path to the Cenobites, beings from another world who are associated with pain and pleasure. Pinhead, the best-known Cenobite, is played in the films by Doug Bradley, while Barker created the series.
The game follows Aiden as he searches for his girlfriend Sunny across human and Cenobite worlds. Players encounter monsters and puzzles as well as combat and stealth, and the game includes explicit adult content. It may interest fans of the films, while its mix of horror and action makes how well it plays part of the adaptation’s appeal.