there's a phallic object outside of stone tower temple, and we all know that nudity is WAY WAY WORSE than graphic violencealso, shadow temple was violent as hell haha, i didn't get scared by it but when i played it for the first time, i definitely thought of it as morbid. torture chambers? spikes? booby traps? ghost ship? gigantic drum demon? easily the most rated r dungeon out of every game imo.
remember the outrage at janet jackson's nipple on live TV? meanwhile I've seen uncut saving private ryan on prime time, people getting their heads blown off and their intestines hanging out is perfectly fine as long as none of them are naked