Elexis Sinclaire has been often compared to Lara Croft from "Tomb Raider", another popular sex symbol at the time. Upon the first game's release, "Computer Games Magazine"s Jason Cross wrote Elexis has "a body that would make Lara Croft blush" while German magazine "PC Action" stated that Elexis and not Lara should be now a game symbol of "female power". A 1999 article about female video game characters in Polish magazine "Gambler" opined that Elexis was a "tremendous" challenger for Lara, as she was "even better built, with even greater bust and with a beauty mark like Cindy Crawford," and could be rivaled only by Zanthia from "" and also comparing her with Liz Taylor as seen in the film "Cleopatra". In 2008, MSN featured her among the five characters described as "some of the best-looking game characters with perfect figures", including Lara among others. Elexis was also compared to the other dominatrix-like video game characters Dark Queen (from "Battletoads") and Ivy Valentine (from "Soulcalibur"), as well as to actress Charisma Carpenter, among others. Amanda du Preez of the University of South Africa analyzed Elexis in relation to the Greek mythology's Athena, Medea and Pandora.