However, there was also some negative reception of the character, described by Matt Slagle of Associated Press as "outrageously proportioned". In a review of "Emergence", "Computer Gaming World" criticized the "cringe-inducing scenes villainous sexpot Elexis Sinclaire's digitized boobs practically slapping you in the face." Phaedra Boinodiris from WomenGamers.com, talking to GamesRadar in 2007, used Elexis as an example of game characters "sexualized to the point of deformity" as she looked "like she crawled out of an S&M club." In 2011, Wirtualna Polska ranked Elexis from the original "SiN" as the sixth "most unrealistic and sexist depiction of women in games". In 2012, Shelby Reiches of Cheat Code Central included "Elexis' Hidden Button" scene among the four worst cinematic scenes in games, commenting that "the player's final confrontation with villain Elexis Sinclaire, already dolled up to look like a stereotypical sex worker, involves her 'out-smarting' the player by evoking "Basic Instinct"s Sharon Stone. Elexis, however, lacks her inspiration's sophistication," and calling it not as much as provocative but rather "awkward and nonsensical". UGO featured Elexis escaping by distracting the protagonist Blade "with the concept of her vagina" among the weirdest game endings.