Elexis Sinclaire was received mostly very positively, achieving high popularity herself, including having been voted the ninth best female character in the history of PC gaming by readers of GameSpot in 2000. According to "Story-Driven Character Design", the "beautiful, sexy" Elexis Sinclair was in fact the main selling point of the first game. "Power Play" introduced "SiN" with "only two words: Elexis !" and titled their review "Elexis arrives", while "PC Ultra" included her among the three best elements of the game "definitely the most innovative opponent seen in the latest first-person shooters." GamesRadar later featured "Elexis’ sizzling flesh" in the article about video game franchises "founded on" breasts and Destructoid's Andy Dixon recalled how back in 1998, he bought "SiN" instead of "Half-Life" for only one reason: "That's how badly I wanted to see Elexis Sinclaire's polygon boobs."