Pros; good fight scenes and gore. Cavill is a great protagonist.

Cons; choppy plot, mumbled dialogue and pacing that skips gears.

It seems to me that in order to enjoy this thoroughly, one must've read the books and/or played the games.

I've done neither.

I'm 6 episodes in and still have no idea what's going on.

Pro tip for the writers;

If you're going to do a flashback episode AFTER important characters have been killed, DON'T JUMP BACK & FORTH IN THE SAME EPISODE.

It's confusing, therefore annoying. And annoying gets turned off.

It's not garbage. But all the hype is exactly that; hype.