I have no knowledge of the videogame or the story line that this is supposed to be following so I'm approaching it from a complete newbie standpoint. Here are just some scattered thoughts I have on the show, and yes I watched the full first season (just barely.)

Pros -Henry Cavill. Obviously. He was a favorite for me in The Tudors and when I saw that he was starring in this, I was pretty excited to watch it.
The sets and costumes are pretty good, and the production value helps a lot.
Story line has a lot of potential...don't know if they did it justice though.


Cons -It took me a long time to realize that they were doing flashback scenes. -Someone please take the colored contacts off of these people...honestly it's killing any acting talent they have. Even GOT scrapped the contacts for a reason. -The casting and scripts of some characters definitely makes it feel like a cheap sci-fi version of a Hallmark movie. I'm also pretty confused when they use modern day words and phrases as frequently as we hear them in modern day...pretty sure any frustrated reaction set in this "time period" would not use the F word as a response. It almost breaks character for me.