steven burns from videogamer.com gave the game a 7/10, while praising the narrative as well as the brutal violence featured in the game, which he stated "has tread a fine, sophisticated line between titillation, power, and reflection, an integral part of both narrative and mechanics.", he criticized the oversized maps, as well as the game for being overly difficult, frustrating as enemy attack players where they can't be seen from the camera angle, and restrictive as the game forced players to play a certain way very often. chris thursten from pc gamer gave the game a 57/100, criticizing the meaningless characters, alienating rape scene, rigid playstyle restriction, inconsistent ai, frustrating and unavoidable death as well as technical issues. yet he still praised the soundtrack, where the "experience is enormously enhanced by their work". he summarized the review by saying that "restrictive design decisions sap the energy from a series that revels in it, and technical issues deal the killing blow."