If you like shock value, blood and nudity more than anything this show is for you.
Let's start with my favorite thing, the animation. The animation is amazing, from the sick action scenes, to the facial expression of characters becoming distorted in fear as they realize they're 2 seconds away from getting their bodies ripped apart in fully detailed gore. There's not a single action scene that doesn't have weight, every punch feels good, every bullet shot feels impactful and every explosion affects their surroundings the way you would expect it.
The art direction and visuals of the show compliment that by using the really pretty visuals from the game and making them pop out more with bright colors and cool lighting. Something that could be a little distracting to people who played the game is how they used areas from the game and redrew them for every scene of the show. Its so accurate that I wouldn't be surprised if it was traced for the most part. Similarly the sound design is heavily taken from the game and the music has a similar vibe, though I think its somewhat better than the game.
The characters is where it kinda starts to lose me. The biggest complaint this show is getting is that its too short so the characters don't get enough screen time to be expanded on, I'm personally neutral on this, I more so have issues with how unlikeable most characters are. The main character starts off promising, likeable and even relatable, but as the show progressed I began to question the character's actions and even kinda disliked him to a certain extant. Lucy has her moments, but I wasn't crazy for her either. Rebecca is the most fun part of the show and Maine is your typical experienced strong guy who shows the ropes to the mc.
Now when it comes to the story thats where I start having issues with the show, the characters don't really seem to have goals, they just accept any job and almost every character that dies dies with no real meaning or weight completely relying on shock value.
I won't get into spoilers but I didn't like the ending. It made me feel gross and empty. And not in like a cool artistic way where I feel like I got something out of it, rather it made me feel nihilistic which didn't seem to be the intention?
I still feel like the show is a 7/10 mostly due to the animation and art. But the characters and story were pretty mid to me.
