YMMV / Ion Maiden

• Surprisingly Improved Sequel: Or rather, prequel. General consensus is that it is a very good throwback to old Build Engine games, particularly the Duke Nukem games, without a lot of the same flaws as Shelly's first outing.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Courtesy of Vocal Minority. Despite the positive reception towards Ion Maiden, Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison's design was criticized by a group of fans "for being dull, soulless, generic, boring and made it just for not having problems with feminists and SJWs" while considering her "controversial and sexualized" '90s character designs better.
  • Which is Hilarious in Hindsight in relation to Duke Nukem Forever, where the game was heavily criticized for sexualizing almost all the girls and being downright misogynistic at times.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: The fact that the developers have managed to create maps that look fantastic even by modern standards using a 20-and-something year old engine is nothing short of commendable.