▁by ▁Smith , ▁Se phi ro th ▁was ▁placed ▁fourth , ▁with ▁comment ary ▁foc using ▁on ▁his ▁activities ▁in ▁the ▁game ' s ▁plot . ▁In ▁a ▁ret ros pective ▁on ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁ant agon ists , ▁Games Rad ar ▁listed ▁Se phi ro th ▁as ▁their ▁top ▁pick , ▁cit ing ▁his ▁developed ▁mot ives ▁and ▁acts ▁of ▁evil . ▁Games Rad ar ▁also ▁put ▁Se phi ro th ▁in ▁their ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁villa ins ▁in ▁video ▁game ▁history ▁at ▁number ▁six . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Se phi ro th ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁best ▁character ▁of ▁all ▁time ▁in ▁Den ge ki ▁Play St ations ▁ret ros pective ▁awards ▁feature ▁about ▁the ▁original ▁Play Station . ▁U GO . com ▁placed ▁Se phi ro th ▁ 2 5 th ▁on ▁their ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁list ▁of ▁top ▁Japanese ▁R PG ▁characters , ▁calling ▁him ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁vis ually ▁striking ▁villa ins ▁of ▁all ▁time " ▁while ▁pra ising ▁how ▁different ▁he ▁is ▁from ▁previous ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁villa ins . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Fam its u ▁readers ▁voted ▁Se phi ro th ▁as ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁most ▁popular ▁video ▁game ▁character . ▁Se phi ro th ▁was ▁also ▁featured ▁alongside ▁Cloud ▁in ▁S cre w Att ack ' s ▁list ▁of ▁top ▁ten ▁" co ol est " ▁characters , ▁although ▁they ▁preferred