▁Cloud . ▁In ▁the ▁Gu in ness ▁World ▁Records ▁G amer ' s ▁Edition ▁from ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁he ▁was ▁voted ▁as ▁the ▁ 3 2 nd ▁best ▁video ▁game ▁character ▁of ▁all ▁time . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Empire ▁ranked ▁him ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁greatest ▁video ▁game ▁character , ▁calling ▁him ▁" just ▁ins an ely ▁cool " ▁and ▁adding ▁" Cloud ▁may ▁be ▁the ▁hero ▁but ▁the ▁real ▁star ▁of ▁FF V II ▁was ▁und ou bt edly ▁its ▁dash ing ▁villa in , ▁Se phi ro th ". ▁Complex ▁had ▁him ▁ranked ▁as ▁the ▁ 3 5 th ▁" co ol est " ▁video ▁game ▁villa in ▁ever ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁sevent h ▁" most ▁bad ass " ▁video ▁game ▁character ▁and ▁the ▁third ▁greatest ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁character ▁of ▁all ▁time ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁A ▁reader ' s ▁choice ▁poll ▁organized ▁by ▁Game Sp ot ▁placed ▁Se phi ro th ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁b oss ▁of ▁all ▁time , ▁receiving ▁five ▁times ▁more ▁votes ▁than ▁Bow ser , ▁who ▁finished ▁in ▁second ▁place ; ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁comments ▁noted ▁the ▁difficulty ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁fight ▁against ▁Se phi ro th , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁its ▁distinct ive ▁elements ▁when ▁compared ▁to ▁other ▁games . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Electron ic ▁G aming ▁Month ly ▁listed ▁him ▁as ▁number ▁one ▁in ▁their ▁list ▁of ▁top