In 2013, Michael Rougeau of Complex ranked her as the ninth greatest female lead character in video game history, calling her one of the most compelling and complex heroines in gaming and declaring her a much better female Final Fantasy protagonist than Final Fantasy XIII's Lightning. That same year, Tom's Guide's Marshall Honorof also included her among top ten female protagonists in video game history. Entertainment Weekly's Darren Franich listed her as one of 15 Kick-Ass Women in Videogames, asserting that Going through a Django-like transformation from brainwashed slave to active hero, she's far more interesting than the simple Madonna-whore dichotomy of Final Fantasy VII's Aeris and Tifa.
