 Roxas ' character has received a positive critical response by both fans and video game publications . During February 2010 , Roxas was twenty @-@ eighth in a Famitsu poll featuring the most popular video game characters from Japan . In another poll , Roxas was voted as the second most popular Kingdom Hearts character with his fight against Sora ranked as the best scene from the series . His fighting sequences from the first game 's secret ending were labelled by GameSpy as one of the best video game cinematic moments . While reviewing Kingdom Hearts II Jeff Haynes of IGN said that Roxas was a " likable kid " . Ron Fahey of Eurogamer took a similar stance , calling him a " likeable enough young chap who just happens to be troubled by memories and visions of people he doesn 't even know " . His playable position in the game was regarded as a transitional arc , being used to introduce the gameplay to players that are new to the franchise . Cavin Smith from PSXextreme also called Roxas a likable character and stated that the revelation regarding his existence in Kingdom Hearts II is " a shocker of a revelation for any RPG ! " The New York Times liked the fact that the player controls Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II 's introduction instead of the protagonist Sora , avoiding the continuation of Sora 's search for his friends . Additionally , he found the switch from Roxas ' story to Sora 's after a few hours " a little jarring " . Andrew Reiner from Game Informer emphasizes his role as a " troubled boy " , calling his story arc " an amazing chain of events " , particularly noting that the revelation of his nature as a Nobody creates a " devilish yet remarkable plot twist " which may impact the player in a way that he " may not want Sora back " . On the other hand , UGO Networks commented that due to the game 's initial focus on Roxas , gamers would have to wait until playing as Sora to experience the most exciting parts of the title . 
 Roxas ' character <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>has</mark></a> received a positive critical response by both fans and video game publications . During February 2010 , Roxas was twenty @-@ eighth in a Famitsu poll featuring the most popular video game characters from Japan . In another poll , Roxas was voted as the second most popular Kingdom Hearts character with his fight against Sora ranked as the best scene from the series . His fighting sequences from the first game <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>secret ending <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> labelled by GameSpy as one of the best video game cinematic moments . While reviewing Kingdom Hearts II Jeff Haynes of IGN said that Roxas was a " likable kid " . Ron Fahey of Eurogamer took a similar stance , calling him a " likeable enough young chap <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a>just <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>happens</mark></a> to be troubled by memories and visions of people he <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>doesn</mark></a> 't even know " . His playable position in the game was regarded as a transitional arc , being used to introduce the gameplay to players <a href='null_relcl' title='7'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='drop_aux' title='8'><mark>are</mark></a>new to the franchise . Cavin Smith from PSXextreme also called Roxas a likable character and stated that the revelation regarding his existence in Kingdom Hearts II is " a shocker of a revelation for any RPG ! " The New York Times liked the fact that the player <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>controls</mark></a> Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>introduction instead of the protagonist Sora , avoiding the continuation of Sora <a href='null_genetive' title='11'><mark>'s</mark></a>search for his friends . Additionally , he found the switch from Roxas <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'</mark></a>story to Sora <a href='null_genetive' title='13'><mark>'s</mark></a>after a few hours " a little jarring " . Andrew Reiner from Game Informer <a href='uninflect' title='14'><mark>emphasizes</mark></a> his role as a " troubled boy " , calling his story arc " an amazing chain of events " , particularly noting that the revelation of his nature as a Nobody <a href='uninflect' title='15'><mark>creates</mark></a> a " devilish yet remarkable plot twist " which may impact the player in a way <a href='null_relcl' title='16'><mark>that</mark></a>he " may not want Sora back " . On the other hand , UGO Networks commented that due to the game <a href='null_genetive' title='17'><mark>'s</mark></a>initial focus on Roxas , gamers would have to wait until playing as Sora to experience the most exciting parts of the title . 
Roxas ' character done received a positive critical response by both fans and video game publications . During February 2010 , Roxas was twenty @-@ eighth in a Famitsu poll featuring the most popular video game characters from Japan . In another poll , Roxas was voted as the second most popular Kingdom Hearts character with his fight against Sora ranked as da best scene from tdaseries . His fighting sequences from the first game  secret ending was labelled by GameSpy as one of the best video game cinematic moments . While reviewing Kingdom Hearts II Jeff Haynes of IGN said that Roxas was a " likable kid " . Ron Fahey of Eurogamer took a similar stance , callin him a " likeable enough young chap just happen to b troubled by memories and visions of people he doesned 't even know " . His playable position in the game was regarded as a transitional arc , bein used to introduce thdaameplay to players new to thedaanchise . Cavin Smith from PSXextreme also called Roxas a likable character and stated dat the daelation regarding his existence in Kingdom Hearts II is " a shocker of a revelation for any RPG ! " The NdaYork Times liked the fact that the pldar control Roxas in Kingdom Hearts II  introduction instead of the prodaonist Sora , avoiding the continuation of Sora  search fir his friends . Additionally , he found the switch from Roxas  story to Sora  after a few hrs " a little jarring " . Andrew Reiner from Game Informer emphasize his role as a " troubled boy " , calling his story arc " an amazin chain of events " , particularly nuttin tdatthe revelation of his nature as a Nobody create a " devilish yet remarkable plot twist " which may impact the player in a way he " may not want Sora back " . On the other hand , UGO Networks commented that due to the gamedanitial focus on Roxas , gamers would gotta wait until playing as Sora to experience the most exciting parts of the titleda