In a 2013 poll conducted by Arc System Works, Sol was voted as the second most popular character from the series. Daisuke Ishiwatari cited Sol as his favorite character several times. William Usher from Cinema Blend found Sol to be one of his favorite characters "... of all time, for any game". He has been praised for his last name's loftiness by many sources, with Eurogamer calling him "... the best-named videogame character of all time." On the other hand, Hardcore Gaming 101 said "... his name is ridiculous", 1UP.com ranked him sixth in their "Top 10 Most Ridiculous Character Names", while Emily Gera of VideoGamer.com included him in a list of "Oddest Character Names in Games", and GamesRadar's David Houghton placed him among the "... 25 most gloriously stupid character names in video games".