(16)Shadow the Hedgehog vs (4)Leon Kennedy vs (7)Gordon Freeman 2013

Ulti's Analysis
This was one of the weirdest not-close matches of the entire contest, because while Leon > Gordon > Shadow was very predictable, the trends would not behave for the longest time. First Shadow and Gordon stayed even for 10 minutes, then Gordon threatened a comeback on Leon with a few cuts overnight, then things slowly separated and the match seemed to end out of nowhere. This was a match that could have greatly benefited from a 1v1 format or 24 hours, but it was not to be.

I'm pretty sure the big explanation for things being off here was Leon/Gordon overlap. 25,000 votes is extremely low, even for a night match, so overlap had to have happened somewhere. Leon also had to deal with the very lite version of Dante's Tameem experience, which is being stuck in Resident Evil 6. He's probably the only part of that game that isn't trash, but he was hated on by approximation to the rest of the bile.

Capcom on the verge on bankruptcy is some of the best news in gaming history, because I can only think of one other company (Activision-Blizzard) that deserves collapse more than those idiots. All the bad games, all the ruined series, all the shady DLC practices, all the hating of fans... it's really caught up to Capcom, finally. Good riddance to them.