Hello, and welcome to the hub thread for voting on the Giant Bomb forums' Characters of the Generation! There were a lot of nominations gathered for this; 171 for the men, 108 for the women, and 15 generated characters, to be precise. Needless to say, that is kind of a lot.
The finals have concluded! Scroll down to see the winners. I apologize for the lengthy lines of busted spoiler blocks. They apparently don't agree with bulleted lists. Thanks to all that participated in the nomination and voting process.
Previous winners are in bold with their percentage of the votes.
Male Groups (Round 1)
Group 1:
- ·Riki (Xenoblade Chronicles)
- ·Anders (Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening)
- ·Tequila Yuen (Stranglehold)
- ·Radio Man (Spec Ops: The Line)
- ·Wei Shen (Sleeping Dogs) 18%
- ·Lee Everett (The Walking Dead: Season 1) 18%
- ·Garl Vinland (Demon’s Souls)
- ·Zeke Dunbar (infamous)
- ·Richard Conway (Gunpoint)
- ·Haythem Kenway (Assassin’s Creed III)
- ·Howard “Buckshot” Holmes (Madworld)
- ·The Judge (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)
- ·Monokuma (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)
- ·Big Bo (Binary Domain)
- ·Red Bird (Angry Birds)
- ·Mordin Solus (Mass Effect 2) 36%
- ·Cain (Binary Domain)
- ·Nayi (Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons)
Group 2:
- ·Joel (The Last of Us) 35%
- ·Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (Dark Souls)
- ·Bang Shishigami (BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger)
- ·Black Baron/Blacker Baron (Madworld/Anarchy Reigns)
- ·Martin Walker (Spec Ops: The Line)
- ·Kenny (The Walking Dead: Season 1)
- ·Shulk (Xenoblade Chronicles)
- ·Sissel (Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective) 8%
- ·Vincent Brooks (Catherine)
- ·Neku Sakuraba (The World Ends With You)
- ·Caius Ballad (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
- ·Oliver (Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch)
- ·Eddie Riggs (Brutal Legend)
- ·Gabriel Belmont (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
- ·Varric (Dragon Age II)
- ·Grimoire Weiss (Nier)
- ·Atlas (BioShock) 12%
Group 3:
- ·Keith David (Saints Row IV) 6%
- ·Booker DeWitt (BioShock Infinite)
- ·Wheatley (Portal 2) 30%
- ·Miles Edgeworth (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)
- ·Groose (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- ·Nier (Nier)
- ·Zael (The Last Story)
- ·Jubei (BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger)
- ·Bill (The Last of Us)
- ·Drebin (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
- ·Iorweth (The Witcher 2)
- ·Nathan Drake (Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune) 33%
- ·Hope Estheim (Final Fantasy XIII)
- ·Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
- ·The Kid (Bastion)
- ·Grigori the Dragon (Dragon’s Dogma)
- ·Raul Menendez (Call of Duty: Black Ops II)
Group 4
- ·Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition) 57%
- ·Iron Tager (BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger)
- ·Forest Kaysen (Deadly Premonition)
- ·Jackie Estacado (The Darkness) 7%
- ·Daniel (Amnesia: The Dark Descent)
- ·Scarf Wearer (Journey) 7%
- ·The Player (Poker Night at the Inventory)
- ·Wrestler (Rhythm Heaven)
- ·Father-Mother (Zeno Clash)
- ·Stocke (Radiant Historia)
- ·Franklin Clinton (Grand Theft Auto V) 11%
- ·Junpei (9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors)
- ·Juan (Guacamelee)
- ·Jaguar Javier (Guacamelee)
- ·Vito Scaletta (Mafia II)
- ·Luis Lopez (Grand Theft Auto IV)
- ·Ishi Sato (Bulletstorm)
Group 5
- ·Charlie Cutter (Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune)
- ·Dandelion (The Witcher)
- ·Shin (Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon)
- ·Louis (Left 4 Dead)
- ·Alistair (Dragon Age: Origins)
- ·Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
- ·Bigby Wolf (The Wolf Among us)
- ·Layle (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers)
- ·Crestfallen Warrior (Dark Souls)
- ·Frank West (Dead Rising)
- ·Asura (Asura’s Wrath)
- ·Jacket (Hotline Miami)
- ·Vashyron (Resonance of Fate)
- ·The Knight of Artorias (Dark Souls)
- ·Lamar Davis (Grand Theft Auto V) 13%
- ·Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher) 23%
- ·Andrew Ryan (BioShock) 19%
Group 6
- ·Boss/Thomas Mutton (Catherine)
- ·El Fuerte (Street Fighter IV)
- ·Stanley (The Stanley Parable)
- ·Dwarf (Dragon’s Crown)
- ·Jorge (Halo: Reach)
- ·Cave Johnson (Portal 2) 33%
- ·George Haggard (Battlefield: Bad Company)
- ·Nelson Tethers (Puzzle Agent)
- ·Tomoya (Clannad)
- ·Kyousuke (Little Busters)
- ·Francis (Left 4 Dead)
- ·Frederic Chopin (Eternal Sonata)
- ·Professor Layton (Professor Layton and the Curious Village) 9%
- ·Augustus Cole (Gears of War) 9%
- ·Kick (Divekick)
- ·Cameraman Jeff (Uncharted 2)
- ·Johnny Gat (Saints Row) 14%
Group 7
- ·Shun Akiyama (Yakuza 4)
- ·Isaac (The Binding of Isaac)
- ·Solaire of Astora (Dark Souls) 18%
- ·Yasha (Asura’s Wrath)
- ·Steven Heck (Alpha Protocol)
- ·Victor Sullivan (Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune) 10%
- ·Joseph Capelli (Resistance 2)
- ·Emmett Graves (Starhawk)
- ·Hakan (Street Fighter IV)
- ·Michael De Santa (Grand Theft Auto V)
- ·John Marston (Read Dead Redemption) 39%
- ·Thomas (Thomas Was Alone)
- ·Apollo Justice (Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice)
- ·Frank Woods (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
- ·Enoch (El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron)
- ·Crow (Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon)
- ·Vernon Roche (The Witcher 2)
Group 8
- ·Terrence Sweetwater (Battlefield: Bad Company)
- ·Ezio Auditore (Assassin’s Creed II) 30%
- ·Joshua Graham (Fallout: New Vegas)
- ·Missile (Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective)
- ·Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto IV)
- ·Sander Cohen (BioShock)
- ·Vigk Vagk (Ninety-Nine Nights)
- ·Barry Steakfries (Age of Zombies)
- ·Legion (Mass Effect 2) 9%
- ·Rupin (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- ·The Duke (Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess)
- ·S-Kill (Divekick)
- ·Bishop Shidux (No More Heroes)
- ·Biorr of the Twin Fangs (Demon’s Souls)
- ·Captain John Price (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare)
- ·Urdnot Wrex (Mass Effect) 25%
- ·Alvin (Tales of Xillia)
Group 9
- ·Thane (Mass Effect 2) 15%
- ·Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
- ·Wizard (Dragon’s Crown)
- ·Silas Greaves (Call of Juarez: Gunslinger)
- ·Grayson Hunt (Bulletstorm)
- ·The Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2) 21%
- ·Ulysses (Fallout: New Vegas)
- ·Valvatorez (Disgaea 4)
- ·Brucie Kibbutz (Grand Theft Auto IV)
- ·Alan Wake (Alan Wake)
- ·Meat Boy (Super Meat Boy)
- ·Joker (Mass Effect)
- ·Altair (Assassin’s Creed)
- ·Trevor Phillips (Grand Theft Auto V) 19%
- ·Delta Six (Gemini Rue)
- ·Sten (Dragon Age: Origins)
- ·Naya (Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons)
Group 10
- ·Monkey (Enslaved: Odyssey to the West)
- ·Jungo (Devil Survivor 2)
- ·Andrus Ponder (Cart Life)
- ·The Jackal (Far Cry 2)
- ·Kyle Hyde (Hotel Dusk: Room 215)
- ·Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia)
- ·Cole Phelps (L.A. Noire)
- ·Garrus (Mass Effect) 41%
- ·Zobek (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
- ·Rucks (Bastion)
- ·Sho Minamimoto (The World Ends With You)
- ·Vaas Montenegro (Far Cry 3) 14%
- ·Tenzin (Uncharted 2)
- ·Great Wolf Sif (Dark Souls)
- ·Hisao Nakai (Katawa Shoujo)
- ·Phoenix Wright (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) 12%
- ·Kaim Argonar (Lost Odyssey)
Male Characters in Round 2:
- Wei Shen (Sleeping Dogs)
- Lee Everett (The Walking Dead: Season 1)
- Mordin Solus (Mass Effect 2) Group 1 - 15%
- Joel (The Last of Us)
- Sissel (Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective)
- Atlas (BioShock)
- Keith David (Saints Row IV)
- Wheatley (Portal 2)
- Nathan Drake (Uncharted: Drake's Fortune) Group 2 - 19%
- Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition) Group 2 - 24%
- Jackie Estacado (The Darkness)
- Scarf Wearer (Journey)
- Franklin Clinton (Grand Theft Auto V)
- Lamar Davis (Grand Theft Auto V)
- Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher 2) Group 1 - 11%
- Andrew Ryan (BioShock)
- Cave Johnson (Portal 2)
- Professor Layton (Professor Layton and the Curious Village)
- Augustus Cole (Gears of War)
- Johnny Gat (Saints Row)
- Solaire of Astora (Dark Souls)
- Victor Sullivan (Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)
- John Marston (Red Dead Redemption) Group 2 - 15%
- Ezio Auditore (Assassin's Creed II)
- Legion (Mass Effect 2)
- Urdnot Wrex (Mass Effect)
- Thane (Mass Effect 2)
- The Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2)
- Trevor Phillips (Grand Theft Auto V)
- Garrus (Mass Effect) Group 1 - 15%
- Vaas Montenegro (Far Cry 3)
- Phoenix Wright (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney)
Male Category Semifinalists
Group 1:
- Mordin Solus (Mass Effect 2)
- Garrus (Mass Effect) 36%
- Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)
Group 2:
- Nathan Drake (Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)
- Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition) 44%
- John Marston (Red Dead Redemption)
Female Groups (Round 1)
Group 1
- · Aht (Radiant Historia)
- · Milla Maxwell (Tales of Xillia)
- · Momohime (Muramasa: The Demon Blade)
- · Juliet Starling (Lollipop Chainsaw)
- · Rose of Sharon Cassidy (Fallout: New Vegas) 12%
- · Mila (Dead or Alive 5)
- · Anya Stroud (Gears of War)
- · Alma Wade (F.E.A.R.)
- · Mistral (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
- · Nariko (Heavenly Sword)
- · Kokonoe (BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger)
- · Rosalind Lutece (BioShock Infinite) 26%
- · Lilith (Borderlands 2) 12%
- · Triss Merigold (The Witcher 2) 32%
- · Akane/June (9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors)
- · Juri (Street Fighter IV)
- · Selvaria Bles (Valkyria Chronicles)
- · Hatsune Miku (Hatsune Miku: Project Diva) 14%
- · River Wyles (To the Moon)
- · Clementine (The Walking Dead: Season 1) 52%
- · Combat Girl (Super Monday Night Combat)
- · Rosangela Blackwell (The Blackwell Legacy)
- · Saya (Saya no Uta)
- · Nix (infamous 2)
- · Faith Connors (Mirror’s Edge) 21%
- · Kasumi Goto (Mass Effect 2) 18%
- · Goal (Deponia)
- · Emily Wyatt (Deadly Premonition) 27%
- · Judith (Tales of Vesperia)
- · Fiora (Xenoblade Chronicles)
- · Fidget (Dust: An Elysian Tale)
- · Melia (Xenoblade Chronicles)
- · Veronica (Fallout: New Vegas) 12%
- · GLaDOS (Portal) 57%
- · Elf (Dragon’s Crown)
- · Sarah Sisulart (Lost Odyssey)
- · Shaundi (Saints Row 2) 22%
- · Kinzie Kensington (Saints Row: The Third) 25%
- · Faye Lee (Binary Domain)
- · Jodie Holmes (Beyond: Two Souls)
- · Crimson Viper (Street Fighter IV)
- · *Hyun-Ae (Analogue: A Hate Story)
- · Samantha Greenbriar (Gone Home) 12%
- · Kai (Heavenly Sword)
- · Erica Anderson (Catherine) 12%
- · Jane Valderama (Saints Row)
- · EDI (Mass Effect 2) 32%
- · Bayonetta (Bayonetta) 35%
- · Ellen (Folklore)
- · Trip (Enslaved: Odyssey to the West) 17%
- · Tali (Mass Effect) 51%
- · Faridah Malik (Deus Ex: Human Revolution) 12%
- · Gemini Sunrise (Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love)
- · Amazon (Dragon’s Crown)
Group 2
- · Caterina Sforza (Assassin’s Creed II)
- · Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect 2) 34%
- · Zoey (Left 4 Dead) 13%
- · Madison Paige (Heavy Rain)
- · Merrill (Dragon Age: Origins) 13%
- · Midna (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
- · Shanoa (Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia)
- · Isara (Valkyria Chronicles)
- · Sheriff Sarah Breaker (Alan Wake)
- · Catherine (Catherine) 16%
- · Maiden Astraea (Demon’s Souls)
- · Calista (The Last Story)
- · Saskia (The Witcher 2) 13%
- · Isabela (Dragon Age: Origins)
- · Alicia Melchiott (Valkyria Chronicles)
- · Kat (DmC: Devil May Cry)
- · Phillippa Eilhart (The Witcher 2)
- · Rita Mordio (Tales of Vesperia)
- · Jack (Mass Effect 2) 32%
- · Bonnie MacFarlane (Red Dead Redemption) 24%
- · Rosalina (Super Mario Galaxy) 13%
- · Leliana (Dragon Age: Origins) 17%
- · Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII) 19%
- · Nilin (Remember Me)
- · Morrigan (Dragon Age: Origins) 40%
- · Liara T'soni (Mass Effect) 43%
- · Elizabeth (BioShock Infinite) 48%
- · Tess (The Last of Us) 13%
- · Clover (9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors)
- · Labrys (Persona 4 Arena) 13%
- · Hanako Ikezawa (Katawa Shoujo)
- · Dom’s Wife (Gears of War 2)
- · Sorceress (Dragon’s Crown)
- · Tiny Tina (Borderlands 2)
- · Ellie (The Last of Us) 41%
- · Jenny Romano (The Darkness)
- · Franzika Von Karma (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice For All)
- · Patricia Tannis (Borderlands)
- · Alyx Vance (Half-Life 2: Episode One) 34%
- · Seth Balmore (Lost Odyssey)
- · Marina Wulfstan (Valkyria Chronicles)
- · Sunny (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
- · Chloe Frazer (Uncharted 2) 19%
- · Oerba Yun Fang (Final Fantasy XIII)
- · Elena Fisher (Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune) 26%
- · Sheva Alomar (Resident Evil 5)
- · Rin Tezuka (Katawa Shoujo)
- · Chell (Portal) 23%
- · Jeanne (Bayonetta)
- · Molly (The Walking Dead: Season 1)
- · Elena (Pandora’s Tower)
- · Girl (Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons)
- · Ellie Langford (Dead Space 2)
- Kaine (Nier)
Female Characters in Round 2:
- GLaDOS (Portal) Group 1 - 24%
- Clementine (The Walking Dead: Season 1) Group 2 - 17%
- Tali (Mass Effect) Group 1 - 12%
- Bayonetta (Bayonetta) Group 2 - 12%
- Triss Merigold (The Witcher 2)
- EDI (Mass Effect 2)
- Emily Wyatt (Deadly Premonition)
- Rosalind Lutece (BioShock Infinite)
- Kinzie Kensington (Saints Row: The Third)
- Shaundi (Saints Row 2)
- Faith Connors (Mirror's Edge)
- Kasumi Goto (Mass Effect 2)
- Trip (Enslaved: Odyssey to the West)
- Hatsune Miku (Hatsune Miku: Project Diva)
- Lilith (Borderlands 2)
- Veronica (Fallout: New Vegas)
- Samantha Greenbriar (Gone Home)
- Erica Anderson (Catherine)
- Faridah Malik (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
- Elizabeth (BioShock Infinite)
- Liara T'soni (Mass Effect) Group 1 - 10%
- Ellie (The Last of Us) Group 2 - 20%
- Morrigan (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect 2)
- Alyx Vance (Half-Life 2: Episode One)
- Jack (Mass Effect 2)
- Elena Fisher (Uncharted: Drake's Fortune)
- Bonnie MacFarlane (Red Dead Redemption)
- Chell (Portal)
- Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)
- Chloe Frazer (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves)
- Leliana (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Catherine (Catherine)
- Rose of Sharon Cassidy (Fallout: New Vegas)
- Zoey (Left 4 Dead)
- Merrill (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Saskia (The Witcher 2)
- Rosalina (Super Mario Galaxy)
- Tess (The Last of Us)
- Labrys (Persona 4 Arena)
Female Category Semifinalists
Group 1:
- GLaDOS (Portal) 53%
- Tali (Mass Effect)
- Liara T'soni (Mass Effect)
Group 2:
- Ellie (The Last of Us) 41%
- Clementine (The Walking Dead: Season 1)
- Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
Generated Characters
Round 1:
Group 1:
- Commander Shepard (Mass Effect) 46%
- The Warden (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Hawke (Dragon Age II)
- Sackboy (LittleBigPlanet)
- Tag (ModNation Racers
- The Boss (Saints Row) 35%
- Protagonist (Rogue Legacy)
- XCOM Soldier (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)
Group 2:
- The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3)
- The Courier (Fallout: New Vegas)
- Dovahkiin (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) 26%
- The Arisen (Dragon’s Dogma)
- Pawn (Dragon’s Dogma)
- The Chosen Undead (Dark Souls) 35%
- Protagonist (Kingdoms of Amalur)
Generated Category Semifinalists
Group 1
- Commander Shepard (Mass Effect) 51%
- The Boss (Saints Row)
Group 2
- Dovahkiin (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
- The Chosen Undead (Dark Souls) 55%
Male Character of the Generation Finalists
- Garrus Vakarian (Mass Effect)
- Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition) 52%
Female Character of the Generation Finalists
- GLaDOS (Portal) 61%
- Ellie (The Last of Us)
Generated Character of the Generation Finalists
- Commander Shepard (Mass Effect) 66%
- The Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
The Winners!
Male Character of the Generation: Francis York Morgan of Deadly Premonition!
Female Character of the Generation: GLaDOS of Portal!
Generated Character of the Generation: Commander Shepard of Mass Effect!
Thanks again to all that participated in the nominations and voting!
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