1. The character is agile and will make up for being unprotected by being hit less.
In some games that have fast mechanics and fighting I can see this being valid. I still don't see why a female heroine would choose to wear revealing clothing, but i have heard such explanations as: The provocative dress will distract enemies giving added advantage. Sounds like crap to me, but what do I know.
2. The female character is just so tough that she just takes the hits and is fine.
This one I actually did not respect for a long time. It was mostly used to explain the female characters choice of attire in games like Heavenly Sword, where the female lead is a one women slaughter house. However then I looked at similar games like God of War (Kratos wears no shirt and no armor) and I realized that while this idea might be a little silly, at least it is fair among those types of "bad ass" characters
I have also noticed that in games where the player has a great deal of control over the story; I.E. role playing games like Mass Effect, Elder Scrolls, Etc how revealing female armor is seems to drop. However in RPG's where the player embarks on a designed story I.E. Final Fantasy we tend to see female character wearing more stylized skimpy outfits that cannot be changed.
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| This is and example of male and female armor as depicted in The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. While small adjustments are made to the female armor for anatomies sake, the level of protection it provides is no less impressive. |
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| Square Enix has no such qualms however about having their female core characters run around in bondage like "armor". Now this isn't the case for all Final Fantasy females, but there seems to be at least on in each game that suffers from a tragic lack of functional armor. |
It's weird how i never really payed attention to video games and how they depict women. But from what i can see it isn't much different than any other form of media in which females are more likely than not barely clothed.
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