The first screenshot is an epic fantasy hero who happens to be female holding her own against a dude wielding a seriously ridiculous sword. The second is a stripper in a cat costume using an improvised weapon to fend off some creepy dude.
Go Make Me A Sandwich does some awesome breakdowns of the problems with the many questionable Lighting outfits. If you’re interested in more in depth breakdown and discussions on issues relating to depictions of women in video games – I highly recommend giving her blog a look.
– wincenworks