How the leading women of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and Halo 5 are changing games

While unfortunately the article does take a focus on events over details of the characters, it’s important to note that all the games listed as positive changes are ones that avoid (at least mostly) the bikini armor trope.  This isn’t coincidental.

The vast majority of the time the visual representation of your character is the first impression on the audience, and hence essentially their introduction.  Characters hamstrung with an generic introduction of “well she’s sexy like a lingerie model and dresses like one too” are, at best, going to have fight an uphill battle to be taken seriously or seen as interesting in a long over-saturated marketplace.

If, however, you start with trying to make them interesting and let the visual grow as a reflection of the character – then you open yourself up to all kinds of possibilities.

– wincenworks