Is video game armour allowed to be sexy?

As long as it is not just the girls but the guys too, then why not?
As long as there is an alternative choice for those who want it.
I always preferred Miranda's black armour to her arse crack outfit.

Oh and I didn't vote becaue the poll is stupid.

I appreciate choices; I want both. Practical armor and unpractical armor. I usually hate it when they gave bad stats.

I like to play Space Barbie on SWTOR. I have space sorcerer wearing only bra and a skirt but I also have a fully armored soldier. Space mages can bend the rules.

Who says DAI armor isn't sexy sexy?








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I didn't vote, because why can't I look good AND practical?

Example: Breton Hero costume in ESO on my Dunmer Nightblade

I've always been a fan of Kunimitsu's default Tekken Tag Tournament 2 outfit for its balance of sexiness, style and practically.

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I like the Nightingale armor from Skyrim

A gale of truth on how game devs tend to throw the minimum armor on female avatars; fashion, sass, never practical.   Who doesn't   at a cartoon of a chain-bikini clad warrior with arrows stuck all over her? 

Yeah talking about the helmets as well, in fact for Mass Effect 2 I only ever took Grunt and Garrus (and later Tali and Legion when they were recruited) on missions that had a toxic environment or areas with no oxygen because those were the only characters to get full helmets, I still had to put up with Grunt's exposed sleeves though.

And? What is wrong with that? Why is this only a problem when it is female characters yet nobody bats an eye when it is a male character

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My main rule is "dress for the occasion". It should not be broken unless there's an in-world reason for it. I do not accept any breakings of this as "acceptable" breaks from reality.

You don't walk the wilderness in high heels (or robes, while I'm at it), and in any realistic or semi-realistic world where armor exists and is viable, "armor" and "sexy" are irreconcilable opposites - armor covers and can't serve its function without a minimum thickness, hiding the shape of body parts, sexy exposes (shapes at the least). Exposed skin is ridiculous, and exposing the vitals (yes, right there above the sternum) pushes this up to eleven. You can justify walking around with no armor much more easily than you can justify pieces designed "armor" with all the downsides and none of the functionality.

Having said that, I'm fine with sexy clothing where it's appropriate, and there are worlds where armor is rare, or it's too hot to cover the whole body - heavy armor wouldn't do much good in worlds inspired by the ancient Near East. Also, if armor is available and viable it's important to cover the torso, and if you do that, the limbs can stay exposed. Just don't do it the other way round, that's ridiculous again.

Finally, certain worlds are anything but (semi)-realistic - interpreting this as "if not spefically told otherwise with a reason built into the world, the same rules apply as would IRL". I guess sexy armor is OK for them, but then I tend to avoid those genres altogether, though for different reasons.