Still not a huge fan of how tropes are at the core of this thing, as I don't think they are a very good way to argue with. The attribution of tropes often lacks context and is severely reductionist. That said, she stated the point quite well in the Background Decoration episodes.
Representing women in certain ways to add the grit to the environment is awkwardly common. I understand the thought process behind it to a certain extent. They are usually games where violence is your only means of interaction with a world, and so you'll want to contextualise that violence in your narrative. Painting a gross, seedy, crime-ridden world is an easy way to give the player context, as "kill the bad people" has been perpetuated in our media throughout the ages. It's probably why our villains usually have little to no nuance. Either way, those typical crime locations will have disrespect of women, and I assume that the people in charge think it's fine to throw in there, as their game makes sure to note that these opponents are bad people. They are not condoning anything, and indirectly convicting it. Derivativeness aside, it's not a colossal issue in of itself, but it becomes a bit weird when this is the extent of female participation across a ton of games is either submissive or not active at all.
In the end, it is again "more and better diversity" that could be the saviour here. I'd still roll my eyes at the above, but at least it becomes part of an entire spectrum, rather than being almost the entire spectrum itself.
