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I'm -almost-always disappointed with the clothing and general looks of a female RPC.This article zips it.LOL.
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*cough*

A few comments.

First, I do agree with Hellraver on some level. Heroes and Heroines in reality would rarely be "clean" so to speak, if anything, the added ruggedness to some have been a clear and good way of adding depth to the character.

Now, as for what is contained in that link...I first offer the idea of physical fitness. First of all, the breasts. Younger girls in RPGs do not have very large sized ones (yes, they do tend to be anatomically correct) and though it may not be as common, you can come across the occasionally small breasted adult heroine. However, as did nature create, a good number of adult women have fairly sizable breasts, and thus is the basic model for such.

Next part is detail on the skin. As good as graphics are, and as capable as it would be, it would be extremely difficult to render a completely detailed character with every nook and cranny programmed to have a specific look 100% of the time instead of simply creating a basic model after a certain skin type/tone/complexion. Yes, the villain/hero theme of such tends to be different. One can easily separate this from reality, for I often find some RPG villains and some RPG heroes to look more or less neutral, if not opposite of what might have been intended.

The clothing is obvious and I won't argue the point. Sex sells. Same reason most heroes are ripped and hard.

As for the arrangement of such...*ahem* It is a fantasy world after all. Strange alignment of clothing would be expected in a different realm. They aren't usually set on Earth with Earth's history, culture, and traditions. Even if they are in a medieval realm, they tend to stay as historically accurate as they can, while adding creativity (no shame in that) as far as I can tell anyways.

Footwear is something a bit odd I will agree with. Stiletto (that's actually typo'd in the site) heals aren't fit for combat, but the combat boots would be. Nothing wrong with that.

Hair? These are animated characters. 'Nuff said.

Judging from your signature, and the tone of which the site is written in (as well as your stating you are almost always disappointed with female RPGC looks), I would say this was in a negative light. So for those reasons above, I state that I don't believe it is a very negative thing. There are some stereotypes, indeed, but the things put there are fairly conventional. The site stating the idea of one becoming said character is rather amusing to me...considering there's one problem to that. The animated look will always be different from a photograph. People who cosplay said characters KNOW this, and they embrace this, and have fun doing it. They don't expect to capture it's essence, though some people could, just by simple luck of genetics.

Last, but certainly not least, a comment on your signature, for I am rather offended by it. By that you are actively suggesting a very horrible picture painted on men. Some men are like this, we all, however, are not. Given the current state of society and women's role in it, I think that's fairly clear. I wouldn't honestly be very bothered by this, but it is for this reason that I am: If feminism is at all what my last semester course in it taught me (with both male and female students, and a male and female instructor, so yes, two instructors, both genders, both perspectives), then feminism is HURTING women more in the present, than it was when it first began, and it is not what they need. My opinion. Cheers.

Edit: I apologize for not being able to respond later, I must be at work all day, I'll come back and check later.

I believe that, as nadian said, this is fantasy, in RPGs there is none hero that does not have perfect body, even when you talk about the typical huge guy that fights receiving a lot of damage (thats the closest stereotype of me) they incredibly huge, i mean i am only 5'8'' and still kick big guys asses, there is a lot of things that you could want to see in a RPG that is just not gonna happen, cuz reality only sells on tv, nuff said.

It's like saying we should be like video games or animated characters. I think it's insalting.

It'd be cooler to have more naturally looking hero/ine/s. But a fattie with bad skin and androgyne properties won't sell the game.

Also I'd like to see another thing happen if the hero does action and crashes the glass rooftop of a mall! What's with the people getting hit by shatters and splinters?

rofl Somehow that seems so true. -To video game standards anyways.

I have very skinny arms, yet I can bench press 200lbs (trust me, I don't look like I can do that). Muscle mass doesn't necessarily denote strength.

The "sexy" stereotypes don;t necesarily bother me; but there is a difference between a character wearing shorts and a t-shirt walking down a street and a character wearing a chainmail bikini walking through a dangerous battleground. I can look out my front door and see the former... but there is no reason other than "sex sells" to see the latter. Anyone, male or female, young and beautiful or old and grizzled should be wearing nothing into combat. Most computer RPGs have combat; and it seems just pushing the ticket to sexiness to underclothe female warriors.