You do get the sense that they occasionally do it just to keep angry social activisits off their back.
Assassin's Creed's Evie looked like she was created because a group of people had moaned about the previous game.
It's unfortunate when they design games for the sake of avoiding attacks on the internet but to be honest, the sex of the character is so inconsequential for most games. I say just let them do it so wacky feminists have less ammunition.







