I agree with the article. But sexualisation is only half the problem in female appeal, shallow gameplay mechanics must take equal blame. Mass Effect might be one of the more progressive games out there in terms of character presentation, but there is still a vast disparity in development effort between ...
It sounds like you want something that approximates 'conservation of energy'. You could have a bucket for each effect that tracks the 'temperature' or strength of effect. Each attack adds x units to the bucket, target dissipates y units per second. Target takes damage or slows each second proportional to ...
