The E wrote: As Master Gunner said, the issue isn't specifically about this one character in this one game. It's about how that character has turned up so often that it has become one of the default characterizations for female support characters in games.
People keep saying that it's a character archetype in video games but I can't find evidence of this. I think it's as Dominic Appleguard put and more of something that shows up in other media especially since anime has been known for poor female characterization.