>>3805515
Here is the thing, you want to try to give your IP a visual identity that sticks and and recognizable. If you put regular realistic armor into your game, it will look no different than all the other games that do the same. But if you see a Warcraft Footmen, a Lannister Guard from Game of Thrones or a Skyrim city guard, you immediatly connect the visuals with the IP because the armor is distinctive enough.