The choice to drop explicit male and female labels has generated ongoing conversation. Across subreddits, Steam forums, and dedicated fan outlets, the language Pocketpair uses continues to spark friction.
A noticeable segment of the player base regularly petitions the developers to replace the "Type 1" and "Type 2" designations with traditional "Male" and "Female" text. Their argument leans heavily on clarity and classical role-playing expectations. Players holding this perspective view numbered presets as needlessly obscure or driven by corporate design trends that avoid biological terms. For these users, an explicit label provides intuitive shorthand when crafting survival personas.
Conversely, another faction of players vigorously defends the neutral naming conventions. To them, uncoupling body shape from gender labels provides creative flexibility. It allows individuals to assemble masculine-proportioned characters with soft vocal registers, or feminine silhouettes without stereotypical voice pitching, without the UI enforcing artificial boundaries.
Pocketpair has deliberately avoided entering cultural debates. The studio's leadership historically favors rapid iteration and mechanic-first design over public posturing. By building a tool that lets players select any silhouette and modify it at will via the Antique Mirror, Pocketpair provided full personal agency without altering the neutral language of their interface.
