Game for Peace, also known as 和平精英 (pinyin: Heping Jingying), is the Chinese version of PUBG Mobile. There is a closer translation named Peacekeeper Elite in English and Hoà Bình Tinh Anh in Vietnamese. The game was developed by Tencent Games and PUBG Corporation in response to Chinese regulations prohibiting violent content, after PUBG Mobile failed to receive approval from the Chinese authorities due to its violent nature.
That restriction turns out to be what makes playing it more enjoyable for me. Blood gets replaced with lighting effects, and characters now wave goodbye after being taken down. Despite the Chinese version sharing nearly identical gameplay with the global version, there are a few remarkable changes.
Safe zone has changed to Signal zone. When a player is outside of this zone, his health (健康值) does not immediately decrease; instead, the signal (信号值) is getting weaker over time. In order to boost the signal up and reset countdown, the player can use medical consumables such as Energy Drink (能量饮料), Painkillers (止痛药), Adrenaline Syringe (腎上腺素), and Med Kit (全能医疗箱). Otherwise, it will be disconnected as soon as the signal battery runs out, and the character is eventually eliminated (淘汰) if no rescue is done.
信号值越低承受攻击越重，可用信号电池恢复信号值
信号区外淘汰倒计时
The outfit designs in Game for Peace are highly detailed and visually appealing in both lobby and battle environments. The game collaborated with Rocket Girls 101 (火箭少女101) - a girl group was formed in the reality show Produce 101 China (创造101). Two out of 11 members are from the South Korean girl group Cosmic Girls (우주소녀, 宇宙少女). The collaboration included numerous outfits, celebrity voiceovers, signed backpack accessories, the first-ever motorcycle skin, and more.
Game for Peace also promotes Tesla’s Cybertruck and Roadster, with the Roadster Starman somehow making its way to reentry on Mars in 2050. Super cool!
As far as I know, Starman is currently in heliocentric orbit and getting father from the Earth. The video, of course, is fictional, so do not rely entirely on it for an understanding of space flight. If you want to know what and where Roadster Starman is, please refer to this link. If you’re interested in getting an idea of what a typical space mission is, check out this great intuitive introduction to delta-v.
And here comes the Transformers. Not only the outfits, but many of the videos created by the studio are also incredibly creative.
The seasonal events, which make Game for Peace very different from the global version, are what I like the most. Many events in the game are designed to encourage education and technological advancement. Examples include a maglev train traveling through a wormhole, suggesting it could reach the speed of commercial airplanes in vacuum; drones and flying taxis used for delivery and transportation; blueprint of rocket stages and the return module; a wall poster highlighting the importance of the magnetic field in protecting Earth from harmful solar and cosmic radiation; and information on agricultural products suitable for planetary habitation. Surprisingly, these reflect exactly what is happending in the real world.
Finally, the game features a social media companion called 和平营地 (Peace Camp), where players can share moments with their friends and others. I have created a few; below is a compilation of various scenes recorded to craft a story for the community.