The PUBG Pan wasn't meant to be bulletproof

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PUBG's most iconic weapon isn't a shotgun, an assault rifle or an SMG. In fact, in most other contexts, you wouldn't even consider it much of a weapon at all, you'd probably just use it to make eggs. But here, in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, it carries a greater meaning, a higher purpose. Oh and also, if you stick it on your bum, it could very well save your life. I am, of course, talking about the frying pan.
Brendan Greene, the creator of PUBG, cites the Battle Royale movie as being a huge inspiration for his work. So much so, that games like his and those that have followed in its footsteps are now referred to as being part of the Battle Royale genre. Had he never watched Class 3-B murder one another with an assortment of weaponry, PUBG may well have never come to be.
And so it was crucial to Greene that his game included some kind of homage to this movie that had forever changed his life. There are, in fact, a tonne of Battle Royale references you can spot: the crossbow, the sickle, the lighthouse, the size of the island. But the developer's favourite remains the trusted frying pan.
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