I think I've played enough of Hell is Others to consider it "played", though I'll likely come back and play it some more considering it's a multiplayer-only game with an absurd amount of obtainable items. Which means as long as you enjoy its rather shallow gameplay loop, you're in luck. Me, I've just got nothing better to do.
It's an extraction game, like Escape from Tarkov, only very barebones stuff. The map is pretty small and the mechanics are very simple. You, and others, are fighting over money, blood, and better gear. Money is used for buying weapons and furnishings for your apartment, such as shelves for storage or decorations that offer minor stat bonuses on runs. Blood is for "watering" your plants, one of which is mandatory, others can give you your own customized, upgraded ammo for runs. Gear helps you murder "Others", meaning other players, and the very obnoxious, pestering NPCs that'll engage you on sight. You'll also find items for NPC shopkeepers as quests and in return they'll give you some items upon completion and let you buy things (more, as you do more quests) from them for money.
I'm not a gigantic fan of these games. Hell is Others is nice because at least you have a home base you can customize and even a narrative for you to follow, though it isn't very riveting stuff. I've seen others complain about the scarcity of players making it hard to join matches, but I haven't run into that yet, though I imagine that's solely because like many others I got this for free on Epic recently. That player count may plummet and leave me waiting by an elevator that'll never arrive. On steamcharts, it says there are 30 people playing the game right now on a Saturday afternoon. Not exactly CS:GO numbers, eh?
I would not buy this game. If you got it for free on Epic, like me, and are wondering if you should even bother installing it, I'd say it's worth the shot. The sooner the better, as again, its playerbase being small means you may never even get the chance to try it soon.
It's an extraction game, like Escape from Tarkov, only very barebones stuff. The map is pretty small and the mechanics are very simple. You, and others, are fighting over money, blood, and better gear. Money is used for buying weapons and furnishings for your apartment, such as shelves for storage or decorations that offer minor stat bonuses on runs. Blood is for "watering" your plants, one of which is mandatory, others can give you your own customized, upgraded ammo for runs. Gear helps you murder "Others", meaning other players, and the very obnoxious, pestering NPCs that'll engage you on sight. You'll also find items for NPC shopkeepers as quests and in return they'll give you some items upon completion and let you buy things (more, as you do more quests) from them for money.
I'm not a gigantic fan of these games. Hell is Others is nice because at least you have a home base you can customize and even a narrative for you to follow, though it isn't very riveting stuff. I've seen others complain about the scarcity of players making it hard to join matches, but I haven't run into that yet, though I imagine that's solely because like many others I got this for free on Epic recently. That player count may plummet and leave me waiting by an elevator that'll never arrive. On steamcharts, it says there are 30 people playing the game right now on a Saturday afternoon. Not exactly CS:GO numbers, eh?
I would not buy this game. If you got it for free on Epic, like me, and are wondering if you should even bother installing it, I'd say it's worth the shot. The sooner the better, as again, its playerbase being small means you may never even get the chance to try it soon.