Actually, I really like the fact that the termina contestants don't immediately start killing each other.
A common criticsm of Termina I see is that.. "this is a death game, so why don't the other contestants target the player character more?". I think, yeah! It would be great to see more interactions [hopefully in the update soon haha...]. But I think that the atmosphere we have now, where the contestants don't target you that much, is good, if not outright great in making Termina seem unique and not just another battle royale game.
It's pretty realistic that these contestants - most of whom are just ordinary people - wouldn't immediately resort to murder just because of a dream. Everyone has their own goals in the city, and it's even OOC for characters like Abella, who is largely grounded and pacifist, having never seen actual war, to start murder immediately
Lastly, and this is my most favourite though most subjective interpretation, is that the lack of overt battle royale suggests a sort of hope despite the dark, hyperviolent atmosphere in F&H. People are willing to help you! People are willing to join your party, stick together, talk to you in party talks and provide a sense of companionship in the darkest and most ruined of places, are willing to chat to you in PRHL BOP and chat to each other.
I think it is rather poignant (esp. in a B/C ending run) that, no matter how horrific things are in Prehevil, most of the other characters still retain their humanity, at least until they are moonscorched. I think that, F&H 1 and 2 are both infamous for their dark, grotesque themes and setting; but people tend to overlook the fact that it isn't just dark. (Or conversely meme it to hell because it is easier to make light of heavy topics than actually dissect them).
In both F&H1/2, despite the darkness, there is light and hope - in the people you meet, in your own survival despite the horrors, in the save spots you find. And perhaps that tiny slimmer of light and hope is what makes that darkness even more oppressive.
For Termina Ending B/C it's even more horrific when you turn on your fellow contestants because (until they are moonscorched) they dont attack until provoked, they are just ordinary people trying to live through this.
You, the player, become the overt aggressor, who undermines that smallest glimmer of hope in humanity which the other contestants represent -- and that makes Termina's atmosphere all the more hopeless.
