16 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 2,052.6 hrs on record (592.7 hrs at review time)
Posted: 30 Dec, 2024 @ 11:50am
Updated: 2 Mar @ 7:40pm

Warframe is an MMORPG Looter-Shooter with some of the best in-game movement for any free-to-play game EVER. Here are a few of my quick notes:

The systems in the game are complex and rewarding, there is enough content for you to play for hundreds of hours and still not even scratch the top off the iceberg that lies deeper into the game. The quests are fun and the story is filled with lore to go searching through if you care to do that.

I love this game and think everyone who likes looter shooters should play it. It is casual, well paced, and incredibly fun to progress through. It can sometimes be confusing but that is to be expected with 11 years of compounded content expansions, and all confusion can be addressed with the community in game, outside content, and the expansive wiki for the game.

Pros:
+ Fun gunplay with a huge arsenal of weapons
+ S tier movement
+ The classes (warframes) are well executed and have a lot of build potential for any playstyle
+ Everything in the game can be acquired for free, even premium currency (platinum) through trade
+ Nearly infinite stuff to play through and do, and rotating timed missions like invasions and void fissures that keep you checking in to see whats good
+ Many other praises I cannot detail here bc I am lazy

Cons:
- Time gates in crafting are especially noticeable in the first 3-5 days of gameplay but after a certain point it becomes mostly inconsequential and gives good windows to take breaks and have a real life.
- Like any other game, there are sometimes inconvenient crashes, but in my first 250 hrs these have been incredibly rare and are probably more due to my internet connection than failure of the game software.
- Content bloat creates a level of overwhelm for newer players and the systems take a bit of time investment to learn

Download this game and have fun :D

UPDATE: A few hundred hours later and I come bearing more delightful notes.
- Railjack is fun and is a very different gameplay loop to typical star chart missions
- The community in this game is the kindest, most vibrant, hilarious group of misfits I've ever gotten to play a video game with
- The open worlds are deeply written, with well-rooted characters populating them. The conflicts that trouble each of the worlds are worthy of video essays in their own right.
- Baro Ki'Teer is a true homie to all Tenno
- When nice things are delivered to you by the community to aid your progression there is only one rule, thank and PAY IT FORWARD. There will always be another new player later you encounter with just a Paris and a dream, when you have made it you continue the cycle.
- There's a "meta" for a lot of the weapons and frames in the game, and lots of content on Youtube that will try to convince you to do something a certain way, but if you're having fun and can clear the content you're on it doesn't matter at all what's "meta"
- The events for each holiday/anniversary etc. are rewarding to play through and you get fun fashion stuff
- FashionFrame is the true endgame
- Relic runs (Void Fissures) are an important part of the gameplay and progression in Warframe, and if you bring good relics to a public lobby your squadmates are much more likely to bring better relics as well.
- I spent 500+ hours playing this game without an archwing launcher for open worlds and it was still hilariously fun.
- DOWNLOAD THIS GAME AND HAVE FUN
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