Reviews

• KyodaiYT

  Aug 28, 2023

  Grinding constantly enjoyable
• gamedeal user

  Jan 23, 2017

  I like this game, especially for the price. I do take breaks for months at a time, but no single game should be expected to entertain forever. I also enjoyed the main story, but it takes a LONG time to slowly playout. I thought the explanation for just who and what you are was great. Early on I felt like I was not "getting" the game and I didn't even know what I wasn't getting. I saw other players around me, also at level 30, that were doing like 8 times as much damage as me. Then I read about how to double your frame's slots, your weapons slots, get rare mods, get higher tier weapons, and other tricks, all from outside warframe itself. This game expects you to metagame the hell out of it and play with a wiki page minimized for quick reference. Pros: -Its free, at least to begin with. I spend $5 to $10 a month and feel like I have all I need -Awesome space ninjas with super powers -Cool Weapons. There is little in life more satisfying than cutting you foes in half with a high powered laser. Cons: -The game is the grind. You'll see a cool gun, grind for hours or days to get it, play with it for a while, then store if you really like it or sell it if you dont, then rinse and repeat. -Little in game explanations. Requires substantial metagaming.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 24, 2017

  A Game where the DEVs support it, every year new characters, new items, new weapons, new worlds, new companions, new missions, new bosses, new MODs, new things, new "balances" or not xD, new posters, new ayatan treasures, new statues and like every week update. We are talking about the "Update-Hotfix Simulator" Award and the "I Love It From The First Day Till This Day" Award. If you play with friends make a team-clan and unlock weapons, parts, and stuff together. A lot of things to get, to build, to upgrade and it gets better and better. Another thing is you dont need a Very High End Gaming Watercooled Desktop with 15 fans in it to play it.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 26, 2017

  Amazing game in my perspective. Not like most other FTP games. There's no paywalls, and almost everything in the game can be earned without paying real $. Hell, you can even get premium currency without paying for it. Just trade with other players! AND there are discounts for the premium currency purchases, up to 75% off. Along with dev-streams which give away the premium currency. The game starts out slow for the first week, due to some timewalls, but nonetheless, it gets very fun after that week (if you work at getting new stuff and doing missions). And not to mention the updates, the developers are constantly adding new things into the game, all for free. You'll be surprised if you check them out. But be mindfull, the game is a LITTLE buggy at times. But they are never usually game breaking. And if a game breaking problem occurs, the devs will release a hotfix within a day. Overall, amazing game.
• 「73A Yxalag」

  Feb 6, 2017

  How to play Warframe

  1 Farm 2 Farm 3 Farm 4 Farm 5 Farm 6 Create 7 Create 8 Farm 9 Farm 10 Farm 11 Create 12 Create 13 Wait 14 Wait more 15 Equip 16 Rank up 17 Rank up 18 Farm 19 Achieve billion days 20 Quit 21 Repeat
• gamedeal user

  Feb 8, 2017

  I wanna get a few things off my chest in this review of Warframe, as someone who has been playing for over 550 hours, for those who are new to the game so they don't goof up as much as I did. First off, the game WILL take up space on your computer, so this isn't for the weak ones that crash easily either, and will also take up a portion of your time if you decide to play this. Second: this game is not something you can play for 8+ hours straight a day. Unless you have a clear objective of what it is you're gonna do when playing, be it alert missions that crop up with your desired rewards, missions, farming resources and prime items, etc. then you WILL get bored easily. I say this because of the hours I've wasted in indecision of what it is I wanted to do, and its just easier when you plan out what you want to work on. Third: Be prepared to grind the shit out of the missions when collecting resources or trying to rank up. You will not get far simply blitzing through each mission, and searching areas for much needed loot will help you later. Do not listen to those complaining about not getting enough loot when they go grinding, they make the mistake of speedrunning instead of being meticulous. That said, this leads me to my next point. Fourth: this IS a genuine F2P, and although real currency CAN (not WILL) be used, it is not necessary to advance at all. Using platinum (this is the currency you do exchange your real money into) is completely optional, and there are multiple tips I'll give on the use of it for newcomers: 1. Spending platinum is optional 2. don't use it on frivolous things like credits (the game's other currency that you can earn in any mission) or resources as it is NOT WORTH IT IN VALUE 3. save it for big purchases like colours, hard-to-obtain warframes or accessories. Trust me, you'll want to be stingy 4. There are ways of gaining plat WITHOUT spending real money, but it does involve grinding specific items and finding willing trading partners. These items are called 'Prime' items, and hold onto as many as possible - you do not want to be selling them for credits even if you cannot use them. Trade them as 'prime junk' with other items to gain platinum, just be patient when looking for partners. Finally, Each warframe has a set of abilities connected to them that you can use. buttons 1-4 on your keyboard activate them during missions. It took me ages to realise they were even there, so I figured its best to tell you upfront to avoid my ignorance happening to you. Its entirely up to you on how you play this, and yes there will be tech issues as addressed by other players, but otherwise its a fun way to spend a few hours of your day as well as be a paradise for hoarding and collecting. Or hell for the recovering ones, anyway. In short, good luck grinding the shit out of this game.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 17, 2017

  So, I will start with a justifacation as to why I will not talk about the aspects of the game. I have over 1000 hours in this. The game has changed vastly since I started in beta - and this many hours in there is no way a person can not be jaded to the full experiance - or for that matter even be able to fathom the game experiance for a new player. Reviews of a game should never be done this far in - you loose perspective. So here you go 1200 hours on record as of writing this. It was good enough for 1200 hours. Yes. I would recomend trying it. Why? Because it is free to play, and I got 1200 hours out of it. The math there was pretty easy. Hell I quit playing because I didn't like the direction it was going. I am still going to recomend it - 1200 hours, free to play. If you see a review for this game with a thumbs down, and look at that persons time - and it says literally hundreds of hours, and the game is free - Ignore them. It is free to play, and it was good enough for hundreds of hours - unless they have a VERY good reason; It's worth a try.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 21, 2017

  10/10
• gamedeal user

  Feb 22, 2017

  Sigh. I'm no sure why I'm doing this. I usually have an urge to write a short review on this game every few hundred hours I spend in it but usually give up because I get angry at words...Well my inadequacy to accurately portray what I feel about this game. Seeing that steam shows how many hours I logged on in this game I'm err no stranger to it I suppose. I've been playing this game on and off since around update 7. I started literally on the cusp of closed beta, the week it went into open beta, and fuck me for not logging on that weekend and getting my vandal items (this sort of behavior ends up problematic as you will undoubtedly understand as you read on). There isn't really a neutral button for this game. I can't in my right fucking mind recommend this to general public, but obviously there is something to it otherwise I wouldn't have logged few thousand hours into it (its more than what steam says, game had its own thing before steam). Anyway for new players. If you are going in and you aren't very social, you will either get really frustrated with this game, or you will spend more money on it than you could probably find sensible. I've spent a great deal of money on this game, to support it because I felt it was worth it, and I sure as hell got my money's worth, I also get a shiny Excalibur variant people can't get anymore.... That being said, this game is NOT new player friendly. No it isn't eve online level of harsh, but unless you have people helping you a great deal at the start you are going to have a very bad time, unless you absolutely love grinding until your eyeballs bleed out. For majority of established playerbase when new content comes out, it isn't too overwhelming to get it by free means. Even if it is grinding intensive if you stockpiled on something you can sell or trade you can usually acquire it without much fuss. If you are in there with nothing and plan on getting somewhere solo, you are in for a bad day. Deep breath. Game is complex. You 'can' haphazardly hop in shoot and mod stuff on a whim, but when it comes to the harder content you will end up annoying those who might need you to contribute, or you simply won't be doing the very end content at all. Now even the hardest content in the game is relatively easy, but only when you understand the game mechanics and apply the knowledge accordingly. You might as well bookmark the wiki and have it up on all times fo reference. You will need it, be it too look up damage values, resistances, builds, or find out what drops where. Now here I'm talking high end content. If you are new you have one HELL of a ladder to climb to do it, and most of it will be dumb shit like leveling mods, getting mods, getting mastery rank to be able to equip weapons, and so forth. Usually really tedious crap. As a newcommer you have three options. If you plan to trek it solo you can either grind your eyeballs out, and do minimal amount with other people for when you have to (some sorties like interception or so), you can dive in the community and hope to find folks who can help you (plenty of them btw, don't be discouraged), or if you have a friend with an established account have them bring you up to speed. When you have someone to help you, it will save you months of work. I'm not kidding. I gave my friends maxed mods like Serration or Redirection, which to a new player is a damn tall order to have. As well supplied them with spare nightmare/corrupted mods which can take time. Or give them some spare prime set of a warframe I have stocked etc. In short having a friend who is willing to help you bring you up to speed will help with the biggest shortcoming this game has. The eye gouging tedious grind. It's always gonna be there, but thankfully the core game is fun. Shooting shit is awesome, melee mechanics are satisfying as all hell, and when you get your hands on top tier gun (like say Tigris Prime) you will laugh maniacly as you chunk lv 100 assholes by the hundreds and thousands. So far I said very little on the actual game itself. In short it is simple. It's mission based co-op game. Each mission is usually randomly generated level with pre-set tiles (like diablo esque games are). With exception of defense type missions, where map is always gonna end up the same with several variants. You either play solo or with up to 4 people(Raid missions are up to 8 people, and are generally pretty fun to play). Enemies are usually plenty, either endlessly spawning, on a timer or numbered. You have one primary weapon,one secondary and melee. Each warframe gets four unique active abilities, and its own stats, bonuses etc. Here you go.It's simple, controls are tight and responsive, guns feel amazing, melee feels amazing, sense of power you can get is overwhelming at times, but you will work to get it. Everything will take time in this game. Learn to try to do multiple things at the same time. If you are farming for something, try to level something at the same time, and so forth. This is a free to play title. So question is, is the 'free' part fair. Err yes, and no. For a new player I'd say you have months of work ahead if you wanna be up to speed, or at least on the current edge of things. For current players, absolutely. While DE does do unreasonable crap from time to time, they usually get it right and I don't have *too* many complaints. There are 'timed' exclusive content this game has. Bunch of it usually repeats (eventually), but time windows for some things tend to be tight. So say there is an event at one weekend, and you are too busy geting wasted in Vegas, your options are either trade for the item (and the warframe trading is no simple thing, economy exists in this game like many others like it), or you can hope the item gets reintroduced in the game at a later point. In very rare cases it doesn't (like Excalibur Prime). In my case the game caused some compulsive hoarding behavior. New prime frame? I need to have it, because at some point it's gonna be taken out of circulation. New prime weapon? Oh snap it's amazing, I need it? New Stance? New Mods? Next thing I know I'm putting cosmetics on my warframes and playing fashionframe. Every few months I have to stop playing and hold off for a year or so since I feel it might be detrimental to my mental health. IF you do end up spending money on it. Try to wait for a coupon that you get with daily login rewards. They can go up to 75% (but those are rare). I don't know what steam packages have but I recommend buying PURE platinum from their store. There are very few things platinum can't get you in this game. Anyway with this platinum DO NOT buy shit from the ingame store. Unless it's cosmetics, potatoes or slots. If you need a warframe, or a mod, or whatever, look to trade for it. If you have platinum everyone and their mother will message you for the trade. You can get any prime weapon and frame with platinum (well save for Excalibur Prime and few things that came with that). Some will be very pricey because they have been out of circulation for a long time, but you will find savvy trading with platinum will get you FAR. Another advice, trading to get platinum is also recommended. When you are in position to stockpile stuff (like prime parts or mods), You can trade for platinum and use that platinum to trade for what you want. It ends up being it's own little game within a game. Anyway, game is free. Check out the gameplay and see if you like it. There is no harm trying it. On the technical end of things, game is sharp and well made. It's fast, responsive and empowering. On mental health side of things, it might be problematic. I come back after a year and the game gives me a sentinel mod for my first Riven mod. Such a nice middle finger welcome back present. I love, it, I hate it, I lose my mind to it.
• Aran

  Feb 22, 2017

  Played 2600 hours in around 3 years. Can't. Stop. Playing. I can't even stop thinking about the game outside the game. I'm probably working or preparing breakfast and have a past Devstream or analysis about it running on my cellphone. Every Warframe you can use is unique. There's a ton of weapons that i haven't seen in other MMO's and playing with friends is a blast. Warframe is an F2P game where you can grind the cash currency (platinum) and never spending a single penny on it. (And even if you need to, you'll probably get discounts in game) and this is awesome, because customization mostly comes from cash items. And customization in warframe is super complete. (also our true endgame) (?) Lastly: you have freedom. You can build your characters and weapons any way, and you'll always be able to rearrange and change everything whenever you want. You don't have to always play the same character because is the only one you leveled up. You don't have to start from the complete bottom if you wanna play something else. You don't have to do the same quests and the same missions again with another warframe. You just swap, and continue fighting. And with over 20 Warframes to play, and the freedom to choose any weapon for any of them... yeah, this game harldy gets boring for me. Try it, and if you have problems progressing, ask in the region chat. Most people in the community will be happy to help you. But just try it.