Warframe quietly becomes the best free game on PC

After a 45-minute demo of Warframe’s new extension, Railjack, at Tennocon 2018, Digital Extremes stunned even the oldest players. Not because Warframe added a new mode, but because all of these updates come from a free-to-play game released four years ago.

The moment where community manager Rebecca Ford piloted a spaceship while her two teammates fired guns, fired back at enemies, put out fires, and even infiltrated enemy spacecraft. explains why longtime Warframe fans are so excited. In addition, part of that also lies in the fact that Warframe is still silently continuing to develop and change.

When it was released in 2013, Warframe was merely a casual co-op shooter. You will be playing the role of a pretty cool ninja and fight enemies to earn resources to upgrade your armor. However, in the last five years, Digital Extremes has turned Warframe into a giant MMO that can easily beat both of the Destiny games. In Warframe, there will be space stations to trade items, infrastructures your clan can build, dozens of planets to explore, and much more.

It seemed that no new ideas would be added to Warframe. The first half of the presentation at Tennocon was a lengthy introduction to the open-world region on Venus due to be released later this year. But when Digital Extremes started introducing new features like hoverboards and giant robot bugs, viewers started screaming with excitement, which ended with a surprise 15-minute demo.

A remarkable part of Digital Extremes is their boldness. Unlike other game developers with boring updates, Digital Extremes is constantly changing the shape of Warframe to bring not only new but also strange features. You can hatch alien dogs to fight by your side. In addition, each warframe armor will be able to be completely customized to your liking. There is even a parasite that can spread between players. Features that make the game continue to improve and improve while inappropriate features will be removed, such as Warframe’s PvP mode.

Each of these small experiments, whether successful or not, has consistently provided Warframe players with new and exciting experiences.

Instead of simply trying to give players more of what they want, Digital Extremes is always working to bring something new into it at the same time. That’s why fans are constantly looking forward to seeing what the developers will bring in the next updates.

Warframe isn’t the most stable of titles, but it’s certainly one of the most ambitious. And considering the fan indulgence of the game’s developers, it’s hard to ignore this game. When you talk with your audience, you’ll feel that Digital Extremes isn’t just trying to sell their products, their live narrations are both rewarding and enjoyable, giving viewers a unique experience. Feeling quite familiar and close.

Of course, this is also one of the reasons why Warframe is so good. The parkour combat system is really great, providing smooth, flexible fights. In addition, the game’s progression system also possesses a certain depth, as well as quite challenging in the early stages, solving almost all the problems of MMO titles about “plowing” often not benefiting much. or almost none in two separate concepts.

In Destiny 2, for example, after players get a new gun, they’ll need something more interesting to keep playing. Bungie’s solution to this problem was updates with more powerful and beautiful weapons added, but it’s for this reason that they’ve also created “power gaps” between players. , leading to the imbalance of the current game.

On the other hand, Warframe has understood this problem and offers a rather interesting solution. Instead of trying to get “the strongest gun in the game”. Players will have to build an extensive arsenal of warframe weapons and armor sets where each armor and weapon will require the player to spend a lot of time to truly master. The slow progression can be a minus for some players, but with the game’s open world you’ll never feel like there’s nothing to do.

Of course, you’ll still be able to recharge to own the most powerful accessories, but unlike other titles, Warframe’s upgrade system will still force you to spend a lot of time upgrading and perfecting them. .

Even the premium currency, Platinum, can be freely exchanged between many players. Platinum can be easily earned by selling items other players want to buy, meaning that even the most expensive Warframe aesthetic accessories are within reach of non-spending players.

Warframe feels like a perfect symbiotic relationship between players and developers. There will certainly be annoying things that are common in free-to-play titles, like having to wait a while when crafting and having to buy more inventory space, but in return the player will receive get one of the best and most unique RPG titles they can experience.

Warframe’s success is truly impressive, but it looks like it’s just the beginning of something bigger. At the end of the Railjack demo, the developers’ spaceship was drifting off into an unknown space, as if signaling that the game’s next expansions would go beyond the solar system to which the game was attached. for how many years. And, as can be seen from the enthusiastic cheers from the audience, it is certain that fans and the Digital Extremes development team are both excited about the upcoming journey of Warframe.

By PC Gamer