
I really like that you always know what faction you’ll be fighting before a mission so you can prep accordingly. Some will have bubble shields to wear down or weak points that need to be hit, and each faction has its own strengths and weaknesses to certain damage types and elemental effects. You kill most of them the same way – shoot or punch them a bunch – but each faction has special enemy units that can’t always be tackled so directly. It also lets you go hard into one type of damage if you are facing enemies weak to it, or you can take new or under-leveled weapons along with maxed-out Warframes to quickly catch them up to your other equipment – similar to putting your weaker Pokemon at the front of the party before swapping them out.Įnemy variety is broken into distinct and interestingly designed factions, most frequently the militaristic Grineer, the tech-focused Corpus, or the ravenous Infested monsters. I do love that any Warframe can use any weapon combination, meaning you can mix and match what feels best to you.

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There are straightforward Warframes like Mag or Frost, which use magnetic and ice abilities, respectively, but also stranger options like Limbo, which can temporarily put enemies in another plane of existence, or Titania, which can turn into a tiny butterfly and zip around at rapid speeds. The battlesuits Warframe is named after let you flex your preferred playstyle as well, with each one representing a unique personality and theme. Pinning enemies to walls with the heavy-hitting Boltor is a very different feeling from the rapid-fire Furis pistols, just like slamming someone with the Fragor hammer is satisfying in a different way from slicing off limbs with the Heat Sword.

Meanwhile, every rifle, pistol, shotgun, bow, hammer, sword, whip, and blade fan feels distinct in how they handle, giving real variety to the weaponry you choose beyond raw stats. The movement has been refined and rebuilt over the years into something that feels lighting fast and incredibly versatile. Layer after layer of new systems has undoubtedly made Warframe harder to penetrate, but the actual run-and-gun (and slash and bash) gameplay is so dang satisfying that it’s worth digging into. While the later-game quests have been pushing into plot and cutscene-driven stories more frequently (to great success, I might add), 99% of the time I’ve put into Warframe has been spent running through its halls looking for new stuff to gather – crafting materials, item blueprints, weapon mods, or one of its copious amounts of currencies. There are plenty of curated quests that offer set goals as well, but picking your own is vital to keeping your head above water in the ocean of stuff there is to do.
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Once I made it over that large hump of confusion and started setting clear goals for myself – get to the next planet, craft a certain weapon, complete a quest line – Warframe stopped looking like a tangled ball and started feeling more like a sandbox full of treasures waiting to be dug up. Still, it can be frustrating to get an exciting new weapon blueprint only to see it requires a crafting material you didn’t even know existed and are dozens of hours away from acquiring. The wikis available are insanely comprehensive and easy to use, and even just asking for answers or help in the global chat will often result in friendly players giving you a hand. Thankfully, Warframe’s player base is one of the nicest and most enthusiastic communities I’ve ever interacted with. This is, for better or worse, a game that you’re going to need a wiki to play, as nearly all of the info about where exactly to find specific crafting components or blueprints isn’t directly available in-game. Even after a few dozen hours, it can be hard to make sense of what missions you should be completing and what items you should be trying to collect.

Constantly being pulled so many different ways makes Warframe a notoriously difficult game for new players to get into.
