Exposing Warframe | MMOs Exposed

hello my friends and welcome to the first installment of MMOs exposed a series focused on shedding light on scenes you won't exactly see in the trailers Run for the hills everyone the mounts are finally revolting oh my God this is cursed targeting and seeking out the truth of historic preconceptions and new player concerns diving into and breaking open titles from the monolithic to the unsung heroes and even showcasing them coming back from the dead in this inaugural Adventure we will be taking to the stars to begin a journey exploring the universe of an MMO that over the years has grown from a space ninja third person looter shooter into an experience unrecognizable from its early years and in the past couple of years especially has been evolving rapidly into a truly epic experience pushing its limits to the extreme has this free-to-play sci-fi Adventure fallen for the same pitfalls of so many free toplay games has its story reached out from its lackluster Beginnings my name is Mitch manx and I present to you [Music] Warframe [Music] to begin we must prepare The Hit List of historic preconceptions and new player concerns for us to debunk or confirm on our journey we will be covering a whole host of elements but these are the targets that we must hit the new player experience end game is a meme PVP is dead the monetization including pay to win and warframe's weak story of course while avoiding spoilers with our targets confirmed let's get started with the new player experience in this Mysterious World what you bastard ruining my epic shot Warframe opens with an incredibly well produced opening cutscene setting up the game's prologue in a grand and cinematic way showing an unknown woman tracking down the now forgotten and abandoned warframes visiting a site where they now reside while being stalked by an intimidating looking military Squad the grineer a race of clones carving a path through the system choosing our starting Warframe we are given three options with their initial stats and unique combat abilities explained with mag standing out as I simply could not resist a good clap of death if you happy you know a clap of death now in the game proper we get a better look at this grineer military Squad and its strange cursed mechanical cauliflower looking leader Captain v as they attempt to revive and capture the the idol Warframe a plan that backfires instantly with our Warframe being supercharged into action to take down the wouldbe kidnappers quick use your power defend yourself fail my w use your power oh yeah poers and my defense it's tiny look at it turning off foes into a Resident Evil boss we make our way into the visually striking Knight to first track down some initial weapons while being Guided concerningly by a guide who can see [ __ ] all first getting a choice between a bow stick and a scarner blade an Easy Choice as old Craig David once said finding out that the grineer also seemingly have an Achilles heel we sneak past the roaming enemies ahead the tutorial plays out introducing us to a number of weapons as well as of course the game's hugely Dynamic and satisfying feeling movement system sliding and gliding around like a John Woo movie about a spandex fetish progressing further we get a chance to bite back at the peekaboo bot Captain V who after a short face off ret Leets to his ship leaving us to retrieve our own and head up to the stars to begin the true Journey a journey beginning with a handy login bonus because you're a friend I'm going to offer you something special just remember one per customer one more customer more customer one more customer one more with us now in our ship we get a look at the game's base of operations for the player as well as an initial Peak at warframes core experience setting out on missions across a number of planets with with up to four players getting stuck into a variety of game modes exploring our cool looking but unfortunately recently looted base of operations that hopefully won't be out of operations for long as both our strangely dressed female guide as well as the bunkers sounding onboard robot AI the operator may now contact all black markets scumbags contact arms dealers I've located a number of modules that once obtained will get our ship back in Action as well as a plan to figure out what strange device the grineer have attached to us when attempting to capture the warframes setting out on our quest to revive the ship taking on the self-contained missions on Earth Captain V reaches out once again to explain that the tag he placed on us at the start of the game is actually a device that will burrow into the warframes and eventually Take Over Control completing his task of obtaining a Warframe for himself why he decided to call us up and tell us this instead of just waiting for it to happen is anyone's guess however an act that's almost as confusing as the chaps military spouting Shakespeare and shaking there everything all over the floor after taking a Blow To The Head build this place are you done nope the mission is to get back to ship systems and rid ourselves of vor's device act as an extended tutorial both walking through a number of the game's Mission types such as spy which as you can imagine is all about the sneaky sneaky and sabotage as in what my ex-wife did to my entire life after completing each Mission and reconstructing each ship system game introduces the player to a number of key mechanics such as crafting as well as the game's mods with both being essential to progression the new player experience in Warframe is one that I frequently hear is lacking when it comes to setting up players with the fundamentals of the game and unfortunately it seems that even today that Still Remains at least somewhat the case for example after unlocking the Armory and with it a chance to upgrade frames and weapons the game's quirky ship AI pipes up as if he's about to walk us through the intricacies of modding a weapon asking us to First equip a mod to continue and then install the mod before we can [Music] continue does absolutely bugger all in the developer defense there is a detailed breakdown for modding available when hitting the tutorial button at the bottom of this menu but what's confusing is that the detailed run through that the game presents after hitting this button is not automatically presented to the player their first time around and could simply be skipped by already established players in fact I'll go as far to say that there are probably players with hundreds of hours that don't even know this is here this being a small change that I feel could go a long way and it's not the only baffling design choice in today's new player experience as we'll see as we continue our journey operator your inbox exists in a non-zero state would you care to check your [Music] mail Mitch manx so here you are I want you to know that if you are planning on busting out any of your god- awful music for this adventure to think again I am the music in this universe and I won't hesitate to sit you down if you don't behave consider yourself warned silly British man ha we'll see about that [ __ ] Super Bowl halime Parade Warframe mark my words by the end of this video we'll see who's sitting who down working through the remainder of the quests to hunt down the remaining ship parts disabling the grineer device as well as ultimately the satanic sunflower himself with a face off with Captain V the new player experience now opens up with players being able to continue on with the initial quests or get stuck in progressing through the star chart missions another moment where a small addition would go a long way to explain things such as where the missions are displayed on the HUD and the process of beating missions and functions to unlock more planets this information is there if you know where to look for it and the developers have done 95% of the work walking players to it but not everyone sitting down on the navigation will click around to find out where the next quests are over just starting up another mission and a quick tool TI pointing out the HUD features again could go a long way to avoid players feeling out of the loop given how much some other games bombard the player with a seemingly endless stream of nonsense I think players would probably forgive developers digital extremes for shoving such core information into their face at least for the first time around getting stuck into the star chart missions and realizing that the grineer have seemingly picked up a word or two of English after all we rejoin the game's questing being tasked with visiting konu on cetus with a look into one of the game's player hubs once again highlighting warframe's exceptional environmental design wandering through this settlement meeting its vendors in the market and finally getting to see groups of other players we track down konu that after meeting provides us with our first bounty to complete out the plains the plains being one of warframe's open world zones that are stark contrast from the corridors and small contained spaces of the star chart missions what the hell is that got of Gears away and as we'll see a little later houses all manner of far more MMO feeling [Music] activities finishing up the Bounty and heading back to the ship we're informed that we have qualified for our first Mastery ranked test Warframe un like most conventional MMOs uses a leveling system that is tied to the players's experience not only leveling each of the warframes but also each weapon type Companions and a number of additional modes of Destruction encouraging stepping away from just picking out a load out and sticking with it and a great way to slowly introduce the player to Alternative combat options and play Styles a Mastery Rank test is unlocked once a player has obtained enough experience overall and if passed will grant them the next Mastery Rank along with all weapons and quests that unlock with that level and sounding a little bit like a broken record here all of that being something that would work well as a quick breakdown when taking on the first test now rank two and after ticking off the prerequisites and meeting another of warframe's Bonkers antagonists in the form of Biff from Back to the future's nightmare fuel mechanical ancestor ten ten we move to take on the challenge of Earth's Junction a quick bout against an NPC Warframe who gets absolutely annihilated yet still seems to approve of the entire situation unlocking Venus and its loads to get stuck into more of Warframe self-contained missions to level up and of course collect more resources Venus like our previous location Earth also has available another player Hub in the form of fortuna a neon soaked industrial settlement once again housing groups of players as well as a range of NPCs that have their own bounties reputation to gather and level up in addition to vendors selling all sorts of weapons and items taking on the planet's opening bounties and getting into another striking open world Zone in orb valis we are eventually provided with one of warframe's slightly odd additions getting to ride on the K Drive whizzing around Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Style just adding to the Epic if not slightly confusing factor and after a while receiving a much due reality check are trying to look cool ah yeah smooth you made it time to give finishing up and venturing a little further We Begin our first assassination Mission which in practice contains the game's boss fights with the one on Venus being against the mighty [Applause] Jackal I expected it to be [Music] bigger a true test of the player up until this point as up until Venus things have been pretty smooth sailing as well as revealing one of the first ways of obtaining new warframes for new players the dis Jackle dropping the parts for the Warframe Rhino undefeat a feature of all the game star chart Buzz encounters giving players an easy way to begin bulking out their Warframe roster with our foot very much in the door with the new player experience before updating The Hit List there is another mode that until very recently was an option to play in place of the new player experience that we just journeyed through and is now instead an option after finishing up the quests with old cauliflower head FL pants this being the far more recent addition to the game taking place in the mysterious and striking land of divis the after starting the quest the player will be able to create their personalized Drifter character an experience that safe to say caught me a little bit off [Music] guard [Music] oh why would you ever why would you ever want that expression the gritty land of Warframe looks like he's staring at his love doing a painting or some [ __ ] d as cool as its experiences can be later down the line as we'll see well most likely only further confuse and overwhelm new players however as has much more of a story-driven quest heavy narrative for its new player experience and although it's great to see some of the game's more core characters early on oh yes and this is well it was you that named her [Music] remember ah yes Abomination how could I forget I would highly advise leaving this new offering to later in the player Journey as there is already more than enough to get to grips with and I can see why developers digital extremes put at least a few missions in front of it before being accessible by new players so after a thorough dive into it how does the new player experience Stack Up 11 years after release well in short it's still very easy for new players to get lost after finishing up taking down the brilliantly constructed opening and following captain V Quest small touches such as a few automatically activated info screens for firsttime players in addition to the buttons on the HUD that could be missed and a few guided tool tips could go a long way to smooth out the player's understanding and I feel like there is still some way to go before the new player experience becomes something I feel will allow for most players to jump in and feel like they're getting to grips with things in the opening hours so that's number one on The Hit List most certainly confirmed next up is the end game but first a quick overview of what exactly [Music] cheing off your head what even is that so targeting the ones with the most impact and of course fun factor is required first off is the kver Lich and sister system this mode you will encounter a true Nemesis that possesses some of the most powerful weapons in the game these foes work in a vaguely similar way to the Nemesis system in Shadow Of War while also now and again acting as a form of mental ex-girlfriend simulator named tough enemies that will take over a planet and steal some of your rewards when running missions there and frequently taor you into seeking them out I remember every moment we've shared every touch every lash every wound to take on these foes players will need to equip their frames special armblade the parazon with a series of glyphs that when placed in the right order will smash down their psycho exgirlfriend Lich but guessing the wrong order would lead them to leveling up and growing in power making the final battle all the more of a blood Barth the final battle with these enemies will be carried out in a space station integrating the game's player owned customizable rail Jack ships for a truly epic showdown and once bested the player will get the choice of taking their frequently highly powerful Firearms or capturing them to use as summonable companions a good laugh the first few times around but can become a bit of a grind considering how long each take to topple another notable content type comes in the forms of the game's idolon hunts returning back to our look at some of the game's open worlds idolon hunts task the player with taking down either a single or a trio of these hulky behemoths during the night while out in the plains of cetus these hunts are not for the unprepared however as especially in its triple hunts will'll take preparation and coordination with your team to take on Gathering up and charging the lures spread around the planes and using both the warframes and Drifter forms to carefully disable and capture these towering foes bringing with it significant challenge as well as significant reward dropping some of the most sought-after upgrades in the game some late game players specialized to work to create the most optimal loadouts and squads to take on these hunts to sell off the spoils to generate stacks of in-game currency and even 800 hours in I can say still offer up some of the most high octane experiences feeling true satisfaction returning from a successful night hunting uh excuse me do you do mind oh for God's sake I buy you this silly bed and you still insist in sleeping there moving on to one of the keystones of warframes endgame experience in a more traditional fashion is of course the game steel path mode after players complete all the missions in the star chart an additional difficulty mode will be unlocked that bumps up all the enemy levels and Buffs them to meet the Power of more advanced players each node in the star chard can be reattempted in the steel path mode with increased drop rates and now while playing a mission features visits from acolytes powerful Bounty Hunter type enemies that will spawn in and attempt to destroy the player and once again upon defeat dropping some worthwhile rewards certainly a mode that will take a lot of planning and metal to finish the star ch once more now onto an extremely recent update developers digital extremes have set out to add more options to the true endgame content in the form of their new netra cells missions taking place in the visually stunning sanctum anatomica a place containing yet more insanely designed characters with by far my favorite being a posh sounding fish sporting a chain that even gives Buster Rhymes a run for his money these netr cell missions come with the daunting warning of their difficulty including enemies up to level 240 tasking full squads of players picking up key glyphs the debuff its holder with effects such as sapping the players energy supplies or adding additional status effects to damage taken this new mode is a step in the right direction for sure but still won't topple players that have already spent hundreds of hours crafting the most optimal builds and still does highlight one of warframe's challenges when it comes to its end game and the game's power creep ha Man In The Wall my ass no one suspects the man stuck in the floor another new mode that makes some interesting tweaks to challenging its players is the steel path circuit taking place in the mysterious land of dveri that we visited earlier and housing some of the best weapons in the game with its transformable incarn and weapons the circuit limits players options for load out to only a few randomly selected options to mix and match before getting stuck into its missions that are of course also steel path with all the additional enemy levels and Buffs present giving way to pulling the player out of their comfort zone with their meta bills and instead testing their ability to adapt and still come out on top against the game's higher level Mission types with all of this being coupled with D's decree system giving the player a number of options of Buffs and modifiers to choose while playing for more of a roguelike experience with this mode again being a nice addition to create a new challenge to overcome with some tasty rewards so returning to The Hit List has Warframe now solved its endgame woes well a little with so many options to choose from such as incredibly powerful frames such as Revenue that with the right build is practically invincible and wisp that with a touch of a button can drop healing speed and CC Allin one and overall has a fantastic Aral with such powerful options the game is always going to be quite difficult to balance when it comes to its challenges and they've assumingly backed themselves into a corner slightly having so much on offer to fulfill that satisfying feeling of growing in power and creating the perfect Loadout for reach Mission type that is still a struggle to present true endgame challenges that aren't trivialized by longer standing plan there are still highlights such as the idolon Hunts and steel paath circuit that still require team coordination and preparation and of course a lot of the game's endgame is centered around increasing the Mastery Rank and seeking out and leveling up all the frames weapons and companions Etc so some will find plenty to keep them busy in their thousandth hour regardless so my friends overall the endgame in Warframe is moving in the right direction but not quite there yet but given its clear Focus recently I'm key to see how this progresses in the future that's Hit List item number two confirmed but with with a little asterisk there inbox exists in a nonzero state would you care to check your mail hello again my tea guzzling tit bag I hope you are staying away from making any sort of song and dance while you wander around my universe I saw your cringe Fest Guild Wars 2 video don't forget I hear everything Cheerio France about while you can dear as by the end of this video you we're going to see oh boy we're on to the PVP this one is going to be a short one in all warframes PVP is more dead than creativity in react content I feel like the developers have long since given up trying to turn the game's PVP mode into somewhat of a main drawer for the game leaving only tiny pockets of players even queuing up for the PVP modes on offer which if you ask me is a shame as in the few games I got in I found I was enjoying it from time to time this may just be me liking a bit of competition but at the same time felt a little like there was some real loss potential here unbalanced lacking players to say the least and clearly not a focus most matches consist of one or two unsuspecting players who haven't realized how dead the modes are as well as of course that one player that spends all day doing it just to smash them all up if you are considering diving into Warframe to migrate over from a similar title such as Destiny 2 you'll have to do so with the mind that your PVP experience will be all but left behind with it while doing so I've heard that there's a little more of a scene over on the na side but not exactly by by much and with all that considered players will still need to put in some considerable effort to make PVP work for them in this one hit list number three most certainly [Music] confirmed so we have arrived at probably the most disgust and polarizing Target on the hit list warframes monetization including if the game can be classed pay to win the game uses an in-game currency named Platinum that can be used to buy weapons warframes as well as other bundles that unlock major pieces of Kit such as the necrom a custom iable robot death machine and the railjack a player's personal fighter ship for space missions Platinum can also be used to speed up crafting by boosters to double experience gain or item drop rates as well as of course be spent on the game's huge amount of customization colors and cosmetics we we' make sure our microtransactions focus on the ability to customize nipples it's a very very important oh yeah I can get behind that it sounds like a lot and it is however all of these items including the boosters and cosmetics can be obtained by playing the game and for the most part not an a I'm going to let the players earn this but make it as painful as possible so they give up and spend real cash anyway kind of way did you see in other free-to-play games there are a few frames and grinds for gear in the game that are on the longer side such as the railjack and especially if you're like me and seemingly farted in RNG s's Kettle in a past life but for the most part in-game currency will mainly be for pay for convenience or a Pay to Win do you want to run bounties to rack up enough reputation to get the blueprints for this Frame or just buy it outright Warframe also as mentioned before as a Marketplace to allow players to trade with each other using Platinum meaning players that sell off their unwanted duplicates or Farm up some sort-after items for the market can generate stacks of platinum without spending any real cash if they so desire regarding pay to win it's an interesting one as there's not really anything to really win by paying stacks of real cash as we've seen PVP is not a key player and Wales would mostly be spending a lot of platinum on items that a lot of the free-to-play players would obtain while working through the game's content anyway and it goes without saying that anyone looking to purely buy their way to the top of a non-competitive game probably doesn't enjoy the game's gameplay enough to get stuck in seek it out themselves leaving me wondering why they would be playing especially this game in the first place ah congratulations buin you finally found the bed well done there are no GAA mechanics loot boxes or other predatory mechanics getting in the way of anyone wanting to pay for the convenience getting their hands on the latest Prime for example a task that if done in game would take cracking open in-game obtained relics for the parts or simply buying the parts from players on the market overall Warframe for me has one of the best free-to-play models I've seen in the free-to-play space carefully managing to blend big purchasable items with small Cosmetics such as turning your Kat companion into a silly wizard I've never really felt forced to spend any real cash in the game as after all while that new sword is being crafted why do I need to pay to rush it when there are so many other things to get stuck into to tide me over till its completion as it's not really stopping me from doing anything there are however a few cheeky inclusions such as requiring the previously mentioned rail Jack and necrom for some of the bigger story quest lines and some of the grinds for new gear and Frames will leave players staggering around exhausted only you what was that only you but overall if you find yourself enjoying warframe's momentto moment gameplay its monetization will not work to put barriers in your way or twist your arm into paying to continue to enjoy your experience or progress given such a wide array on offer with this Target on The Hit List be being sent to the void now a spoiler-free delve into the game's story an element that in the past has been described is Bare Bones and simply something to put a setting to all the Epic bullet dodging satisfying combat encounters over the last few years the developers have released a number of significant updates that have gone a long way to add depth to its narrative experience without spoiling anything it's clear that the stories that the game tells as with its endgame have definitely become a focus to build upon whether it's within the small quests that unlock the parts to build the new frame or the much grander roller coaster ride of the new war quest line personally I fallen in love a little bit with the narrative experiences digital extremes just seem to be getting better and better at crafting Now featuring some far more flushed out characters did this dude just Honda headb me from the actually quite chilling reveal of the origins of the Warframe Harrow you cannot kill this tenno run you can only run or the tragic and mysterious plotline around a certain ship drifting through the void for me the game story has become one of its most improved upon elements narratives that land especially hard when delivered in the incredibly cinematic and high production style the developers have achieved when new updates are announced yes of course this gets players yearning for yet more warframes and builds to put together however more and more I find myself eagerly looking forward to the next plot development to see what will play out in this strange but oddly alluring Universe while at the same time keeping with it some of its tongue and cheek humor and silliness to balance things out what's what's with the music isn't it great I can lead you through some breathing exercises just turn it off the bulk of the game story is delivering quite short bursts but are then reinforced by The Game's Landscapes and environmental storytelling and I for one quite like this model as a lot of players come to Warframe to grind for the best gear and take on quickfire game modes while enjoying the gameplay and moving over to a heavy focus on very lengthy narrative experiences wouldn't really fit into the mold something that possibly digital extremes upcoming title Soul frame may be able to deliver just as a side note Soul frame did you let the intern name that I digress what the developers have done over the past couple of years have been well received and goes a long way to keeping me invested to see what they have in store for the future so has Warframe done enough to shake off the claim that it's lacking when it comes to its story if you ask me most certainly and with that this final Target on The Hit List is sent to the void with The Hit List completed the question Still Remains of who will enjoy modern day Warframe as if you are potentially looking to seek in so many hours into the game you want to be the type of person who gets a kick out of the results we have exposed it goes without saying that if you don't get on with its gameplay dashing about dispatching your foes in all manner of Epic looking ways you most certainly will not enjoy this game as so much hangs on finding enjoyment when repeating content and building up your account and on that note if you are put off with the concept of grinding together the parts you need to craft your next desired weapon or upgrade once again you will most likely quickly become bored with the game after not too long the new player experience is still overwhelming yet not fully equipped to really set up potential new players and I feel the wiks and guides out there still go a long way to fill in the gaps but for those who make it through and really want to dive in and explore what this game has to offer we'll find themselves pulling back the layers of an experience that just keeps getting deeper more all filled with character and Mystique and getting more and more fulfilling the further they go the game also has an exceptional following and is reflected in the developers events with a great sense of community and excitement for what lies ahead migraine what a community that I'm sure makes its members proud to be a part of far from being a game for everyone but for those that take on the challenge have one hell of a universe to explore now now with all that said and done if you'll excuse me I have a certain smug musical Warframe to deal with what don't you [Music] dare [Music] w

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Length: 31min 51sec (1911 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 29 2024