Warframe a 6 year old gift

I’ve known about Warframe for years but just never got around to giving it a go. The game first came out in 2013, any 6 year old game still being actively developed with a thriving community must be doing something right. After a dry period in my gaming catalog I finally decided to jump in and give Warframe a shot and have since racked up almost 30 hours of play.

Firstly the game is great, it runs flawlessly, looks great and plays great the next update (coming soon) brings a graphics overhaul to bring it inline with most modern day AAA titles.

You play as a Tenno (aka Space Ninja’s) a long lost race of noble warriors who one day in a world full of conflict just up-ed and left never to be seen again. Starting a new game you are given the option to play in 1 of 3 ‘frames’ each with there own unique traits and abilities. The game as of writing has over 20 unlockable frames so there is a play style to suit everyone.

Movement is a big deal in warframe and once you master the power slide, into jump, back into slide combo you with literately be flipping about the levels at blistering pace slicing up enemies left, right and centre it really is one of the best parts of the game, its so fluid and you do really get that Space Ninja feel as you glide around. With 14 planets to visit in the game each with around 10 locations the game is nothing short of massive but not necessarily demanding you are able to play very much at your own pace only clearing a few levels if that is all you have time for. The game does a good job of keeping you on the right track making sure progression doesn’t slow down.

Its a free to play game with micro transactions but thankfully its not pay to win. Everything in Warframe is fully unlockable in the game absolutely free you can pay to speed things up but it is absolutely not necessary. At is core Warframe is a farming/grinding game with the end goal to become as powerful and possible if you want a specific weapon be prepared to ‘farm’ the materials required to craft said weapon which could require running the same mission over and over until you meet the required quota.

Warframe is available to every platform at the moment so there really inst a reason you can’t play a small drawback is its not cross platform so any frames I have unlocked on my PC account won’t be available if I were to start playing on my Switch.

The upcoming expansion Warframe: Empyrean brings a graphical overhaul, space ships (fuck yea!) and a new enemy race. If there was ever a time to give Warframe a shot now is the time. If none of this has give you even the slightest inclination to play watch the intro trailer and think of the Space Ninja you could be.