Warframe: It's so Good I Stopped Playing

A farewell to Warframe and its content, in the form of a review detailing both the great and the terrible when considering if Warframe is worth playing.
Future plans? I'm leaning towards D2 in terms of content, but we'll have to see where I go with things.
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00:00 Introduction
02:07 Positives:
02:15 Movement
03:40 Developer Outreach
05:22 Combat Diversity
06:54 Customization
07:36 Story
08:36 Art & Sound
09:12 Free-to-play
10:13 Community
11:20 Negatives:
11:25 Community
12:14 Grind
12:54 Eternal Beta
13:35 Diversity
14:29 New Player Experience
15:03 Wrap-up

[@Tech_Marauder]

When the windchime decoration was added, they were silent. I pointed out that this was a huge miss because the entire point of windchimes is to make sound, to chime, and I got a response almost right away by I think DE Markus (I don’t want to confidently say that, but I think it I was them, it was at least someone from DE). The next update the windchimes got a really nice ambient chime sound. That is the most inane feedback to listen to, but they did and it made me very happy, although it’s quite possible they already planned to do it. Even if they did, the fact that somebody working there even bothered responding to that is an example of how good their PR is.

[@WhatWillYouFind]

WF for all it's faults, never succumbed to the blatant cash grab greedy bullshit of the last 10 years. Do you want fashion frame? Pay up, thats what the prime releases amounted to in my perspective. Lootboxes? People complained about pets and certain shop items . . . they removed them. The limited assortment of noob traps are still there, but again time is money and sometimes you just want to pay. Unlike other "pay to skip" game monetization schemes, this one always felt somewhat fair in retrospect. WF taught me to be patient and anticipate what I earned. You can play the game for free and get nearly everything, at the cost of 1000's of hours across multiple years, but that cost is a journey. You make friends, have fun with people. It is the BEST online only experience ever made if it is your jam. Movement will likely never be any better across any other game, not even GunZ or similar bullet jump games did it quite like DE. DE has always shown passion "against the needs of being profitable." Hit or miss, most of the major releases were extremely hype and didn't fall flat for me. Warframe is an EXPERIENCE, a long journey mastering everything. Warframe has an interesting and unique cinematic story, which I'm surprised they havent turned into a movie by now. The art and aesthetic is on point for me. If there was ever a game to transition to VR, THIS WOULD BE IT. The amazing community " a community that rivals that of ANY game ever made" has always been friendly and helpful, this happened across my first 300 hours where I hit LUA and wanted to find octavia for the first time. The JOY of seeing all of the LUA puzzles and exploring the world was bar none. The continued joy of partying with people and seeing new things every couple dozen or a hundred hours kept it going until I hit 1k hours and nearly mastered everything. Warframe is a game I wished they'd make available offline with P2P connectivity towards the end of it's life cycle. It would be a massive lose for the world if this game disappeared after shutting down. I love warframe, I will cry when it shutsdown . . . .

[@Zanthorr]

Chime boss

[@themostracistofthemall]

Mine gratitude upon thee

[@CelestialDraconis]

Actually I wouldn't be surprised if it was [DE]Marcus. I had a similar experience. When Angels of Zariman launched, it came with decorations you could purchase with standing. There were these chemistry test tube decorations worth 4k each, except I noticed that one of them was worth 40k. Wondering if they just added an extra 0 by mistake, I complained about it on the subreddit. Didn't really expect anything to come of it, was just something to laugh about. But Marcus said he was going to look into it and on the next hotfix, they reduced the price. Never thought I'd get such a quick response. I'm gonna miss that guy (he has since left DE iirc). It's one of the few games where it really feels like the devs actually care and listen to the community.

[@patrickpeters1840]

You should tell that story more often.❤🎉

[@nunyabusiness4718]

“I can’t bullet jump this is hell” felt that

[@GB2G]

The Fortuna intro was amazing. Arguably one of the best audio-visuals presented to me in a game.

[@TheCrimsonV01d]

I would downright say it’s Iconic. It’s quite a work of art and really paints the picture of hardship that Fortuna really endures as a game faction. Like a Disney song that isn’t afraid to be carrying a dark message

[@milktenders6219]

Shame that a lot of the other cuts scenes didn’t have that much attention put in, but it’s a free game, so I’m not gonna be actually upset about the story not being incredible

[@TheCrimsonV01d]

@@milktenders6219 well considering that the scene you see is just the live assets and nothing changes significantly as you play, it wasn’t hard to put together since it’s permanent. Making a whole new scene like parts of the sacrifice quest would take a lot more time and resources just to be a one off event.

[@coel5276]

i hope next time they sing about farming meidcal debt bonds jesus christ

[@TheCrimsonV01d]

@@coel5276 nah those are easy. I want the toroids.

[@kenny.lyh108]

5k hours player here. The part where you said about the unspoken competitions with randoms is soooo true. It's always a race (for me) even if no one said anything 😂

[@ThePopeOfAwesomeness]

For me, warframe is like minecraft. One of my all time favourites and I stop playing it all the time but then I come back. I'm the last of my friends that still plays warframe. One reason for that is the MIGHTY SEER meme but mostly because the movement and gunplay just feels good, not to mention it's nostalgic of days past. The grind is annoying but the games fun, it's a great mindless shooter. Always loved your videos mate

[@MuscarV2]

I've never played warframe, but I absolutely understand what you mean through minecraft. I'm interested in warframe through and wondering if it would be worth getting started with now. Would you recommend it or not to a new player?

[@ThePopeOfAwesomeness]

@MuscarV2 I 100% recommend it. It anything I think now is the best time to start. You can get straight into the latest update without having to go through the old stuff. Best thing is you can really pick what you want to do when. The game is as complex as you want it to be. It's a bit of a grind sometimes but it's balanced by its fun

[@user-zj9sx6vb6u]

​​@@MuscarV2he game is almost perfect. But there's many downsides, 1) bugs. Since the game makes new, exiting quests very fast. They are suspect to bugs and lag 2. The grind. Each individual thing takes hours upon hours to get. The grind is unreal. I mean you literally have to have no job to be able to have the time for this 3) addictive. The game is very addictive. It's so addictive you play it for a week straight resulting in a burnout and you'll take many breaks as it will be boring and you'll have nothing to do. 4) however it is good as its F2P. You can play for free and get the same stuff as P2W players through grind. Hope it helps! :)

[@user-zj9sx6vb6u]

@@sekaikage perfect in my eyes

[@snickers7494]

no shit u stopped playing and came back like a nolifer, because of the "Grind is annoying" its nothing compared to minecraft, i have no clue how the fuck did this comparison come to ur warframe brain.

[@zdravkohorvat8522]

With almost 8k hours under my belt and after watching your recap I can only say, job well done sir 👏... wf is and will remain one of the best games I ever played in a long run and I've played a lot of them in my 50+ years of age

[@skylarmccloud4080]

Respect Veteran 40 plus years gaming Started with the 2600. Q-Bert the 1st Video game to have swearing. censored swearing, but still swearing. That was huge to 7 year old me.

[@yahwehra1771]

Easily the best game ever made

[@ChickenJoe-tq6xd]

Do you ever go outside?

[@zdravkohorvat8522]

@@ChickenJoe-tq6xd me? I work a full time job, and in my free time I climb mountains and explore undergorund caves ... so yeah, I go outside, but I play a lot of games also

[@ChickenJoe-tq6xd]

@@zdravkohorvat8522 that’s good I’m just playing

[@tomaslatrain2470]

I've always struggled with how to explain to friends who've never played why I come back to Warframe time after time. The short version is "the movement has ruined other games for me and the art/sound will amaze you" and the long version is a 4 hour TED talk of the lore, mechanics, and my history with the game. Thank you for making something I can link them that will do a much better job than I ever could explaining the incredible draw and inevitable frustrations that come with this game.

[@spankyjeffro5320]

Personally, I find WF too fast. All you do is zoom through the same corridors, auto-killing mobs with AOE guns or abilities. It's just ADHD the game, but not in a good way.

[@MEYH3M]

As someone with 5k ish hours i think you summed it up pretty well. The game is not without it's flaws but the things it does right (and there are a lot of them), it does them soo right it ruins other games.

[@FrancisYorkMorganFBI]

everytime i take a break from the game it takes me a while to unlearn the muscle memory from warframe's movement. a while ago i had this moment in the curcuit in which i bullet jumped into the air kicked of a wall to the left, glided a bit to kick of an enemies head to then glide to the over site of a large gap. all of it was muscle memory, i didn't have to think about it. after reaching the other side i had this small pause and just wonder at what point my brain just got used to doing this. no other games does this to me and it's always refreshing to experince again after a larger break.

[@user-zh1mn8rn9k]

Play gears

[@thelytz9806]

Octavia is BY FAR my favorite Warframe, being able to make your own music is so unique and cool, not to mention she can nuke maps with her beats

[@illuminaughty-7868]

i've been running solo on some sortie missions and some high level missions that im not par with using octavia. Press 1 or 2 (optional) then lay back and enjoy the show.

[@ijustbevibin0425]

Damn i haven’t seen the vid yet but I didn’t know there was a hero that could make music😂

[@vastoa]

so do you not like playing the actual game?

[@NeightrixPrime]

Never seen her nuke maps, especially not grineer.

[@bambampewpew32]

​@@ijustbevibin0425 me neither lmao wtf they added lucio to warframe?? Lmao

[@sajinkahnalt]

You’ve made a good impact on the games community and got to communicate with the devs. It’s an honorable achievements and can make the goodbye that much better for you. Well done and good fortune

[@Raikeran]

hey, fancy seeing you here lol

[@sajinkahnalt]

@@Raikeran i'm *everywhere* nice of you to say hi dude

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

@@sajinkahnaltfound you 👀

[@sajinkahnalt]

@@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT A grave mistake on your part.

[@PROPHYZ]

thanks for all your Dojo guides, they been of huge value. In what ever you move onto, I wish you good fortune man.

[@frostmint3584]

Good Fortuna you mean-

[@gunsrlove]

For me, going from Warframe to D2 was going from content overeating to content starvation

[@VeeZzz123]

what is D2?

[@yen_zen]

​@@VeeZzz123destiny 2

[@VeeZzz123]

@@yen_zen Thank you

[@unkxxwn_name]

watching this review/recap as a new player around 50H just made me wanna play even more, massively underrated game

[@zrugel]

this is _actually_ one of the best summaries or descriptions of Warframe I've ever heard. kudos to you, good sir.

[@godzelda123]

@BorelockBeing positive about a game you like isn't singing DE's praises. Dude was positive but fair

[@nullstate8117]

​@@godzelda123 "Movement in ALL other games is bad Warframe - good"

[@cesruhf2605]

@@nullstate8117 Yeah exactly dude doesn't understand game design. Plus its generally braindead to take a subjective topic and calling it fact

[@davidthomas5614]

"kudos to you, good sir!" maaaan shut the hell up

[@Junya01]

@@nullstate8117 he has 10,000 hours, I think it's reasonable to expect personal biases. Like I have around 3.7k on tf2 after playing for 8 years or so, so obviously I think the movement and skill expression in that game is top notch and better than everything else out there (still true idc come fight me). How much more someone who's spent 10k hours? Tho real talk if I have to say, objectively the best movement in any shooter/3d space is Gunz: The Duel. Crazy hard to learn and the community is niche but dedicated, but yeah that's not up for discussion. The best movement in any platformer/2d space is Smash Bro's Melee, also not up for discussion.

[@giraoshaw]

Warframe really truly is something special to a lot of us. I love it to death and still play it even with all its blemishes. If I had to boil all the critiques I've had into one suggestion, it'd be this: I hope there will be a time when they dedicate their resources into revitalizing the parts of the game that were left to dry as they poured their resources into making new bombastically different updates that will take half a year to fully iron out before moving onto the next big bombastic update (I just hope Duviri is the last open world they do because we seriously did not _need_ more after PoE and Duviri would be a good note to end these years of Open World obsession)

[@DefinitelANonymous]

​@@Unknown_Genius i stopped playing after PoE because i felt like the open world was just another big map that, after playing for a couple months, only served to make my fingers more tired after performing the same set of movements over and over again. As more open world "maps" got released im not feeling enough excitement to compel me to play the game again. Which is weird, because sometimes i just really miss the way my Nova moved even when playing other games, i miss the curves of her metallic body. The moment-to-moment movement and combat in warframe really are some magical stuff but it just doesn't feel good if a new open world map feels like another set of chores. i would give my firstborn for a warframe-like action rpg.

[@tiagocf1208]

In theory we got the 4 open worlds that were promissed way back when PoE was being planned, one ofr each faction, grinner(PoE), Corpus(Fortuna), infested(deimos) and now duviri for the corrupted. The only one that could still come one way would be the one for the sentient with we invading their star system. But we already have the man in the wall and void to focus on the history. Sadly I dont believe they are ever going to come back, the history is already a mess, Nef anyo, is killed, revived in 2 events that nobody remembers anymore, and fight him out of order (the infested version is only found 3 planets past the time you fight the one that made a deal with the sentients, that is the present one btw)

[@ethanieldude1]

We've been saying this for like 4-5 years now 😂

[@rivengle]

I hope Railjack eventually gets built into its original concept - a way to connect all the content islands together and have different squads working together, while also having content depth itself.

[@AndrewB383]

That and just guide new players, try telling someone how to get into the game, it's just... Absolutely opaque as to what the hell you're supposed to be DOING to a new player

[@sean6623]

bro dont quit, ive only just found your channel and the quality of this is far better than i expected from a warframe youtuber and i want more

[@Mirro18]

Hey, i just remembered that I used to be in your clan for some time! As such, I want to thank you for the time I was able to spend with your creations even if this is funnily enough the first time i have seen your youtube videos. It was a blast showing my new player friends around your dojo and I had a great time exploring every nook and cranny of it. As such as somebody who will stick around with the game... goodbye. Or not! Who knows, what goes around comes around!

[@nickrobinson5715]

I've been wondering what happened to you, you helped me a lot with dojo and orbiter decorating. I was looking forward to more dojo room and decoration reviews, but the content you've already made will last me the rest of my time in warframe, thanks vash, we will miss you

[@eleanorenaelith9735]

Honnestly it feels like a love letter to the game while still leaving it wihout any kind of hate towards it. It feels great to see & remind me why I love this game while still having 10% of your playtime (might be what prevent me from burning out since I'm playing since like... 10 years now). Great vid & wish you the best in your next ones

[@brago900]

That is the secret to enjoying Warframe indefinitely, going at your own pace without forcing yourself to enter the game every day without exception. I have been in Warframe for many years and I have always avoided everything that could burn me, as a consequence of this I do not have everything but I have everything I need.

[@nimitsharma9140]

@@brago900 I love how you can hop off for an year and get right back up without missing much. not too much FOMO in warframe (fear of missing out)

[@-Shibbi]

​​@@nimitsharma9140Agree. While other current live service games rely heavily on FOMO to keep their game alive, Warframe is 1 of few that doesn't use FOMO to keep the game alive. FOMO in video games really makes the game like a job, so stressful. Especially me, who can't control my own pace and affected by the FOMO.

[@Bananchy]

Thank you so much for this video! You summed everything up quite nicely.

[@louislevet]

You hyped me up soo much for this game!! Fire video, +1! Have a good week end :D

[@katakesh8566]

My brother convinced me to play around the Second Dream and I was an addicted from the start. Literally spent 8 hours a day the first 2 weeks grinding. It was marvelous Duviri and the changes since then have always added so much flavor. Honestly i feel spoiled by the game

[@VashCowaii]

Brothers, man. Mine also got me into the game back in the day.

[@foolted]

Spoilers!11!! The drifter is the tenno from another reality!111!11!!!!111!!!11 And da fridter appears in da new war.

[@chimpjohnson8577]

@@foolted shut up maybe?

[@markothevrba]

Played back in 2014-2015, I remember second dream, I also remember playing the game from when I woke up, up until I went to bed on some days. Truly a masterpiece with great devs and community. I am however one man and I couldn't afford to keep that up. Couldn't find a way to balance the game with my life, so I ended up quitting it completely, I couldn't "just play a little", it was a dopamine machine and I couldn't control myself. 8 years clean now.

[@rupustre]

@@markothevrba oh man... im there haha i cant just play a little..i always go for like 6 or 7 hours nonstop

[@TheSclerotic36]

Mate I’m loving finding this video, your perspective is amazing. As a fairly newer player(a year in). Devastating to see you go but can say I’ll be subscribing and going through your video catalog to learn on how to decorate my own dojo 😊 thank you. I’m looking forward to seeing what you start playing next

[@gomeezzzzz5213]

Hello Vash! I just discovered this channel through this video and i have never seen someone explain the essence of Warframe in such an in-depth and entertaining way! I haven't touched Warframe in over 3 years but i am more than convinced to hit that download button after your video, thw Warframe community owes you!

[@drjpeg]

Awesome video brother. Make great points and gave credit where credit is due. Excited to jump into this game

[@buff7879]

Farewell vash, you'll be missed

[@weston8751]

Awesome video and commentary. My favorite part of the game has been collecting all and trying all sorts of different weapons and making pea shooters into destroyers of worlds like you said! This channel and its content have evolved so much and it is amazing to see!

[@Dod8t]

I had no idea Warframe actually had a good story since I played it a long time ago and dropped it. Thanks for making this video, I'll definitely give it another try.

[@Ocarina654]

Good video. I finally dove in after being interested in Warframe for a long time. Having a blast!

[@spudistis5734]

I just got back into the game, and my one gripe with it is that there's a rush system for crafting things. having to wait 3 days to build something that takes less than 5-8 hours to get the materials for really sucks and feels like a mobile game mechanic, especially when the platinum cost is so high to rush it

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

It makes me quit every time. Just let me farm bosses and stuff for what I need

[@wellumm8350]

The problem isn't unique to warframe. Let's be honest the next best replacement to warframe in the form of Destiny does the exact same with power cap and the time gating on it. Hell, even if we just go throughout mmos, there are always systems in place to slow down the player in some way, whether it's in a form of grinding itself (the least egregious) to outright time gating (the middle ground imo) or heaven forbid item loss (crafting and having the item cease to exist). Obviously, it isn't for everyone, but it's a constant that we gotta deal with in live service games as a whole.

[@ImTakingYouToFlavorTown]

​@@wellumm8350Yeah I really don't mind it in the long run. I've spent more time grinding for crap in destiny than Warframe and Warframe actually feels different to play with different guns instead of the archetypes that make most things feel exactly the same. Most guns in Warframe would be Exotics in Destiny, and I don't need to hope for a 1% chance to drop an engram on top of them being locked behind DLC or worse yet, having been tied to sunset content so I need a DLC pass on top of having to grind raids for materials.

[@ethangonzalez9265]

@@wellumm8350 Toxic behavior isnt unique to any specific personb but that doesn't mean we should just turn the other cheek and allow ourselv es to be treated that way. People out there love you. Be kind to yourself. You deserve better.

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

I got 1000 hours and i honestly don’t have any intention of stopping any time soon. I love showing new players cool frames and weapons, playing missions with different frames is always engaging, and the movement is so good that when I try going back to other games I get bored immediately. Although since my friends left I won’t deny that I have gotten a bit lonely and depressed since going solo (which was 600 hours ago). But I have other things like making art and writing in my life to cheer me up.

[@kevinsmithgaming]

Don't stop just enjoy it man. Squeeze every last drop out of it till you reach the saturation point. It was 6000 hrs for me.

[@chancemyers4603]

What you play on my boyyyy

[@birbdad1842]

I'm in 2000 hours and I just can't anymore. The game just doesn't offer me anything anymore. The content I'm mainly doing is repetitive and I just don't want to crack the 1 billionth relic anymore. Don't want to do the 1 billionth cephalon lvl up mission.... It just eats too much time for me that I'd want to spend on testing new builds and playstyles, trying out different missions, yet I'm doing those tedious and boring ones I absolutely have to all the time. I'm not mad though, I got 2k out of a f2p title. Put a good amount of money in it, had a fun clan to play with... I'm satisfied.

[@chancemyers4603]

@@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT damnnnn

[@chancemyers4603]

@@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT can’t we still play tho? I’d be down

[@ethanpetrea6164]

you really hit well on the point that they act in a constructive way as much as possible. example the rivens addition, or bullet jumping, removing abilities as mod cards, all those things were annoying and they fixed it. also when dojos started it was kinda cool to have a personal social space, but now you log on after being afk in a clan for several months and suddenly thres a full blown dragon made out of random bits in the base

[@peterkoopman5059]

Hey you to thank you for the vids loved ur multishot / range video with making people lagg xD

[@ClanAnnora]

This is the video that encapsulates the Warframe experience. You yourself have been a big part of the Dojo community and taught me a lot, emphasising the good part of the games community. Very well said, Vash.

[@Dietchoker]

Excellent video, pretty much how I feel about the game too, I've been playing the game a lot less in the past year. No hate, I too have too many hours in the game. I'm really grateful for what you've done for the dojo community, not just the vids but mainly the discord and other backend stuff. Look forward to your next video, my friend.

[@neMgieTV]

Awesome vid!!

[@turtlekappa7141]

This game was a labor of love for a decade. To see Warframe become what it is today just makes a gamer like me smile from ear to ear. The shear amount of content available today makes the game (at first) pretty hard to sink into. But the friends I've sent in all day different things. Only one thing stays the same. Come back!! Tbh I've wanted to but other games have their own hold on me like his one did all those years ago. Maybe one day

[@Nub1s]

Great Video, I´ve been playing warframe since 2017 and you summarized everything I could think of, the great and the bad. Can see that you put a lot of thought in making the video. You made me start trying Dojo/orbiter decoration and I had quite fun so far (thats a lie, I wasted so much time, I need help) anyway ty for all the guides ^^

[@HeyJuuu]

I've got nothing bad to say about Warframe. I love this game so much. Had so much fun and helped me get through some of the bad times in my life. I even met some precious people in this game. I chose to quit because it was taking so much of my time. Memories I made from this game are the ones i return to whenever I need to go to a happy place.

[@novoca1n3]

Love the comedy in your vids. You've convinced me to give this game a try

[@Code-Imp]

I stoped at fortuna when they announced ships. I loved the game but I just could not keep playing with the moving goalpost of a game that would never end

[@darnassiannightsaber7835]

Yeah, Black Desert Online and Warframe player. I feel your pain bro, but with all of the recent changes in gaming industry, these are the only games that allow me to stay....No good games coming out at all...

[@eloryosnak4100]

For what its worth, I feel like there's something people aren't saying to you Mr. Cowaii. Nobody will think less of you if you *do* come back to warframe, every so often, or in five years, or anything. Follow your heart, Praise Grofit and the Tubemen, and Dream of What You Are. Aka, have a good one Vash Cowaii.

[@JW-wc6ol]

Imagine if SWTOR was of this quality

[@fosterbeans6222]

haven't touched it since Feb 2015. been in a bit of a gaming rut lately and redownloading this one simply because of your video. good stuff, man.

[@gabrielsanchez6242]

I just stumbled upon your video and I couldn't agree more with all your said. I played Warframe for quite a while too and enjoyed every moment of it. But once it logged out for a few months getting back in was so hard again. Still I recommend it every time I can, I am happy I watched this. Great memories

[@Perfect_Essence]

This video spoke to me on a level unlike any other wf video I've seen before. I've been pretty consistently playing this game since 2014 and have become fairly burnt out with it but I 100% believe that Warframe is worth your time and one of the best ftp games ever made. Thank you for this. Even if I don't enjoy the game as much anymore the experiences it has given me have made my time spent well worth it.

[@jgsource552]

im glad i even got 100 hrs of entertainment out of the game let alone nearly a thousand

[@gratianray2]

one thing people kind of forget existed between coptering and bullet jump was the aerial attack that was added to work together with coptering as a vertical movement option, it let you jump as high as a bullet jump before it got added, that was the intended purpose too After the bullet jump was added the aerial attack stopped having any momentum and didn't move you even an inch forward anymore, even now it kind of sucks even with the newer infinite aerial combo you can do because it doesn't move you or let you hover effectively to hit aerial enemies anyway, while slide attacks are still useful for movement, change trajectory or get more range so you don't miss a ledge, at least with a melee that has good attack speed

[@iv4nGG]

He had hair when he started playing Warframe

[@ruffleraveninc3602]

This vid convinced me to start playing again, thanks

[@MrDubs]

What an absolutely fair and heartwarming 'goodbye' video! I still love my space ninja game, but I love it for every point you touched on. The community is so fun and helpful and with cross-platform added that means more tenno on Hydron that I can play my shawzin for. I've not clue who you are, I just searched "warframe" to watch a video while I ate some dinner and holy heck was this good. Best wishes moving forward.

[@ChickenJoe-tq6xd]

Is it too late to get in it?

[@silentd9078]

@@ChickenJoe-tq6xd Never. Just ask region chat if you're lost or confused.

[@ChickenJoe-tq6xd]

@@silentd9078 I just started and the combat feels great, any things to know before I start journey?

[@silentd9078]

You have hundreds of hours of content ahead of you. I'm outside rn so can't give much advice lmao. I'll just add that if you're feeling lost go check out Brozime on youtube, he has a series of guides for newcomers. Have fun Tenno!

[@victormegir3041]

I relate so much with this video it's crazy. It reminded me why I quite, made me want to go back in, made me wish I could re experience it, made me feel like I made the right decision to quit. I only have 2,2k hours on it

[@Flitzzzzy]

i am SO SO Hapy i found your channel you are always straight to the point and take always both sides i hop you will keep playing destiny 2 and maybe someday warframe again

[@VashCowaii]

Lol glad you found me too

[@ferventwoe8856]

I briefly got into warframe on the ps4 many years ago and this made me want to try it again on my steam deck this time around

[@baitposter]

Thanos voice @ DE: *_Perhaps I treated you too harshly_*

[@D4rkkay]

I started playing like 2 years ago but i only played it bc of the nice graphics and got bored fast but the last few weeks my friend started playing so i actually started playing seriously and im already addicted to it, the time to craft itens i dont like but its something that make me more anxious to play again, its like the day before Christmas when you were a kid, i cant wait to wake up enter the game claim the item and go test it out, the game is a bit confusing at the start and its gonna take some time before start talking with the community bc there is so much content till the end game that if you're an "casual" player its gonna take a while but from my experience till now the game only gets better and alr on my 150 hours the grind i did wasn't anoying obviously i cant speak for the more advanced stuff but till now the game never disappointed me and hope continues like that, loving it.

[@goldengamerex9611]

I know i am a bit late but ty vash. Happy to be part of the staff. From -HK-Zohar

[@mikemurray8625]

From you just talking i have subscribed

[@theexurian1079]

Excellent way to say professionally say you are done and exit the game. I hope good things for you, and I appreciate the review!

[@cringe9047]

I’ve quit the game after a long 2,000+ hours of playtime. During that time I’ve met some of the greatest people and immersed myself in this amazing community, I can honestly say I don’t regret the time I’ve spent playing. I might come back one day when Gauss Prime comes out or cross-save does, but until then I think this is a good place to leave the game. Thank you for everything, DE.

[@thedude232]

Are you coming back now?

[@cringe9047]

@@thedude232 yep, moving to pc too 💪

[@thedude232]

@@cringe9047 Awwweeesssome

[@carsonnak4842]

@@cringe9047 u tryna carry me?

[@cringe9047]

@@carsonnak4842 could be fun lol, though I can’t promise I’ll actually be of much help while I’m still getting used to the new control scheme

[@Randallboggs1]

great video my friend

[@AtrociousNightmare]

Great review!

[@tobihonest]

If you compare it to 50-100 euro/dollar games which are released with many bugs warframe has much more to offer for free!!!

[@Kmn483]

I think the grind aspect really shouldn't be understated. It's the reason I quit 2k hours in. If you leave the game for awhile it takes forever to catch back up. 2k hours was enough for endgame in 2014. I'm not surprised you have 10k now. The problem with the grind is that you can pay to bypass most of it. New frame is released with horrendous grind requirements? Just pay 325 plat instead. (That's $17 btw.) Yes, you can technically trade other players for plat too, but you're already trading other players for plat so you can buy mods (especially rivens) & prime parts, warframe slots, reactors/catalysts, riven slots... and QoL like if you want to rush builds. It's either grind for parts or grind for currency... or pay real money.

[@skylarmccloud4080]

Yes and slots and Forma, are everything in this game. Slots for each Warframe weapon Companion, Vehicle, and Rivens Then of course Forma. "The F Word" 1 Forma takes 23 hours to craft. So many weapons need at least 3 or 4 Forma. So to build your weapons and frames it will take 3-4 days. If you're trying to load out Sevagoth. 2 and 1/2 weeks to make all the forma required to make a build for Sevagoth.

[@TheEvilEdward]

I mean time is money in a sense literally so people with jobs who have expendable income can actually play the game for 30 mins and not spend 8 hours a day grinding. Its debatable but I think the grind is good. I work 8 hours a day and i don't think I can grind anymore like I was in highschool but i still do want to try the new things. Its PVE so the "pay to win" aspect is fine IMO since nobody plays Lunaro/conclave anyway.

[@TranquillShot]

I was literally thinking about coptering about 2 hours ago and came to youtube to search for a video tutorial to see if someone back in the day made one, for cool nostalgia, and this popped up on my front page (never seen or heard of you before) thought I'd watch it on my way through and oh my god you talked about coptering.

[@VashCowaii]

"Guys, oh my god he knows! He said COPTERING!"

[@lucafrancesco1900]

Stellar summary!

[@SilverWolf3862]

my problem with the game is DE not playing and understanding their game, so essentially making clueless choices sometimes going on actual crusades to nerf things, then releasing outright OP things, like some kind of bipolar phase can't we just have fun with the broken? the game is supposed to feel like a power trip when you essentially maul 99% of the enemies warframes are scary, their arsenal is scary

[@skylarmccloud4080]

Exactly what I've been saying for years. Only time Nerfing is necessary is in PVP, but since PVP is a Ghost town that hasn't been demolished yet. There's no need for nerfing our shit.

[@sasuke921231]

​@@skylarmccloud4080 thank you!!!! Exactly it's pve why should things be nerfed its not PvP and this is coming from someone who maxed conclave standing it's been dead for years like dude before cross progress was thing

[@SinaelDOverom]

4:34 Correction: both bulletjumping (was called and worked differently back then) and coptering coexisted at the same time, along with the stamina. DE altered the bulletjump mechanic to respect the player view angle, made it more controllable and overall smoothed out the movement.

[@travislong2176]

There was no bullet jump back in the day was added with the bullet jump mods coptering used to be the only way to get around, no wall latch either, back when Saryn was just press 4 nuke and excaliburs 4 was radial javelin.

[@LunarEdge7]

Instead of bullet jump, we had more like a midair barrel every time we wanted some boost in the air when we're tired of just coptering

[@exohunter1902]

@@LunarEdge7 There was a time we had wall running in warframe. It looked cool but it was impractical to use because you hat to latch on the wall at certain angles. But coptering with my dual zoren will always be a good memory.

[@sbjkt]

@@LunarEdge7 i dont even remember all this, i only remember when we had super jump

[@savictor55]

I feel the same way towards warframe, started playing back in 2013 and played up until a year after fortuna, ~8-9k hours and years of memories with some amazing people I meet on WF. It's crazy to think that this game is already 10 years old I remember playing everyday in middle school and trying to get money to buy one of the founder packs. I had an amazing time with this game I miss the old raids nights and the nights of farming T4 orokin derelict defense back in the day. I still remember the day I joined SSI (Space Sharks Incorporated) and joining raid call for the first time. It's just like you said the game is amazing but my time with it is now over and I don't see myself coming back to it again, my time with it is now just a happy memory of when I was younger. Some of the old guys I used to play with I still remember your names: Devious Big Shmexy Ferousa Rouge Monkey CrazyButLazy PineAppleSprite WindShark DoForCash Swag Darq Lux TLK All of the OG members of SSI And others, I enjoyed our time playing WF hope youre all doing good.

[@Imehiel]

I've played this game for thousands of hours as well. It was indisputably the longest running 'trusted developer that keep their promises' and the best player friendly implementation of 'free-to-play', probably to this day. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people that loved the original game being the instance based mission running thing and grew increasingly more disappointed when they've started implementing more and more unique content, having nothing to do with the base game, but still mandatory for progression. And them being unable to fulfill their promise of Railjack interconnecting the space content with the instance content. It got to a point where I realized I'm not enjoying a minute of my playtime anymore and I keep playing only because I've already invested so much time into it. I'll never come back to this game. But I suppose for the most part, it was time well spent.

[@SacredDaturana]

I'm the same way, mostly. Duviri was cool, but what I really wanted was more instanced warframe gameplay, and the game hasn't really been about that for like... 3-4 years.

[@wanderingraven]

the sad reactions when you ask anyone at DE or the reddit about "but what about content and lore about the warframes in my game called warframe?" NO ENJOY VOIDKID, IT'S F2P, YOU DON'T GET TO COMPLAIN. Is imo the biggest detriment

[@thelegenda5215]

What do you mean keeping their promises?! I can remember multiple times the community was thorn apart because of their bad decisions and updates. The Hijack update is a great example. The community managers have an ok relationship with the community but the actual devs are forced to do, what their upper managers are telling them. NO ONE wanted Hijack in that state. NO ONE wanted mechs in this game. And now the newest content... it is all so disconnected from the initial view of the game.

[@SylumSolosEverything]

​@@SacredDaturanathe game does have more instanced gameplay... they've now released the Zariman and the Albrecht Labratory tileset within the span of just a year and a half...which each have their own new unique mission types, as well. Only caveat is that they're locked behind TNW, but that's nothing new either. Lua was locked behind Second Dream. The Grineer Fortress was locked behind War Within. Where are you coming from with this?

[@cooldudeninja0219]

I'm glad you enjoyed the game a lot. Its sad but reasonable for a player to leave the game as well sometimes we just have to stop and move on to do other things. I do though hope you hop back on sometime later down the line or keep tabs on the game don't just drop it out right like probably a lot of people would do. Also if I can make a suggestion Destiny 2 if the D2 is correct wouldn't be the greatest choice for a new comer money wise. I only say this cause of exprience, I dropped off after Beyond light and missing two major DLC which also for some reason Bungie decided to add in a bunch of smaller stuff as "paid content" that really stuff that should be ingame already. I think Warframe is the best free to play game, while having problems the fun, experience, and community out weigh those problems much more. Compare to Destiny 2 where while there is a community it more tries to hold on to older players while pushing away newer players who don't have the money. There a few things you can do in the game but without money it's gonna be hard to really attach yourself to it. If you do still want to get in it I hope you have lots of fun and best of luck your gonna need it.

[@notaliablename2538]

you kidding with Destiny 2 trying to hold on to older players? Bungies pretty much abandoned so many aspects of that game in favor of development of their newest game, it feels more like theyre squeezing every last drop of money they can out of the playerbase. Like the new game looks nice, but its a real slap in the face for a great many D2 players

[@cooldudeninja0219]

@@notaliablename2538 you just proved my point at them trying to hold onto older D2 players. Again it's that sunk cost falicy and FOMO which keeps older players in the game but with this realization that their getting squeezed for cash they'll probably start to leave.

[@FaramondI]

greaaaaat vid, love it !

[@Jarito9029]

Im scrolling thru my yt feed amd saw the pfp, I started warframe like 50 days ago. I have it as my glyph and will have it on for the end of times. ^~^

[@VashCowaii]

Lol how did you end up finding the glyph? Just a list of codes to use? Regardless, glad you enjoy it, I'll pass this on to my friend who made it for me.

[@Jarito9029]

@@VashCowaii A bud sent me a list of codes bc I was asking if there were any aside the recently duviri codes, I saw the cow and instantly put it on. 🐄🐮

[@joejorgen1142]

I remember spending my 1st 100 hours with my excal mk1 braton skana and lato not knowing what mods were or how to use the foundry and doing t4 survivals... Fun times

[@Panma98]

Man, I miss Tower survivals. Actually being exponentially rewarded for being able to stay longer felt great. Now I can rarely find people staying till rotation C in most things...

[@petemoss7704]

DONT PLAY IT ITS TOO GOOD YOU'LL GET ADDICTED I'M SERIOUS

[@skylarmccloud4080]

Where was you 7 going on 8 years ago.. (sniff sniff) Anyway I'll sell you this CD Player for some Platinum. wts a Dollar Store Walkman 500 pl.. (sniff sniff) aight 200 pl (he said scratching his dope marks)

[@HIROISHI21]

​@@skylarmccloud4080 I remember getting almost 1k plat for a frost prime.

[@sdalco5227]

Content so good I expected u to have a few hundred thousand subs

[@VashCowaii]

LOL nah I'm just a dork still figuring out what to do with his channel. I may look into learning how to game reviews better like this one, but I'm glad that this video was a video I made how I wanted and it still turned out really well(often the opposite, videos a creator likes usually perform terribly)

[@alexk.9598]

My new player experience several months ago was like: ok, got some story/explain missions done and now what? Any paths? Guideance? No? Okay.. I'll try this and this and played several hours. Went to a Wiki and some yt videos about how to change the Warframe, then I build a new Warframe and as you said logged out because it took some time to complete and never logged back in and instead went back to Destiny 2.

[@Reaver334]

Everytime someone says they want to try warframe, I tell them that unless they want to quit their job, and commit to a life of warframe. Don't try it. The game is good, it is addictive, it is also a soul sucking pit of never ending despair and google searches.

[@Tymbee]

It definitely takes a lot of time, but is nowhere near as bad as other Live Service games. You can go months without playing and not miss barely anything. Seems almost every game these days need weekly or daily attendance, with the influx of battlepasses, time-gated progression, and limited-time events. Warframe replaced the Alerts system with Nightwave, which makes it easier to get Nitain Extract etc. without being constantly online. It's still a battlepass, but is completely free, and has no unique rewards that won't come back later.

[@-CrySa-]

Honestly the fact that a game can keep you interested for almost 10000 hours is amazing. Saying a game is bad because you got bored of it after a literal year's worth of playtime is crazy.

[@daringutknecht7463]

I need to be in your clan the solo leveling reference and destiny references I need in my life

[@MischieviousJirachi]

8:24 i think it was the first cinematic quest too, and had huge reveals! I remember being so surprised back in 6th grade haha

[@Ssecave]

14:10 It is amazing how diversified the game is but it is also bloated at this point with not many connections between the parts of the game. The starchart nodes need to be reduced and the openworld parts need to be more fused to the rest of the game. I hope They'll focus on that after Duviri. 5:12 * flashbacks nightmare to the universal vacuum discussions back in the days * Still not implemented so ppl only use the immortal infested cat x). I never stop playing this game but I do play a LOT less. Like the new incarnum farm I just farm 1 weapon per week because i don't have the time nor the motivation to farm like a madman. Still enjoy so much the gameplay as well as the art direction.

[@GTurner2K]

Developer outreach is a real thing. Im personally responsible for why every build uses prime sure footed 😅 also a few vuban changes and that little sound eximus make when there overgaurd break. That's all me.

[@takesls5492]

Now I’m excited I got back into even though I’m super casual. But it’s always fun

[@puggwubble8195]

thats so crazy i came to this video for the entertainment but realized that im actually in your clan, when you showed melania i was thinking wait isnt that my clans dojo

[@kinetic_krown]

L take. Nightwave is phenomenal. It is the only battle pass system that isn't monetized bs.

[@VashCowaii]

Nightwave was made to be a seasonal story telling model, though I'm sure you've long forgotten that. Given what it was meant to be, it flopped the moment we had an intermission last a year. As a vendor though, sure it's good.

[@GooglePornAds]

video was absolutely beautiful. As a 9 year vet i agree with all your points and no matter how much i try to not play it always draws me back in. btw dojo speedrun of 3s lol when you could just jump back over the starting wall.

[@RestleSSOtaKU]

Absolutely right, it was such a good time, but time is fly away ❤️

[@rafaelaranha844]

I started playing warframe in beta, I was 15, had a terrible laptop and no money for new games, so free-to-play games were an eyecandy for me. I remembered playing it for almost the entirity of school break, and although it was kind of repetitive, the combat was so rewarding I couldn't stop playing. I don't even remember the game having a story background, it was basically jumping through planets and killing aliens rolling around and shooting. right after my achool break I bought Fallout New Vegas on a steam sale, and forgot about online games for some time, warframe included. Seeing how far it went and how much the community is passionate about the game really make me happy, and kind jealous I wasn't a part of it. I didn't feel nostalgic about this game previously, but this video made me remember waking up and going to sleep thinking about it. It was certainly an experience that helped mold my gaming preferences. Thank you for the amazing work.

[@SacredDaturana]

I've also played a ton of Warframe and like it a lot but no longer play it. Warframe to me feels like someone that used to be your best friend, and you didn't have a huge falling out nor did they start to suck, you just slowly drifted apart. Once in a while you see them post something cool and think "neat, good for them!" But you don't reach out because you're just no longer in each other's lives anymore. There's some sadness, but no regret. It was a good friendship that ran its course.

[@desmond5350]

Killer build I’ll try as soon as I get the +Frenzy affixes

[@raashid_kf]

Sir. You have done the impossible. ABSOLUTELY done Warframe justice in your summary, while being fair, objective and concise, not to mention the editing masterpiece that this video is. 🤯 You understand the bigger picture! As a Player with over 2000 hrs, idk how you did it but thanks for this. The game is so good I had to stop playing.

[@davidbailey9382]

Never played Warframe but this video was so well done I might give it a try

[@TheDevilK]

Man, just looked this up again, the last time I played was Nov 10th 2020, and i think that was after a break as well. I really enjoyed it for a while. 100.8 hours, seems longer.

[@iLoveMusicBCitRemindsMe]

12:20 Was watching this video while downloading warframe after finishing all of my lost ark dailies...

[@mateocortanage]

That speedrun movement was insane. Been playing for 10 years dang near and never seen shmoves like those.

[@Clarkv2]

Such a great video and a great game

[@goldrumble5736]

my time spent on warframe is beyond too much and literally the only reason I stopped playing it years ago is because I got tiered of xp farming everything, it got so bad that I spent entire days just xp farming to make my builds functional. other then that it really is one of the best games there is. good video and you made great points about the game and more importantly on its community!

[@veryrandomperson5739]

i guess i'm gonna try this game finally

[@YeetNation2006]

this is quite a different view on the game then I had prior, I may have to start playing

[@PanoptesDreams]

That's enough time to achieve mastery. Like literal mastery of something, lordy.

[@psychosis8429]

That bit on returning even though you say you're all done with Warframe is so true. I told myself that but then they finally released Duvira after all these years and now I'm back to playing it every night now. Guess old habits refuse to die