Hey, what’s your favourite action space ninja hack and slash action simulator game? If your answer was anything but Warframe, then we can no longer be friends… yes, even if we weren’t in the first place! The free-to-play game has changed lots over the past few years. Just how much you ask? Well, Digital Extreme, the developers, have released a neat infographic, and I know just how much you all love stats. THE NUMBERS TENNO, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
I honestly had no idea that the game was two years old already, I only started playing a few months ago! Check out how Warframe has evolved (via the Official Warframe Facebook Page)
If for some unknown reason you have no idea what Warframe, I’ll shorten the description I gave at the opening of this article. It’s space ninjas, as simple as that.
You take the role of a member of Tenno, bad ass warriors woken from centuries of sleep, out to slice and shoot EVERYTHING because REASONS. In order to do this, you get to equip an exosuit, known as a Warframe. Each of the 29 available on offer have their own unique special abilities and stats.
What makes the game stand out though is the fun gameplay and co-op. As you can see from the infographic, there are 17 different mission types, all taking place across more than 10 environments. What they have left out from the infographic is the number of weapons a player can use. There are dozens, and new ones also get added quite frequently.
The best part? It’s all completely free to play! New gear can be paid for with real money, but can be farmed up too.
Every gamer owes it to themself to at least try out Warframe. I wonder what this infographic will look like in two years time? I can only see the game getting bigger and better, because that’s what it has spent the last two years doing.
Last Updated: November 25, 2014
Captain JJ the fair
November 25, 2014 at 10:04
I’m sure this is making Trevor all kinds of excited.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2014 at 10:23
brb – need to go play with my… Vita.
hairyknees
November 25, 2014 at 10:26
O_O
Admiral Chief Wang
November 25, 2014 at 10:27
Like a pro
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2014 at 10:27
That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
Captain JJ the fair
November 25, 2014 at 11:27
Eeeuuuw. A handheld nogals.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2014 at 11:33
Of course it’s a handheld. I’m not that flexible.
Captain JJ the fair
November 25, 2014 at 11:34
LOL
Quo Vadis?
November 25, 2014 at 10:16
is this game kind of like Killzone? from the screenshots, it looks like it.
FoxOneZA
November 25, 2014 at 10:20
A cross between Gears and Destiny.
Quo Vadis?
November 25, 2014 at 10:51
oh great. two more games that I haven’t played yet. so I need to start making that list. bioshock, deadspace, mass effect, fallout, gears of war, destiny….. *sigh* its hopeless.
Deceased
November 25, 2014 at 11:19
Was Skyrim keeping you busy?
Quo Vadis?
November 25, 2014 at 12:09
another one I haven’t played! im level 5 on borderlands 1, nevermind borderlands 2, so I guess my old gen xbox 360 will still be useful for YEARS to come 🙂
I’m what Trevor calls, the filthiest of casuals 😀
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2014 at 12:44
But you’re not Rince. I mean… haha what? O_o
Quo Vadis?
November 25, 2014 at 12:55
its this “day job thing, daddy didn’t set me up with trust fund money” thing. I think a career in politics is more my thing. get to do bugger all all day, snooze when I want to, drive like an asshole, and I would most deffo get more gaming in.
hairyknees
November 25, 2014 at 10:26
3rd person SPACE NINJAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
Hammersteyn
November 25, 2014 at 10:27
It’s more like a co-op third person shooter. The up side is that everything is free in the game if you have the patience to loot a boss over and over for the required items. Then you have to wait a while for everlasting to craft. Sometimes it can be days. Or you can shell out cash if you don’t feel like waiting
Quo Vadis?
November 25, 2014 at 10:51
seems like too much effort, but the free stuff makes it worthwhile I guess 🙂
Hammersteyn
November 25, 2014 at 11:01
Free to play, it’s really fun though. I recommend you check it out.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 26, 2014 at 09:20
It’s very cool – I’d gladly recommend it.
CAE9872
November 25, 2014 at 10:50
Well seeing how it is free to play, just download it and give it a whirl. You will hopefully be pleasantly surprised. There are in-game purchases if you want – I ended up paying money just to support them as I thought the game was that good.
Azure Helios
August 22, 2015 at 23:41
Yep, same, I tried playing the game for free for quite a while, and eventually felt like it would be a crime not to support the devs of this awesomeness. 2 years later, still playing, and the game just keeps getting better and better. We now have PvP (a little imbalanced sometimes, but it has its own team so getting better quite rapidly) with three different game modes. (I may or may not have gradually put a few hundred dollars into this game… LoL style, if you don’t control your spending it adds up fast. That being said, I’ve easily spent hundreds of dollars worth of other games having good times in this one, so overall totally worthwhile).
Archwing, as has been mentioned is an entirely new way to play the game (still in its early-ish phases though), sharkwing (archwings in aquatic environments, often interwoven with on-foot combat) is now a thing as well.
Yes, we have pet “dogs” (Kubrows) now that can even be bred by colors, pattern, size, build and breed. A type of medium-sized battle cat is also promised in the near future (probably along with the A.I./Synthetic enemy faction, the “Sentients”) and will likely have similar capacity for breeding one just like you want it.
Valshen
November 25, 2014 at 10:18
Cabbage, we need to play. We haven’t even tried the Archwings yet :/
hairyknees
November 25, 2014 at 10:26
I KNOW! We have fallen so far behind :'(
Also, 29 WARFRAMES?!?!?! I only have like… 8 I think 😛 OMG
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2014 at 10:27
8? FILTHY CASUAL!
ReaperOfSquirrels
November 25, 2014 at 12:09
8!? I’ve got 1 XD
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2014 at 10:40
Archwing is fun – needs a better mini-map though. The standard 2D map isn’t that useful in space, especially when you’re doing extermination missions in & around ships.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 26, 2014 at 09:21
I got my Archwing, baby!
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2014 at 10:26
I heart this game. I’m busying leveling frame no.12 now, with the next 3 or 4 already lined up.
One of the coolest things is when you’re in a group of random players & you all just click, not just play style but actual frames too. So much win.
Rock789
November 25, 2014 at 11:53
So you’re saying that I should stop bypassing this on the PS4 PSN list and actually click “Install”?
It’s always intrigued me – even watched some game footage.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2014 at 13:10
Yes, it’s fun. Another one of those games you can log in, play for 20 minutes, then go do something else – or else get sucked in & before you know it a few hours have gone by.
Rock789
November 25, 2014 at 13:35
I think I’ll have to add it to the ol’ download queue tonight so I can try it out… Colour me intrigued. 🙂
Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
November 25, 2014 at 11:53
I need to see if I took screenshots when I started crafting my Volt.
It disappeared from the Foundry and I’ve lost the blueprints for it.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2014 at 12:43
Well it’s in the dojo now. That’s where I got it from.
Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
November 25, 2014 at 16:26
I had all 3 parts crafted and was just waiting for the 3 days for Volt itself to finish crafting (I think) and then took a break for a while.
When I went back… no Volt.
Not in the Foundry, not in my empty Warframe slot, and no Volt parts or blueprints in my inventory.
Although I need to go and confirm that since my memory can be a bit… “interesting”.
CAE9872
November 25, 2014 at 10:48
I wish Digital Extremes all best – they have shown HOW to develop a game like this over time. Everything they have done over the last year via PS4 game has been great and added to the gameplay, etc.
If I wasn’t busy on other games I would be back with this in a heartbeat!
fred
November 25, 2014 at 11:04
Forever evolving , forever updating , no thanks..
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 26, 2014 at 09:28
Life is change! That’s exactly what you want, you want a game that has the balls to try something new, that adds content, and keeps on evolving. The recent Archwing addition to Warframe is brilliant. It reminds me of Zone of Enders.
oVg Puer aeternus
November 26, 2014 at 09:37
Banana, what do you think of the new Dragon Age? I started playing it last night on the PS4, It crashed twice during the 1 minute black loading screen and the cut scenes stutter to 5fps, unwatchable, the 1080p on the PS4 also comes at a cost. The frame rate is 25fps compared to the Bones 900p locked at 30fps.
Otherwise the game reminds me of Fable2. Maybe I am just expecting too much. I dont know. But otherwise I am sure I am going to have a BLAST for the next 100hours or so.
Also, the female British Inquisitor is the smoking hot PA in Mass Effect 3.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 26, 2014 at 18:19
I haven’t gotten it yet. I’ll head to Tygervalley this weekend to see if there’s a second hand copy at BT games.
oVg Puer aeternus
November 27, 2014 at 09:23
Cool, I am 15hours in and its clicking. Its better than Skyrim. MASSIVE and never ever boring. Lots of love went into this baby that it makes 1 and 2 seem like the tutorial.
ENJOY.
Sirkoes
November 28, 2014 at 13:09
you want a game that has no update for almost a year?? check Hawken or Cube World.
Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
November 25, 2014 at 11:56
I started playing back in April 2013.
Hammersteyn
November 25, 2014 at 12:32
Before it was cool? 😛
Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
November 25, 2014 at 16:24
No it was definitely cool back then.
Not as cool as now but still cool.
Weanerdog
November 25, 2014 at 16:10
Damn Hipster
Galbedir
November 25, 2014 at 13:48
Loved the game! However it feels unfinished due to a lack of Deathmatch mode for players. The missions were great, but this game was born to have a Deathmatch mode. Which is does not. and that makes me sad.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 26, 2014 at 09:19
One of the few free-to-play games that I’ve actually considered dropping a few rand on (in game purchases). I said it before, and I’ll say it again, Warframe teabags Destiny hard. It shows a supposed triple A turd how to be a an end of level boss!
GO WARFRAME!! PS: I recently got my Archwing in Warframe, and it’s AWESOME!!! AWEEESOME!!!!!