I think a lot of people see the videos made by creators who've been playing the game since the start and complain about things that really only people who've played for 5k+ hours even notice. For the vast majority of players, the game is damned near a masterpiece of game play no one expected when they first logged in and started playing.
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I, as a certified Railjack Pilot would never stop enjoying myself taking my ship across the empty and open space like a space pirate and always help wandering tenno during missions.
Not so much for me, but that is because I was still playing before Fortuna, so it will always kick back to the hype of the trailer and the anticipation waiting for Fortuna.
I haven't seen his but from most reactions I see it's not the narrative reveal that floors people. It's being presented with a character creation screen 100+ hours in. As a gamer, that is NOT expected.
In Warframe, once you're in a party, it's generally just rush rush rush. Most of the other players aren't just in a hurry, but they are also really good at rushing through maps, and killing everything extremely fast. So if you don't rush, you'll get left behind, with no kills. The other players aren't usually terribly bothered by waiting at the exit for a slower player, but if you're the slower player, you probably aren't going to feel great about letting them wait for you again and again. You're probably going to try hard to keep up. There is so much atmosphere in this game though. There are secrets hidden in the maps too. The action and mechanics are pretty dynamic and offer a lot of room for experimentation as well. Taking your time, exploring the maps, and savoring the action, rather than just rushing through it all, is quite worthwhile and rewarding. The cooperative play is great, but it is worth going on solo runs from time to time, and maybe finding a friend who's willing to slow down for a more subdued experience now and then.
You are right, as a new player was always trying to catch up and felt like was so slow, but as you said most players don't bother. I am now MR17 and love helping ppl out. Always ask them if they have a mission they want to do or give them a tip like the vaults of deimos. That's why I love the game so much
This is great advice buddy.....I go weeks at a time playing solo before diving back into multi-player....I'm a veteran with 4000 plus hours between console and pc (now merged together into my main pc account) but the game and it's awesome grim dark lore never stop being amazing 😊
The game has been fucked since the new parkour system which killed all the game design. But people can't go back because it would be slower, so the devs made the decision to keep to what players want, which ultimately is finishing the missions as fast possible because the game is really grindy, which makes a game pretty shitty now.
'Did you know that if you roll over an interactable pickup and press the button, you will pick it up without the animation? Try it on an ayatan star!' There's just so many little bits that add up into the bigger ones. 'Remember Tenno, if you're on fire, roll! If you're on ice, roll! If you've been poisoned, roll!'
I’m years into the game and I literally still don’t know what I’m doing. Idk what the point of the operator is, I don’t have a mech, I don’t know how to maximize time with mods or the trading market. Every railjack mission I get stomped, I have no clue what the point of forma or ayatans, and there’s still so much more I haven’t even glossed over. I want to love this game and actually get more involved but every time I look up a guide or something there’s just so much information thrown at you that I just get fried mentally and quit again
@@BonzerMrT thats because you only played like 0.001% of the game, literally. U need the operador to kill specifics bosses and mobs. This is a very time consuming game
@@BonzerMrT i relate to your experience so much as a returning player. After years I still am figuring things out. I was completly new to railjack,liches ,necromechs and the operator equippment etc. I manged to conquer every single one of these things by starting small. You dont have to do everything at once just focus on small task. like ranking up a syndicate you need for any of these. farming specific materials, leveling up a warframe or weapon. Step by step youll get there and it will be fun. Remember its a long term investment. The mindset will make you able to enjoy warframe in all of its beauty
Regarding the "Emotional vampires" comment (I know it was meant in good fun), there's a quote from Doctor Who of all things that I think helps illustrate why the Warframe community has this near-obsession with seeing the reactions of new players to those "big moments". To paraphrase: "Because... Because I can't see it anymore. After a while you just can't _see it_ anymore. [...] Everything is just stuff. That's the problem. You make all of space and time your backyard what do you have? A backyard. But *you* can see it. And when you see it, I see it."
"Everything. I look at a star and it's just a big ball of burning gas... and I know how it began and I know how it ends. And I was probably there both times." Doctor who is so beautiful sometimes. I think that's why we and DE can't make the New player experience as good as the game deserves.
chains of Harrow was one of the best tone shifts. I remember when it came out, the questions it didn't just asked, but damn near DEMANEDED you contemplate, the wonderfully handled craftsmanship of his character. And the fact that stuff that happens after CONTEXCTUALIZES why it was Rell that got these insights first, and not any other the other characters in the long LONG list of fun characters.
i'm so close to crafting my first warframe (ivara prime) and i am incredibly excited. i've already loved the game so far despite my low playtime (i play when im tired and thus i end up sucking really bad) and with next month bringing in free color palettes, i immediately see my playtime skyrocketing. i'm very excited to finally be able to play ivara prime
@@TheHoIyMeow absolutely love ivara! i still suck at the game but she's been so helpful for rescue and spy missions! i recently got khora prime too :] sure thing! if you see someone named mothymoon adding you, that's me!
About the thing "what devs of this game can and can not do? how far can they go to experiment?". If I remembering things right, DE was on of, if not THE, first one to implement Twitch drops. On one of the devstreams, many years ago, they were testing Twitch drops, giving away Exilus Adapters to linked players for watching the stream for some time. But something went wrong. Very wrong. So in a minute they changed in faces, stopped the drops, laughed, etc. Then we learned that in that minute, every viewer with linked account got about 80 Exilus Adapters. (I still have like 50 spare from that time) Space Mom wasted couple tens of millions of platinum for her children. Glorious!
The way you word and frame your ideas is awesome and I'm really glad you decided to make this channel. I already loved your content and been watching since you had pretty low subs, but then you got into warframe and now I adore your videos and streams.
The funny part is the second dream was a quite earlier on quest. It was out before Cetus. Before fortuna. Before deimos. So the fact that DE manages to back track content to add more and more and not only forward is mind boggling
Exactly! I left the game in around 2017-ish. Came back with LD started covering the game. I decided to start back in with the Deimos quest, and I'm floored how seamlessly it slots into the story and somehow adds context as if that concept and content has been there all along and I just somehow missed it! It's so good 😊
Honestly, I still have very very very very important feelings about the way The Sacrifice follows up with "We all lift together" (like literally the next update)
I was going to make the same comment. The Second Dream came much earlier originally so it's interesting to hear what it's like for new players now. Still hits hard I guess! I think there's plenty to keep new players engaged even if it takes them longer to reach it and it was smart for DE to let players experience Fortuna etc before they get there.
@@MichaelJM I originally played Warframe when it came out in 2013 for about an hour or two and after running around a bunch in what felt like an empty (Grineer I think) spacecraft with no idea what was going on or anything I quit deciding it wasn't my cup of Tea. I was board in December 2023 and noticed Amazon was giving away An Octavia skin, thought it looked cool and re-logged into Warframe for the first time in a decade. Was in my orbiter with a Level 0 Excalibur, and whatever other Level 0 gear you start with and two emails in my inbox about a mission on earth where I had to chose between helping one faction save the forests and another faction that wanted my help to destroy them. Clearly that content no longer existed, but I have has a blast since. Watching this video series is super cool as even having done all this more recently then older players the feeling of seeing someone experience this for the first time is like a warm blanket.
It has been a true pleasure seeing someone experience Warframe with the vernacular to describe their experience. It's funny because I can almost feel the excitement when you turn those corners and find something new. Your experience with other games also helps to put things into perspective. Thank you for the videos and I'm glad you're enjoying the game so much. Battle on Tenno
love these vids it refreshes my perspective as an old vet of the game. I enjoy watching a new player have your exact thoughts as I'm showing someone around as their first thoughts are "this game is ok" to the pivotal moment to where their ideals change to "holy crud this game is awesome, I'm officially addicted." these are the exact emotions I want to see when I make my own game I want that aw factor for my players.
Asmon reacting to you is how I found you. Been watching ever since. And because of you I got back into warframe after a 6 year hiatus. And because of you I've added 448 hours to my play time at the time of this comment.
Same here. Left in 2017ish and had completely forgotten the game until LD did his vid. So freaking happy he did because I always intended to come back and now it's somehow *even better* !
@noctoi agreed. I stopped playing because I was worried cross save was never going to happen. Didn't want to keep investing my time in something I knew I would never go back to if it didn't.
My advice for this game. Don't grind too much, spend your time organize for example what you grind and what materials you should get today. Spending your time grind in one go(multiple task at once) well lead you to burn out very quickly after an hours of playing. Thats why crafting in warframe is the only thing slap you in the face that you woke up in reality that you spend lots of time already and you should take a break.
GOds same. That game looks like it'll be exactly what I've been wanting for YEARS, and the fact that DE are making it gives me a lot of hope. Can't wait to jump into it.
@@noctoi As someone who has access to the Preludes, I'll say that it definitely seems to be carrying on DE's penchant for making weird and wonderful worlds. Lots of little details to appreciate even at this very early stage.
Definitely won't be playing it. WF honestly came alive when the OG team left. Scott kept the game "balanced" which meant constant nerfs while Pablo has been less about balance and more about making the game actually fun while only nerfing if something is stupidly broken or overused.
I can tell you .. if they have a "Founders Pack" in Soulframe, buy it... My Excal Prime account is worth $1000 for doing nothing then having spent 50 bucks^^
Apparently one of Soulframe's themes is 'nature good, technology bad' And after COVID, I get _blindingly angry_ at that kind of hypocritical hippie nonsense.
You're right warframe is very hard to get bored of but I have countless times becomes burned out from it. Pace yourself if you're looking to have it as a regular hobby. 2.3k hours here and I expect that to go up quite a bit when I inevitably return to it.
The Second Dream is that moment that you get invited to the party that you've been hearing down across the street but have only ever caught small glimpses between the door as others go inside. And you're stunned by what has been just out of reach for so long. The initial shock is startling. The War Within is the moment you finally have that first drink to loosen you up and start having some fun on the dance floor. You don't fully know what you're doing, but you're starting to feel like you fit in and are getting comfortable with the new setting. The Chains of Harrow is when suddenly the lights go out and the music stops. Audible gasps around you as distant noises indicate something big about to happen. The Sacrifice is when the lights come back on, but they point to a stage in the back you've not paid attention to. It's like seeing the club for the first time again but now all the focus is on the stage that's always been there since you walked in, just unnoticed. The New War is the moment you see your band mates walking on stage, instruments in hand, and they call you out of the crowd. Surprise - this was your show all along. They point to your spot on the stage and usher you over. Now the real party begins.
If that's what LD was trying to say, he failed and you managed. I understand this better. As an outsider to the game, his Warframe videos are just unintelligible to me, this I understand.
I was the first of my friend group to give warframe a try way back when it made the jump to consoles, and I remember being so incredibly confused about the game (the new player experience back then was, believe it or not, even worse than the one you experienced), but I was also so very enamored with the art style and the design of the game. I believe at the time I played it, Lotus didn't yet have a moving model and bullet jumping hadn't been implemented yet (we got around by coptering back then), and second dream wouldn't appear for a good while yet. It took me about that long to convince one of my friends to play it with me, lol! He was so resistant for all the reasons you were; it was a free to play looter shooter, so he expected the absolute worst no matter how many times I told him it wasn't! The funny thing about his resistance to it is that once he played it, he fell in love with the game even faster than I did. He blew through all the quests that were available at the time, and then the second that second dream dropped, he beat it well before I did. He spent the next week as I tried to catch up begging me to play it so he could finally talk about it, and refused to divulge spoilers for it even when I told him I didn't mind them. I will always be grateful he showed that amount of restraint. Second dream was, and still is, one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. It felt like a strange sort of catharsis after investing so much of my time into the game, and left me in tears. I still get misty eyed when I hear "This Is What You Are," or when I look at my Volt, who has been on this journey with me for almost 10 years now, and was the frame I completed second dream with. He's no longer my most played (that title belongs to both Nezha and Nezha prime now), but he was my first frame, and will always hold a special place in my heart. If I had to compare, second dream gave me a similar feeling that Mass Effect 3 did in its opening hour the first time I played it. It left me sitting there, staring at my screen, tears in my eyes, as I realized that years of buildup was finally coming to fruition. That the time I put in mattered in all the ways that mattered to me. They are moments I will never get back, and that is why I love watching new players experience what I did for the first time. I love seeing that it isn't just me; that other people feel this way, too. That these moments do matter. Thank you for sharing your experience, and I'm sorry for the essay, lol. I may have a...lot of feelings for this game.
Warframe movement spoils players. I tried playing Phasmophobia. Can't jump. Quit after less than 3h of gameplay. A friend recommended Alan Wake to me, streamed some gameplay. He had to walk around a knee-high fence. I couldn't even try that. I accidentally tried bullet-jumping in Valheim. I failed. I tried stopping my swing in order to block. I failed. I feel crippled playing other games. Another friend said he tried bullet-jumping in World of Tanks. He just stopped there, facepalmed, closed his eyes and started laughing. Edit: The one that played Alan Wake at the time has now tried Warframe and had beaten all of its quests. He feels the same way now.
I came from apex and titanfall. I havent heard of warframe until a friend told me. I thought apex ruined other games because of movement, and then came warframe...
With the Warframes (after the movement revamp anyway; they were originally a lot slower and clunkier, they even had a stamina meter) Digital Extremes created the single greatest movement system in gaming. Whoever came up with bullet jumping was a certified genius. The flow of sprinting, double jumping bullet jumping, aim gliding, mid-air rolling and sliding is a catharsis that no other game can offer.
@@ArcaneAzmadi Agreed. It's hilarious watching new players just kind of walk through missions. And then the moment when they really start to figure out how bullet jumping, rolling, sliding, wall jumping, etc works together and seeing them reach that flow state of just effortlessly moving through a mission is honestly so much fun to watch.
@@SILVERONIN Ffxiv and warframe are two of my main games. I find that there aren't any issues with movement. Probably because they're very different games, so I end up in different headspaces for them
I keep seeking out videos like this one because it lets me relive my time of discovering the game and playing through it. After thousands of hours you can get a bit jaded, but seeing someone get into it with a fresh perspective and loving it reignites your love for the game all over again.
I go back to WF every 6 months or so Have like nearly 4000 hours into it since it’s release, and it’s evolved so many times I’ve spent some money on cool skins to support the developers It’s crazy to think that it’s a FREE GAME
Fun fact: the customization options with the small blue diamond with the hammer symbol are the tenogen, player made customizations that you can buy that directly support whoever made them (they get a percentage cut)
Man, I've been following your experiences through the game, and your thoughtful words made me go back into the game. I've played this game since... Way before it was on Steam when you had to collect your skills as mods, the game, the mood, the tone, and everything else was different back then. Your videos made me reminisce about those days, and your impressions of every surprise the game has for us make me chuckle and relate. This game deserves more praise than it has, and you are doing a wonderful job exposing its virtues and shortcomings, and I'm thankful for that.
the curveballs we get thrown form DE still get more curvy, 1999 is still just as curvy. theres a few collectables amung all the tile sets that actually ask for slow exploration of each of these to feel each of them. some like learning about ordis's origin. others like just basic syndicate medals that get a bit more used in later tiles. kurias are in so many insane small places that give a collectable deceration plus a poem for the twin queens for the warwithin. ever new tile set that comes out i always take 1 or 2 solo missions to fully explore every part of it to both learn the tile for faster movement and find new secrets.
He's gonna lose his shit in The New War, can't wait for it. Watched yesterday your Sacrifice stream live and it was as emotional as the time I played it myself.
I hate how there's just so much context missing from newer players. The creative designs and choices DE has made is just lost to people who don't know about the history that got them there.
It was lost on me initially, but after a few big updates, I kinda began to realise what was happening. DE are nothing like the other developers, They're got a knack for being able to bring everything together as though it was always there. I cannot name any other game or developer that does this so seemlessly. Yet even with the updates and additions to the game, the size of the game doesn't really change that much either (sometimes shrinks a little)... It doesn't hog storage.
@@VolkuthIt boggles my mind, knowing the game just gets faster and more efficient woth every damn update, its so well optimized that this is the only game that bothers me if it is somehow slower after a massive update
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One quote that really changed my life came straight from Lotus. Sometimes, I still drop a tear just thinking where I am thanks to her. "Dream not of what you are, but what you want to be." 😢❤
There's also a new cinematic quest coming in June and the 1999 update coming later this uear which will introduce a completely new mode parallel to the main game like duviri and railjack. So be ready for even more fantastic content
@@skuamato7886It’s gonna bring other statuses up to speed with viral+slash+heat. They’ve explicitly said that they won’t be nerfing those statuses though.
@@SmoothTurtle840 Honestly yeah they shouldn't get nerfed because the only thing making it so dominant in the first place is the thing getting tackled in the update, aka Armor itself.
@@skuamato7886I mean viral slash hasn’t truly been meta tbh since the new shards came out and whispers. Corrosive has kinda taken over due to green shards and rad has skyrocketed due to murmurs and new mods. I just never run viral anymore unless the gun is specifically made for hunter munitions builds but most have swapped to a corrosive heat or corrosive cold or corrosive radiation for murmurs tbh. And for melee any combo with electric has pretty much taken over due to melee influence.
The Spiritbox shirt goes CRAZY, love that band. Also, welcome to the rabbit hole, been playing Warframe since 2015 and it’s fun every time to see newcomers get blasted by some of the best content in video games
SAFE Love your videos! and I couldn't express myself better than you did here about warframe, I started playing in 2017 and personally warframe is a life changing experience, in my case Cetus or fortuna didn't even existed and some of the most amazing quests were just getting added as I was playing so I felt inmersed in the story, and how time was passing in the story as I was also playing. SPOILER!!!! I saw you played the sacrifice, and imagine how it felt for veteran players when lotus after years of being with you just left, and how it feels to just see her as an ordis simulation for another couple years
@@TheSorcerer1 well I actually just came back to the game after taking a long break.. it's so much new content on here for me because of that. I would always jump on at least twice a month just to keep myself in my clan and not get kicked do to inactivity, since I'm apart of good clan.. So yea the grind doesn't bother me now 😭 I was also playing other games as well which also kept away from Warframe
its fun seeing the order you are going through the content as someone who's got a few thousand hours and is consistently doing whatever the newest thing is since all else is finished and seeing you get through stuff that was added after I was already caught up with it. (Also wisp prime WOOOO)
when the game start there was only 4 mission type with no arch-wing, k-drivers, Railjacks and basically you was a space ninja and on foot in one of 4 missions with a couple of quests and pets, now the game is like 10 games in one and so much fun to play. Worth every second worth playing. and more to come in the future this game will constantly keep going.
@@MirroredDreamscapeI looooove Saryn. She's still my main. I enjoy switch it up a lot. Reworked Inaros, Titania and recently Protea are my current favs.
As someone that grew up NOT playing shooters, just a few hours into Warframe I was VERY glad to find it's not necessarily a 'shooter,' but a fast-paced action game that happens to have shooter aspects bolted on. It was more "-fi" than "sci," and dared to be its own thing.
When I started warframe for real in December in 2019 I played it exclusively for a year. When I finally broke away to other games I found I knew warframe controls well enough that it became my permanent interm game. If I am between games or just feel like playing "something" it is warframe. I am also always here for the new primes and new updates. The game is forever in my now playing list to be picked up at anytime, (like yesterday just to grind some new nightwave, do a sortie, get a shard a good 4 years after my permanent start*). *Note I did play it on xbox launch but THAT new player experience seemed too involved and the game sat on my "play it when i have more time" list for years. Only when they released the "new player experience before the current new player experience did I really get into it".
I've been playing Warframe almost since release and Chains of Harrow is still my absolute favorite quest. It is so good at giving the creeping horror vibe of something just being _wrong_ with the whole situation.
New player experience needs a bump. But after that 100 hour slog Warframe becomes the best free game ever made. Second only to minesweeper Also shoutout to the nekros floating away just before the 10 min mark. Peak warframe gameplay
The thing is the first 100 hours isn't really a slog, otherwise noone would play it. It's a fantastic corridor shooter with absolutely no context in terms of story, and little explanation of what it is you are doing.
@@Oldlard As Legendary Drops said before: It's far from fantastic, for example the difficulty picks up far to slow. (Only on the Orb-Vallis if you venture out far enough. But I think that has been changed too and is far easier now.) Edit: Though early-game being too easy has never been a problem with me.
@Oldlard nah it's a slog. The stupid trade limit, color pallete limit, insane time gating , potatoe/forma gate and slot limits alone make for a incredibly cheap feeling experience .
@@krisv1038 I actually think they should give new players a lot of bones. Give new players 10 more trade limit count, have regular weapon and frames take 1 and 12 hours to craft (prime crafting time can stay as they are), fully free first color palette, and slots per mastery rank. However potato is sort of dime a dozen these days that I think they're in a good place.
I personally have a love/hate relationship with how you have no idea of the things that will be unlocked as you progress through the quests. Like Archon Shards example. There’s no greyed-out area in your arsenal saying “this unlocks after xyz.” It’s just suddenly there when it becomes an available mechanic. Much like different types of missions and such. So the game doesn’t necessarily push you towards anything, it just says “here’s your story line quests, do it.” So for the first 100 hours, I had no idea that I had more to do, but that also makes the game so much more exhilarating when you figure these things out. And there’s loads of em. I’m probably 400 hours in. I got help from a dude who’s on his 5th account, his “free to play” account and he broke it all down for me. There’s so, so much.
It has been a lot of fun watching you progress through the game, even more so because you were initially wary of the "red flags", as you previously put it, and came around to enjoying the game. There is so much in Warframe that it's daunting to get through everything without having your mind melt at the variety of content you encounter. But here's the kicker. The best is yet to come. The New War is hands down the best quest in the game, and the succeeding two quests (as of today) after that are really good, too. It's gonna be a doozy, but I am very excited to watch you experience them.
I have 800ish hours in this game, and even that feels like a drop in the ocean. But I can confidently say that out of all the games I've ever played this one is the only one I always come back to, no matter how long its been or what's happening in my life. I can honestly say this game is a master piece.
I was 500+ hours in when I did the Second Dream quest (when it came out), boy was I and everyone else blown away. Still the best moment in gaming I've ever experienced.
I would suggest using the earlier reviews by LD, this one is loaded with a lot of spoilers that would be best left for your friend to experience directly
@@Desdemona-XI Of course I wouldn't want to ruin the 2nd Dream, War Within, Sacrifice, etc. But the Spoilers only really start in the middle, at 13mins. Also his older videos are a bit too critical. Not that he's not right, it would just give me more explaining to do.
Thank you for making this series, I tried Warframe when it came out and wasn’t a fan but after watching your first video I gave it another shot this week and it’s so much fun. Rhino is a monster!
I started playing warframe back when the ps4 first came out. I’m in shock on how it has advanced over the years and I didn’t get to experience it then. I’ve been hesitant to play cuz IM LOST IN THE SAUCE. But I’ve been giving it a go
This may be random but Warframe is one of the best things that happened to me. I'm a transgender teen living in a coutry where people like me are looked down upon and that struggle of not being able to find help or even begin transition made me depressed to the point of thinking about ending myself. Now i find it kinda funny but the thing that stuck with me and kept repeating in my head at that time was a quote from Lotus, that being "Dream, not of what you are, but of what you want to be". These words somehow make just motivated to keep going and it's a quote i still tell myself whenever things get bad. I've made a lot of friends through Warframe aswell and geniuenly i don't know what i would do without that help. It's not only a game like no game before it, but an expirience that changed me and helped me go through some tough times. I'm eternally thankfull to DE for just giving us this expirience and to the Warframe community for being what it is. Keep going Tenno, and dream not of what you are, but of what you want to be.
Greetings Tenno! What can we say, the grass is greener on the otherside of your first 100 hours - and then every hour you notice another fence with ever greener grass on the other side. Until the grass turns red, then black then golden then blue. . . ;) Lets just say, I hope you still have some credit on your emotional credit account I also highly recommend listening to the frame soundtrack on its own sometimes, its so good - you think you've phased the music out after playing alot and then the opening of Corpus Greed starts and you're back in your funni frarme one punching tax men with your weird looking dog
As someone with 4000 hours in this game whose played every update that’s come out as they came out farmed frames day one of release and was the pioneer for his friend group to start playing this game im glad to see a new player excited and eager to recruit new players lord knows I’ve tried I talked about it with everyone by now
22:28 dont worry. You will get something that at least for me is peak wf lvl design with all the darks you love. Like a answer to your prays. also the quote from teshin at the end of new war really hits hard the more you go. "Your world is bigger now Tenno. Try not get lost in it."
Chains of Harrow is indeed a beautiful example of proper representation in gaming, by tying it to directly in without going "hey LOOK AT ALL THIS REPRESENTATION WE'RE DOING" and it remains one of my top three favorite quests. Harrow remains my number one favorite frame due to this as well. Eh... Maybe not first, to be truthful, but absolutely tied for first.
2.5k hours here. Best part is fucking around however you like with the sandbox of tools you are provided. Worst part is that most other games, especially mmos are now spoiled for me. What do you mean I can't trade for premium currency to buy a swanky new outfit? What do you mean this is max speed? No parkour?! Why are all these guns just firing plain bullets? And then I go back to warframe.
Man I am glad this showed up on my for you page. I did go back to the first video and I am so happy you stuck with it and are now properly in the game. Please dont finish the documentation of your journey. I want to hear your opinion about story, new systems and direction the game is taking. So many of these things I havent thought about or forgotten because its years ago. But one thing that will always bring me back to warframe is the fact I never felt left behind. I am much of a one trick pony and even after all these years I can always come back and do my trick. Maybe alter it a bit, try new weapons or add more power to it with augmentations. But never felt that I was having to start from scratch which most other MMO I have played makes you feel the moment something new releases. Only other MMO that does the same for me is Guild Wars 2.
That minute 06:30 exactly what I felt, a moment that made me keep playing everyday after work till i fall asleep,, everyday man. Hopefully they will be even better but im not sure about this.
I have over 400+ (probably way more as I have been on and off since pre-launch) hours of playing, and I never knew I could change my ship!! interior!! wth! what a great piece you have done.
As a veteran of this game you are giving a good example of experience and hands on gameplay as well as knowledge for new to intermediate players. Keep up the good work, I love this game myself due to the fact of being a space ninja.
The funny thing is, us Warframe vets have put in FAR beyond 150 hours into the game before the Second Dream even existed. I have played a solid 500 hours before it was dropped in that update. And man, I am so happy to have been part of this quest's inception upon the community. The Second Dream experience is shared by all of us and it is a genuinely transformative experience. Watching someone experience it for the first time feels like watching someone playing Dark Souls for the first time. This quest is as impactful and transformative as the entirety of the original Dark Souls.
Enjoying these old videos of yours. Means I've got a lot to look forward to with this game and that I haven't even begun to do anything at all. Makes me feel much better about my spending money to buy a Prime as well. Means I'm supporting a good company.
DE have, over the years, been generally really good. I started playing way back when the open beta first started in 2013, or maybe even earlier in the closed beta in 2012, I'm not sure myself. The more I played the game the more I realized that the only things holding the game back were the absolutely horrific grindfests. I'd get burnt out, uninstall due to not having anything to do at the end game, say I'm never installing it again, then install it again when a big update drops. Genuinely a good game, and you will likely find yourself dumping hundreds of hours into it chasing after the next weapon or Warframe you want, then chasing after the mods to make those weapons and Warframes really shine.
Amazing breakdown of your experience in this wonderful game! It certainly allows everyone to play the game their own way. All the different ways we can customize our gear and looks are FIRE!!! I'm close within the 2700 hours mark and just loving my time creating character/power/anime/etc. themed builds whenever I encounter a new weapon mechanic or look. Hope you keep enjoying the game and continue sharing the experience! Power to you, fellow Tenno
I came for the new player reactions to one of my favorite games, but I stayed for the story telling and the refreshing perspective. I’m absolutely loving the way you approach content, keep it up! Also I’d love to see you take on other games as well.
Your so well spoken and very articulate. I so enjoy your perspectives and opinions on this game. I could listen to you speak fir hours. Very well done my friend.. ❤
This is the first video of yours that I've seen. I appreciate the continuity at 1:20, referencing and updating your opinions based on new experiences. Feels very genuine. Its so fun to see how new players experience the game. Since, I can't reexperience the game. I'm currently in a "enjoying being a sherpa" stage of the game. I've started a clan and am in the process of writing a handbook, usually based off questions people ask me. My in-game mission time is 2162hrs.
It's great to see so much passion and appreciation for the game I've loved for the last 5 years. I'm the highest rank you can currently reach and the game still brings me lots of joy, for different reasons and in different ways from when I was leveling things up. End game just makes all the effort worth it. I hope you keep playing and enjoying 😎
- You can customize your character's color and mix and match their body and head(yes, dont think about it too much) - The modding system for characters and weapons offers so much possibilities for different play styles(shooting or melee or abilities) - Also did you know that you can also mod your weapon to either one shot everything or deal absolutely ZERO damage great example are: - sniper into an assault rifle - assault rifle into shotguns - shotguns into machine guns - pistols into miniguns - we even have swords that can shoot like a gun with unlimited ammo - and guns that turn into saw - heck even throw a hammer like thor
Warframe when you actually play it, you can feel the love the devs have for the game and the players, they literally spoil us with cool stuff like every other mouth I swear
This is about halfway caught up to a story that gets bigger every year. It's absolutely insane and I'm really sad because it started making me motion sick a few months ago. 😢
1650 hours into Warframe, playing since may 2015 with bigger and smaller breaks from it and still I come back almost every major update, to catch up with story, new modes, to have a background activity while chatting at discord. Over the years it has massively changed and became a whole different game a few times over but still - my favourite F2P probably of all time
Great video dude. I have 2300 hours and have been playing since about 2015. I take breaks but always come back when new content drops. Easily the most well made and fair f2p game. Incredible. Highly recommend to anybody.
As a beginner just started playing 2 days ago, its beautiful. Without playing it the videos of it look so unappealing but once you start playing its just unbelievably magnificent and fun to play
Rap tap tap.
Catch me live: www.twitch.tv/legendary_drops
now you see why people like myself are playing for 11 years 🙂
Rap Tap Tap will make even more sense as you progress further into the game....
@@misspiggy9647 that's why he said it, he's already done chains of harrow
oh god, not the "Rap tap tap"
Are you gonna supercut all of your warframe videos
"What kind of game is Warframe?"
"Yes."
"
yes but actually no "
@@MrRafagigapr both at once
welcome in the void
Yup
Honestly a city building simulator is the only thing were missing and even then, that's technically the Dojo.
"a damn good one"
The hardest part of being a Warframe player, is convincing other people to play Warframe, without telling them why they should play Warframe.
This right here!
"Its an old game" " its just an rpg" "i played for a whole hour and i didnt get anywhere" 😂
It's so fucking hard. Every vet and early to late game player knows not to spoil yet it's so hard not to
Is it as expensive as destiny to get into?
@@Originalknyte i mean u gotta spend some on a console or pc.... lol 100% free. Unless u NEED to look pretty...
Oh the arc we all know too well, “warframe isn’t what I expected” to “gamings best kept secret”
yeeeeeah
You, me, and hopefully my brother if I can get him to second dream without spoilers
I think a lot of people see the videos made by creators who've been playing the game since the start and complain about things that really only people who've played for 5k+ hours even notice. For the vast majority of players, the game is damned near a masterpiece of game play no one expected when they first logged in and started playing.
@@KhronicD "I've Lost Hope With Warframe"
Playtime: 10,000 Hours
@@DawnAfternoon Im the opposite and i have 12k on steam.
-object selected
-object discovered its history
-object has unlocked its potential
-temporary object stopped maintaining indifferent
-waiting for significant change in the world.
Kalymos sequence almost ready
preparation of awakening procedures
activating atmospheric systems in the target facility.
I, as a certified Railjack Pilot would never stop enjoying myself taking my ship across the empty and open space like a space pirate and always help wandering tenno during missions.
Fellow Hydroid main spotted
As a Fellow certified Railjack Pilot (2) I totally agree.
Astro-Train will be there in the Void all Day!
Now imagine If Railjack would be tied in with the whole game. Starcitizen who?
I used to farm dozens of RJ missions every day to try and get the 'turret velocity' mod.
I still don't have it 😂
Fake no one plays RJ
14:10 The "We all lift together" song when you visit fortuna for the first time is a core memory.
Not so much for me, but that is because I was still playing before Fortuna, so it will always kick back to the hype of the trailer and the anticipation waiting for Fortuna.
I was playing before fortuna as well but that still is a core memory for me
"For narmer" Had more of an impact for me tbh
that slow jaw drop he did with that big reveal in "The Sacrifice" was awesome 😂😂
Wasn't able to watch it live, I can't wait to see it
I haven't seen his but from most reactions I see it's not the narrative reveal that floors people. It's being presented with a character creation screen 100+ hours in. As a gamer, that is NOT expected.
Yes his reaction was the best one could ask for haha.
When you realize just how grimdark the Warframe universe is. It's dark but not full on edgy for the sake of edgy.
Then standing up and walking out of view and the silence followed by the WTF was gold lmaooo
In Warframe, once you're in a party, it's generally just rush rush rush. Most of the other players aren't just in a hurry, but they are also really good at rushing through maps, and killing everything extremely fast. So if you don't rush, you'll get left behind, with no kills. The other players aren't usually terribly bothered by waiting at the exit for a slower player, but if you're the slower player, you probably aren't going to feel great about letting them wait for you again and again. You're probably going to try hard to keep up.
There is so much atmosphere in this game though. There are secrets hidden in the maps too. The action and mechanics are pretty dynamic and offer a lot of room for experimentation as well. Taking your time, exploring the maps, and savoring the action, rather than just rushing through it all, is quite worthwhile and rewarding. The cooperative play is great, but it is worth going on solo runs from time to time, and maybe finding a friend who's willing to slow down for a more subdued experience now and then.
This right here is why I'm mostly playing solo except for things like interception or steel path content
You are right, as a new player was always trying to catch up and felt like was so slow, but as you said most players don't bother. I am now MR17 and love helping ppl out. Always ask them if they have a mission they want to do or give them a tip like the vaults of deimos. That's why I love the game so much
This is great advice buddy.....I go weeks at a time playing solo before diving back into multi-player....I'm a veteran with 4000 plus hours between console and pc (now merged together into my main pc account) but the game and it's awesome grim dark lore never stop being amazing 😊
The game has been fucked since the new parkour system which killed all the game design. But people can't go back because it would be slower, so the devs made the decision to keep to what players want, which ultimately is finishing the missions as fast possible because the game is really grindy, which makes a game pretty shitty now.
@@ggadams639nah
The New War video is gonna be nuts, that quest is a gem
Except the stealth part
Fuck the stealth part
@@mathieuaurousseau100its rough but i found it fun when you find lil spots that fuck with them, i.e. standing on the railing behind that box
It's funny because some of us really enjoyed the Stealth part
WAIT, I know that pfp 💀
@bluepittgames3551I mean they are kinda conditioned to do so for the hundreds of hours prior
The only problem, like someone else said who’s name I can’t recall, is that, “Even 20 hours into the game, your still in the tutorial.”
'Did you know that if you roll over an interactable pickup and press the button, you will pick it up without the animation? Try it on an ayatan star!'
There's just so many little bits that add up into the bigger ones.
'Remember Tenno, if you're on fire, roll! If you're on ice, roll! If you've been poisoned, roll!'
I’m years into the game and I literally still don’t know what I’m doing. Idk what the point of the operator is, I don’t have a mech, I don’t know how to maximize time with mods or the trading market. Every railjack mission I get stomped, I have no clue what the point of forma or ayatans, and there’s still so much more I haven’t even glossed over. I want to love this game and actually get more involved but every time I look up a guide or something there’s just so much information thrown at you that I just get fried mentally and quit again
@@BonzerMrT thats because you only played like 0.001% of the game, literally. U need the operador to kill specifics bosses and mobs. This is a very time consuming game
@@BonzerMrT i relate to your experience so much as a returning player. After years I still am figuring things out. I was completly new to railjack,liches ,necromechs and the operator equippment etc. I manged to conquer every single one of these things by starting small. You dont have to do everything at once just focus on small task. like ranking up a syndicate you need for any of these. farming specific materials, leveling up a warframe or weapon. Step by step youll get there and it will be fun. Remember its a long term investment. The mindset will make you able to enjoy warframe in all of its beauty
Tbh the entire origin system is the tutorial, the real game is steel path.
Regarding the "Emotional vampires" comment (I know it was meant in good fun), there's a quote from Doctor Who of all things that I think helps illustrate why the Warframe community has this near-obsession with seeing the reactions of new players to those "big moments". To paraphrase:
"Because... Because I can't see it anymore. After a while you just can't _see it_ anymore. [...] Everything is just stuff. That's the problem. You make all of space and time your backyard what do you have? A backyard. But *you* can see it. And when you see it, I see it."
Well said
"Everything. I look at a star and it's just a big ball of burning gas... and I know how it began and I know how it ends. And I was probably there both times."
Doctor who is so beautiful sometimes.
I think that's why we and DE can't make the New player experience as good as the game deserves.
Now there's a mood I've only just started to feel, yet have felt for all my life.
That is so well put! Thank you, if we remember to, we may use this quote in the future!
This is the exact same phenomenon as tool fans watching reaction videos.
chains of Harrow was one of the best tone shifts. I remember when it came out, the questions it didn't just asked, but damn near DEMANEDED you contemplate, the wonderfully handled craftsmanship of his character. And the fact that stuff that happens after CONTEXCTUALIZES why it was Rell that got these insights first, and not any other the other characters in the long LONG list of fun characters.
"And apparently im going to tennocon" well thats going to be a blast. Hoping to go one of these years
bucket list :)
It's a kick, for sure. I went in 2018 and 2019. The devs are just as humble and cool as can be.
i'm so close to crafting my first warframe (ivara prime) and i am incredibly excited. i've already loved the game so far despite my low playtime (i play when im tired and thus i end up sucking really bad) and with next month bringing in free color palettes, i immediately see my playtime skyrocketing. i'm very excited to finally be able to play ivara prime
congrats!
Ivara is an awesome frame, you’re gonna love her. If you ever want a fellow tired squad mate, add me (same username)
wait till you discover the prime version is vaulted
@@yonibuber9202 nah i already know she was vaulted, a friend gave me her extra set of ivara prime blueprints!
@@TheHoIyMeow absolutely love ivara! i still suck at the game but she's been so helpful for rescue and spy missions! i recently got khora prime too :] sure thing! if you see someone named mothymoon adding you, that's me!
About the thing "what devs of this game can and can not do? how far can they go to experiment?".
If I remembering things right, DE was on of, if not THE, first one to implement Twitch drops.
On one of the devstreams, many years ago, they were testing Twitch drops, giving away Exilus Adapters to linked players for watching the stream for some time.
But something went wrong. Very wrong. So in a minute they changed in faces, stopped the drops, laughed, etc.
Then we learned that in that minute, every viewer with linked account got about 80 Exilus Adapters. (I still have like 50 spare from that time)
Space Mom wasted couple tens of millions of platinum for her children.
Glorious!
Wait, warframe or weapon adapters? Either way that's ridiculous lmao
@@ImDaRealBoi should be frame adapters, during that time weapon doesnt have exilus slot yet iirc.
I watched that stream! I remember checking and I had about 70 of them lmaoo good times
@@TrollBishbaalkin lmao we barely have enough warframes to cover that much
Aw dang! I didn’t start twitch drops until the Plains of Eidolon came out so I missed it. That must’ve been hilarious to be a part of!
His unsavory reaction to “and putting many, many, many hours into this game” 0:24 💀💀💀
The craziest part of this video is knowing, as a vet with 6k hours, that he has so much crazy stuff ahead of him xD
I'm at 2900ish. /Salute. Hello Tenno, brother/sister.
I'm the same amount haha. After Wisp Prime I'm done and not going back.
I think I'm around 5k ish. In excess of 200 days of play time. 1500 logins.
I have a problem. 😂😂
The first time I heard Rell I was creeped out. 😂
I feel like a baby Tenno. 1.2k
dopped something like that in the last vid of him. first 1000h are all about: find your most exiting playstyle and enjoy the cinematic quests
The way you word and frame your ideas is awesome and I'm really glad you decided to make this channel. I already loved your content and been watching since you had pretty low subs, but then you got into warframe and now I adore your videos and streams.
Thank you so much!
The funny part is the second dream was a quite earlier on quest. It was out before Cetus. Before fortuna. Before deimos.
So the fact that DE manages to back track content to add more and more and not only forward is mind boggling
Exactly! I left the game in around 2017-ish. Came back with LD started covering the game. I decided to start back in with the Deimos quest, and I'm floored how seamlessly it slots into the story and somehow adds context as if that concept and content has been there all along and I just somehow missed it! It's so good 😊
Honestly, I still have very very very very important feelings about the way The Sacrifice follows up with "We all lift together" (like literally the next update)
I was going to make the same comment. The Second Dream came much earlier originally so it's interesting to hear what it's like for new players now. Still hits hard I guess! I think there's plenty to keep new players engaged even if it takes them longer to reach it and it was smart for DE to let players experience Fortuna etc before they get there.
@@MichaelJM I originally played Warframe when it came out in 2013 for about an hour or two and after running around a bunch in what felt like an empty (Grineer I think) spacecraft with no idea what was going on or anything I quit deciding it wasn't my cup of Tea.
I was board in December 2023 and noticed Amazon was giving away An Octavia skin, thought it looked cool and re-logged into Warframe for the first time in a decade.
Was in my orbiter with a Level 0 Excalibur, and whatever other Level 0 gear you start with and two emails in my inbox about a mission on earth where I had to chose between helping one faction save the forests and another faction that wanted my help to destroy them. Clearly that content no longer existed, but I have has a blast since.
Watching this video series is super cool as even having done all this more recently then older players the feeling of seeing someone experience this for the first time is like a warm blanket.
11:26 "Dream....not of what you are, but what you want to be"
your first video on this from 2 months ago got me back into the game, now im 450 hours deep and loving it
It has been a true pleasure seeing someone experience Warframe with the vernacular to describe their experience. It's funny because I can almost feel the excitement when you turn those corners and find something new. Your experience with other games also helps to put things into perspective. Thank you for the videos and I'm glad you're enjoying the game so much. Battle on Tenno
Side note, I've been playing for 10 years and am LR4.
love these vids it refreshes my perspective as an old vet of the game. I enjoy watching a new player have your exact thoughts as I'm showing someone around as their first thoughts are "this game is ok" to the pivotal moment to where their ideals change to "holy crud this game is awesome, I'm officially addicted." these are the exact emotions I want to see when I make my own game I want that aw factor for my players.
Asmon reacting to you is how I found you. Been watching ever since. And because of you I got back into warframe after a 6 year hiatus. And because of you I've added 448 hours to my play time at the time of this comment.
Same here. Left in 2017ish and had completely forgotten the game until LD did his vid. So freaking happy he did because I always intended to come back and now it's somehow *even better* !
@noctoi agreed. I stopped playing because I was worried cross save was never going to happen. Didn't want to keep investing my time in something I knew I would never go back to if it didn't.
My advice for this game. Don't grind too much, spend your time organize for example what you grind and what materials you should get today. Spending your time grind in one go(multiple task at once) well lead you to burn out very quickly after an hours of playing. Thats why crafting in warframe is the only thing slap you in the face that you woke up in reality that you spend lots of time already and you should take a break.
This is why I'm so excited for "Soulframe". Same devs that put so much heart into Warframe carrying on into fantasy.
GOds same. That game looks like it'll be exactly what I've been wanting for YEARS, and the fact that DE are making it gives me a lot of hope. Can't wait to jump into it.
@@noctoi As someone who has access to the Preludes, I'll say that it definitely seems to be carrying on DE's penchant for making weird and wonderful worlds. Lots of little details to appreciate even at this very early stage.
Definitely won't be playing it. WF honestly came alive when the OG team left. Scott kept the game "balanced" which meant constant nerfs while Pablo has been less about balance and more about making the game actually fun while only nerfing if something is stupidly broken or overused.
I can tell you .. if they have a "Founders Pack" in Soulframe, buy it...
My Excal Prime account is worth $1000 for doing nothing then having spent 50 bucks^^
Apparently one of Soulframe's themes is 'nature good, technology bad'
And after COVID, I get _blindingly angry_ at that kind of hypocritical hippie nonsense.
You're right warframe is very hard to get bored of but I have countless times becomes burned out from it. Pace yourself if you're looking to have it as a regular hobby. 2.3k hours here and I expect that to go up quite a bit when I inevitably return to it.
The Second Dream is that moment that you get invited to the party that you've been hearing down across the street but have only ever caught small glimpses between the door as others go inside. And you're stunned by what has been just out of reach for so long. The initial shock is startling.
The War Within is the moment you finally have that first drink to loosen you up and start having some fun on the dance floor. You don't fully know what you're doing, but you're starting to feel like you fit in and are getting comfortable with the new setting.
The Chains of Harrow is when suddenly the lights go out and the music stops. Audible gasps around you as distant noises indicate something big about to happen.
The Sacrifice is when the lights come back on, but they point to a stage in the back you've not paid attention to. It's like seeing the club for the first time again but now all the focus is on the stage that's always been there since you walked in, just unnoticed.
The New War is the moment you see your band mates walking on stage, instruments in hand, and they call you out of the crowd. Surprise - this was your show all along. They point to your spot on the stage and usher you over.
Now the real party begins.
If that's what LD was trying to say, he failed and you managed.
I understand this better.
As an outsider to the game, his Warframe videos are just unintelligible to me, this I understand.
This is accurate and well stated
that was effin beautiful man, as someone who's been playing since 2013 this is what warframe feels like
I was the first of my friend group to give warframe a try way back when it made the jump to consoles, and I remember being so incredibly confused about the game (the new player experience back then was, believe it or not, even worse than the one you experienced), but I was also so very enamored with the art style and the design of the game. I believe at the time I played it, Lotus didn't yet have a moving model and bullet jumping hadn't been implemented yet (we got around by coptering back then), and second dream wouldn't appear for a good while yet. It took me about that long to convince one of my friends to play it with me, lol! He was so resistant for all the reasons you were; it was a free to play looter shooter, so he expected the absolute worst no matter how many times I told him it wasn't! The funny thing about his resistance to it is that once he played it, he fell in love with the game even faster than I did. He blew through all the quests that were available at the time, and then the second that second dream dropped, he beat it well before I did. He spent the next week as I tried to catch up begging me to play it so he could finally talk about it, and refused to divulge spoilers for it even when I told him I didn't mind them.
I will always be grateful he showed that amount of restraint. Second dream was, and still is, one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. It felt like a strange sort of catharsis after investing so much of my time into the game, and left me in tears. I still get misty eyed when I hear "This Is What You Are," or when I look at my Volt, who has been on this journey with me for almost 10 years now, and was the frame I completed second dream with. He's no longer my most played (that title belongs to both Nezha and Nezha prime now), but he was my first frame, and will always hold a special place in my heart.
If I had to compare, second dream gave me a similar feeling that Mass Effect 3 did in its opening hour the first time I played it. It left me sitting there, staring at my screen, tears in my eyes, as I realized that years of buildup was finally coming to fruition. That the time I put in mattered in all the ways that mattered to me. They are moments I will never get back, and that is why I love watching new players experience what I did for the first time. I love seeing that it isn't just me; that other people feel this way, too. That these moments do matter.
Thank you for sharing your experience, and I'm sorry for the essay, lol. I may have a...lot of feelings for this game.
Warframe movement spoils players.
I tried playing Phasmophobia. Can't jump. Quit after less than 3h of gameplay. A friend recommended Alan Wake to me, streamed some gameplay. He had to walk around a knee-high fence. I couldn't even try that.
I accidentally tried bullet-jumping in Valheim. I failed. I tried stopping my swing in order to block. I failed. I feel crippled playing other games.
Another friend said he tried bullet-jumping in World of Tanks. He just stopped there, facepalmed, closed his eyes and started laughing.
Edit: The one that played Alan Wake at the time has now tried Warframe and had beaten all of its quests. He feels the same way now.
I came from apex and titanfall. I havent heard of warframe until a friend told me. I thought apex ruined other games because of movement, and then came warframe...
With the Warframes (after the movement revamp anyway; they were originally a lot slower and clunkier, they even had a stamina meter) Digital Extremes created the single greatest movement system in gaming. Whoever came up with bullet jumping was a certified genius. The flow of sprinting, double jumping bullet jumping, aim gliding, mid-air rolling and sliding is a catharsis that no other game can offer.
@@ArcaneAzmadi Agreed. It's hilarious watching new players just kind of walk through missions. And then the moment when they really start to figure out how bullet jumping, rolling, sliding, wall jumping, etc works together and seeing them reach that flow state of just effortlessly moving through a mission is honestly so much fun to watch.
Playing warframe for 100 hours now, going back to Final Fantasy 14 will be brutal lol WF movement is just *chef's kiss*
@@SILVERONIN Ffxiv and warframe are two of my main games. I find that there aren't any issues with movement. Probably because they're very different games, so I end up in different headspaces for them
I keep seeking out videos like this one because it lets me relive my time of discovering the game and playing through it. After thousands of hours you can get a bit jaded, but seeing someone get into it with a fresh perspective and loving it reignites your love for the game all over again.
I mean everything gets jaded after THAT many hours😭
I go back to WF every 6 months or so
Have like nearly 4000 hours into it since it’s release, and it’s evolved so many times
I’ve spent some money on cool skins to support the developers
It’s crazy to think that it’s a FREE GAME
Fun fact: the customization options with the small blue diamond with the hammer symbol are the tenogen, player made customizations that you can buy that directly support whoever made them (they get a percentage cut)
They actually get the full profits of all sales of their skins iirc, DE only gets money from plat and prime access type stuff
Man, I've been following your experiences through the game, and your thoughtful words made me go back into the game.
I've played this game since... Way before it was on Steam when you had to collect your skills as mods, the game, the mood, the tone, and everything else was different back then. Your videos made me reminisce about those days, and your impressions of every surprise the game has for us make me chuckle and relate.
This game deserves more praise than it has, and you are doing a wonderful job exposing its virtues and shortcomings, and I'm thankful for that.
the curveballs we get thrown form DE still get more curvy, 1999 is still just as curvy.
theres a few collectables amung all the tile sets that actually ask for slow exploration of each of these to feel each of them. some like learning about ordis's origin. others like just basic syndicate medals that get a bit more used in later tiles. kurias are in so many insane small places that give a collectable deceration plus a poem for the twin queens for the warwithin. ever new tile set that comes out i always take 1 or 2 solo missions to fully explore every part of it to both learn the tile for faster movement and find new secrets.
He's gonna lose his shit in The New War, can't wait for it.
Watched yesterday your Sacrifice stream live and it was as emotional as the time I played it myself.
He's gonna lose his shit collecting parts for the you-know-what, hahaha
OMG WATCHING YOUR JOURNEY IS AWESOMW
I hate how there's just so much context missing from newer players. The creative designs and choices DE has made is just lost to people who don't know about the history that got them there.
It was lost on me initially, but after a few big updates, I kinda began to realise what was happening. DE are nothing like the other developers, They're got a knack for being able to bring everything together as though it was always there.
I cannot name any other game or developer that does this so seemlessly.
Yet even with the updates and additions to the game, the size of the game doesn't really change that much either (sometimes shrinks a little)... It doesn't hog storage.
@@VolkuthIt boggles my mind, knowing the game just gets faster and more efficient woth every damn update, its so well optimized that this is the only game that bothers me if it is somehow slower after a massive update
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One quote that really changed my life came straight from Lotus. Sometimes, I still drop a tear just thinking where I am thanks to her.
"Dream not of what you are, but what you want to be." 😢❤
There's also a new cinematic quest coming in June and the 1999 update coming later this uear which will introduce a completely new mode parallel to the main game like duviri and railjack.
So be ready for even more fantastic content
Also the june update will supposedly get rid of the "viral+Slash" Meta we've had for the last 5+ years?
5 years? I stopped playing over e years ago and viral slash was the meta for 5 years back then! @@skuamato7886
@@skuamato7886It’s gonna bring other statuses up to speed with viral+slash+heat. They’ve explicitly said that they won’t be nerfing those statuses though.
@@SmoothTurtle840 Honestly yeah they shouldn't get nerfed because the only thing making it so dominant in the first place is the thing getting tackled in the update, aka Armor itself.
@@skuamato7886I mean viral slash hasn’t truly been meta tbh since the new shards came out and whispers. Corrosive has kinda taken over due to green shards and rad has skyrocketed due to murmurs and new mods. I just never run viral anymore unless the gun is specifically made for hunter munitions builds but most have swapped to a corrosive heat or corrosive cold or corrosive radiation for murmurs tbh. And for melee any combo with electric has pretty much taken over due to melee influence.
The Spiritbox shirt goes CRAZY, love that band. Also, welcome to the rabbit hole, been playing Warframe since 2015 and it’s fun every time to see newcomers get blasted by some of the best content in video games
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Love your videos! and I couldn't express myself better than you did here about warframe, I started playing in 2017 and personally warframe is a life changing experience, in my case Cetus or fortuna didn't even existed and some of the most amazing quests were just getting added as I was playing so I felt inmersed in the story, and how time was passing in the story as I was also playing.
SPOILER!!!!
I saw you played the sacrifice, and imagine how it felt for veteran players when lotus after years of being with you just left, and how it feels to just see her as an ordis simulation for another couple years
I've been playing Warframe since 2015 and after all the games I've played over the years it's still my favorite one
Genuine question from another vet: How come you don't get tired of all the grinding?
@@TheSorcerer1 well I actually just came back to the game after taking a long break.. it's so much new content on here for me because of that. I would always jump on at least twice a month just to keep myself in my clan and not get kicked do to inactivity, since I'm apart of good clan.. So yea the grind doesn't bother me now 😭 I was also playing other games as well which also kept away from Warframe
its fun seeing the order you are going through the content as someone who's got a few thousand hours and is consistently doing whatever the newest thing is since all else is finished and seeing you get through stuff that was added after I was already caught up with it.
(Also wisp prime WOOOO)
when the game start there was only 4 mission type with no arch-wing, k-drivers, Railjacks and basically you was a space ninja and on foot in one of 4 missions with a couple of quests and pets, now the game is like 10 games in one and so much fun to play. Worth every second worth playing. and more to come in the future this game will constantly keep going.
As a consistent player for nearly 2 years I cannot agree more (so long as you don’t bind yourself to the meta though).
100% Play what you enjoy and how you enjoy it
@bluepittgames3551 fr
Me in the corner: "b-but I actually _like_ Saryn! It's not my fault she's OP AF!"
me whipping out my mk1 incarnon loadout with vanilla excalibur that i override the exalted blade to minmax slash dash
@@MirroredDreamscapeI looooove Saryn. She's still my main. I enjoy switch it up a lot. Reworked Inaros, Titania and recently Protea are my current favs.
As someone that grew up NOT playing shooters, just a few hours into Warframe I was VERY glad to find it's not necessarily a 'shooter,' but a fast-paced action game that happens to have shooter aspects bolted on. It was more "-fi" than "sci," and dared to be its own thing.
When I started warframe for real in December in 2019 I played it exclusively for a year. When I finally broke away to other games I found I knew warframe controls well enough that it became my permanent interm game. If I am between games or just feel like playing "something" it is warframe. I am also always here for the new primes and new updates. The game is forever in my now playing list to be picked up at anytime, (like yesterday just to grind some new nightwave, do a sortie, get a shard a good 4 years after my permanent start*).
*Note I did play it on xbox launch but THAT new player experience seemed too involved and the game sat on my "play it when i have more time" list for years. Only when they released the "new player experience before the current new player experience did I really get into it".
I've been playing Warframe almost since release and Chains of Harrow is still my absolute favorite quest. It is so good at giving the creeping horror vibe of something just being _wrong_ with the whole situation.
New player experience needs a bump. But after that 100 hour slog Warframe becomes the best free game ever made. Second only to minesweeper
Also shoutout to the nekros floating away just before the 10 min mark. Peak warframe gameplay
The thing is the first 100 hours isn't really a slog, otherwise noone would play it. It's a fantastic corridor shooter with absolutely no context in terms of story, and little explanation of what it is you are doing.
@@Oldlard As Legendary Drops said before: It's far from fantastic, for example the difficulty picks up far to slow. (Only on the Orb-Vallis if you venture out far enough. But I think that has been changed too and is far easier now.)
Edit: Though early-game being too easy has never been a problem with me.
@Oldlard nah it's a slog. The stupid trade limit, color pallete limit, insane time gating , potatoe/forma gate and slot limits alone make for a incredibly cheap feeling experience .
@@krisv1038 I actually think they should give new players a lot of bones. Give new players 10 more trade limit count, have regular weapon and frames take 1 and 12 hours to craft (prime crafting time can stay as they are), fully free first color palette, and slots per mastery rank.
However potato is sort of dime a dozen these days that I think they're in a good place.
I personally have a love/hate relationship with how you have no idea of the things that will be unlocked as you progress through the quests. Like Archon Shards example. There’s no greyed-out area in your arsenal saying “this unlocks after xyz.” It’s just suddenly there when it becomes an available mechanic. Much like different types of missions and such. So the game doesn’t necessarily push you towards anything, it just says “here’s your story line quests, do it.” So for the first 100 hours, I had no idea that I had more to do, but that also makes the game so much more exhilarating when you figure these things out. And there’s loads of em. I’m probably 400 hours in. I got help from a dude who’s on his 5th account, his “free to play” account and he broke it all down for me. There’s so, so much.
It has been a lot of fun watching you progress through the game, even more so because you were initially wary of the "red flags", as you previously put it, and came around to enjoying the game. There is so much in Warframe that it's daunting to get through everything without having your mind melt at the variety of content you encounter.
But here's the kicker. The best is yet to come.
The New War is hands down the best quest in the game, and the succeeding two quests (as of today) after that are really good, too. It's gonna be a doozy, but I am very excited to watch you experience them.
I have 800ish hours in this game, and even that feels like a drop in the ocean. But I can confidently say that out of all the games I've ever played this one is the only one I always come back to, no matter how long its been or what's happening in my life.
I can honestly say this game is a master piece.
Woo 10,000 hours gang. So excited for your new war reaction
I was 500+ hours in when I did the Second Dream quest (when it came out), boy was I and everyone else blown away. Still the best moment in gaming I've ever experienced.
This is literally THE review I was searching for to send to a friend (or maybe two) to recruit him.
Thank you so much!
I would suggest using the earlier reviews by LD, this one is loaded with a lot of spoilers that would be best left for your friend to experience directly
@@Desdemona-XI Of course I wouldn't want to ruin the 2nd Dream, War Within, Sacrifice, etc.
But the Spoilers only really start in the middle, at 13mins. Also his older videos are a bit too critical. Not that he's not right, it would just give me more explaining to do.
Thank you for making this series, I tried Warframe when it came out and wasn’t a fan but after watching your first video I gave it another shot this week and it’s so much fun. Rhino is a monster!
If you want something to make you slow down and explore all the maps, start hunting down the Kuria.
Oh god, the 1/100 room on Uranus...
I started playing warframe back when the ps4 first came out. I’m in shock on how it has advanced over the years and I didn’t get to experience it then. I’ve been hesitant to play cuz IM LOST IN THE SAUCE. But I’ve been giving it a go
This may be random but Warframe is one of the best things that happened to me. I'm a transgender teen living in a coutry where people like me are looked down upon and that struggle of not being able to find help or even begin transition made me depressed to the point of thinking about ending myself. Now i find it kinda funny but the thing that stuck with me and kept repeating in my head at that time was a quote from Lotus, that being "Dream, not of what you are, but of what you want to be". These words somehow make just motivated to keep going and it's a quote i still tell myself whenever things get bad. I've made a lot of friends through Warframe aswell and geniuenly i don't know what i would do without that help. It's not only a game like no game before it, but an expirience that changed me and helped me go through some tough times. I'm eternally thankfull to DE for just giving us this expirience and to the Warframe community for being what it is. Keep going Tenno, and dream not of what you are, but of what you want to be.
Greetings Tenno!
What can we say, the grass is greener on the otherside of your first 100 hours - and then every hour you notice another fence with ever greener grass on the other side. Until the grass turns red, then black then golden then blue. . . ;)
Lets just say, I hope you still have some credit on your emotional credit account
I also highly recommend listening to the frame soundtrack on its own sometimes, its so good - you think you've phased the music out after playing alot and then the opening of Corpus Greed starts and you're back in your funni frarme one punching tax men with your weird looking dog
As someone with 4000 hours in this game whose played every update that’s come out as they came out farmed frames day one of release and was the pioneer for his friend group to start playing this game im glad to see a new player excited and eager to recruit new players lord knows I’ve tried I talked about it with everyone by now
22:28 dont worry. You will get something that at least for me is peak wf lvl design with all the darks you love. Like a answer to your prays.
also the quote from teshin at the end of new war really hits hard the more you go.
"Your world is bigger now Tenno. Try not get lost in it."
I'm very excited now..!
the anticipation!!
I always learn so much, from a live... stream
Chains of Harrow is indeed a beautiful example of proper representation in gaming, by tying it to directly in without going "hey LOOK AT ALL THIS REPRESENTATION WE'RE DOING" and it remains one of my top three favorite quests. Harrow remains my number one favorite frame due to this as well. Eh... Maybe not first, to be truthful, but absolutely tied for first.
2.5k hours here. Best part is fucking around however you like with the sandbox of tools you are provided. Worst part is that most other games, especially mmos are now spoiled for me. What do you mean I can't trade for premium currency to buy a swanky new outfit? What do you mean this is max speed? No parkour?! Why are all these guns just firing plain bullets? And then I go back to warframe.
Man I am glad this showed up on my for you page. I did go back to the first video and I am so happy you stuck with it and are now properly in the game. Please dont finish the documentation of your journey. I want to hear your opinion about story, new systems and direction the game is taking. So many of these things I havent thought about or forgotten because its years ago. But one thing that will always bring me back to warframe is the fact I never felt left behind. I am much of a one trick pony and even after all these years I can always come back and do my trick. Maybe alter it a bit, try new weapons or add more power to it with augmentations. But never felt that I was having to start from scratch which most other MMO I have played makes you feel the moment something new releases. Only other MMO that does the same for me is Guild Wars 2.
Lol just wait till he plays "a new war"
I'm waiting for that 😂
He just streamed the Sacrifice and the Prelude to War. This one is up next!
That minute 06:30 exactly what I felt, a moment that made me keep playing everyday after work till i fall asleep,, everyday man. Hopefully they will be even better but im not sure about this.
Hahahahaha. Ya.
I have over 400+ (probably way more as I have been on and off since pre-launch) hours of playing, and I never knew I could change my ship!! interior!! wth! what a great piece you have done.
As a veteran of this game you are giving a good example of experience and hands on gameplay as well as knowledge for new to intermediate players. Keep up the good work, I love this game myself due to the fact of being a space ninja.
Ahh yes, the value past the login screen. Which one of the login screens do you mean by that?
The funny thing is, us Warframe vets have put in FAR beyond 150 hours into the game before the Second Dream even existed. I have played a solid 500 hours before it was dropped in that update. And man, I am so happy to have been part of this quest's inception upon the community. The Second Dream experience is shared by all of us and it is a genuinely transformative experience. Watching someone experience it for the first time feels like watching someone playing Dark Souls for the first time. This quest is as impactful and transformative as the entirety of the original Dark Souls.
Enjoying these old videos of yours. Means I've got a lot to look forward to with this game and that I haven't even begun to do anything at all. Makes me feel much better about my spending money to buy a Prime as well. Means I'm supporting a good company.
DE have, over the years, been generally really good. I started playing way back when the open beta first started in 2013, or maybe even earlier in the closed beta in 2012, I'm not sure myself.
The more I played the game the more I realized that the only things holding the game back were the absolutely horrific grindfests. I'd get burnt out, uninstall due to not having anything to do at the end game, say I'm never installing it again, then install it again when a big update drops.
Genuinely a good game, and you will likely find yourself dumping hundreds of hours into it chasing after the next weapon or Warframe you want, then chasing after the mods to make those weapons and Warframes really shine.
Amazing breakdown of your experience in this wonderful game! It certainly allows everyone to play the game their own way. All the different ways we can customize our gear and looks are FIRE!!! I'm close within the 2700 hours mark and just loving my time creating character/power/anime/etc. themed builds whenever I encounter a new weapon mechanic or look.
Hope you keep enjoying the game and continue sharing the experience! Power to you, fellow Tenno
I came for the new player reactions to one of my favorite games, but I stayed for the story telling and the refreshing perspective. I’m absolutely loving the way you approach content, keep it up! Also I’d love to see you take on other games as well.
Thank you for this! I've always wondered it was worth the time an effort. Might just pick it up again!
Your so well spoken and very articulate. I so enjoy your perspectives and opinions on this game. I could listen to you speak fir hours. Very well done my friend.. ❤
When you started talking about music i instantly started singing that song thats crazy
This is the first video of yours that I've seen. I appreciate the continuity at 1:20, referencing and updating your opinions based on new experiences. Feels very genuine.
Its so fun to see how new players experience the game. Since, I can't reexperience the game.
I'm currently in a "enjoying being a sherpa" stage of the game. I've started a clan and am in the process of writing a handbook, usually based off questions people ask me.
My in-game mission time is 2162hrs.
100% relatable. Im 2000+ hours in and STILL find stuff I didnt know everytime I log in. This game is crazy.
I love how finally a bigger youtuber expresses how good warframe really is.
It's such a good game and deserves so much more love from this world
It's great to see so much passion and appreciation for the game I've loved for the last 5 years. I'm the highest rank you can currently reach and the game still brings me lots of joy, for different reasons and in different ways from when I was leveling things up. End game just makes all the effort worth it. I hope you keep playing and enjoying 😎
When he started mentioning the music I KNEW the cold below was gonna pop on. Hell yeah🤝
there is nothing more satisfying as a vet then seeing someone fall in love with the game the exact same way I did way back when
9:43 "Infinite Imagination"
Nekros slowly transforming into a Submarine and left
- You can customize your character's color and mix and match their body and head(yes, dont think about it too much)
- The modding system for characters and weapons offers so much possibilities for different play styles(shooting or melee or abilities)
- Also did you know that you can also mod your weapon to either one shot everything or deal absolutely ZERO damage
great example are:
- sniper into an assault rifle
- assault rifle into shotguns
- shotguns into machine guns
- pistols into miniguns
- we even have swords that can shoot like a gun with unlimited ammo
- and guns that turn into saw
- heck even throw a hammer like thor
Warframe is one of the only games that I get goosebumps from watching other people play certain scenes/quests.
Warframe when you actually play it, you can feel the love the devs have for the game and the players, they literally spoil us with cool stuff like every other mouth I swear
This is about halfway caught up to a story that gets bigger every year. It's absolutely insane and I'm really sad because it started making me motion sick a few months ago. 😢
1650 hours into Warframe, playing since may 2015 with bigger and smaller breaks from it and still I come back almost every major update, to catch up with story, new modes, to have a background activity while chatting at discord. Over the years it has massively changed and became a whole different game a few times over but still - my favourite F2P probably of all time
Been playing that game off and on since day 1 of PS4, and it still holds up!!!!!
my dad is 55 and has over 1500 login days in warframe. he logs in like everyday for a moment, plays barely something else. he said "its the mechanics"
I still get goosebumps just THINKING about the second dream. That mission is when I decided warframe would be my forever game.
The ghost ship mission was so simple but that bloody finale was so fucken cool!
Great video dude. I have 2300 hours and have been playing since about 2015. I take breaks but always come back when new content drops. Easily the most well made and fair f2p game. Incredible. Highly recommend to anybody.
As a beginner just started playing 2 days ago, its beautiful. Without playing it the videos of it look so unappealing but once you start playing its just unbelievably magnificent and fun to play
All I gotta say is that everything is still ahead of you, this was just the beginning.