Warframe is a special kind of looter-shooter. It really is it's own entity in the genre. It requires patience to get anywhere, with anything. And for most things the grind is real. Warframe sports multiple game-modes in the form of mission types, a la warframe, railjack, archwing, duveri. Warframe sports multiple combat types, some of which can be intermixed (and there are rewards for doing so).

Sadly Warframe does a poor job of explaining things. The actual gameplay tutorial is top-notch. however once you get past that bits and you start needing to pick your own missions there is little explanation as to how any of the games other features work, like the market, codex, and mods. The warframe wiki will be your friend for a lot of this, as well as youtube videos that explain interesting synergies with various mods - warframe abilities - and team compositions.

I recommend that new players join a clan a seasoned player will be better able to help you understand the mechanics, recommend quests for you to do that will unlock more content, or give you rewards that you'll need.

I have over 4K hours logged in steam, and I have thousand from before steam when I used the launcher that is downloadable from the DE Website. I would guess I have about 6 thousand hours in game, and I can easily say that i really enjoy it, but its not for everyone. With so many intermixed systems bug can be mildly annoying, to frustrating, to game breaking, and they pop up all the time. The games feature creep is obvious in how some systems exist only to support itself and have little impact on the base game. (Archwing / Railjack)

There are micro-transactions, and if you buy platinum it will allow you to grow your arsenal much faster. However if you are in a spot where that isn't an option for you, you're going to be doing nightwave challenges to ear extra warframe and weapon slots, which is incredibly slow. I highly recommend not logging in for a few days, then when you do, you will almost always be present with a coupon for platinum, that way you can acquire a whole bunch at once for really cheap.

The games sound is wonderful, (I'm half blind so I really cant comment on the visuals, though they look nice to me). The controls are snappy and responsive, I recommend Warframe to anyone that doesn't mind dropping a few bucks on their game every few months.

Note: ignore region chat as much as possible, it gets weird in there.
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