Warframe

Sep. 8th, 2019 06:18 pm
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I keep meaning to post more as I was gifted a paid account, but it turns out I don't have much of interest to talk about. So, I thought I'd share something I like.

There's a computer game called Warframe that I've been playing for about six months now; it's a third-person shooter MMO game, the only one of which I've really liked prior to this was Mass Effect 3. I'm not going to try and recruit anyone else to play, but I do enjoy it, and with this country doing it's best to look like a burning skip full of garbage floating away on a tidal wave, I'm trying hard to remember that there are things I enjoy.

I like Warframe for a number of reasons, one of which is how much the developers clearly love what they do, and how much they enjoy interacting with the player community, which is generally a nice crowd. (I've met a couple of unpleasant people, but far fewer than I expected). Warframe's been free to play since it first came online several years ago, and the devs keep adding new content. (By free to play, they mean that there are things you can buy using real money, but anything that has a material in-game effect can be earned by grinding away in game, at a reasonable rate, so it's not pay-to-win. I like that, in part because of how much of a contrast it is with other franchises...)

A couple of the side effects of having so much stuff to do in game, with more on the way, is that it can be really hard for new players to work out what on Earth they should be doing, and what direction they should try playing in, and a lot of people (like me) rely on the wiki to work out what sort of things to do next. You start out with trying to acquire more warframes, weapons and items to level up, but before long there are quests (optional and story-based), then there's psychic combat, space warfare missions, massive beastie hunting... it just goes on.

So, the devs decided that it'd be a good idea to start making it a bit easier to work out what's going on in the game and what the backstory is, and they hired someone to produce a new intro trailer for the game. The new trailer premiered at Tennocon, the big Warframe fan convention back in June, and I thought it was very cool - and it features a cute kubrow (kubrow basically being dogs a thousand years in the future). As I liked it, I thought I'd share it. It highlights that the game is pretty much all about being a space ninja telepathically piloting robot warrior suits...

Date: 2019-09-08 06:56 pm (UTC)
yourlibrarian: Angel and Lindsey (AVEN-ValkyrieSmirk-peaked.png)
From: [personal profile] yourlibrarian
I'm afraid I haven't heard of Warframe before but my days all now have an irritating half an hour or so of me attempting to complete flying challenges in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes before I am so exasperated I give it up for another day. There are six left before I can trigger a different pair of final challenges to complete the game.

BTW, like the icon!

Date: 2019-09-10 08:08 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] yourlibrarian
Not that the gaming industry seems to be suffering from any lack of customers, but I've often thought games should come at various different levels, one being a largely story mode (depending on the type of game), one being a more midlevel mode, and one being an expert mode. There's a lot of games I'd probably be interested that I won't even bother trying (much less buy) because I can't see myself being able to play it.

Date: 2019-09-10 11:57 pm (UTC)
yourlibrarian: Natasha in a Headset (AVEN-NatashaHeadset-famira.png)
From: [personal profile] yourlibrarian
I have never watched Twitch myself but remembering wondering when I first heard of it why anyone would want to watch that. But now I get it completely. In my first video games I'd find written walkthroughs but nothing beats seeing a video of just how someone did something (and also to realize when something is just not working properly).

"Inching my way through" describes my general process as well!

Date: 2019-09-10 01:55 pm (UTC)
goodbyebird: Avengers: grungy close-crop of natasha looking fed up and determined. (Avengers party hard)
From: [personal profile] goodbyebird
I haven't played for quite some time. There just wasn't enough story for the amount of playtime needed. Though I'm guessing you're playing with Kev a bit?

Miss my spacedoggo though ;)

Date: 2019-09-10 08:26 pm (UTC)
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