I love Warframe. I could leave it at that, but I want to do this game justice. I got into it at first because the trailer seemed fun, and I was a broke high-schooler so a free-to-play looter shooter that was free all the way was amazing, and when I first stepped in and completed the tutorial, I was so in love, but also so overwhelmed by the many directions the game pulled me in. So I took a half an hour to just look through my orbiter, the starchart, and the quest codex just to get an idea of where to go, since there was so much. So, seeing all the quests needed me to go farther on the starchart, I set my sights to unlocking it.
I tucked away about 200 hours in just the first two weeks I played, getting to the end of the starchart and completing the quests on the way there. I'd never sunk so much time into a game so quickly before, and I loved every second of it. I mainly queue-ed up solo because I felt behind with all the faster Tenno in public missions, but as I slowly gained my footing in the game, the mechanics were an absolute blast, all the different weapons available to me, how powerful modding could make them (though I won't say it was easy, I sucked at modding and didn't fully understand it until I got to the beginning of the steel path. still not as good as I'd like at it, but it has an amazing amount of variety and depth.) and how much the narrative drew me in. but if you just want a looter shooter as a space ninja to do cool things, slaughter hordes and make big things blow up this game fulfills that too. all the narrative is still my favorite part of the game, and the progressive story updates keep making more amazing content to engage with.
The K.I.M system might not be everyones cup of tea but for me its a fun diversion from the regular gameplay,. and I love how closely they linked the lore, and really feeling like we were learning and teaching at the same time. all the different characters are unique and feel lifelike to talk to.
In short, an amazing game I adore to this day. I highly recommend it.
