Picked this up again after I played it very briefly last year. At the time, I liked the general concept, but the game just felt janky as hell.
Now it... still feels kinda janky, but it's way, way more fun
It's also one of the friendliest f2p games I've seen in some time, better than World of Tanks which I consider pretty solid - you can get damn near everything in-game without spending a dime, and in fact with some effort, you can even trade for the real money currency with other players.
Basically if you like the concept of slicing, shooting, and slaying strange enemies in the far dark science future as a ninja space assassin magician, this is the game for you.
First things first - join the clan, or at least, join
a clan. This game is miserable for newbies, and the early game sucks, but once you're over the hump (just takes a few hours) it gets progressively more and more fun
Your options expand constantly until you have a
massive arsenal of toys. There are Warframes that are stealthy, brawlers, casters, and other stranger sorts that defy simple description. There are
dozens of weapons, with many, many different types of firearms represented, both the expected and the very, very strange. There are also a ton of melee weapons with insanely cool animations (entirely melee is a very viable playstyle).
Heck, you can take a bow, a katana, and a set of kunai and play as a literal space ninja.
Or you can take a rocket launcher and a hand cannon and blast faces.
Or you can destroy everything in sight with raging infernos, corroding poison, or violent tornadoes.
It is not what I would call a sharply polished game, but the breadth of gameplay options are considerable, and it's simply great fun in coop in the various endless mission modes where you can fight waves of progressively tougher enemies together. On top of all the fun stuff you can do solo, team setups produce even more wildly broken and powerful combinations, which let you devastate hundreds of enemies playing as a very active combatant or a very passive supporting role, whatever suits you.
It's also
really damn pretty, and runs great. You may even find yourself looking to disable some graphical options because the intensity during 4 player brawls in late endless mission modes can get downright crazy.
Oh, and on the topic of newbies, the next big update is supposed to be focused largely around improving the new player experience, and is also adding player owned ships and some reallllly cool (and more friendly) ui stuff and 'quests' to ease you into the game. And space puppies. That grow into waist high space warhounds.
Anyway, that's my two cents on Warframe. I would not be surprised at all that there are a lot of burnt out vets here or in the clan now, but if you haven't tried the game before, do so, it's worth your time. I've found a group of similarly new players and we're having a ball.
