Topic: Warframe as an alternative to Destiny

So I have started up on warframe over the last few days. Its free to play and operates using microtransactions but without lootboxes to my knowledge, seemingly you can aquire things you want directly from the store or by farming parts in game. Its extremely complex and as an introduction completely overwhelming. Now Im over the first hurdle of learning the basics thanks to one of my pals online and having fun.

Firstly I cant believe this game is free, its better than most other shooters out there.

Secondly I cant see myself going back to Destiny ever again. Why would you? The enemies are more varied, theres more levels, more unique weapons, more avatars and a better story.

What are everyone elses thoughts on Warframe?

I played it for 20-30 hours, it's very good to be honest and the new openworld expansion looks pretty special. But it is super grindy and I always felt a bit cheap playing it knowing it was F2P. Not something I'd want to get bogged down in while I'm juggling so many single player games.

I'd have been all over this as a 13-16 year old though. No money and plenty of free time.

I’ve never played Warframe but was tempted to try it since people speak highly of it and I noticed some kind of huge bundle is free for PS plus members that looked like a pretty good deal. However online shooters are definitely not my thing.

@Th3solution you get 150 in game currency in that bundle. I needed advice on what to spend it on as I had no idea! Theres 200 weapons and 20 characters or so with unique abilities. I ended up increasing warframe and weapon slots. Its not as polished as destiny and the gameplay isnt as tight. But the amount of content stamps all over it. Im 2 hours in and havent put my hand in my pocket yet so well worth a quick blast.

@kyleforrester87 Exactly, thats why its a good alternative to Destiny.

@themcnoisy Hmm it is better in a lot of ways but it doesn't have anything like raids which are the best part of Destiny. I played co-op a lot with my friend and it's mostly just mowing down mobs.

One of my 2018 gaming goals was to diversify my gaming a little and so I might download it and give it a spin since there is no cost to me. The special Plus package offer expires in a few weeks I think so I should download it soon.

@kyleforrester87 Thats the best bit! Raids are too hard anyways lol.

I will have a better idea in 5-10 hours time if its good or crud. Feb-March is a weird time for me, gamimg time is limited so anything I can duck into for an hour without missing much is great.

@Th3solution Do it mate. Give yourself 2 or so hours though on your first go. Theres a lot to take in.

@themcnoisy knowing your available time for gaming I don't think you're going to find it particularly compatible but it's worth a go at least to see what it's all about.

@themcnoisy Yeah, that’s the scary part. I freak out with games that have too much that overwhelms be at the start. The Monster Hunter demo was a little like that. Does Warframe do any sort of tutorial to help new players acclimate?

Jinx! I've started playing this recently too. I'm gonna be really lazy and copy over my post from another thread.

I'm enjoying it so far, really like the mobility of your avatar with you wall jumping and running.
I have been impressed with it graphically. It's no Destiny but I'd imagine it has a smaller budget, but better than Elder Scrolls Online which I thought looked like a last gen game.
The combat feels good with a nice weight to everything. My only complaint so far is that the levels are a bit sparse with not many enemies and not much variation, but I am only on the third level so that could improve.

After playing a few more levels I'm afraid to say it has not got any better and am getting a little bored by it. And now Shadow of the Colossus out I'm not sure when I'll go back to it.

@JohnnyShoulder Ive opened up a horde mode which is fun. So a smidge of variety there!

I have around 20h playing the game At the start it's overwhelming with stuff to do but later on it becomes shallow a little to no variety in enemies and lvls but still very fun game to play extremely optimized too.

Played this a ton when ps4 was first release because I had no other games.... but it has changed a ton since then (good devs!). I wish I could restart from scratch, as when I played it recently I was totally lost but well past the tutorials.

@themcnoisy Might give that a go but not a great fan of horde modes really.

Is that when it says something test your mastery skill to upgrade to the next level?

Yeah, I wish I could start over as well. I like it but every time I come back to play it everything is totally different and I'm not sure what I'm doing.

Also the best alternative to Destiny is Monster Hunter World.

@JohnnyShoulder the mastery levelling takes you to a 3 round arena and you have to frag enemies with a certain weapon. I have absolutely no idea why or its effect but I did ut last night.

Theres about 20 modes in warframe including basketball / hurling. I coukdnt believe i was playing it last night. Crazy inclusion and actually pretty good.

@Mega-Gazz It is a bit ott with stuff to do, im lost and Ive been playing for 3 hours. Im still unsure what my main aim is or what weapon to go for.

@themcnoisy when I logged back in I was wearing the valk warframe and iirc a flamethrower of some sort.... if that helps.

If you planned on playing Warframe for a long time. I suggest you spend your free platinum on warframe and weapon slots only at the beginning. Only buy other stuff when you have platinum to spare.