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  • Summary: They were called Tenno. Warriors of blade and gun: masters of the Warframe armor. Those that survived the old war were left drifting among the ruins. Now they are needed once more. The Grineer, with their vast armies, are spreading throughout the solar system. A call echoes across the starsThey were called Tenno. Warriors of blade and gun: masters of the Warframe armor. Those that survived the old war were left drifting among the ruins. Now they are needed once more. The Grineer, with their vast armies, are spreading throughout the solar system. A call echoes across the stars summoning the Tenno to an ancient place. They summon you. Allow the Lotus to guide you. She has rescued you from your cryostasis chamber and given you a chance to survive. The Grineer will find you; you must be prepared. The Lotus will teach you the ways of the Warframes and the secrets to unlocking their powers. Come Tenno, you must join the war. Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 25
  2. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. 80
    Warframe brings a new and addicting experience to the PlayStation franchise. Along with great and fluid combat, this is a free-to-play title that will justify microtransactions in a positive way.
  2. Nov 18, 2013
    76
    Simply put, PS4 owners lose nothing by giving Digital Extreme's third-person shooter a try, and may gain an entertaining timesink to enjoy with friends while waiting for the next wave of PS4 games.
  3. Nov 19, 2013
    70
    Warframe, which has been out for PC since March, is free-to-play on the PS4, and in spite of its bugs, is worth the no-cost price.
  4. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Mar 3, 2014
    70
    Warframe is an enjoyable free-to-play co-op shooter that's held back by confusing interface. [January 2014, p81]
  5. Dec 13, 2013
    60
    With an asking price of nothing, it’s not unreasonable that Warframe charges for things, but when the game’s main hook is getting more loot, it slowly becomes frustrating running into so many roadblocks. Even with your warframe’s athletic prowess, the nondescript missions don’t offer enough to put up with the waiting, and there certainly isn’t a strong reason to part with a credit card.
  6. May 2, 2014
    60
    Warframe is a good free-to-play TPS, but the action is too repetitive to make it an essential.
  7. Dec 2, 2013
    40
    It's hard, though, to shake the feeling that the only reason this game is free to play is that nobody would pay money for something so scrappy and generic.

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  1. Positive: 64 out of 116
  2. Negative: 24 out of 116
  1. Nov 21, 2013
    10
    I made it to Ch 4 in Killzone. I was kind of bored, so I tried Warframe. I haven't booted up Killzone since that. Warframe just scratchesI made it to Ch 4 in Killzone. I was kind of bored, so I tried Warframe. I haven't booted up Killzone since that. Warframe just scratches that itch for me. It's fun. The co-op matches are varied. Sometimes you have to defend an object, sometimes just survive, sometimes capture, or sometimes kill a target.

    A big part of the fun is leveling up your gear and swapping out mods to suit your playstyle. It might feel like farming/grinding to some, but the maps are different every time. The set pieces are numerous enough that it hasn't felt overly repetitive for me. I'm many hours in and still having fun.
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  2. Dec 29, 2019
    10
    This is the best free game i have ever seen. Interesting and unpredictable plot and very deep lore, good gameplay, VERY big number of primary,This is the best free game i have ever seen. Interesting and unpredictable plot and very deep lore, good gameplay, VERY big number of primary, secondary and cold weapon and your warframes with different abilities, good graphics and its own style. And the main plus of this game - its not pay-to-win junkyard, you can gain almost all things with your own work. Very recommend not to quit this game at the start because it can seem boring, but its not. 10/10 Expand
  3. Sep 30, 2019
    9
    Don’t let the lower meta critic score fool you. After the many updates that came to Warframe over the last 4 years, it has ultimately paidDon’t let the lower meta critic score fool you. After the many updates that came to Warframe over the last 4 years, it has ultimately paid off. While the sheer amount of content found in this game is quite daunting, (and this isn’t helped by the fact that the tutorials don’t help much), once you actually begin to understand the mechanics, there is a stupid amount of content to be found in this game. The massive plethora of guns, warframe classes, planets, and missions made it so that you are always pursuing a different goal. The gameplay works all in the favor of this massive plethora, as because the gameplay feels smooth, responsive, strong, and awesome. One thing about Warframe that seemed strange at first, but later loved so deeply about the mechanics is that no weapon/class is superior to another. (Except the prime sets, which are basically the original class on crack). In other words, you can go through all progression with a single set. But doing that would only limit your arsenal, because Warframe rewards you for playing different weapons and Warframes through mastery, where the more mastery you have, the more weapons you can toy around with. Simply the fact that there is no one correct path to go down in progression, really gives a true sense of customization. Also, the free to play model rarely, if at all gets in the way of the experience, which is a surprising shock to me. (I know y’all kids are gonna say Fortnite did the same thing, but that felt predatory in terms of community because you get trash talked if you don’t have a good skin). All in all, if you want to truly feel like an awesome cyberninja, then Warframe will not disappoint you. Expand
  4. Mar 8, 2015
    8
    One of the many free to play model games that there are on ps4 however this is not a bad thing at all. You pay only if you want to everythingOne of the many free to play model games that there are on ps4 however this is not a bad thing at all. You pay only if you want to everything is attainable by playing although some items can only be bought but that is to be expected, with that said usually I do not like this business practice however I together with friends have spent over 200 hours on this game without ever feeling the need to put in a single dime, you only spend money if you really want to and do not feel obligated to. The game is fantastic with you as a warframe battling aliens all over the solar system cleansing planet by planet. A brilliant game! Expand
  5. Mar 26, 2020
    7
    Beautiful game held up entirely by its Art/Sound/Level Design teams. The animations are numerous and dazzling! The sounds are unique and soBeautiful game held up entirely by its Art/Sound/Level Design teams. The animations are numerous and dazzling! The sounds are unique and so fitting! The Locations and areas you run around in are a JOY to explore most of the time, with hidden passages and secret item caches everywhere! Not to mention everything looks stunning!

    But now we come to the game part. The BEST part about the gameplay is the movement system. Running, jumping and gliding around the map never gets old! And it feels really slick too(Mostly, sometimes you get caught up on geometry)! But thats where the game starts to fall short.

    Some frames and guns are fun, but most are derivative of others or downright benign. I find myself permenantly shelving most frames because the abilities are boring or worse than other frames.

    Enemy AI is decent, but the power level of Warframes and weapons in general makes every enemy feel non-threatening. You run around with good gear and things just melt! Bosses try to circumvent this by having LOTS of invunerability or specific weak spots, but it only highlights the issue. On top of that most bosses are already uninspired and not fun.

    All things considered, This game is fantastic for a F2P game! This game has a great framework and TONS of potential, but at some point it just feels like you do the same thing over and over and over...
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  6. Feb 22, 2014
    6
    I'm quite indifferent to this game. It's isn't bad, nor is it great. It just kind of...is.

    The first mis-step this game makes is
    I'm quite indifferent to this game. It's isn't bad, nor is it great. It just kind of...is.

    The first mis-step this game makes is proclaiming that the Tenno are 'Space Ninja's'. One might think then that the game has stealth, and while it does have stealth it's just horrible...boring really. The best part is that there are no advantages to using stealth, only disadvantages. The best way to play the game is to chop off the self-proclaimed 'ninja' tag and throw on a 'Mercenary' tag. At least that way you'll get a better sense of what your doing and how to do it.

    The game does run smoothly overall, aside from the overtly blinding Bloom effects...seriously Warframe dev's, chill out with the Bloom.

    The gameplay is rather clunky. You'll usually have to press a button multiple times because the Tenno move so sluggishly. The game also has a neat 'parkour' function in which you can run and jump off of walls, and slide on the ground. This is fun, but serves no real advantage to dispatching enemies, it's simply way more effective to shoot them. The game's AI is also fairly stupid, assuming the traditional "hide behind cover and pop out every X seconds" model. The problem is that the gameplay gets boring...quick. The seamless switching between shooting and melee is nice and well executed, but the guns offer no dynamic challenge, they're just like CoD...no recoil or spread, just boring all around. The melee is, while fun, almost useless later in the game and quickly becomes obsolete.

    The game has an upgrade system in which you gain XP with your individual Frame and weapons, advancing to the cap of level 30, leaving you with 30 mod points. These mods can do things such as decrease reload time, increase bullet damage, add elemental damage, and much more for the guns. And things such as health increases, shield increases, run speed increases, and much more for the Frames. The problem however is that due to the nature of the game, almost every mod besides the "essentials" is rendered not-usable or ineffective due to the limited number of mod slots per weapon/frame. This type of bottle-necking as it's called also occurs with the weapons themselves. If the weapon doesn't innately have Armor Pierce or Armor Ignore, then it's essentially useless in the long run due to the enemies ridiculous armor scaling (it scales to the point where you literally cannot damage the enemy at a certain point).

    The game is fun as a casual pick-up. It's not hard to master and once mastered, doesn't really serve up anything difficult or new. For a free game however, the dev's did a pretty great job steering clear of the "Play To Win" model of Free games, which is nice, and kudos to them for that. If you're bored with the usual upchuck that AAA titles offer, give Warframe a try, you can't go wrong with a non-P2W F2P game.
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  7. Sep 13, 2020
    0
    very good game nice optimization, graphics are good, least pay to win free to play game that I know, story isnt very strong side but they arevery good game nice optimization, graphics are good, least pay to win free to play game that I know, story isnt very strong side but they are trying with new updates (havent played it but thumbs up) a bit grindy game but I cant complain cuz you can get stuff that you want in a few hours and players also sell them community is very friendly, consistent updates (the new updates are very good), lacks difficulty especialy for starters before they can go eidolon hunting and doing the ship thingy and other than huge difficutly problem a good game 86/100 Expand

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