I returned to Warframe upon the news of Update 14 - and boy was it glorious.
Note: All the pictures of this post are rather large, so click on it to see it in its full awesomeness!
Note: All the pictures of this post are rather large, so click on it to see it in its full awesomeness!
The new tutorials
I already did the tutorials. A long time ago, too - but since the UI changed, I think it would be nice to get a fresh look at everything. And it was wickedly cool.
You get to choose between 3 starting Warframe - the blademaster Excalibur, the magnetic, well, Mag, and interestingly, the Volt. In the old tutorial, you get Loki instead, but this time they replaced Loki with Volt. Having never used Volt before, I jumped in and donned the electrifying suit of armour.
You get to choose between 3 starting Warframe - the blademaster Excalibur, the magnetic, well, Mag, and interestingly, the Volt. In the old tutorial, you get Loki instead, but this time they replaced Loki with Volt. Having never used Volt before, I jumped in and donned the electrifying suit of armour.
The old tutorial was slow, with 2 or 3 enemies to swing at. The new tutorial is fast-paced, beautifully crafted with cutscenes and choices...and of course some exciting combat. I delved into the middle of the firefight, expecting a tutorial-level enemy - what I get was beginner-grade enemies with less of a tendency to stand still. The old tutorial had illusions for me to swing at. This one has moving, shooting, yelling aliens. Easy to see which one is cooler.
Having the Volt shooting chain-lightning is already way better than the usual slow-paced tutorial, but the choices are also wonderful. Instead of being given a single weapon, you get choices for every weapon type:
For the melee, you can choose between knuckles, the bo staff or the classic sword, the Skana.
For the secondary weapon, you can choose the pistol, the burst pistol, or the ninja Kunai.
For the primary weapon, as you can see below - either a shotgun, an automatic rifle, or an epic bow.
Having the Volt shooting chain-lightning is already way better than the usual slow-paced tutorial, but the choices are also wonderful. Instead of being given a single weapon, you get choices for every weapon type:
For the melee, you can choose between knuckles, the bo staff or the classic sword, the Skana.
For the secondary weapon, you can choose the pistol, the burst pistol, or the ninja Kunai.
For the primary weapon, as you can see below - either a shotgun, an automatic rifle, or an epic bow.
Unlike the old tutorial, this time around the Lotus is no longer the only help you've got. Instructions hover on walls and the scenery, and you can never get lost or stuck not knowing what to do. Which is great, with this whole New Age space ninja thing being chaotic and all.
The game's graphic is improved, but most impressively is the way it works now. I have no GPU aside from the integrated GPU of the i7-3630QM on my laptop, yet this time around, my laptop held the fast-paced action with much better health. The scenery is much more beautiful, and the field-of-vision blur no longer overheat my laptop.
In short - the graphics is improved, yet is less taxing on the computer. Good work there Warframe dev team, good work.
In short - the graphics is improved, yet is less taxing on the computer. Good work there Warframe dev team, good work.
This tutorial teaches you things that in the olden days you have to figure out by yourself in the field - by putting you in the field! I won't spoil anymore than these pictures, but the way they weave the story with the tutorial is impressive.
While effiecient users might miss the old interface, the new one - integrated into your ship - is more intuitive. And yes having your own shipe is amazing. Remember the ship that always picks you up and drops you down? That's the one.
The new interface
You no longer has a single, one block of buttons to choose from. Instead, you have to walk about a bit (not much, 4 steps at most) to pick the modules you want to use. This actually makes it more simple to start with. To be honest, the Warframe interface of old seems convoluted, at least for the beginners. It might take a bit of time to readjust, but big hovering buttons and a helpful (and slightly rude) AI makes the transition smooth and easy.
The only thing I don't like is the direct inclusion of the Platinum purchases from the Market. I don't know how accidental clicks will work, but it will surely incite more impulse purchases from the masses. Well whatever floats your boat I guess (or your ship).
The quests
I have to stress again - the game's performance is much better. The mission loads faster, despite my slower Internet, and it shows the flying ship, as well as the ship de-orbiting while you wait the short 5 seconds. Awesome. You do have to play the missions to get the parts back to your ship to unlock the interfaces, but it's short enough and cool enough to do.
Mission 1:
Mission 1:
If you pay some attention, you can tell that this is more than the usual defence mission - it's a new game mode. By having you cap a position, this is the famous Capture the Flag mode. I'm really excited for more to come.
Mission 2:
The verdict (for now)
I love Update 14. It still have some kinks to work out but overall I agree with the Devstream - it is one of the biggest Updates they've had so far. I have to fix my invite friend post, but that's about it - all the other things about Hamachi won't be affected!
Stay strong and space ninja, friends.
Click these links for my other Warframe posts:
* Warframe - Failed to Join Session (PC fix): (part 1) (part 2) (part 3)
* Warframe - How to Invite Friends (Update 14)
*Warframe - How to get a Kubrow (step-by-step with pictures)
*Warframe - How to get a Mirage Warframe (step-by-step with pictures)
Stay strong and space ninja, friends.
Click these links for my other Warframe posts:
* Warframe - Failed to Join Session (PC fix): (part 1) (part 2) (part 3)
* Warframe - How to Invite Friends (Update 14)
*Warframe - How to get a Kubrow (step-by-step with pictures)
*Warframe - How to get a Mirage Warframe (step-by-step with pictures)