I think the main reason The Second Dream hit so hard was because the game was so flat and plotless up until that point. Like, it’s a great story and all, but the “twist” would have been guessed within moments of starting it if players expected there to be any plot beyond the scraps of lore they’d been given thus far.
Though kudos to the devs for making that flatness part of the plot, as you’re basically just a machine going through the motions until you “awaken”. Still sucks from a gameplay perspective, of course.
I think I started playing Warframe when it just came out, but only like 30 hours maybe, came back several years later and played 30 more. A couple years ago I played 30 more. I’ve always been so confused and it only gets worse every time I come back. But I like the bits where the ninja goes woosh and chop and bang, so that’s pretty cool.
Once you get to like Neptune I think is when you unlock the first cinematic quest. It is kind of annoying that they haven’t gone back and done more “prequel” style quests so newer players can know what kind of story they’re getting into before such a long commitment.
They did just recently release a very short quest that unlocks at the beginning of the game but it ended up being a little underwhelming.
Also, depending on when you were playing those quests might not have existed yet. Iirc The Second Dream, which was the first “cinematic” quest came out in 2015
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I think the main reason The Second Dream hit so hard was because the game was so flat and plotless up until that point. Like, it’s a great story and all, but the “twist” would have been guessed within moments of starting it if players expected there to be any plot beyond the scraps of lore they’d been given thus far.
Though kudos to the devs for making that flatness part of the plot, as you’re basically just a machine going through the motions until you “awaken”. Still sucks from a gameplay perspective, of course.
Came here for this. I bounced before I could reach that “mission thar changes everything”.
I think I started playing Warframe when it just came out, but only like 30 hours maybe, came back several years later and played 30 more. A couple years ago I played 30 more. I’ve always been so confused and it only gets worse every time I come back. But I like the bits where the ninja goes woosh and chop and bang, so that’s pretty cool.
Once you get to like Neptune I think is when you unlock the first cinematic quest. It is kind of annoying that they haven’t gone back and done more “prequel” style quests so newer players can know what kind of story they’re getting into before such a long commitment.
They did just recently release a very short quest that unlocks at the beginning of the game but it ended up being a little underwhelming.
Also, depending on when you were playing those quests might not have existed yet. Iirc The Second Dream, which was the first “cinematic” quest came out in 2015