STFUandPLAY's Tony Polanco, Rachael Murdock, Michael Crawford, Emilio Lopez, Brian Munjoma, Brett Murdock and Chris Sealy discuss what’s happened in the world of video games, pop culture and STFUandPLAY this past week.
Topics and news covered on this week's show:
• Reviews: Saints Row IV, DuckTales Remastered and Brothers: A Tales Of Two Sons
• 30 Minutes Of Game: Warframe
• Are video games helping to erode the “uncanny valley”?
• Have video games become "too easy"?
• Keiji Inafune’s Kickstarter for his new game, Mighty No. 9
• Xbox One release date
• Hayao Miyazaki retires
• Batwoman creative team leaves over editorial interference
Listener questions:
• When will the next gen systems be released in Japan and the rest of Asia?
• What do you think when movies and TV shows replace actors? What are some of your favorite/hated actor replacements?
Devstream 188 was jam packed with a low of exciting reveals for both Warframe and Soulframe, here is everything they talked about on the stream!
"The Seville-based (Spain) indie games developer QUICKFIRE GAMES are today very proud and happy to announce that their the tactical rpg “Prelude Dark Pain“, is now fully funded via Kickstarter." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Warframe is really cool, go play it.
I have been playing Warframe for a few years, and it is one of the best free-to-play games of all time. Normally in progression style free-to-play games, the developers put in artificial barriers to force you to spend money, but that does not happen in Warframe. What makes this better is that premium currency can be traded. That is unheard of in other free-to-play games.
If you are looking for a free-to-play live service game to play, then I recommend Warframe. Just proceed with the expectation that the game does not do a good job of explaining its systems or progression, so you will need to follow a youtuber who is dedicated to that game to help you out. In addition to that, the game is grindy but does not have some insanely low drop rate, so there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I think the lowest item drop rate is around 5.88%, not the 0.00000002% you see in other free-to-play games. There are also hordes of enemies, so it is not too difficult to get what you need. It is also rare to farm for something with such a low drop rate. These days I find myself farming the stuff with a 15-20% drop rate.
