Much of Warframe’s original design still exists within the game, however tweaked and refreshed: the developers have removed a few larger chunks, including the underloved PvP raids,
What?
Raids were never PvP. However, they were notoriously buggy, and were left in the dust as Digital Extreme’s design philosophy for Warframe changed. Thus they decided to sunset the raids instead of letting the content waste away.
PvP is a separate story.
Also, what other “larger chunks” have they removed? I’ve played since 2014 and I can’t recall them removing large chunks. They’ve updated and extended systems. They removed companions dying permanently (which hardly counts as a large system).
but they’ve mostly sought to polish up aspects that have lost their lustre, while playing out stories that range from spacey self-referentiality to commentary on indentured work.
That second part is obviously referencing Fortuna, which is less a commentary on indentured work and more a commentary on rampant uncontrolled capitalism. What exactly is “self-referentiality” meant to be though?
What?
Raids were never PvP. However, they were notoriously buggy, and were left in the dust as Digital Extreme’s design philosophy for Warframe changed. Thus they decided to sunset the raids instead of letting the content waste away.
PvP is a separate story.
Also, what other “larger chunks” have they removed? I’ve played since 2014 and I can’t recall them removing large chunks. They’ve updated and extended systems. They removed companions dying permanently (which hardly counts as a large system).
That second part is obviously referencing Fortuna, which is less a commentary on indentured work and more a commentary on rampant uncontrolled capitalism. What exactly is “self-referentiality” meant to be though?
A what?
This part reads like AI.
Reads like someone who spent maybe 20 minutes researching Warframe.