Monster Hunter Wilds might be on its way to become the best Monster Hunter game ever, but it’s understandable if you feel like you’re starting to run out of invasive monsters to hunt. Monster Hunter Wilds is still in its early content stages, after all. If you’re craving for more action-RPG goodness, however, we have the thing for you. Warframe is always here, and you might find that it can cater to your digital tendency to resort to (monster) hunting and gathering, but this time as a space ninja. As for how exactly Warframe can provide Monster Hunter players a secondary sanctuary– like it did for me, I’ve listed out some compelling reasons.
5. No Shortage of Giant Monsters in Warframe
In Monster Hunter games, you usually hunt monsters (right?). Still, what separates them from games where you also fight big monsters is that they’re natural wildlife and are scalable, complete with their own believable ragdoll physics. Monster Hunter games love their monsters the way most other games with other giant bosses can’t. The good news is that Warframe also loves its big monster bosses and even created several dedicated “open-world” instances for such bosses.
Warframe’s Orb Vallis in Venus and Plains of Eidolon on Earth lets you hunt down huge, hulking behemoths not unlike monsters from the Monster Hunter franchise. If you want to be even more amazed at the sense of scale, there are also other instanced “monster” bosses you can fight such as the Ropalolyst in Jupiter and Lephantis from Deimos. In the near future, Warframe is also about to add larger bosses through an expansion, so now is the best time for Monster Hunter players to jump in.
4. You Can Play Warframe “Forever” Just Like Monster Hunter
Technically, you can play Warframe for as long as it’s still alive as a live-service game, but at present and in the near future, Warframe is showing no signs of dying or slowing down. In fact, the opposite is true; Warframe is stronger than ever not just based on the numbers but also based on the game’s evolution.
Content– most of the time free, keeps getting added to the Warframe seasonally, just like how Capcom gave Monster Hunter World and Rise the same treatment for several years after release with event and content roadmaps. Monster Hunter Wilds will presumably get there, but for the time being, Warframe is here to give you a taste of a similar kind of vision for its future content.
3. Lots of Waifus & Husbandos to Choose From
A sci-fi setting might not exactly be the best place to look for a blacksmith waifu but Warframe has no shortage of potential one-sided romantic opportunities for its players. In fact, some of these “attachment” opportunities aren’t even just one-sided as Warframe recently just added (and will keep on adding) romance options.
I’d wager that there’s actually more “waifus” and “husbandos” in Warframe compared to Monster Hunter Wilds at the moment, though to be fair, it’s a 12-year-old game. At the very least, Warframe also has plenty of memorable characters who will accompany you in your journey.
2. Plenty of Rewards for the Fashion Endgame
Once you can consistently hunt down elder dragons in 2-5 minutes tops, skill becomes secondary to style in Monster Hunter. Turns out Monster Hunter Wilds’ devs and players agree that looking good in an RPG matters, because anyone can eventually play good. And the great news we have for you is that Warframe is the same.
Hunting down the best-looking combination of skins, armor, weapons, and many other cosmetics is often an endgame grind motivation in itself, especially with how stylish you can get.
1. Bustling Co-Op Multiplayer Scene Similar to Monster Hunter
Turns out helping rather than fighting one another is more fun, at least for Monster Hunter players and Warframe also shares this multiplayer philosophy. The main multiplayer mode in Warframe is four-player co-op either with randos or with your friends.
Likewise, Warframe’s multiplayer community is also one of the friendliest out there. Veterans in Warframe will not hesitate to help newcomers to the franchise, just like the toughest and sharpest hunters in Monster Hunter. Even the tiniest bit of jolly cooperation can help you feel at home in Warframe; and the best part? The doors are always open since it’s free.
