Story Mode 2.0 ?

[kimahn]

story 2.0.

i see that  after lore2.0, rpg 2.0, weaponry 2.0 ( https://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/228281-arsenal-20-concept-not-equal-but-equal-powerfist-example/#entry2645546 )


we need to present :

the movements.
the craft.
the frames.
the powers.
the arsenal.
the mods.
the weapons.
the melee system.
the damage types.
the different factions.
the codex.
the planets.
the resources.
the planets.
the logic progression.
the goals ?

optional :
the extractors
the syandanas
the colour schemes
the sugartas
the rails
the spectres


the time span :

hook the player (get your first frame !)
70 hours to introduce warframe related things and clean the "story" mode(be prepared tenno !)
ad infinitum late game






tuto mission 1 : scripted, od_tileset (3*5mn)

- you log for the first time in the game : black screen, visual parasites (scrambled screen)
- you choose your sex, your name. lotus is talking to you, slowly wakening you
- you see a hostage skin (or a naked tenno ?) in a breached cryopod, small cinematic where you punch the glass, you exit the thing
- you start playing, you don't have powers or shields, you just have an orokin bot with you, who gives you 999 shields (just an orokin bot as a sentinel, the link, a shield regen animation)
- you find a Lato on the ground
- you start to move, lotus is hacking doors on your way, activating turrets killing tons of infested ? you eventually shoot a bit the things ... they re level 1, you re not really threatened.
- 2 objectives, get a mk1 located on a corpus infested, no real threat here .. just a shiny elite, a few bullets later, you have your mk1. lotus explains how to shoot things, eventually headshot, how to switch between weapons.
- 2nd one : get a skana. same here, a few tiles ... excal vault statue ... weapon rack, press x to get the skana.
- lotus explains, press F to pass full melee, warning one enemy spawn, immune to bullets, kill it with slash ... multiplier explained ... tenno, you ll learn special moves later, stances explained ,huff. you re done, first extraction.






tuto mission 2 intro : scripted, dojo tileset (5mn)

- you land in a dojo like tile, perhaps a sand garden,a hall, an launch pad. dojo explained, missions and stuff. but for now, you have a new mission, get a frame, because you're weak, and the orokin bot will not protect you for eternity !
- 3 holos (if rpg 2.0 brought gendered armour) : ash (heavy, melee) excal (medium) mag (light, caster) if not, 3 males, ash/excal/volt and 3 females : saryn(heavy), nyx(balanced), mag(lite) HAHAHAerm.. sorry. static unarmed spectres should do it. yeah ash 2.0 will happen, he'll have 120 armour ?
- when you go near lotus explains briefly what frames are, the powers etc ... rpg rpg.
- you choose what frame you want to unlock, you go to the launchpad, warframe hunt !!! (at this point, if you're a normal player, you're excited.)




tuto mission 2 : procedural, od tileset/dojo elements ? (4*5mn)

- you have your weapons ... you know how it works, np. you're in. 1rst procedural mission, you get used to that ... still low level trash, you need now 4 or 5 bullets to kill the enemies but you re all right, superbot is still with you, you can get hits, not really threatened.
- tiles ... tiles ... switches on various tiles to unlock the main orokin lab (modified orokin lab ? shutter closed, no wormhole art, spectre holo !)
-PAM you get the bp. bp explained. now you need :  1)legacy armour, 2)neural interface, 3)memories. shortly, craft intro.
- tiles ... tiles ... Tenno legacy armour chunk in a tube, lotus talk all the way, tenno lore, mutation, virus, part machine part super evolving ... hop hop.
-bis repetita, get the neural interface. relation between orokins, tennos .. stuff.
- memories now ! lotus explains codex. you get the story of the first ash, or how ash, or why ash ... in brief, memories, the crafting item, memories, the codex part.
- you have to fight an ash spectre, lotus help you a lot by hacking it, he's is slowed, shields weakened, his powers are super slow ... in brief, you can kill it. his last move is to kill your fidel orokin bot... you re sad. sentinels explained.
-you're exhausted but happy, you have the parts. THE PARTS. you're in.






tuto mission 3 : scripted, dojo elements (4*5mn)

- back into the lotus temporary dojo, a bit of operatives working here, new door unlocked, new sub objective : craft the thing called warframe. you click on the foundry dojo object (yeah it happened too) the foundry opens, crafting details explained, you click on craft ... you have to wait 5mn.
- in the meantime, you have to talk to a bunch of operatives, who will introduce factions. allies, ennemies, assassins ... things. lotus tells you to go back to foundry.
- YOU RE CLAIMING YOUR FIRST WARFRAME WOOOO WTFBBGHOAHOAHOAEE
- lotus sends you to the arsenal dojo element, in the same place (yeah, arsenal element happened too) arsenal explained. you equip your frame, the others are greyed, you only see a name.
- you dropped basic mods in the previous missions, at least one occurrence of each. polarities and mods are explained, you have to equip them. and levels.
- lotus asks you to get to the observatory. lotus explains you start chart, hub, meaning of life. freedom, big words ...
- you bid farewell to this safe place ... time to see the others. hub.


tuto mission 4 : hub ( ... at this stade the player is more and more free to roam)

- hub main part explained, alerts explained, brief presentation of various pnj (quest givers happened) salvaged weapons explained (if they happened at weaponry 2.0) you take your first quest.
- hub subpart explained such as : arsenal, codex, foundry and finally : the market.
- the market element happened : now you have darvo, saved by the tennos, who have a full fledged, colorful market. plat is explained. jokes on prices can be done. this is darvo, he's here to make money. daily roulette explained in the meantime.
- shortcuts unlocked, lotus guide you to star chart access or landing pad (ship 1.0 happened ?)
- on the road guiding to the landing, you had to pass through the main area ... warframes everywhere, activity, sounds, mumbling, like a real acropole, small cutscene, the camera goes up showing the full place, WARFRAME logo, small music ... this is the start. you re in. at this stade, you head is filled, you unlog a bit ... you breathe, you eat an apple, go on the beach ...savouring the delightful promises of this game. or you don't. who knows.

now, you re part of something.
you saw other players, a large number. you saw what can be done, other weapons ... you know that you can buy them with real money, or not. you eventually drool on elite stuff, prime ... etc.



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TUTO FINISHED ___________
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mission intro 1 : ship. ( you dont own your ship, so you have a crappy tile with nothing in it)

- lotus explains the flow. you have to visit all the planets. kill all the bosses. you have to clear that damn star chart.
- planet levels on screen, resources in each system, warframe memories ... weapons ... (star chart 2.0 happened)
- your first quest ask you to harvest a bunch of ressources and credits available on mercury.


missions on mercury :

- same as the good old stuff, Vor is taunting at full power, building hate ... you complete missions, angered by Vor, you get a bunch of mods ... mission types are explained. damage types are explained
- at this stage, you have one shield mod, one health mod, one shield regen mod,atleast. mercury drops flame mod, ammo mods, rate mods.
- a new part in codex is unlocked : damage types, grineer story, lotus exhorts you to get flame mod on your weapons. mastery ranks special explanation should happen near that point, if you reached rank test it awards you a basic sword combo for the skana, stances explained ( the speed/dmg compromise, the bonus points ... stuff.)


before facing Vor, your first boss.

- lotus tells you to give the quest if not done. you harvested enough crap to build a new sentinel. the reward of this is a gold potato. potatoes explained. incoming message of Darvo reminding smoothly that you can get these with plat along with more potent sentinels. (it could become a gimmick when you die, you fail a mission and stuff like that, a light comic message of Darvo, reminding you that you could buy things with PLAT ) and releasing the pressure a bit.

- you craft a small sent, a little thing that makes cute noises and shoot, eventually healing you (yes, at this stage, life dmg are EXTREMELY punitive) 5mn craft again, in the meantime .. you have to craft a mod. (mod foundry happened)
- you have to craft AN AURA WOOOO WOEHEHE (a new pol exists now : the star. it gives you the bonus no matter what pol slot.) i was thinking about an utility aura, like weapon switching speed. sounds good. mod upgrading explained.
- weapon upgrade happens if weaponry 2.0 happened ( https://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/228281-arsenal-20-concept-not-equal-but-equal-powerfist-example/#entry2645546 )


now, you re ready to fight your first boss.

you have powers. a bit of life and shields. (potato+stance gave you a boost) basic weapon mods (serration and crap disappeared), a sentinel, you're pumped up and ready. time to kick @$$ and chew bubble gum.


you have an epic moment, combat ensues .. words are said, everything is great. i skip this.


your victory is total. you're now a full fledged Tenno, every planet unlock new elemental mods, new build finesses, new tactics, new players interactions ... you use repeatable quest at full power to get rare mats or special things, like lore data, music unlocks in jukebox .. dojos, clans ... stuff.

clan quest can be made. unlocking special deco items and so on.

i skip this HUGE part to get to the end of all boss killed. small lotus message saying that you have to clear the optional missions, full star chart cleared. you have to make a special mission.


special end mission : orokin tile, saturated light.solo mission super scripted

- you have to unlock an elevator. sub objectives. tough enemies. special music, credits appearing between the fight phases, you cannot die here, lotus is keeping an eye on you (if you reach bleedout, lotus talk, put you full life)
- you take the elevator. the music slowly fade, the credits are ending, the light is overflowing then ... you have to fight yourself. a spectre version of your exact loadout. spectre text happens .. " all.. start... now." horrible fight,explosions, lights, lotus is helping you. tons of bombing ospreys. you finally crush it, you pass out. fading to black



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STORY FINISHED ___________
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Late game starts. lotus wakes you in the hub, you're on a medic bed ?

new quests, new stuff, you have to become a master. save more. arm more. clear everything.
you have to reach rank 354357 and everything we re doing now !

perhaps we could have new feat of strength. like kill a lv 100 enemy, reach wave 50, crap like these !

 

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it looks like a stupid rpg component and stuff, and i'm not a game designer but ... as a gamer, this simple thing could keep me hooked, pushing me to buy plat without feeling stupid, playing a third person shooter without feeling moronic, and not overwhelmed by all the option possible :)

 

** i tried to remove all the things i wanted to see in the game but would need super heavy work but ..
 

Edited June 7, 2014 by kimahn

[Seanjuju]

1.0*

[kimahn]

quite true, perhaps it makes too much lines for DE Rebecca, perhaps we could have a bunch of new tenno operatives that have a name ? :))

[LikeABawsh]

A 70 hour intro to the story seems excessive, no?

[RedMasa]

Well done

[kimahn]

a basic solo rpg is something like 15 hours, straight lined, 20-30 hours completed.

an advanced one is something like 50-70 hours

 

a basic mmorpg is between 50-100h

and i never saw an advanced one yet

 

but 70 seem quite reasonable, atcually, you have a raw 1000 hours needed to "complete" the game, and i ll say 400 hours if you bought everything with plat i think :)