Anthem and Warframe publicly declare their friendship. Fans of both games are touched.
The developers of Warframe have come up with a particularly sweet gesture to welcome Anthem.
This is how warmly the games tweeted at each other: On Twitter, Warframe addresses Anthem with a comic. Here are Warframe’s Chroma and the Javelin Ranger. Chroma congratulates Ranger on the launch. The two then set off together in search of loot.
In Anthem, there are hot masterworks and legendary items to be had.
Anthem’s Twitter responded with: “Did we just become best friends?”
This is special: Anthem and Warframe are often compared. Both Anthem and Warframe have a futuristic setting, a co-op focus, and are played in third person.
Especially the Interceptor Javelin is often referred to as a Warframe because it is designed for speed and plays similarly to a Warframe.
The two games are actually in competition with each other. However, the Warframe developers, Digital Extremes, see it differently:
Gesture touches fans of both games
In the Anthem subreddit, a post about this new friendship receives a total of 4.3K upvotes. In the Warframe subreddit, it even receives a whopping 7.4K upvotes. Both communities feel warm-hearted about the comic. The respective posts can be found in the sources.
This is what the Anthem fans say: Here, one is happy that the developers are so nice to each other. The mood surrounding the post is markedly positive.
DarthRoacho receives a lot of support for the following comment: “Stop being assholes to each other and support one another. […] If gamers could just do that for each other. Usually, gaming has a fantastic, open community willing to help each other solve puzzles, create truly difficult content that some of us could never experience, for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it just brings out the best in people.”
This is what BioWare says: Anthem’s Lead Producer Ben Irving also speaks up: “This is so noble of them. Warframe is a great game (Frost Prime here), I hope our games will both celebrate incredible success.”
This is what the Warframe fans say: There is a similarly positive atmosphere here as over at Anthem. It is said, for example: “Cousin, let’s go loot.”
Robot_hobo wishes BioWare the best: “Digital Extremes might know better than any other developer how hard it is to make this kind of game. I’ve heard flying is fun, and the combat system has potential. I hope BioWare gets the chance to continue shaping their game!”
Hamzavers remembers that the developers of Warframe did something similar when Destiny 2 was released. Here, Warframe’s Excalibur helps the fan favorite Cayde 6 retrieve a weapon.
Despite all the love, the developers of Warframe could not resist throwing a jab at Anthem. We reported on this here:
But even teasing is part of a good friendship.
