The Nightfold, an eerie parallel reality, serves as a sanctuary where players can manage their characters and make critical decisions. Additionally, Soulframe introduces a unique combat mechanic with Pacts, specific archetypes of combatants that players can bond with after defeating bosses. These Pacts significantly influence a character’s playstyle, offering a diverse range of possible approaches to encounters.
The preview also provides a glimpse of the game’s open-world elements, featuring charming and well-animated insectoid quest-givers. Soulframe’s transition to an open-world format marks a departure from Warframe’s usual self-contained instances, where environments, while connected in an overworld map, are generally separate. In Soulframe, missions, although procedurally generated, unfold within a larger and immersive world characterized by impressive graphics and meticulously detailed environments.
