Games That Deserve Their Own Esports League
Warframe
Warframe’s PvP is somewhat lacking compared to other games, but it is augmented by all of the ninja moves that make Warframe’s PvE fun and frantic, which is something you can’t say for many esports titles.
Since Warframe is about superpowered space ninjas, the developers spent a lot of time polishing the movement system to be as fast, fluid, and dynamic as possible.
The game’s parkour system lets players string together jumps, double jumps, wall jumps, long jumps, slides, and glides to stay as mobile as possible.
Depending on the map, talented players can go for long stretches without ever touching the ground, and the same is potentially true for Warframe’s PvP modes.
Granted, Warframe’s PvP prohibits certain Warframes, weapons, and mods; but the game’s PvP matches are still as frantic as its PvE, thanks to the parkour. Few, if any, esports games feature parkour, so even Warframe’s otherwise vanilla capture the flag and team deathmatch modes would provide quite the spectacle.
Moreover, Warframe includes the special PvP mode Lunaro, which is essentially lacrosse but with super-powered space ninja suits. Since lacrosse video games don’t get much attention, a Warframe esports league that focuses on Lunaro would be a fairly novel concept.
