Blue Protocol: Star Resonance

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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is a single player and multiplayer open world role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Shanghai Bokura Network Technology Co.Ltd and was released on October 9, 2025. It received neutral reviews from players.

Blue Protocol: Star Resonance invites players to explore a vibrant anime-styled fantasy world filled with rare resources and unpredictable monster encounters. Customize your character's combat style—tank, healer, or damage dealer—and switch roles seamlessly during battles. Team up in multiplayer raids, enjoy social activities, and build your legend in this rich MMORPG experience.

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story559 positive mentions

grinding694 negative mentions

The game features beautiful graphics and a vibrant anime aesthetic, with detailed character designs and smooth animations that enhance the overall experience.
Many players appreciate the humor in the game, noting its light-hearted dialogue and amusing NPC interactions that contribute to a fun atmosphere.
The combat mechanics are engaging and fluid, with a variety of classes that allow for diverse gameplay experiences.

The game suffers from excessive dialogue and time-gating systems, leading to a perception of it being more of a visual novel than a fully-fledged MMORPG.
Many players criticize the aggressive monetization model, describing it as predatory and a cash grab that detracts from the overall gaming experience.
The gameplay is often described as repetitive and lacking depth, with significant performance issues and bugs that hinder enjoyment.

story
3,682 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story in "Blue Protocol: Star Resonance" has received mixed to negative feedback from players, with many describing it as generic, boring, and overly reliant on dialogue. Critics highlight the time-gated nature of the main story quests, which can lead to frustration as players are forced to wait to progress, often after lengthy cutscenes filled with unengaging content. While some players appreciate the art style and character design, the overall narrative and pacing have been deemed lacking, with many opting to skip through the story entirely to focus on gameplay.
- “The story is lighthearted, funny, and fun.”
- “The story has moments where I think they're building up to something, but the story itself just simply isn't interesting enough to captivate me.”
- “The story is fine, very average isekai-like pacing, but its just a dialogue barrage.”
- “The game's story is complete trash.”
- “The story is a complete mess, at least during the first couple of hours, but it's bad enough to be one of the quit moments for me.”
- “The story is boring and unappealing.”
gameplay
1,939 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay of "Blue Protocol: Star Resonance" has received mixed reviews, with many players noting its blend of engaging mechanics and frustrating time-gating systems. While the combat is often described as fun and fluid, with interesting boss mechanics and a variety of classes, the overall experience is marred by excessive dialogue, auto-combat features, and a heavy reliance on gacha mechanics for cosmetics. Players appreciate the game's visuals and social aspects but express disappointment over the lack of depth and the repetitive nature of the gameplay loop, leading to a perception of it being more of a visual novel with gameplay elements rather than a fully-fledged MMORPG.
- “Beautiful environments, wonderful soundtrack, interesting combat mechanics.”
- “The gameplay is tailored on a game design trend for players who want to play a game to not play so there is nothing to say, with all my kindness and honesty.”
- “Gameplay is fun at the beginning, especially if you just skim the main story and roam through the world trying to unlock portals and climb every mountain or open every chest, etc. the combat is very dull (even after unlocking all skills) - it is very repetitive and not very enjoyable.”
- “It's a talking visual novel at this point, you barely ever get to fight and when you do the gameplay is so lackluster and boring.”
- “There is no gameplay content and collecting resources to sell in the trade store takes a long time because no stamina only 400 per day and upgrading the equipment is very expensive.”
- “I’ve played since launch, and the severe lack of new content has made gameplay extremely repetitive, and player activity only appears briefly at the start of the week.”
graphics
1,166 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of "Blue Protocol: Star Resonance" have received widespread praise for their vibrant anime aesthetic, detailed character designs, and smooth animations, making the game visually appealing to fans of the genre. Many players appreciate the game's colorful environments and the overall art direction, which evokes a sense of immersion akin to being in an anime. However, some critiques highlight performance issues, such as graphical glitches and subpar optimization, particularly on lower-end systems, which detracts from the otherwise stunning visuals.
- “The graphics are excellent, with vibrant environments, expressive character designs, and smooth animations that make the world feel alive.”
- “The visuals and art direction are stunning, and the music is incredible.”
- “The graphics are beautiful, the art style is distinctive and beautifully executed, offering a refreshing visual identity.”
- “The graphics look a bit unfinished, especially with how the characters' mouths move weirdly, almost like they're glitching, and everything just feels disjointed and like it's trying to be like Genshin or something with all the bad MMO practices of stuff being locked behind paying money for stuff.”
- “The graphics are muddy, the movement is stiff, and the writing is incredibly bad (and not even in a fun way).”
- “The graphics are bad and generic, unreal engine style.”
grinding
706 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The grinding aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players finding it excessively tedious and repetitive. While some appreciate the ability to multitask through AFK farming and daily tasks, others criticize the lack of meaningful rewards and the overwhelming number of currencies and time-gated content. Overall, the game is seen as heavily reliant on grinding, which can feel unfulfilling and frustrating, especially for free-to-play players who may struggle to keep up with those who spend money to bypass these systems.
- “Progression is super straightforward, with gear upgrades that feel rewarding, not grindy.”
- “(Levels are not grindy) grinding to upgrade gear is somewhat.”
- “You also get by not grinding at all.”
- “Honestly wished I liked it and even met a few people that I get along with in this game, but I cannot for the life of me think 'wow this game was fun, and I'm glad I sunk in time grinding.' This game honestly has an identity crisis where it tries so hard to make 'challenging content' while trying to keep the casual players alive by basically force-feeding them easy ways to catch up by time-gating content for day 1 players.”
- “New difficulties of raids add at most 1 new mechanic which is trivial and doesn't really change the fight, and for dungeons just more HP inflation/damage for enemies, so you're just stuck doing the same content for months that doesn't change, grinding the same gear to do the exact same non-changing content.”
- “The game is so grindy that the entire community AFK farms, leaving their computers or phones on overnight in 20-man parties camping spawns.”
monetization
632 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization in this game has been widely criticized as aggressive and predatory, with many players describing it as a cash grab that heavily relies on gacha mechanics and multiple currencies. While some reviews note that most purchases are cosmetic and do not directly impact gameplay, the overwhelming presence of microtransactions, time-gating, and convoluted systems has left many feeling frustrated and discouraged. Overall, the monetization model appears to detract significantly from the gaming experience, leading to concerns about the game's long-term viability.
- “They're literally giving you a free game with no ads.”
- “There isn't malicious monetization, no pay walls.”
- “It's nice to find a free-to-play online game that feels this good to play without constantly shoving microtransactions in my face; I don't feel the need to pay anything to progress... sure you could spend some money and save some time, but it doesn't feel like a necessity for character progression.”
- “This game is a huge cash grab and I don't see it lasting a long time.”
- “The monetization is painfully predatory.”
- “Overall lots of great ideas, swallowed whole by an awful economy and monetization method that ruins it entirely.”
music
294 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with many players praising its beautiful and engaging soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere and emotional moments. However, several users criticize the repetitiveness of the tracks, noting that they often loop too quickly and can become annoying over time. While some find the music to be a highlight of the game, others feel it lacks variety and fails to match the intensity of gameplay moments, leading to a less immersive experience.
- “The music is engaging and catchy.”
- “The visuals and art direction are stunning, and the music is incredible.”
- “The music is cinematic and uplifting, especially during story beats and big encounters.”
- “Broken music, cutting off voice lines, strange pauses, etc. very poor.”
- “The music is a constant loop of whatever is inappropriate for the moment, because they couldn’t be bothered to match the tone of what was happening with the soundtrack.”
- “The music gets repetitive fast, and there’s a lack of language options, which really hurts accessibility.”
optimization
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The game's optimization has received mixed reviews, with many players reporting significant performance issues, including stuttering, lag, and inconsistent frame rates, particularly on mid-range devices and during high player density scenarios. While some users experienced smooth gameplay on high-end systems, the overall consensus indicates that the game requires substantial improvements in optimization, especially regarding server performance and UI responsiveness. Additionally, the lack of regional servers has exacerbated latency issues for players outside North America.
- “Farming and upgrading them is a major part of long-term growth and significantly improves performance in raids and dungeons.”
- “Visuals are really nice, gorgeous even, but the game needs some better optimization.”
- “Overall, it’s a beautiful game with fun combat, good optimization, and a ton of potential if they keep adding content.”
- “The actual game performance is incredibly terrible even on a high-end PC, with constant latency issues, stuttering, and random disconnects.”
- “There's a lack of graphical options, controls and accessibility options, as well as just this clunkiness that just doesn't go away, characters fade in and out of existence, having more than 30 players on screen seriously impacts performance.”
- “The game is poorly optimized, combat and movement feels clunky, the lack of English dubbing alongside a very inconsistent and seemingly random Japanese dubbing makes the game feel unpolished and unfinished.”
humor
110 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is a standout feature, with players frequently noting its light-hearted dialogue, amusing NPC interactions, and comical bugs that add to the overall charm. Many reviews highlight the game's ability to evoke laughter through its quirky mechanics and absurd situations, making it enjoyable for both casual and hardcore players. While some aspects, like the story and UI, may be criticized, they often contribute to the game's comedic value, resulting in a fun and entertaining experience.
- “The game play is very nice, the little cosplay outfits people do can be fun or funny, but dedicated classes are the best in an MMORPG and these guys keep it simple.”
- “I love the anime aesthetic and the sense of humor in the main quest line.”
- “The main storyline is funny as hell at points but I also found fully fleshed out side-quests that build on the main story and aren't just 'go fetch this' or 'go kill number of enemy x' fillers.”
- “Unfunny and out-of-place meme-ish or referential/ironic dialogue options ('Can you talk like you're not an AI?') made me nearly cringe out of my body.”
- “The dialogue is funny, but not funny enough to save the game from tedium.”
emotional
100 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The emotional aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with some players finding moments of genuine emotional weight and connection, particularly during key story events, while others criticize the pacing and lack of depth in character development, leading to a disconnection from the narrative. Many reviewers noted that while the visuals and soundtrack can evoke feelings, the overall storytelling often feels rushed or shallow, undermining the potential for impactful emotional experiences. Ultimately, the game struggles to balance engaging emotional moments with a narrative that many find tedious and uninspired.
- “The story had me captivated, and without spoilers, I cried at times.”
- “Blue Protocol captures the spirit of anime not just visually, but emotionally too.”
- “Sometimes the music alone makes me emotional—it really sets the tone for each zone.”
- “Main quest is a yap-fest with the most basic boring story imaginable that is all over the place, mindlessly walk to random places and speak with characters with terrible dialogue with no voice acting with no chance to actually digest the world you're in.”
- “The game has a very boring story and most of the time you are only talking and chatting to other characters and barely get into any action.”
- “Boring story, mediocre combat, and a terrible cash shop with way too many currencies.”
stability
74 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability is widely criticized, with players reporting numerous bugs, glitches, and performance issues, including frequent freezes and crashes. Many users describe the user interface as poorly optimized and buggy, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences. While some players find the game playable, the overall consensus is that it suffers from significant technical problems that detract from enjoyment.
- “The game runs great for me; I have a less than average gaming setup and it runs perfectly, so I don't know where the complaints come from. It nails the Genshin Impact aesthetics, anime style, and has a great character creator. You'll have a blast just designing your waifu.”
- “It looks great and runs great.”
- “Megaserver also means you can play with anyone; the game is also very bug-free so far.”
- “Technical nightmare: lag, glitches, unoptimized performance.”
- “Dozens upon dozens of bugs, constant glitches; to say the game is held together by glue and duct tape is generous.”
- “I can't recommend this game yet, it's a buggy mess.”
character development
64 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Character development in the game has received mixed reviews, with many praising the vibrant and varied character designs, while others criticize the lack of depth and linearity in character progression. Some players appreciate the customization options and expressiveness of the characters, but feel that the story and character arcs are rushed or poorly executed. Overall, while the visual appeal of character designs is noted, the actual development and narrative integration leave much to be desired.
- “The character designs are cute, some of their personality quirks are interesting and memorable.”
- “The vibrant art direction, expressive character designs, and beautifully animated cutscenes give the game a charm and personality that few others can match.”
- “The character designs are top notch and kind of one of the strongest appeals to this game, the art and art direction is also fun blending fantasy and sci-fi.”
- “Too much currency, too many unconnected chores to do, too many unexplained things, overwhelmingly complicated character development.”
- “But the game still doubles down on how they feel and don't actually give you proper character development with them, because of the first problem... the plot happens all too fast.”
- “You’d honestly get more character development reading the back of a cereal box.”
atmosphere
46 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its cozy and immersive qualities, enhanced by beautiful art style, fitting soundtracks, and a vibrant social environment. Players appreciate the seamless transitions between diverse areas, creating a sense of adventure and community, while the overall aesthetic and engaging music contribute to a relaxing experience. However, some critiques mention a lack of variety in the soundtrack, which can detract from emotional moments.
- “The visuals are great, the soundtrack fits perfectly, and the atmosphere really pulls you in.”
- “The game strikes a refreshing balance between a cozy, adventure-driven atmosphere and the depth of a true MMO.”
- “Despite its potential—beautiful graphics, fluid combat animations, and a promising world—the excessive hand-holding and juvenile atmosphere make it difficult to stay invested.”
- “The lack of a good, varied soundtrack makes it even worse, stripping the game of emotional weight and atmosphere during key moments.”
- “The atmosphere, art style, and soundtrack feel like something I've experienced before; turns out, I kind of have.”
replayability
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's replayability is a mixed bag; while it offers a variety of repeatable content such as world bosses, dungeons, and life-skilling quests, many players feel that once they reach the cap, the fun diminishes significantly. Some appreciate the diversity of classes and roles, suggesting potential for endless replayability, but overall, the current state is seen as lacking in engaging content for long-term play.
- “A wealth of repeatable content involving killing world bosses, running chaotic realms (5-man dungeons), monster hunt diaries, and life-skilling with weekly quests that grant a lot in a chosen discipline.”
- “It is grindy as an MMO, but it has quality fun and significant replay value.”
- “With eight diverse classes across roles and specs, there's endless replayability.”
- “Overall, this game has nearly zero replay value.”
- “By replay value, I mean when you've capped everything, you've got nothing else to do and no more fun to have.”
- “Might work in the future again since the game works in many small content releases, but currently there's just no replay value.”