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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Review Overview
What is Blue Protocol: Star Resonance?
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance (or simply BPSR) is an MMORPG set in the Blue Protocol universe where players take on the role of an unknown protagonist who is whisked away into the world of Magna in the planet of Ragna. With no memories to speak of, they set on a journey to retrieve their lost memories while also helping out the tensions that boil over on the land’s surface between fractured clans and peoples.
Aside from playing the main story, players can also just live their daily lives as a regular citizen of the land, exploring every nook and cranny of its expansive open world as well as take part in gathering and crafting activities to make better gear, food, and more. Socialization and teaming up with other players is also part of the fun, with guilds, parties, high-level bosses and raids to participate in.
For more gameplay details, read everything we know about Blue Protocol: Star Resonance’s gameplay and story.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance features:
⚫︎ Anime-Style Visuals
⚫︎ Classic MMORPG Experience
⚫︎ Wide Customization Options
⚫︎ A Sprawling Open-World To Explore
⚫︎ Tons of People to Meet
⚫︎ Interesting Cast of Characters
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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Pros & Cons
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 Great Anime-Style Visuals Expansive Open World Tons of Activities To Do |
Choppy Cutscenes Strict Gacha Mechanics Animation Issues and Localization Errors |
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Overall Score - 68/100
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is a decent, serviceable MMORPG with pretty anime-style visuals and a standard plot that satisfies the MMORPG itch—for some time. Aside from being eye-candy and having an okay plot, it’s marred by other technical issues such as awkward animations, strange cutscene lapses, localization issues, and more. Nothing game-breaking, but it can sour the experience with how glaring some of these oversights are. It’s just alright—nothing amazing, but nothing terribly bad either.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Story - 6/10
The story is paced alright, and it is pretty serviceable for an MMORPG plot. However, it gets minus points for the atrocious way of story-telling. Abruptly ending and choppily placed cutscenes, unvoiced subtitles flashing by in a split second and unable to be read…while its not exactly part of the story, the game’s way of presenting the lore and plot to players is still integral to the experience, and these lapses definitely make it more sour—among other things.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Gameplay - 7/10
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance allows players for a wide variety of gameplay, such as open-world exploration, socialization, action combat, and even hobby-like life skills to pour time and effort into. However, the overall gameplay mechanics of these activities gets repetitive real quick outside of combat, with most workings revolving around a few clicks here and there to complete the activity. Controls can be clunky as well, spazzing out for a moment before being executed properly.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Visuals - 7/10
The game’s visuals are one of the better standout things about it, which look pretty great on low settings and even better on max settings on any device. The environments are all detailed and pleasing to the eyes, and characters are rendered well—and they’re honestly much better…not moving. With that said, animations in all factors can use some work, with some cutscenes making them look impossibly flat and strange. There are several localization errors too, such as missing text and typos.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Audio - 7/10
The musical score is lovely, ranging from astonishingly fantasy vibes in places like the town proper and the open fields, to the more somber tones of the more serious scenarios players face in the main story. However, as much as the soundtrack and the sound design carry the audio score, the syncing and the inconsistency of the voice acting turn it down a notch, with random parts of cutscenes suddenly not being voiced before having voice-acted lines again.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Value for Money - 7/10
The game is entirely free-to-play, and as a live-service MMORPG with a rather expansive-looking map, you’ll be sure to pour in several hours into the game—again, all for free! However, the dozen currencies and the great distinction between paid Rose Seals (paid currencies) and free Rose Seals (you can’t do much with free Rose Seals) dampen the microtransaction side of things. Luckily enough, gacha and in-app purchases are mostly for cosmetic purposes and faster mounts, so you’re not missing out on a lot either way.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Review: Not Bad, But Not Good
Oh boy, MMORPGs. They were one of the reasons I am (and still am) stuck in the abyss of video games. Wasting away my afternoons after class (I know, I was a terrible student) up until the evenings on games like Flyff, Fiesta Online, Dragon Nest, Trickster Online, World of Warcraft…those were the days. Time passed years later and while some have withstood the test of time (like WoW, for example, the gargantuan it is), a lot of these games and its counterparts have quietly faded away, losing themselves to a plethora of different factors like financial burden, the rise of console gaming, and more.
Ever since then, I haven’t gotten to play a proper MMORPG as I knew it. On another note, I did know about the original action RPG Blue Protocol, but I never had the chance to play it before it shuttered down. Now, Blue Protocol is back—not exactly as it was before, but as Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, an MMORPG that promises a little bit of everything that I used to love about the genre. Did it deliver even after several hours of gameplay? Well…
An Amnesiac in a Whole New World
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance takes place in the land of Magna on a planet called Regnas. Players take on the role of the mysterious protagonist who mysteriously finds themselves in the sprawling city-town of Asterleeds with no memories to speak of, saved by a green-haired adventurer named Airona.
Initially, they are forced to earn their keep by being roped into Airona’s get-rich-quick schemes through the town festival, but everything isn’t as it seems. The peace that Asterleeds has fought to keep years ago is being threatened by unknown forces from the past, and the player character, along with their allies, find themselves in the center of it all.
Fight, Gather, Fish, Mine, Socialize—We’ve Got It All For You
As an MMORPG, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance employs a hodge-podge of different gameplay mechanics, such as open-world exploration, class-based combat, crafting, gathering, and socializing with other players.
Combat is done with a set of pre-determined skills that are composed of a basic attack, and several special abilities that are unique to the chosen class. Aside from using their skills in proper timing and succession to ensure victory, players must also learn how to dodge and counter attacks for the perfect opportunity to make use of their weaknesses. After starting off with one class, players can then unlock more combat classes to change into, from tanking and making sure that party members are all accounted for, to healing their wounds away, or to even being the main damage dealer to effectively annihilate foes.
Monsters are plentiful in the world, and aside from the overworld enemies that are a dime a dozen, players can team up together in multiplayer parties to topple bosses down. Each boss has their own unique attack pattern that requires ample teamwork to defeat. Once slain, players can reap the rewards and take home a hefty prize, as well as raising reputation for the guild should they be part of one.
When away from the adrenaline of combat and monster hunting, players can enjoy other less strenuous activities like mining rare crystals, gathering magical herbs and mushrooms, fishing along the riversides, or even dance in the town square. The game allows players to freely take part in all kinds of life skills, classified into Gathering and Crafting categories. Personally, I’m having a great time gathering all these cotton and wheat like it's nobody’s business. Fishing is also quite fun, and completing the fish journal feels like an accomplishment.
Simple, Grindy Gameplay
However, with all that said, gameplay is more on the simple side outside of combat—a few clicks here and there, not much in terms of actually doing anything. This extends to the main quest and side quests as well. Now this may not be exactly a con depending on how you look at it, but there is a lot of running around involved—run here, run there, maybe smack some enemies down a notch, then go to the next objective.
That sounds pretty run of the mill for most of the MMORPGs I’ve played, but it can get pretty taxing, borderline boring if that’s all you’re doing for the next few hours. If you’re not fond of that type of gameplay, then BSPR’s routine cyclical mechanics may prove to be repetitive and boring eventually, so a word of caution there first. But then, if you’re the type of person who thrives in grinding and seeing progress, then by all means—go ahead.
A Wide Variety of Customization Options
From the get-go, I believe (most) players will spend their first hour (or two) not even playing the main story yet because they’ll be stuck at the character creation screen. I’m rather used to MMOs keeping their individual character customization options to a minimum in the beginning, sometimes none at all. Usually, you choose your class first, then that’s when you can choose your character’s appearance—a choice between a few heads, some hairstyles, colors, and…that’s it.
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance takes it up a notch by expanding it further, allowing for a more personalized look. While it’s not as in-depth as The Sims with their dozens upon dozens of sliders and getting to change every aspect of your character to your liking, it’s pretty similar and is more than enough for an MMORPG.
You can choose between three different body types, change the character’s height, hairstyle (in three layers—the front, the crown, and the back, with a slider of different colors and even inputting a HEX code), pupil style, pupil colors (all four layers to create a unique gradient), eye shape, and more.
This extends to outfits as well—the game is pretty generous with giving you a few choices of outfits early on, allowing for a bit more personalization here and there. While it’s the same set of choices for everyone, at least you know that you’ll never be exactly the same as another player (unless, of course, you chose one of the default heads but hey, no judgement there)!
Pretty Decent Visuals
While we’re on the topic of visuals and appearances, as with most bigger anime-style games on the market like Genshin Impact, Wuthering Waves, and more, it boasts pretty charming and decent-looking graphics that it shows even when I tried looking at it with lower settings, and looks even better when played on a well-equipped desktop computer.
Character designs are fun and unique (I adore how Airona and Narulu look), and even enemies don’t lose out on design with the splash of color they have on them. The sprawling open world also makes good use of the game’s graphic rendering, with all these locations on the map looking detailed and pleasing to the eyes as much as possible.
Choppy, Abrupt Cutscenes and Voices Not In Sync
The visuals are the main selling point of the game—but everything else…may falter a little bit. Of course, you can just skip out on the story if you’d like, but a good chunk of the gameplay is playing through the game’s main plot—and with the main plot comes with a lot of cutscenes and dialogue to further expand your understanding of what’s going on in the world around you, right?
Well, BSPR seems to have fumbled that bag for several cutscenes. It doesn’t happen all the time, but when it does…it gets frustrating. Cutscenes abruptly end even before it properly concludes, subtitles disappear in a split second without even being explained (the game is only dubbed in Japanese, and there’s no text log—good luck understanding what they just said if you’re not familiar with the language), and even if you do catch the subtitles before they poof, sometimes the voice lines aren’t even in sync with the subtitles, so you also have delayed understanding of what’s going on.
It’s annoying, and I do enjoy my plot and lore. So, if the game I’m playing is making it difficult to grasp all the details as a whole with poor storytelling (granted, maybe some of these points are just minor—but still, they’re part of the story after all!), then that’s just a bad oversight.
Localization Errors and Typos
Considering that the game appears to be localized (perhaps from the game’s initial Chinese server release), there is quite a lot of work needed to be done with its localization. Typos everywhere, text missing, even random HTML codes left in notes, as well as some awkward English translations. While the other points can be minor things and easily shrugged off by the average player, the strange translations can be jarring, especially because some instances of text feel written decently, if not pretty well—then suddenly you’re hit by the weirdest string of words that just leaves you feeling confused instead.
There’s also things that didn’t seem to be consistently polished, like the Alchemy Master in Asterleeds being called Maurice—yet the quest marker calls him Morris. In Chinese, the name most likely was spelled out syllabically, and seeing that these two similar-sounding names…well, understandable. However, for a global release, it should have been ironed out no matter how minor it was.
Paid Currency ≠ Free Paid Currency
Another thing that irks me about BPSR is that unlike most other games with gachas that I play, the paid-paid Rose Orbs (the one you swipe that nice little credit card for) is NOT EQUAL to the free paid Rose Orbs you get by finishing up quests in your Adventurer’s Handbook.
Granted, it’s a given that BPSR’s main source of monetization is ONLY in its cosmetics, so this may be a way to really put that line between paying players and free-to-play ones and keeping the "exclusivity" of paid items. Nevertheless, it still sucks knowing that you can’t really do much with your free Rose Orbs except use it on a select few items that you can only buy a limited quantity of every month or so.
Is Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Worth It?
If You Need an MMO Time Sink, Then Yes
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is a decent mobile-PC MMORPG that scratches the itch so far for those looking to sink some time into an MMO. It feels unpolished at some points, but it’s decent enough to give it a whirl and has enough content to make it an okay game to put some elbow grease in.
It’s not terrible, but it’s not the most innovative MMORPG that has graced the market in recent years either. It’s serviceable, and sometimes that’s all that you need—especially if you can overlook all its other faults such as strange localizations, weird cutscenes, and more.
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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance FAQ
Is Blue Protocol: Star Resonance a global server?
As of writing, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is only available to play in North America, Europe, and Australia. The devs have confirmed the existence of an upcoming Asia and SEA server in the future, but there has yet to be any concrete release window.
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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Product Information
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| Title | Blue Protocol: Star Resonance |
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| Release Date | October 9, 2025 |
| Developer | BOKURA |
| Publisher | A PLUS JAPAN |
| Supported Platforms | Steam, Epic Games, Android, iOS |
| Genre | Genres |
| Number of Players | 1 |
| ESRB Rating | Action, RPG, Adventure, MMO |
| Official Website | Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Official Website |
