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Blue Protocol: Star Resonance - The Revival of an Online Game That Didn't Survive in Japan
This video summarizes Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, an anime-style MMORPG developed by Chinese developers. After the original game failed in Japan due to financial problems, the video covers the story, character creation, classes, gameplay, gacha system, and graphics.
1. 🎮 Introducing Blue Protocol: Star Resonance and the Pocket Pixel Channel
- ✅ Introducing Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, an anime-style MMORPG
- ✅ Pocket Pixel channel focuses on mobile games and will discuss additional content not previously covered on the Gamer Inside channel.
- ✅ Gameplay style: Dungeon crawling, area exploration, story mode, events
00:03 - 00:50
1. 🎮 Introducing Blue Protocol: Star Resonance and the Pocket Pixel Channel
- ✅ Introducing Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, an anime-style MMORPG
- ✅ Pocket Pixel channel focuses on mobile games and will discuss additional content not previously covered on the Gamer Inside channel.
- ✅ Gameplay style: Dungeon crawling, area exploration, story mode, events
00:54 - 02:26
2. 🌍 Overview of Blue Protocol: Star Resonance
- ✅ Anime-style Open World MMO RPG
- ✅ Developed by the Chinese company ShangHai Aurora Network Technology after purchasing the IP from Bandai Namco.
- ✅ Operated by How Play Limited
- ✅ Highlights: Fashion, character customization, skills, vehicles, classes that can be switched between 16 sub-professions.
- ✅ Gameplay: Map exploration, puzzle solving, collecting boxes, story mode, dungeon crawling, item farming, social system (fishing, herb gathering, dancing, taking photos)
02:27 - 04:37
3. 📜 Introduction and Basic Story
- ✅ The player wakes up in the Asales region without knowing their origin.
- ✅ Meets Irona, who helps them from a goblin horde and introduces them to places in the city of Slaley.
- ✅ The city of Slaley has a mix of medieval and modern architecture and is the center of the region.
- ✅ Meets the Pioneer Bureau, which supports adventurers in exploring the Bafaria ruins and suppressing monsters.
- ✅ The city is holding the Ca Breed Festival, but fewer people are attending due to rumors of monster ambushes.
- ✅ The player and Irona leave the city to find the truth.
- ✅ The monster rampage is caused by purple energy particles (distort engram).
- ✅ The player reacts to the distort engram differently than others.
- ✅ The adventure will gradually learn about the history of the city's conflicts and the war between heroes and the evil witch.
04:38 - 05:36
4. ✨ Character Creation System
- ✅ Can customize the character a lot.
- ✅ Choose male or female and body shape (small, teen, adult).
- ✅ There are character presets to choose from and further customize.
- ✅ Customize hairstyle, face shape, eyebrows, eyes, eyelashes, irises, nose, mouth, teeth, and shades as desired.
- ✅ Can try on the outfits the game has to see if they match.
- ✅ The created character will appear in cutscenes in the game.
05:37 - 07:25
5. ⚔️ Professions and Classes in the Game
- ✅ There are 8 main professions and 16 sub-professions.
- ✅ Can change professions at any time during the game (must complete quests to unlock).
| Profession | Key Features |
|---|---|
| Verden Oracle | Backline support, heals allies, deals damage with magic rings. |
| Heavy Guardan | Frontline tank, creates shields, deals AoE earth damage. |
| Keen Marksman | Backline damage dealer, attacks from long range with a bow, has an animal companion (wolf). |
| Frost Mage | Long-range damage dealer, uses ice magic to deal AoE damage. |
| Aegis Fighter | Frontline tank, uses a sword and shield, defends and regenerates well. |
| Wind Knight | Melee damage dealer, uses a spear to deal wind damage, collects Stack Cage to release skills more frequently. |
| Blade Warden | Melee damage dealer, uses a sword/scythe, switches weapons to deal damage, accumulates Mark of Thunder to increase damage. |
| Beast Performer | Backline support, uses a guitar to deal damage and support, heals and uses fire to deal damage. |
07:26 - 09:04
6. 🔄 Profession Switching, Stats, Talents, and Skills
- ✅ Profession Switching: Open the SAT screen, select the desired profession, and follow the conditions (e.g., hunt monsters).
- ✅ Stats: Indicates the profession being played and the character's total stats (with a thumbs-up icon indicating the necessary stats).
- ✅ Talents (Skill Tree): Can be upgraded as desired and reset at any time.
- ✅ Skills: There are 2 types: Upgrade (increase Flash Stat) and Level Up (increase the percentage of Stat).
- ✅ Upgrading skills uses in-game currency, leveling up uses purple profession cards (can check how to get cards in the game).
09:05 - 10:16
7. 🎮 Main Gameplay System
- ✅ There is a main story to play to absorb the story and level up (there is a Skip button for those who don't like reading the story).
- ✅ Can see a summary of the story played in the picture book function.
- ✅ Combat System: Action Combat that requires combos and dodging monster attacks.
- ✅ There is a skill bar and a Skill Battle Fantasy bar (creates illusions of monsters or special characters to help attack).
10:17 - 12:26
8. 🗺️ World Exploration, Puzzles, and Life Skills
- ✅ World Exploration: Collect boxes around the map (running, climbing, jumping, riding animals, flying).
- ✅ Can fly using wind direction.
- ✅ Some boxes require Resonance Skill to explore.
- ✅ Riddles that require reading comprehension and linking clues (there is a hint system for those who don't want to think too much).
- ✅ Mini-games: Fishing (fishing spots can be seen from the fish icon on the World Map).
- ✅ Life Skills: Gathering herbs, mining, cooking, woodworking, smelting, crafting.
12:27 - 14:12
9. 🤝 Multiplayer System and Dungeons
- ✅ It is an MMO RPG game with other players in the world.
- ✅ Can create a party to hunt bosses around the map (World Boss spawns every hour).
- ✅ Tackle dungeons and defeat bosses together with friends or randomly find other players.
- ✅ Dungeons have a recommendation function for new players.
- ✅ Dungeon crawling requires cooperation to overcome monsters to reach the boss room.
- ✅ Can pose for photos with friends after defeating the boss (has a variety of photo functions).
14:13 - 15:54
10. 🎰 Gacha System
- ✅ There are 2 types: Battle Fantasy Summon Gacha (uses bound diamonds) and Costume Gacha (uses top-up diamonds).
- ✅ Top-up Diamonds: Obtained by purchasing with real money.
- ✅ Bound Diamonds: Can be obtained by opening boxes or trading at the First Center (like Free Market).
| Gacha | SSR Rate | SR Rate | SR Guarantee | SSR Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield | 0.15% | 1.2% | Every 20 rolls | Every 80 rolls |
| Costume/Vehicle | 0.15% | 1.85% | Every 30 rolls | Every 80 rolls |
- ✅ Costume Gacha requires top-up diamonds (150 diamonds/roll or about 75 baht).
- ✅ The first time you top up, you will get double the diamonds.
15:55 - 17:13
11. 🎨 Graphics and Summary
- ✅ The graphics are anime-style (not stunningly beautiful but not bad either).
- ✅ It is a Cross-Platform game (mobile and PC).
- ✅ Runs quite smoothly on mobile.
- ✅ Summary: Blue Protocol Star Resonance is a good MMO RPG game, can change professions in a variety of ways, feels warm when playing with friends, gacha is for costumes (free-to-play players can play), fashion outfits are beautiful.