The new anime MMORPG Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is not well-rated on Steam. However, fans believe that it’s not solely about the game and want to prove it.
How is it going with Blue Protocol: Star Resonance? The new anime MMORPG has been released for less than a week and shines with over 70,000 players on Steam (via SteamDB). However, the reviews are not particularly good. The MMORPG holds only 48% positive overall ratings on Steam.
However, fans do not believe that the game can be so bad and still convince so many players. With a new twist, they want to prove that the ratings are actually better than thought.
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Better Reviews with a Filter
What do the players believe? The players of Blue Protocol: Star Resonance believe that the new anime MMORPG has been affected by review bombing. Players refer to it when games are rated negatively due to individual problems. Helldivers 2 experienced this as well, which received many negative reviews despite being a good game, due to a planned compulsion to PlayStation Network in 2024.
Similarly, it is said to have happened with Blue Protocol: Star Resonance. The community sees various reasons for the many negative ratings. Some believe on Reddit that it is due to the lack of release for the South Asian region, which is not set to launch for several weeks. Others have even more unlikely reasons for the many negative reviews.
Nevertheless, the Reddit users now believe they have found evidence for their theory, and that directly on Steam.
What does the evidence look like? Steam has allowed filtering reviews for some time now. This way, you can first see how the game is rated in your own country. However, if you reset all filters and then look at the reviews from players who have spent at least 5 hours in the MMORPG, Blue Protocol: Star Resonance stands at 73% positive ratings.
This is significantly better than the 48% of overall ratings and proves that many of the players who negatively rated the MMORPG stopped after a short time. Whether this is due to the MMORPG not being available to them or for other reasons is not substantiated.
Is Blue Protocol: Star Resonance better than thought? Blue Protocol: Star Resonance received a lot of feedback regarding localization in the West during beta and yet apparently improved nothing. This is the main criticism that many players currently express about the MMORPG, even if they still continue to play Blue Protocol: Star Resonance.
It hardly matters whether negative reviews also come from players who rate the MMORPG poorly out of frustration over a region lock or other reasons, as there is currently enough valid criticism. The new anime MMORPG also commits almost all 5 mistakes that one should actually avoid to succeed in the West.
Despite the unsuccessful localization, many players enjoy the MMORPG and can partly not comprehend the many negative reviews, as evidenced by both the good player numbers and the comments under our latest articles.
Whether Blue Protocol: Star Resonance can also be successful in the future remains to be seen and also depends on whether the developers can impress with updates and content. Tarisland also managed to achieve a surprising success in 2024 before the game quickly vanished from the players’ radar: In 2024, an MMORPG in the style of WoW wanted to conquer the global market, now the developers are already announcing its end.
