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The game is quite simple and "challenging" early if you don't have proper "students" to take on the mission. Mission Progression is a bit slow if you want to get a perfect 3 stars like me, because you level quite slow if you just do the main mission, but it's worth it to be able to sweep stage after getting 3 stars. Student Progression is veeeeeery slow, skill, exp, gear upgrade mats are quite hard to get, esp since you kinda need a lot students to upgrade. Auto AI is also kinda dumb.
noname220790, the 17/07/2022
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Blue Archive, to me, has become a daily game to relax and play. The story it tells is nice and engaging, and the game play, through grinding, makes it satisfying when your efforts are rewarded. ------- I have been playing this game for a few months- enough to where I have made it to Lvl 72. The process is long, and there are only more levels to be released. In the recent update though, the game frequently crashes within seconds of opening the app. I have a Samsung Galaxy S22+ so I am confused.
noname4763, the 17/07/2022
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Literally the game I've been searching for! It's so cute and absolutely engaging, and certainly refreshing! From the story to the characters, everything has been great so far... apart from some very... "minor" issues... The in-game menus and in-game announcements are seemingly low-res and their framerate is really iffy, but whenever we're in game play or in a CG, it's all fine! Other than that, 10/5 I LOVE ITTTTTT
noname394706, the 17/07/2022
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Love the "sweep" feature, u don't have to grind like Arknights repeating the same thing. Love the characters u0026 the story, characters interaction. But i just wish the game will improve their start up. It's annoying to wait for the game to start for a long time. I also want to suggest other ways to obtain missing student's eleph, not only hard mode but we need new method. That'll be fun. Lastly, i wish BA will add exclusive characters which is non gacha, just like the PR system in AzurLane
noname572839, the 17/07/2022
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The gameplay and UI is pretty good, not boring even tho is kinda idle, but crashes way too much, (keeps loading fight) and doesn't give any signal of the crash, so you have to have some kind of mental timer to know if it took to much to load already... at the very least give the user a signal of the crash. will only play until my 2nd crash, if I ever keep playing
noname591825, the 17/07/2022
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This is one of the few game I play that is quite impressive from the visual stand point. It's a great game and I don't have much to say about that it. What I like the most is the effort the artist putten into these characters and background images. The combat is fine, there's nothing wrong with it but I wish it had more of a feature. The story is good but I also kind a hope I get more option to choose rather than 2 or even one option to choose from. I like the game and hope further development
noname661460, the 17/07/2022
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Edit 3 or 4 (I forgor): I figured out the F2P "recipe," and progression has been fairly smooth. Maximizing the amount of pulls I can do on banners has increased my chances of getting characters I wanted, so it's pretty good on that front. Once you get the hang of the system, it's pretty f2p friendly and the game itself is very fun and polished, so I can recommend this game in good conscience. There are a few typos, but nothing game breaking. (Changed from 3 to 5 stars)
noname784093, the 17/07/2022
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so far my experience has been 70/30 i like the theme, the story, the characters, the music (god tier bops) and the overall experience with leveling it's not too demanding or tedious. but some issues do make me have criticism for the game. on my device sometimes the game screen goes black and crashes, loading times also tend to do that as well and the eligma system is annoying. but ill continue playing hopefully i can change my mind about the negative
noname395640, the 17/07/2022
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Been pretty good in a lot of stuff lately and the pvp it's more relaxed than before (AI still dumb) but the drop rates for stages it's the bigger issue. Doesn't matter if there's a campaign that gives you an item 2 or 3 times because n times zero it's still zero. Hard maps are the worst on this, you only get 3 tries so though luck if nothing drops or even worst if worthless material takes the slot. I can't believe that stages requiring a level of 75 would give the most basic exp item...
noname1698, the 17/07/2022
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I really enjoy the gameplay style. Once I figured out the strategy for the team comps it got even more fun putting together different characters for different situations. For the FTP it's not bad little slow for getting characters so I'd recommend saving the most you can for the better characters. As well as saving the currency for certain pulls on characters so you are not trying to get everyone. Collect them all in the end lol.
noname279491, the 17/07/2022
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Game itself is highly polished and very well made. However, the stage design can really use some review. The later maps are very drawn out, with multiple battles each map. Without a retry option for the battles, it's too easy to lose all progress towards getting 3* because of some disqualifying mishap that happens midway through the clear, or at the very end. This wastes a lot of time and effort, and is unnecessarily infuriating.
noname419791, the 17/07/2022
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So apparently, my grinding fest destroyed the game. I can't access it anymore. It shows me a black screen whenever I open it. I was having fun playing it tho. I'd still rate it 4 due to my happiness with playing the game and collecting the characters but the black screen made me give 4. I would've gave it 5 if it still worked normally. Anyway, if this is fixed, I'd change my rating if I can still remember it lmao
noname968277, the 17/07/2022
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Great game, cute art, lovely characters and stories, music is top quality, for a casual gacha it's probably one of the best out there. The low rating however comes from the abusive monetization, excessive sub-system to the point stamina is the least of your worries, maxing out a character is a very long-term goal as a F2P, and if you encounter a bug or anything forget about any kind of support aside from the bot message saying "we will forward this to the dev team" and never get fixed.
noname282147, the 17/07/2022
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This game turns out to be grind fest gacha. There so many advantage for completing story mission (chapter 3 and more), that make some player really furstating to play the game. Upgrade system is kinda simple but need so MUCH resource material. It takes really long to get proper setup, however you can achieve for a long time. Besides that, the graphics and story is great. Love it. Overall 3/5 for me.
noname502612, the 17/07/2022
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I really love this game cause of all it has to offer. It has great art, music, and gameplay. The gameplay looks simple at first glance, but it becomes more interesting when you need to consider type advantages and technical stuff such as student skills and niches when you plan to clear hard content and raids. You don't need to roll for the newest units to clear late game as there are great low rarity units like Mutsuki etc. Finally, the story is fire and is only getting more interesting.
noname490066, the 17/07/2022
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I cant open the app anymore. Always goes to a black screen. Tried uninstalling, clearing the cache and it still wont open. Im afraid to lose all my progress pls help. EDIT: Thank you for responding to my issue in such a quick manner and i apologize if i was a bit hasty on this review because i was panicking. It seems that my phone was having an issue so i restarted it and redownloaded the game and it ran fine. This is my favorite game and i will keep playing it.
noname678091, the 17/07/2022
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Game is nice but please fixed AI control during tactical training. Your chance of winning is high since your team has higher level than opponent but since AI picked the wrong skill to activate and targeting the wrong enemy during skill activation causing you to lose. Meanwhile the enemy being control by AI very well. Either fix this or turn this into manual mode. It's irritating me to lose against low level opponent with 2 stars rank.
noname671643, the 17/07/2022
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I legit love the game. Please don't make me quit. This is heartbreaking. The zoomed illustration was lazy af. If this affects the L2Ds and the characters, might switch servers or just quit. Plus, why is Aris the name? It literally says Alice on the freaking gun. This is a huge disappointment. Especially because of what you said in the interview. We're basically getting a different experience. If this problems happens again or snowballs into something bigger, you know what's going to happen. User experience should take priority above all else.
noname533464, the 17/07/2022
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Please Nexon fix this bug/ glitch, sometimes when i playing the game the screen is flickering. And some text with no dialog box the font looks weird. When i open the game right after the banner showed up the lobby are not loaded. And sometimes when i close the banner, the game turned black but the music is still playing. But overall the game is very good. Thank you Nexon, please fix it.
noname504189, the 17/07/2022
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I want an even harder content. Which requires multiple team to defeat the bosses, More content and interaction between students between dorm, with the ability for users to pick them up. Also stuns need buffs (like slight Def u0026 Dodge down as enemy is impaired) making it an indirect buffs to units that uses stuns.
noname487267, the 17/07/2022
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Characters are cute (must protecc), easy mechanic and newbie friendly. Can't csay the same for veterans though, because I heard there's nothing to play anymore after maxing out some girls. I can do scrimmage easily despite don't have any maxed out students, so they might get bored by that easily. What can I say it, this game is great, but pvp needs to be improvised, have various minigames, and new endgame content
noname365587, the 17/07/2022
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This is my fourth review and I wanted to change my 3 star review to 4 star. Loved the uniqueness of the story and the characters since all students have different personalities. I totally recommend y'all to play it. For the improvement part, I want you to add club missions or task so that all members of the club will become more active and the interaction between members become more active and lively. Thats all, and I hope you add some task feature in the club.
noname277060, the 17/07/2022
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This game is cute and fun. The auto AI is bad because most of the skills require strategic placement so it forces you to play manually which in my opinion is how a strategy game is supposed to be played. The only reason I'm giving this a 3 star is because the gacha drops are horrendously bad. You almost never get the rainbow drops which wouldn't be a problem if you want to pay money for crystals. But for F2P it's impossible. Hate to compare but Azur Lane has the perfect balance for gachas.
noname355039, the 17/07/2022
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I frequently open the app and end up not playing because it takes so long for the game to load. Between multiple login screens, event pop-ups, and the most useless notice board I've ever seen, it takes WAY too long to get to the actual game.
noname924908, the 17/07/2022
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I think the creators were focusing on the visuals and it is really in fact mind-blowing, I was speechless. The voice-overs is amazing I like it very much although in the beginning its kinda too long to get to the main purpose but when you see those cute Chibis those will make your heart flutter and oh the uhh name thingy when you will choose how your name will be pronounce.. great idea!! On the tutorials arona and rin explained it very well so you don't have to worry in carrying on the game.
noname174063, the 17/07/2022
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Nexon has honestly done really well carrying over this game that I really love into English. While one part of the game remains censored, and I am definitely pretty disappointed at that choice, it seems so far that this kind of mistake hasn't and won't be repeated, and there've been various improvements and improved support since launch. I feel I have to give it 5 stars for their efforts. I hope these efforts continue.
noname363195, the 17/07/2022
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It's a good game, wish the ai was better, but it's unneeded for better experience. The framerate is smooth, and the game is more balanced compared to other games like this. It provides difficulty without buffing enemies to obsessive levels, and you can even take on challenging levels far beyond your level and still come out on top. In my opinion this is a vary good molbile game. Edit I forgot to mention the soundtrack is vary good.
noname262381, the 17/07/2022
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Its a fun game. But once you reach the end game, there's pretty much nothing to do. The only problem of this game is replayability. Once you maxed out, its pretty much login, then logout. Quite brainded. Too much a stats game and rng, no puzzle or other form gameplay that are enjoyable. But the caharacters and the story are very fun. Really liked it!
noname102036, the 17/07/2022
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the game is very good and easy to play,and is very relaxing.but everytime when finish a round it connection fail,and go back to title screen and i cant play. (my wifi is very good and dont have problem before)i really like this game.
noname518968, the 17/07/2022
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I love this game, but there's one thing that, i'm sure every sensei will agree, the toxic PvP system. I know it will be unfair if we can restart the match or setting up the skill rotation, but getting tortured by watching my students crippled knowing i already lose is unbearable, therefore i suggest to make the skip button able to use in early game. It can reduce the stress we get (yes it is stressful) and speedup the combat duration for those who only able to play in limited to no time.
noname47231, the 17/07/2022
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So I've played the game all the way back in November, and I'd say the experience is great, incredible L2D, intriguing gameplay, and most importantly, unique challenges from each total assault. My only concern about the game, is really long loading times even with decent wifi, especially when booting thw game, or entering different tabs, like missions, cafe, recruit, battles, etc. Another problem that needs some fixing too, is the yellow screen glitch, and the lag, but it's still a great game
noname522680, the 17/07/2022
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Biggest issue I have is with it's recruit system. Stories are good. Gameplay is good. They add new content regularly and new characters. The characters are cute. But their recruit system is rigged against getting what you're looking for unless you spend a lot of money or have been hoarding for a long time.
noname802623, the 17/07/2022
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It's a 5 star game. But PvP needs a big overhaul. First and foremost; blitz function. Put 2mins timer if you don't wish players to spam attempts, instead of forcing us to watch Tsubaki flexing for 2mins for example. Those time windows between could be efficiently be used doing other errands. Not to mention plenty of times I did win some battles and made it into higher bracket, but immediately attacked and lost to another player during that time frame and missed my reward while I was watching.
noname264403, the 17/07/2022
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oh no i love it... I wasn't super impressed at first glance, BUT all the characters are lovable, the aesthetic grew on me quick, the writing is charming, the AI companion calls me by name when I login, the UI is easy to navigate, auto farming is instant... Not an afk game but that's a plus imo. The premium currency is stupid expensive (~$20 for a 10-pull) and pull odds feel low, but it's fairly easy for f2p types to earn enough for a few dozen pulls a month.
noname272976, the 17/07/2022
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After a month. Around level 40, all you do is login to sweep stages, after 4 days when you gain a lvl, upgrade everyone and do a few stages. Game's not new player friendly. You can't do all of the events for rewards. Gacha has terrible rates. Game a largely auto play, all you do is collect and upgrade characters skills. Good characters and story doesn't redeem all these issues.
noname529905, the 17/07/2022
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The game is amazing, they give out free gems a lot! I find myself always having enough gems whenever a new banner drops. The optimization could be better, but the game no longer have random crashes. Some of the good units are also farmable in hard mode which is also a plus
noname589752, the 17/07/2022
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I like the game no lie but there was a slitgly problem, it's because of censored word i was typing the word "If I can resist" on my club because of the new reward on the update it isn't a problem but my clubmates might word it wrongly. So I was hoping this would be fix or not depending on the development game team. I'm gonna continue to support and play this game and wait for the new story update cause I already finished it.
noname911824, the 17/07/2022
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Amazing art and animations, anime-quality story, and a wide range of characters. A bit grindy, but pulls aren't hard to get, even if the rarity rate is miniscule. Highly recommended a look to anyone.
noname90281, the 17/07/2022
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super f2p friendly!! overall well-built game mixing rpg and fighting. when cafe earnings or rewards come with ap, you get that red dot on your mailbox and it is a little annoying. perhaps make it so you can claim the rewards without claiming the ap. tip for new players: sweep missions to level up faster !
noname237556, the 17/07/2022
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I don't have many problems with this game but the way the allies use their sub-skill or even EX-skill when the enemy's already dead is just stupid. I hope there's gonna be system where it detects whenever the enemy had died or not so their skills are not wasted on them and instead, they attack another nearest enemy
noname322021, the 17/07/2022
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Could be my fav anime gacha game out there. Characters are adorable, amazing soundtrack, interesting gameplay (the characters move themselves while you choose when to use their skills). So much goodies too; relationship system, customizing cafe. And the visual novel, is ABSOLUTE cinema. A lot of arcs, very intriguing and suspenseful, some humor, complex yet easy to understand. They even included gameplay on some episodes. As for the gacha rates, it's okay, very typical.
noname597094, the 25/09/2025
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This game is incredible for all the right reasons good humour, great gameplay, great characters with fleshed out personalities, great graphics, and more. However, with all the systems and the levelling system restricting your characters from levelling up to fast, it can get a fair bit tedious and lead to burnout, as was the case with me. That being said, however, those who love this type of game will find it absolutely incredible with lots of interesting content and great gacha overall 9.5/10.
noname904424, the 25/09/2025
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Blue Archive is a standout gacha game with a captivating story, endearing characters, and stunning visuals. The gameplay is enjoyable and relaxing, often feeling immersive. While deserving of high praise, minor improvements could enhance the experience. For example, refining character designs during gameplay (during battle time not the actual image of the character) and adjusting/removing some explicit content would further elevate the overall presentation
noname663189, the 25/09/2025
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Love the game, been a player since release. The story, vibe and the characters are great although the gameplay is somewhat lacking but that's just me. This game is generous too, I'm a F2P and I got almost all the students right now so no complaints there. Recently though there have been some cheaters that I've noticed during total assaults and grand assaults, you guys should probably do something about that. Overall a really enjoyable game.
noname596643, the 25/09/2025
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i mean, it's exactly what it says it is. translation is sometimes a bit iffy, but it's one of very few gacha games where you don't need to pay anything to get good stuff. also, despite the minimum specs technically being 6gb of ram, it runs perfectly fine on my phone with only 4gb of ram, apart from very rare crashes.
noname992004, the 25/09/2025
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This game has some of the worst mechanics you'll encounter. where the "Genius" developers decide that unit positioning is incredibly important, while also not letting you decide or accurately control where and how your units position themselves. often ignoring cover, both level cover and player placed cover. tanks will sometimes retreat and leave other units to die because they're not smart enough to fall back. A child in java script could make more intelligent functioning character AI.
noname98108, the 25/09/2025
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Update: The randomized skill cards have long outstayed their welcome. 10-20 minutes of a 1 hour raid attempt can easily be wasted, just resetting for correct skill order. Just pause and reset repeatedly. This was always a problem, but it became far worse as more skills that remain in your hand have been added. I am lowering my score until this changes.
noname827463, the 25/09/2025
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Why is this game not optimized on mobile? It's a mobile game and a single player at that. Here's a suggestion why not make it like Umamusume where it just downloads the necessary things at the starting loading screen and doesn't force me to download everything I didn't finish the story yet but it's taking up space and even after I read it there's no way to delete the downloaded stories it's just taking up space for no reason and adding more lag to the game sometimes resulting to crash the game.
noname423214, the 25/09/2025
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Yet another terribly designed raid boss that needs hyper specific characters. if you don't have them, you're screwed. If you don't have them whale-level invested, you're screwed. Also once again practically requiring you to play on PC for pinpoint accuracy, along with bad controls in the event stealth missions. Great job guys. And on top of that they just announced a Battle Pass in case the new 4 Limited students weren't enough. Absolute shame after what was a good Anniversary story/event.
noname518163, the 25/09/2025
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Translation/Localization issues have only increased, I am genuinely unsure if it is incompetence, malice, or a mix of the two. Edit 7 months later: Localization issues have not been solved. As an example, in the event CODE:BOX, the entire last half of the Epilogue is actual fan fiction, completely different from the source material (KR).
noname74645, the 25/09/2025
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nonetheless, I've made a few reviews now, and still getting better and better, although it's unavoidable that I crashes or often has bugs during Spec.Missions or other game modes, it also won't let me open CS service, when I do it will exit on its own or lag for quite sometime, but still it's fun, it's almost been a few years now ever since playing??
noname329564, the 25/09/2025
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the game needs a new gameplay that is more fun, with a deep story, and the developer should focus more on the development of the main character and how the main story should go. I suggest making a story with a deeper meaning than just a normal story, like the "where all miracles begin." Volume. it was good and not just a normal storyline. a good storyline and more fun gameplay and features would attract players to play the game more. This is my opinion to make the game more fun and enjoy?
noname306641, the 25/09/2025
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I like The game since Playing those 2 Years now, The Characters and The Game Graphics is fine to me even the Story Modes too. But everything got changed for a while that's why I'm giving a 3 Star for now, The Game takes a lot of my Phone Storage even I downloaded all the resources, The Game Updates every month or 3 weeks of playing... It doesn't bother me but a Huge Update came costing me another 5GB like what?! Arona is killing my Phone Storage, just need answer for this.
noname922314, the 25/09/2025
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Great game but the rate up is a lie. character rate can be as high as 2% chance compared to other characters and still not drop. Pity system is virtually non existent and forces you to save up 200 pulls just for the rate up because the game will never give you the rate up character through the pulls. Pulled 280 times for seia and not a single seia dropped. Intstead i get multiple non limited non rate up characters that are useless. Like I'm pulling for seia not 3 copies of neru and hare camp.
noname156895, the 25/09/2025
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Very good game, however there is a glitch where I cannot start, it gets stuck on "Resetting Game Data", and I can't do anything (on Poco C65). Update: now it works, but It still sometimes gets stuck on that screen, and I have to active mobile data to make it go to the next game launch step.
noname343230, the 25/09/2025
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Blue Archive offers a captivating blend of strategic gameplay and a charming, anime-inspired world. The character designs are appealing, and the combat system is both accessible and deep, allowing for satisfying tactical decisions. With a compelling storyline and frequent events, it's a must-play for fans of gacha games.
noname134825, the 25/09/2025
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This game pull me to start playing just because of the bizarre community it got and pull me more to keep playing because of the world building that keep growing every update. The characters are relatable, being a student and youth that needed a guidance from adult. And lasty the generous monetization for casual players that don't spend money is showing a good image advertising that is different from other gacha games.
noname770755, the 25/09/2025
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I like how the game is run, reasonable amounts of grinding is acceptable, but now with this new update I'm being receiving this error message: Server failed to accept request. Returning to Title Screen. I can't even enter the game with this bug forcing my gameplay to a halt so hurry and fix this URGENT bug PLEASE!
noname363671, the 25/09/2025
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I like the game. What drew me to the game was the music that I heard on YouTube, and although I haven't played much, I'm enjoying my experience so far. I was also curious as to why people liked this game, and I'm starting to see why. My only issue is that maybe there is something wrong with the mobile version of the game. It's the voiced lines in the story. The prologue was fully voiced, but jumping into the main story, it's been silent. Is this supposed to happen? Or is it a bug? I want to know
noname474869, the 25/09/2025
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A very good game with anime style and cute combat animation but there are a few things that make me sick.Specially the pickup points, I can save them they just turn into stones after a few days.How can I get someone I want if I can't save them? And I can't just pickup any student I want but they gotta be on the list. I am not getting anyone if my pickup points keep disappearing and the students I want are not on the list. Overall a good game.Nothing I just keep typing to full 500 latter. Yeahhhh
noname304335, the 25/09/2025
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