“We’ll never get a good new MMORPG again” – Fans mourn Blue Protocol, hope for the Messiah

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Many fans of anime MMORPGs were looking forward to Blue Protocol, which met their graphical expectations but was not convincing in terms of gameplay. Today it was announced: The Japanese MMORPG Blue Protocol is closing in Japan and will never come to the West.

How do players react to the news? You can see the different phases of grief, also in MeinMMO’s comments on the end of Blue Protocol, which pretty much reflect what is being discussed internationally:

There is no “denial” phase. Everyone knows that the game is dead. The denial was more in the last few months, when it was already becoming apparent that Blue Protocol was not going to end well. Andy writes: “It had been apparent for a while, but I was still hoping for a release here.”

But many readers on MeinMMO are in the angry phase: “Really bitter, the only anime online games will remain Chinese cash grabs, without character creation” and “Oh no, the main thing is to get the players excited years in advance. It’s a shame, I was looking forward to this style in an MMORPG.”

But the “negotiation and acceptance” phases are also pretty impressive: “It seemed really cheap to me on the Japanese server, it was never good and to avoid any scorn, we won’t publish it here. That’s a good thing.”

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The sadness is also mixed with disappointment about how weak the game actually was

What do people read in the USA? In the USA, anime fans in particular are expressing disappointment that Blue Protocol is not coming to fruition.

One user laments: “Ah, we’ll never get a good new MMORPG again, guys. Let’s face it.”

But this is countered coolly:

  • Blue Protocol was neither good
  • still an MMORPG. Nothing in the advertising indicated that it was being advertised as an MMORPG.

    • Other players also say that Blue Protocol had a lot of difficulties, especially in terms of gameplay, it just didn’t work and was years behind anime games like Genshin Impact.

    Some users are harsh in their judgment. One user on Reddit says: Bandai had 8 years to develop a fantastic anime MMO and decided to develop a pile of crap with no meat on its bones. They have no sympathy for that.

    Another said he remembered idiots saying that censorship would kill Blue Protocol. In reality, the game killed itself before it could be censored.

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    The makers of Genshin Impact are supposed to save the anime MMOs

    That is now the hope: The disappointed fans are now pinning their hopes on miHoYo, the creators of Genshin Impact. After Genshin Impact, they could create a real MMO for anime fans.

    “Please Tech Otaku, save the anime MMO.” It says on Reddit.

    But here too, the mood seems to have become dampened: “It would certainly be full of microtransactions” – but that would be the case with every new MMO, says another player, slightly resigned.

    As early as February 2024, it became clear that Blue Protocol would fail

    As early as February 2024, it had become apparent that Blue Protocol would not be a success. On February 17, 2024, MeinMMO wisely published an article that predicted the current course of events: Hopefully they won’t shut down the new MMORPG Blue Protocol before it comes to Europe.

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