I'm thinking of playing Blue Archive for the first time on Twitch on May 28 (CT). I don't have the exact time, but it'll be after I finish playing Lobotomy Corporation! Hope to see you there~ TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/trailblazerririna (I'll be streaming Blue Archive for the first time on Twitch!) DISCORD: discord.com/servers/trailblazer-ririna-1097679395231113226 (Let's chat about Blue Archive together~) YT MEMBERSHIP: th-cam.com/channels/XIcWBkYpOSwleic06QO97A.htmljoin SHOP: ko-fi.com/trailblazer_ririna/shop BACKUP CHANNEL: www.youtube.com/@TrailblazerFoxRirina
Most definitely if I enjoy the gameplay! And if that ends up being the case, then I may continue reacting to more Blue Archive (and upload the edited version of the VODs) on my channel too since I heard that the fandoms are pretty overlapping between Arknights, Blue Archive, and Project Moon!
Lots of love for Blue Archive lately. Shiroko is the poster girl of the game and the blue haired girl with pink highlights is Arona, the game's mascot, who plays the role as the Operating System of Sensei's tablet. For some story context, yes, the girls have halos. Those are what give the character's their durability to withstand bullets as well as any superhuman abilities they may possess. While they have high durability, that doesn't make them impervious to damage or death. The setting is in a place called Kivotos which is described as an Academy city with many Academies within. In terms of the story, there are 4 main academies: Abydos (a School populated only by Shiroko and her 4 friends who take it upon themselves to pay off the school's massive debt), Millennium Science School (A technology and Science based school and also one of the newest schools), Gehenna (A school where most of the students have demon traits, as such, the school has the most chaos and anarchy) and Trinity General School (Taking inspiration from Christianity where most students have angel like traits). There are other various schools like Shanhaijing (Based on China), Hyakkiyako (Based on Japan), Red Winter (based on Russia), Valkyrie Police academy (The general Police force), SRT Academy (Spec Ops), and Kronos School of Journalism. There are others, but they haven't been touched on much in the Global version of the game. Kivotos itself is run by the General Student Council. Sensei works for an Independent club within the General Student Council that largely has autonomy (with certain restrictions) to act as an advisor throughout Kivotos. For Gameplay, the game largely plays itself. Player interaction is more tactical based in choosing when to use a student's EX skills. They will attack on their own and use their normal skills as soon as they are able to. You have 4 characters on the field and 2 off the field. The main goal is building the best team for any given piece of content so you'll want the best combination of damage dealers, tanks, healers, support, etc. Each student has different attributes that can make them good or bad at any piece of content. Students have terrain ranks that modify their stats based on terrain type as well as attack types and armor types (this is like a Rock Paper Scissors type effectiveness). Types of weapons (Pistols, Shotguns, Sniper, etc.) have certain attributes too, but those are largely trivial and not exactly worth considering in most cases. For costumes, there's not really any costumes for units themselves. Thus far every costume is it's own separate character with different skills. Most costumes have to be obtained from the gacha, though some have been rewarded as welfare/free characters. Relatedly, the gacha's not terrible, but it is far from ideal. You can guarantee a banner character in 200 recruitments. On Average, for a free to play player, that's about once every 2 months when all the permanent sources dry up. The base 3* rate is 3% and the rate for a Banner character is .7%. Every Anniversary and half anniversary a Fes banner (With the banner character being a very good character) will appear with double rates making the 3* chance 6%. Many people save for these because it's a great time to not only pull an amazing character, but to also fill out one's roster with missed students. You mentioned events, thus far, the current pattern is that events will rerun a year after it happens and then will be immortalized on the following year. Immortalized events are freely able to be done on your own time. Around this time is also when limited units related to the events run on banners. So far, the only student that has not received a rerun is Miku (The To Aru characters may or may not suffer that same fate, no one's sure on that just yet). As A fun bit of bonus trivia, the Bunny Chasers on Board event saved this game from fading to obscurity. After it's troubled launch in Japan, that event garnered so much attention (largely from Asuna and Karin) that it completely revitalized interest in the game and was able to propel the game to where it is today. Anyway, I think this is a big enough essay. lol. Hope you enjoy the adventure if you decide to become a Sensei!
I guess I'm reacting to Blue Archive at a good time then! So that's who Arona is! I had a feeling that Shiroko was the poster girl, but had no idea about the mascot -- or if she was a playable. XD Makes me want the halo for my own safety~ But then again, maybe I don't want to be in that world in the first place. hahaha And thank you for the explanation about the schools. I'll probably need to review your comment after playing it for the first time as a refresher though since it's a lot of information to remember~! But so far, just from what you told me, Kivotos sounds like a very interesting city. Makes me curious about the other aspects of that world! So I guess for the gameplay, it's more important to learn the weaknesses/strengths of each character, along with the terrains, in order to understand what teams to put together for each terrain and win. I can see why it's more tactical in that case! I really should save for the FES banners then after I roll on the newbie banners. At least, judging from the percentages you gave and what pity is like! Woahhh, now that is quite an interesting thing to learn! Who would have thought that bunny girls CAN save the world? I mean game? XD Gotta love how that's the thing that saves the game and propels it to what it is now! Thank you so much for all the information! I really appreciate it~
I remember people joked that Blue Archive is some kind of spin-off to Arknights becuase of all those halo girls with guns that really resemble Sankta and their love for firearms (and for sweets!), xD
@Trailblazer_Ririna there's also another reason as to why its an Arknights "spin-off"... The main story goes hard... In almost the same way Arknights does... If you know what I mean... (The side stories are far more light hearted)
There's also girls with demon traits, political themes, etc. It's like what if Laterano has many provinces. It fits too well Also Shiroko and Rosmontis...
Blue Archive has some of the best chibi models in gacha games imo. Very expressive and adorable. Gameplay-wise, it's sort of an auto-battler style game. Your team consists of 4 strikers and 2 supports, and you can control their EX skill activations and place their AoEs, but your units will auto-attack and move between cover on their own.
Now that you mention it, you have a point there! The chibis really are expressive! O_O I LOVEEEE IT EVEN MORE NOWWW!!!! AHHHHH!!! Ooo, that's quite nice. I was a bit worried that we would need to control maybe one or multiple to attack and cover during the round, but the fact that we only need to focus on activating their skills and where to attack is quite nice!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna Yeah! You should see how the chibis interact with furniture. It's quite a treat. Certain event characters have unique interactions with their event furniture too.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna it's a cafe, random students will visit and you will have a chance to give them gift, and by doing so it will unlock some special relationship stories, you can either decorate your own cafe or, if you don't have time to, the game have some preset layouts (as long as you grind enough furniture), each student have a unique interaction with a certain furniture and it's very fun to see that happen
Cafe?!? That's even better than I imagined! I can't believe we can give them gifts too. Is that something that we collect in the gameplay mode? Or is it something we can give without having to farm for it? Can't wait to see the different furniture sets that they have in the game~
Welcome to Blue archive new sensei. Hope you enjoy the game. There were quite a lot of PVs missing from that playlist it would seem, mainly PV 3 and PV 5.
Thank you! Super excited to actually check out the game soon! Oof, there were? I tried having it checked by a sensei, but I guess I still missed a few in the end. Hopefully, more sensei's will join my Server, so that I can get them checked again in the future!
That's true! And they seem to have multiple versions of the same trailer, so it gets difficult to guess whether it's a different trailer or if it's just the same thing but shorter. Thankfully, I just had some sensei's join my Server and they checked over the playlist, so I was able to record all the ones I missed in the next part reaction video today!
That 4th pv still hits so hard even after all this time. The entire community from what i seen let out a collective gasp seeing that and was united in being the best sensei possible. Very wholesome lol
14:34 The Blue Archive anime is literally airing this season lol. 6 episodes so far (12 episode season). Would recommend checking out the OP and ED of the anime because they look amazing.
It is?!? Well then, that's good to know. XD Maybe I'll host a watch party on my Server in the near future then. Is it better to play the game first (to a certain point) before watching the anime? Or does it not matter much?
@@Trailblazer_RirinaIts basically an adaptation of the 1st volume of the game so far. I think minimum, you can just play the prologue of the game to get context of where the show starts. Or you can do all of volume 1 to see how they adapt the source material.
Hmmmmm, if anything, I'll probably go for the latter so that I can enjoy the story to the fullest in the game! Watching the anime will merely just be a review and/or enjoying it in animated form at that point, which would be nice~
HECK YEAHHHH!!! It's always better to read the source (or in this case, play the game) first so that you won't lose any context while watching the anime. At least, that's how I feel! Although... it's not always possible time-wise for every single anime, but in this case, I can play the game first, so might as well!
I’m glad you digged the vibe! Game’s really cool! Some of the questions you had: Game is half a visual novel and half this semi auto rpg. It’s kinda like xenoblade where characters auto-attack and you manually activate their special skills at the opportune moments. As for the story and world. The girls with guns and their halos gets sort of explained. But it’s not really depressing per se, it does have a lot of emotional moments for sure but for the most part it doesn’t leave you with a pit in your stomach. Hope you like the game, looking forward to more videos!
Half visual novel! That's what I like to hear~ I assume that the VN portion isn't voiced? Or is it actually completely voiced? Wasn't really sure about that. I'm glad that the halos and guns thing gets explained, even if it's not for a depressing reason. Definitely something I can't wait to learn about!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna Story is mostly text only. Some important scenes are voiced though. Each character’s individual story also has some voice acting in it and they also talk a lot during combat when in chibi form.
oh new sensei~ more PV in the JP channel, and also CN PV in bilibili, should be here somewhere too. gacha is fairly f2p friendly but it's recommended to pull only when you have enough for guarantee (spark), and since global is 6 months behind jp we know what banners to save for
Hi hi~ Are there CN PVs that are not available in the JP ones? Thankfully, some new sensei's that joined my Server today helped me find the rest of the ones I missed (mostly the JP ones), so I managed to cover those for the part 2 reaction video! But hopefully, there aren't CN PVs that are not found in the JP ones. That sounds really nice! I guess we have an advantage as F2P in that sense~
1. It's actually 4 frontlines and 2 backlines 2. We have student variants not skins. Like Shiroko have her Cycling and Swimsuit version as a separate character (which you can actually bring together in one party by the way)
Events have rerun in one year, and in the second year become "immortalised", so you can access its story and get event characters, but you can't farm it Exception - Miku colab with no rerun. Onother colab (with Railgun) ending today, i'm not sure about rerun of this one. next 6 weeks will be "dead weeks" with no actual events. we have story update and then Decagrammaton, which can be counted as event, but it's a special case, like side story. btw there will be 3rd anniversary at ~23 July with double drops rate banner and some amasing event. About depression - don't worry about this. Scenes from 4pv 32:48 - it's like possibilities of bad/good ending. There is drama at some moments but it's absolutely not the major line of the story. i'm pretty sure devs want to keep their story at bright side.
So after the first rerun, it's in the game permanently... from what I can understand, right? The only difference is that collab events don't get reruns, while the non-collab events do. That makes a lot of sense though! In some ways, I'm glad that they have "dead weeks" because it gives a lot of breathing room in that case. Woah, the 3rd anniversary is coming soon! I guess I am checking out the game at a good time then. Looking forward to checking that out when the time comes~ This game seems like a "feel good" story from what I'm getting from people's comments. Makes me relieved actually since it's nice to balance out the lighthearted games with the heavy ones!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna no, events become permanent after ~two years since release (or another year since rerun). it's another dead week when event banners have rerun and event story become permanent. also some banners from old events was moved to new events. but it's only basic version of characters, do not know what they will do with event alts. btw there is no skins in BA, alts are counted as separate characters (with absolutely different skills). so you can have up to 3 alts of the same character in the same unit.
@@lester2665 2 years?!? So only at the second rerun (if we can call it that), it becomes permanent?!? I mean as long as they become available eventually, it's all good~ haha
@@Trailblazer_Ririna for today 6 events are permanent. but main dish is the main story. hmmm... there will be some stages in the main story you have to beat with own characters (starting from Vol 3.3). not sure how hard it is for new acc, but i think 1.5-2 month acc with ~40-50 lvl team can do it.
If you want a basic explanation for Blue Archive, imagine that reincarnation is a thing and all humans are reborn as different animals in each of our next lives. Now imagine that reincarnation also happens for Gods, religions, and supernatural creatures, and in this particular afterlife they’re reborn as schoolgirls with halos. They’re practically unkillable so everyone casually wages war mainly just for fun. It’s incredibly crazy, chaotic beyond belief, and at times super serious and tragic. The community and devs are also very degenerate, passionate and based. If you can find yourself clicking with the comedy you’ll absolutely love the story in this game.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna the characters from Toaru Kagaku no Railgin collab got into Kivotos and Misaka Mikoto (character from Toaru) got immidietely attacket by thugs, because she was unarmed and they thought she would be an easy prey. Tho guns are sold in every convenient store. You can see in one of the first PVs that someone from Abidos bought magazine with bullets in convenient store.
I most likely will! It's just that the video that will be uploaded on YT won't be the uncut version and will instead be edited (for a smoother viewing experience).
Don’t know why I’m just seeing this reactionary post for BA’s PV’s. As someone that’s been playing the game since GL launch, it’s rare to find a F2P gacha game like Blue Archive that is super generous, and gives off wholesome vibes with its amazingly likable characters on top of the fantastic character design and the music. But anyways wanted to point out… 10:13 Thankfully you can head pat every character’s L2D in the game.
F2P generous + wholesome vibes + cute character design + refreshing music = amazing game! Just gotta see the story and gameplay and I'm all set to dive in full on! hehe Also, I wanna pet everyone's head at least once. XD
@@Trailblazer_Ririna oh you’ll be wanting to head pat everyone more than once a day that’s for sure! Lol. Hope you enjoy the game & it’s story, when you finally play it this month. Also, Definitely make sure to save as much F2P currency to pull for the upcoming 6% “Fest” banner for GL players, I think we’ll be expecting that banner to arrive around august I think. So you are on a decent period for picking up Blue Archive since we are on a slow pace track.
@@maroXUprising Hehe I guess I'll be patting everyone's head as a way to regain more energy throughout the day! Just 7 more days left until I play! I'll definitely save up my currency when it comes to pulling since I did hear about that Fest banner! It's always nice to know that I'm starting the game at a good time though. Makes me feel like I have a better advantage than some other people who are starting the game at an inconvenient time if I can even call it that.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna Hm, out of curiosity. When you start a new gacha, do you re-roll to get the best starting team? In the case of BA, if you consider re-rolling, the best starting student(s) to have at the beginning are: -iori -Haruna -Hibiki -Himari -Ako The characters above are often recommended to get for newcomers who are Rerolling. iori/hibiki are pretty much one of the more useful AoE atk unit(s) in the game. Hibiki makes early/mid game content a smooth breeze. And then there’s iori who is used throughout early/mid/late game. So that’s my recommendation on that reroll aspect. Definitely recommend if you get iori as the start-up character, you are pretty much set. On a similar note. Idk if you care about “meta.” It goes without saying that most of the “fest” banner recruitments often are quite meta. Anyways, as you can see the community can be quite helpful when we aren’t meme-ing around, we love to give advice for newcomers. If you happen to put out a VoD for your first time BA experience, I’ll be glad to see it and give out more advice, like all of the other sensei’s here, lol. Best of luck Ririna sensei. 🙏🏻
@@maroXUprising Oooo, that's good to know! I... actually never re-rolled in a gacha game before. So if I were to re-roll, this would be the first time. For now, I'll remember Hibiki and Iori with Iori being the higher priority. Hopefully, I'll remember by the time I play next week Tuesday. haha I only care about meta if that's what is needed to clear the content without too many issues. Once I have a set team that can handle most situations, I only roll for characters who I wish I could have as my family member (aka I wish I can adopt)! So that can be the imouto type, the onee-sama type, the mama type, and so forth (since this game only has females, so that would be what I would look for).
@@Trailblazer_RirinaIt takes like a year until the events become available after their reruns tho. The latest archived event was that hot spring one. Also I hate to say that the Hatsune Miku event is not available there. Basically all of the story in that event was in her relationship story. So you to have her to actually view it. The rest of that event was a rhythm game.
Ohhh, that makes sense! Still, I'm glad that they eventually become available (aside from the Hatsune Miku one)! Makes me look forward to playing them one day!
Counting down the days now~ Pretty excited though since I'm pretty sure I'll be using my new model by the time I do play Blue Archive for the first time on stream! So it'll be a refreshing change for both my model and for the games I typically play.
Yes Shiroko is the main girl, don't change your thoughts even if someone told you otherwise or after anything you read in the story lmao Blue Archive story is fun and silly, most of the time... It's like the reverse of the Arknights story, that's all I gonna say The 4th PV shocked the fandom so much when it dropped, I also cried a little when watching the PV for the first time Unfortunately, there are no skins, so these versions are pull units. Thank god they are pretty generous. For example, for every half-anniversary banner, they double the 3* pull rate (3% -> 6%) and give away 100 free pulls. Which are usually the limited gacha banner and meta. Also, the banner spark is 200 pull It is made by a Korean company, devs, and author. But the story itself has heavy anime/otaku culture references, heck the Japanese version was released first then the Korean and global versions were released 6 months later Some events are replayable and you can get the free unit from the event albeit not very strong. The events story seems canon because although not very relevant, they are mentioned in the main story,
Haha will do! I really do like her design~ Ooo, so it's pretty lighthearted then for the most part. Might be a good change in tone, but looking forward to the darker moments as well~ THEY GIVE AWAY 100 FREE PULLS?!? Holy... smokes... That really is generous! It's interesting how they released the JP version first before releasing the other ones. Super exciting that they refer to a lot of anime/otaku culture though~ Also, really liking the fact that the event stories are seemingly canon and that they are replayable! Very nice for F2P players then!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna it's actually hit so hard when the usual slice of life (with guns somehow) changed to heavier tone, but it give chance to shine for many type of characters in many different scenarios. Compared to FGO and Arknights, Blue Archive main stories are pretty short. But I guess it's my fault to pick both of biblical length gacha story Also kinda forgot because I take it for granted but The OSTs are bangers
Oooo, the main story is pretty short?!? Somehow... that's nice. XD I mean I don't mind long -- very long -- main stories, but sometimes, having short main stories is nice to experience too!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna yeah I know sometimes simple and straightforward is good, not saying Blue Archives main story isn't complex, they rather choose interesting way of story telling to shorten it. Most events are definitely simple though Sometimes the story arcs or events in AK and FGO can have 5++ hours, heck some may have 8++ hours BA main arcs are usually under 5 hours, and most event stories can even be shorter, sometimes under 1 hour
@@manoi8 I can't believe I'm going to say this, but HURRAY FOR SHORTER CONTENT! Finally, a game that truly respects people's time... Under 1 hour for events... and under 5 hours for the main story... My gosh, I'm gonna tear up from this with happiness!
Shiroko is the "poster girl" character for the game. I'm partial to Millenium myself, Yuuka and Noa ^^ Gameplay is good (its something you can easily pick up and drop) but I really stay for its story which is awesome. It has a healthy balance of slice-of-life, melancholy/sadness and hope-triumphs-above-all all rolled into one. As for the gacha: rate up is a lie XD Pull for whoever you think is cute. Welcome to Kivotos, Ririna-sensei. :)
NOAAAAAAA!!! Millenium is definitely my favorite~ But I adore Shiroko so much! Her design is so cool and pretty! I love the fact that the story seems to be universally loved by everyone so far in the comments. So I'm excited to find out and experience the story myself~ And thank you for the welcome, sensei!
I seriously did not expect THAT of all things. Some of the images that appeared in that PV reminded me of some anime that are hella dark, so it really shook me to the core. Such a turn from the rest...
I have played Genshin, Honkai, Frontline, Azur Lane, Arknights and a few other Gacha games. And put ALOT of hours into some of those... Ultimately, I have put in far more time and return far more often to Blue Archive. The character writing is overall superior and the story got me more than once; in both happy and sad ways. I feel a better connection to the characters and the world of this game and that can be attributed to the writers and artists. It is probably the only phone game I have ever full recommended to anyone. And I stand by that recommendation. It's a great game. (Sure wish there was a PC version that wasn't on an emulator tho.)
Now, this is very promising to hear! Ahhhh, just a few more days now until I get to play it for the first time! (I too wish there was a PC version too, but an emulator should be okay, I hope. XD)
There is depression in the story but the most important is the hope and miracle triumph all! Im crying in the story not because how dark it is but when character got their hope, miracle, salvation for them, when that happen its sooooo goooood that im crying. And Millennium is the best school dont forget that!
Wait, there is depression in the story?!? O_O Well then... that's good to know (and something to look forward to)! haha Seems like the story will be a lot of fun to experience for myself~ And I won't forget that! Hopefully. Or at least, I'll try... hehe
@@Trailblazer_Ririna I would say 80% of the game is about light hearted comedy school life stories (it actually funny, even some serious moments could be turn to comedy gold right after), the depression parts just make us appreciate the fun and sweet time we spent with our characters more. Also the writer won a prize for mobile game story last year so that's mean something
Woah, the writer won a prize?!? That's amazing! I do love depression parts though since it jolts you awake again that the sweet, slow parts are the best golden nuggets of a story.
Game does re runs so much after the 2nd rerun it get archive so you can play the STORY any time. At least it also give the welfare student from it. And right now is on collab with the Index anime series.
HECK YEAH! I love that so much. I hope more and more games follow that type of formatting for events. Also, that's super cool that they're having a collab with the Index series right now~
I wish more games did this for their events~ Gotta love it! haha As long as I'm patient, I'll get to experience everything that the game has to offer, basically.
So about sensei's design, there is no "canon" design for sensei, every official adaptation makes a new look for them and in game they never show them, nor directly call them a guy(atleast in the jp & kr versions), that's why fan art has a bunch of different interpretations of how they look. As for the game itself, it's pretty light hearted and while there is darker moments, things usually turn out all right. I think that's why it blew up in japan, most gacha now tend to go full edgelord for their story's, so a gacha that does the opposite ends up standing out. I'd say if you do try it out, that it would be a good idea to try and atleast beat volume 3 to see if you like it or not story wise, since that's generally what people think is the best story chapter alongside volume f.
Oh, I thought that sensei had an official design. XD I guess what I saw was one of the adaptations then. Funnily enough, I think that's the reason why Blue Archive stood out to me. For once, it's a game that isn't full edgelord. While I do like those full edgelord types, sometimes, I just want a slice-of-life type of vibe (or a relaxed vibe) in the games I play, so this was refreshing to see! Gotta have more of a balance, after all~
Welp, I can't wait to reach the same stage as you where I cry the moment I see the trailers. Gosh, I already love the story so far, so I can't wait to experience more today!
Gameplay is alright, but the story is where it's at. Not sure where you got the PVs but there's quite a bit missing, namely all PVs for Vol3 and the more recent events like Trip Trap Train or Railgun Collab. Volume 3 and Volume F (4th PV) are extremely emotional and build on many parts of the previous volumes which make it absolutely amazing. You can jump in and start reading story right after the tutorial (they removed the gameplay limits) except one fight they forgot to nerf in Vol3Ch3 that requires an account level 40 or higher to comfortably beat. Otherwise you can clear pretty much all story related content and read without interruptions. Highly recommend, it's one of the only gacha games that I find consistently bring tears to streamers' eyes and watching the reactions are extremely entertaining. Lots of key moments in the story worth replaying for the reactions alone. Do implore you to give it a read.
Haha yeah, I didn't have many sensei's to check the playlist before! But the next part should include the rest that I missed, since I managed to get more sensei's to check the playlist on my Server today before recording! It's really nice to know that I can jump into the story right after the tutorial, aside from the one you mentioned needing an account level 40+! A bit worried about that part, but I guess it should be fine! haha Definitely looking forward to playing it on Twitch and then releasing the edited gameplay videos on my channel~ hehe
@@Trailblazer_Ririna The leveling system is tied to stamina burned, lv40 is like 3 weeks of natural stamina gen. Good part is that the game has a sweep feature that instantly burns all stamina if you already 3 starred the stage. Looking forward to the youtube uploads after as I'll most likely miss the Twitch streams due to work. Ganbatte new Sensei!
@@konaccha The game has a sweep feature?!? Welp, another plus for this game. And sounds good~ You can look forward to them on my channel! Usually, a week or two after my stream.
It is! I enjoyed playing it this week! Can't wait to upload that video on my channel next week~ hehe I've heard of Counterside! I don't know if I'll play it for my channel, but I might check it out offline one day.
Looking foward to you playing it. Just in case guns are as common as cellphones and the halos make the students bulletproof so guns just knock people out
Woah, so that’s the functionality of the halos! I just thought that it meant they were different species from normal humans 😂😂😂 I guess I was far off from my guess. Haha
Kinda. Lore is very vague. As snyone in the city is a robot, a bipedal furry, or a female student with halo. So the halo is more a marker for "students" Which in itself make one wonder how the goverment really works. So is more like the writters liked the idea and keep it vague on porpuse toroll with it
Ooo, makes sense! I'm actually glad that there are no skins. I mean I do like skins in games, but if it's an alter, then there's more of a chance that I can obtain them by rolling as a F2P player!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna Just for your information, if you a new player to Blue Archive at first your gacha luck is good it's easy to get many 5 stars character in just 10x pull, 20x pull but when you already hit high level account the gacha will be worst lol every player atleast saving for 200x pull in case if you don't get the characters you can buy the characters in the shop/banner
@@Trailblazer_Ririna I don't get the frickin limited character in my account even after 100 pulls that's why I am say this lol, the To Aru Majutsu(?) no Index collab, the event and banner is already gone this morning Yeah you don't need to worry of your account if it is new
Game is more parodical than serious. Its has its serious moment, but mostly the idea is "take a steriotype and roll with it" So caracteres are mostly flat,but the event are fun to watch/read Gamplay is kinda fun, essy yo learn, but need a little brain to use to the max yet progression and character stats has some "gates" or ranks for things, so unless you know the in and outs you are kinda stuck in progression until you grind enough. Yet, the game allow ample farming and thing to do. I reach lvl 50 (middle game) by rushing in 1.5 months. So is very permisive. Recomendation, do NOT get more than 50 student initally, that way you can focus resources, as esrly on everything but high tier is expend in seconds. Music is a banger, people has been using it more and more around youtube.
That sounds really nice! I expected a serious story, but if it's not, then this will be a relaxing game to play and chill with~ But dang, you reached level 50 in 1.5 months?!? That's very fast! I'll do my best to remember your recommendation though! Really loving the music in this game~ Can probably fall asleep to it and have happy dreams!
I think someone said in one of the comments that I need to be at level 40 to get past Volume 3 or something. Can't remember at the top of my head though.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna it was me as well :) there are some vids it's done on lvl 35 with very basic characters, but it's sure hard try. it's nowhere said in the game, but there is a penalty for level difference - you lose 2% of damage for each level you lower than an opponent. so another week of leveling and a bit better equip will do the trick. ps: do you really replying to all comments? thats rare
@@lester2665 There's a penalty for having a lower level?!? Dang, that sounds really scary. I guess I would need to really focus on leveling up my account in that case. P.S. I do try to reply to all comments at least once, but sometimes, it takes time. I'm only faster right now because I'm recovering from a cold and can't stream/record today.
@@Trailblazer_Ririnatiny fact: Koyuki was once a member of Seminar, but she used the money in the wrong place. So Yuuka ordered C&C and sensei to capture her back. She was a natural genius but she's just being a despicable gremlin all the time
@@Trailblazer_Ririna This game is a great side game. Respects your time, generous with rewards, you don't have to be a sweaty player just to enjoy the game and you can actually take your time. Has cute and funny characters and has cool story. It also has a lot of content if you get tired of main mission with main story, side story, etc.
OML, that sounds like a dream come true. RESPECTS MY TIME and GENEROUS WITH REWARDS... I'm gonna cry from happiness. Seems like a joyful game -- or maybe not, joyful, but a wonderful game to dive into!
Banners are 200 pulls for pity. You get that every 2 to 3 months when you have a decent team built. before that you have the newbie pulls which are a lot lol Your theory about the story is so off it's actually funny, can't wait for you to see the actual story
Oooo, 200 pulls! O_O That's pretty large, but not bad! Hopefully, the newbie pulls will give me someone good~ My theory is wrong?!? YES! That's such good news. haha That means I can experience the surprises that the story will offer me~
I'm thinking of playing Blue Archive for the first time on Twitch on May 28 (CT). I don't have the exact time, but it'll be after I finish playing Lobotomy Corporation! Hope to see you there~
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would you be playing on tuesdays going forward?
Most definitely if I enjoy the gameplay! And if that ends up being the case, then I may continue reacting to more Blue Archive (and upload the edited version of the VODs) on my channel too since I heard that the fandoms are pretty overlapping between Arknights, Blue Archive, and Project Moon!
Looking forward for the story reading!
PV4 comes out of nowhere with a steel chair to the back of the head every time someone watches it for the first time lmao
Seriously!!! That really came out of nowhere for me! But... I really liked that. haha
Lots of love for Blue Archive lately.
Shiroko is the poster girl of the game and the blue haired girl with pink highlights is Arona, the game's mascot, who plays the role as the Operating System of Sensei's tablet.
For some story context, yes, the girls have halos. Those are what give the character's their durability to withstand bullets as well as any superhuman abilities they may possess. While they have high durability, that doesn't make them impervious to damage or death. The setting is in a place called Kivotos which is described as an Academy city with many Academies within. In terms of the story, there are 4 main academies: Abydos (a School populated only by Shiroko and her 4 friends who take it upon themselves to pay off the school's massive debt), Millennium Science School (A technology and Science based school and also one of the newest schools), Gehenna (A school where most of the students have demon traits, as such, the school has the most chaos and anarchy) and Trinity General School (Taking inspiration from Christianity where most students have angel like traits). There are other various schools like Shanhaijing (Based on China), Hyakkiyako (Based on Japan), Red Winter (based on Russia), Valkyrie Police academy (The general Police force), SRT Academy (Spec Ops), and Kronos School of Journalism. There are others, but they haven't been touched on much in the Global version of the game. Kivotos itself is run by the General Student Council. Sensei works for an Independent club within the General Student Council that largely has autonomy (with certain restrictions) to act as an advisor throughout Kivotos.
For Gameplay, the game largely plays itself. Player interaction is more tactical based in choosing when to use a student's EX skills. They will attack on their own and use their normal skills as soon as they are able to. You have 4 characters on the field and 2 off the field. The main goal is building the best team for any given piece of content so you'll want the best combination of damage dealers, tanks, healers, support, etc. Each student has different attributes that can make them good or bad at any piece of content. Students have terrain ranks that modify their stats based on terrain type as well as attack types and armor types (this is like a Rock Paper Scissors type effectiveness). Types of weapons (Pistols, Shotguns, Sniper, etc.) have certain attributes too, but those are largely trivial and not exactly worth considering in most cases.
For costumes, there's not really any costumes for units themselves. Thus far every costume is it's own separate character with different skills. Most costumes have to be obtained from the gacha, though some have been rewarded as welfare/free characters. Relatedly, the gacha's not terrible, but it is far from ideal. You can guarantee a banner character in 200 recruitments. On Average, for a free to play player, that's about once every 2 months when all the permanent sources dry up. The base 3* rate is 3% and the rate for a Banner character is .7%. Every Anniversary and half anniversary a Fes banner (With the banner character being a very good character) will appear with double rates making the 3* chance 6%. Many people save for these because it's a great time to not only pull an amazing character, but to also fill out one's roster with missed students.
You mentioned events, thus far, the current pattern is that events will rerun a year after it happens and then will be immortalized on the following year. Immortalized events are freely able to be done on your own time. Around this time is also when limited units related to the events run on banners. So far, the only student that has not received a rerun is Miku (The To Aru characters may or may not suffer that same fate, no one's sure on that just yet). As A fun bit of bonus trivia, the Bunny Chasers on Board event saved this game from fading to obscurity. After it's troubled launch in Japan, that event garnered so much attention (largely from Asuna and Karin) that it completely revitalized interest in the game and was able to propel the game to where it is today.
Anyway, I think this is a big enough essay. lol. Hope you enjoy the adventure if you decide to become a Sensei!
Dang, this is a long one, which I do like a lot! I'll reply again after I read through it carefully.
I guess I'm reacting to Blue Archive at a good time then!
So that's who Arona is! I had a feeling that Shiroko was the poster girl, but had no idea about the mascot -- or if she was a playable. XD
Makes me want the halo for my own safety~ But then again, maybe I don't want to be in that world in the first place. hahaha And thank you for the explanation about the schools. I'll probably need to review your comment after playing it for the first time as a refresher though since it's a lot of information to remember~! But so far, just from what you told me, Kivotos sounds like a very interesting city. Makes me curious about the other aspects of that world!
So I guess for the gameplay, it's more important to learn the weaknesses/strengths of each character, along with the terrains, in order to understand what teams to put together for each terrain and win. I can see why it's more tactical in that case!
I really should save for the FES banners then after I roll on the newbie banners. At least, judging from the percentages you gave and what pity is like!
Woahhh, now that is quite an interesting thing to learn! Who would have thought that bunny girls CAN save the world? I mean game? XD Gotta love how that's the thing that saves the game and propels it to what it is now!
Thank you so much for all the information! I really appreciate it~
I remember people joked that Blue Archive is some kind of spin-off to Arknights becuase of all those halo girls with guns that really resemble Sankta and their love for firearms (and for sweets!), xD
Haha they do?! 😂😂😂 That's super cute! I do love the aesthetics for both games~ So super looking forward to playing this game!
@Trailblazer_Ririna there's also another reason as to why its an Arknights "spin-off"... The main story goes hard... In almost the same way Arknights does... If you know what I mean... (The side stories are far more light hearted)
There's also girls with demon traits, political themes, etc. It's like what if Laterano has many provinces. It fits too well
Also Shiroko and Rosmontis...
The main story goes hard?!? Heh, I like that. While I do like light hearted stories, I like the stories in the games I play to go hard. Really. Hard.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna Hard stories? Then I waiting you experiencing "The Childred of Ursus"..
Blue Archive has some of the best chibi models in gacha games imo. Very expressive and adorable.
Gameplay-wise, it's sort of an auto-battler style game. Your team consists of 4 strikers and 2 supports, and you can control their EX skill activations and place their AoEs, but your units will auto-attack and move between cover on their own.
Now that you mention it, you have a point there! The chibis really are expressive! O_O I LOVEEEE IT EVEN MORE NOWWW!!!! AHHHHH!!!
Ooo, that's quite nice. I was a bit worried that we would need to control maybe one or multiple to attack and cover during the round, but the fact that we only need to focus on activating their skills and where to attack is quite nice!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna Yeah! You should see how the chibis interact with furniture. It's quite a treat. Certain event characters have unique interactions with their event furniture too.
@@dullahan999 O_O Furniture!!! I almost forgot that there was a decorating thing. Is it set in their dorms or something?
@@Trailblazer_Ririna it's a cafe, random students will visit and you will have a chance to give them gift, and by doing so it will unlock some special relationship stories, you can either decorate your own cafe or, if you don't have time to, the game have some preset layouts (as long as you grind enough furniture), each student have a unique interaction with a certain furniture and it's very fun to see that happen
Cafe?!? That's even better than I imagined! I can't believe we can give them gifts too. Is that something that we collect in the gameplay mode? Or is it something we can give without having to farm for it? Can't wait to see the different furniture sets that they have in the game~
Welcome to Blue archive new sensei. Hope you enjoy the game.
There were quite a lot of PVs missing from that playlist it would seem, mainly PV 3 and PV 5.
Thank you! Super excited to actually check out the game soon!
Oof, there were? I tried having it checked by a sensei, but I guess I still missed a few in the end. Hopefully, more sensei's will join my Server, so that I can get them checked again in the future!
There's just too many of em now kinda hard to spot everything XD
That's true! And they seem to have multiple versions of the same trailer, so it gets difficult to guess whether it's a different trailer or if it's just the same thing but shorter. Thankfully, I just had some sensei's join my Server and they checked over the playlist, so I was able to record all the ones I missed in the next part reaction video today!
Youre missing:
Hina's summer
Abydos' summer
Game dev maid
3rd pv and the JP side pvs XD
Oh and the Railgun collab
@@syaondri I think I covered all those in the next part video. Probably. Not entirely sure. XD But I trust the senseis that checked over the playlist!
That 4th pv still hits so hard even after all this time. The entire community from what i seen let out a collective gasp seeing that and was united in being the best sensei possible. Very wholesome lol
Rare Blue archive reaction,Thank you.
Oh, I didn't realize it was rare. XD But I hope you enjoy watching!
14:34 The Blue Archive anime is literally airing this season lol. 6 episodes so far (12 episode season). Would recommend checking out the OP and ED of the anime because they look amazing.
It is?!? Well then, that's good to know. XD Maybe I'll host a watch party on my Server in the near future then. Is it better to play the game first (to a certain point) before watching the anime? Or does it not matter much?
@@Trailblazer_RirinaIts basically an adaptation of the 1st volume of the game so far. I think minimum, you can just play the prologue of the game to get context of where the show starts. Or you can do all of volume 1 to see how they adapt the source material.
Hmmmmm, if anything, I'll probably go for the latter so that I can enjoy the story to the fullest in the game! Watching the anime will merely just be a review and/or enjoying it in animated form at that point, which would be nice~
@@Trailblazer_Ririnanice source reader lessgooo XD
HECK YEAHHHH!!! It's always better to read the source (or in this case, play the game) first so that you won't lose any context while watching the anime. At least, that's how I feel! Although... it's not always possible time-wise for every single anime, but in this case, I can play the game first, so might as well!
I’m glad you digged the vibe! Game’s really cool!
Some of the questions you had:
Game is half a visual novel and half this semi auto rpg. It’s kinda like xenoblade where characters auto-attack and you manually activate their special skills at the opportune moments.
As for the story and world. The girls with guns and their halos gets sort of explained. But it’s not really depressing per se, it does have a lot of emotional moments for sure but for the most part it doesn’t leave you with a pit in your stomach.
Hope you like the game, looking forward to more videos!
Half visual novel! That's what I like to hear~ I assume that the VN portion isn't voiced? Or is it actually completely voiced? Wasn't really sure about that.
I'm glad that the halos and guns thing gets explained, even if it's not for a depressing reason. Definitely something I can't wait to learn about!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna Story is mostly text only. Some important scenes are voiced though. Each character’s individual story also has some voice acting in it and they also talk a lot during combat when in chibi form.
Ooo, nice! That's good to hear~ Guess I'll have some fun with voice acting while playing the game on stream then. haha
Love the video! I was speechless after the 4th PV too 😭
I thought that it was a cute, lighthearted game until I saw that. I was soooo shocked since it was extremely different from the other videos!
28:00 personal timestamp
7:32 nope. Tsurugi is the poster child for gap moe. Incredible levels of violence to her enemies, but a shy wreck twoards sensei.
Gap moe character! That's so adorable~
oh new sensei~
more PV in the JP channel, and also CN PV in bilibili, should be here somewhere too.
gacha is fairly f2p friendly but it's recommended to pull only when you have enough for guarantee (spark), and since global is 6 months behind jp we know what banners to save for
Hi hi~ Are there CN PVs that are not available in the JP ones? Thankfully, some new sensei's that joined my Server today helped me find the rest of the ones I missed (mostly the JP ones), so I managed to cover those for the part 2 reaction video! But hopefully, there aren't CN PVs that are not found in the JP ones.
That sounds really nice! I guess we have an advantage as F2P in that sense~
1. It's actually 4 frontlines and 2 backlines
2. We have student variants not skins. Like Shiroko have her Cycling and Swimsuit version as a separate character (which you can actually bring together in one party by the way)
Shiroko has a Cycling version of her?!? I kinda want that version of her. She looks so cool in that outfit!
But later at the latest endgame content in JP lets you put 6 strikers and 4 specials against the boss.
Events have rerun in one year, and in the second year become "immortalised", so you can access its story and get event characters, but you can't farm it
Exception - Miku colab with no rerun. Onother colab (with Railgun) ending today, i'm not sure about rerun of this one.
next 6 weeks will be "dead weeks" with no actual events. we have story update and then Decagrammaton, which can be counted as event, but it's a special case, like side story.
btw there will be 3rd anniversary at ~23 July with double drops rate banner and some amasing event.
About depression - don't worry about this. Scenes from 4pv 32:48 - it's like possibilities of bad/good ending. There is drama at some moments but it's absolutely not the major line of the story.
i'm pretty sure devs want to keep their story at bright side.
So after the first rerun, it's in the game permanently... from what I can understand, right?
The only difference is that collab events don't get reruns, while the non-collab events do. That makes a lot of sense though!
In some ways, I'm glad that they have "dead weeks" because it gives a lot of breathing room in that case.
Woah, the 3rd anniversary is coming soon! I guess I am checking out the game at a good time then. Looking forward to checking that out when the time comes~
This game seems like a "feel good" story from what I'm getting from people's comments. Makes me relieved actually since it's nice to balance out the lighthearted games with the heavy ones!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna no, events become permanent after ~two years since release (or another year since rerun).
it's another dead week when event banners have rerun and event story become permanent.
also some banners from old events was moved to new events. but it's only basic version of characters, do not know what they will do with event alts.
btw there is no skins in BA, alts are counted as separate characters (with absolutely different skills). so you can have up to 3 alts of the same character in the same unit.
@@lester2665 2 years?!? So only at the second rerun (if we can call it that), it becomes permanent?!? I mean as long as they become available eventually, it's all good~ haha
@@Trailblazer_Ririna for today 6 events are permanent. but main dish is the main story.
hmmm... there will be some stages in the main story you have to beat with own characters (starting from Vol 3.3). not sure how hard it is for new acc, but i think 1.5-2 month acc with ~40-50 lvl team can do it.
So only 6 events are permanent right now. Good to know! Thank you for the explanation~
If you want a basic explanation for Blue Archive, imagine that reincarnation is a thing and all humans are reborn as different animals in each of our next lives.
Now imagine that reincarnation also happens for Gods, religions, and supernatural creatures, and in this particular afterlife they’re reborn as schoolgirls with halos. They’re practically unkillable so everyone casually wages war mainly just for fun.
It’s incredibly crazy, chaotic beyond belief, and at times super serious and tragic. The community and devs are also very degenerate, passionate and based. If you can find yourself clicking with the comedy you’ll absolutely love the story in this game.
Sounds like a lot of chaotic fun~! Just what I need after going through many serious games! haha
25:40 WE’RE MIKULESS 😭😭😭😭
not bringing guns in Kivotos (Blue Archive world) is like not wearing panties
LOL that's such a strange thing, but at the same time, I like that. XD
There're less people
that carry no firearm than actual naked students running around in kivotos,
Guns are just that common
(this is confirmed btw)
@@Trailblazer_Ririna the characters from Toaru Kagaku no Railgin collab got into Kivotos and Misaka Mikoto (character from Toaru) got immidietely attacket by thugs, because she was unarmed and they thought she would be an easy prey. Tho guns are sold in every convenient store. You can see in one of the first PVs that someone from Abidos bought magazine with bullets in convenient store.
Definitely going to look forward to your blue archive stream! I don't suppose you'll have the vod uploaded on youtube?
I most likely will! It's just that the video that will be uploaded on YT won't be the uncut version and will instead be edited (for a smoother viewing experience).
You definitely have to try i love the story and characters so much! ❤
Ahhhh, that makes me look forward to it even more! Whenever people say that the story is good, I get so excited~ hehe
New blue archive has been posted, time to watch and follow for me, thank you!
Hehe thank you! Hope you enjoy watching~
Don’t know why I’m just seeing this reactionary post for BA’s PV’s.
As someone that’s been playing the game since GL launch, it’s rare to find a F2P gacha game like Blue Archive that is super generous, and gives off wholesome vibes with its amazingly likable characters on top of the fantastic character design and the music.
But anyways wanted to point out…
10:13
Thankfully you can head pat every character’s L2D in the game.
F2P generous + wholesome vibes + cute character design + refreshing music = amazing game! Just gotta see the story and gameplay and I'm all set to dive in full on! hehe Also, I wanna pet everyone's head at least once. XD
@@Trailblazer_Ririna oh you’ll be wanting to head pat everyone more than once a day that’s for sure! Lol.
Hope you enjoy the game & it’s story, when you finally play it this month.
Also, Definitely make sure to save as much F2P currency to pull for the upcoming 6% “Fest” banner for GL players, I think we’ll be expecting that banner to arrive around august I think.
So you are on a decent period for picking up Blue Archive since we are on a slow pace track.
@@maroXUprising Hehe I guess I'll be patting everyone's head as a way to regain more energy throughout the day!
Just 7 more days left until I play! I'll definitely save up my currency when it comes to pulling since I did hear about that Fest banner! It's always nice to know that I'm starting the game at a good time though. Makes me feel like I have a better advantage than some other people who are starting the game at an inconvenient time if I can even call it that.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna
Hm, out of curiosity. When you start a new gacha, do you re-roll to get the best starting team?
In the case of BA, if you consider re-rolling, the best starting student(s) to have at the beginning are:
-iori
-Haruna
-Hibiki
-Himari
-Ako
The characters above are often recommended to get for newcomers who are Rerolling.
iori/hibiki are pretty much one of the more useful AoE atk unit(s) in the game.
Hibiki makes early/mid game content a smooth breeze. And then there’s iori who is used throughout early/mid/late game. So that’s my recommendation on that reroll aspect.
Definitely recommend if you get iori as the start-up character, you are pretty much set.
On a similar note. Idk if you care about “meta.” It goes without saying that most of the “fest” banner recruitments often are quite meta.
Anyways, as you can see the community can be quite helpful when we aren’t meme-ing around, we love to give advice for newcomers.
If you happen to put out a VoD for your first time BA experience, I’ll be glad to see it and give out more advice, like all of the other sensei’s here, lol.
Best of luck Ririna sensei. 🙏🏻
@@maroXUprising Oooo, that's good to know! I... actually never re-rolled in a gacha game before. So if I were to re-roll, this would be the first time. For now, I'll remember Hibiki and Iori with Iori being the higher priority. Hopefully, I'll remember by the time I play next week Tuesday. haha I only care about meta if that's what is needed to clear the content without too many issues. Once I have a set team that can handle most situations, I only roll for characters who I wish I could have as my family member (aka I wish I can adopt)! So that can be the imouto type, the onee-sama type, the mama type, and so forth (since this game only has females, so that would be what I would look for).
It’s very f2p friendly. And the older events available.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE?!?! Omg, does that mean ALL of them are available? Or only a select few? I'm so shocked. O_O
@@Trailblazer_RirinaIt takes like a year until the events become available after their reruns tho. The latest archived event was that hot spring one. Also I hate to say that the Hatsune Miku event is not available there. Basically all of the story in that event was in her relationship story. So you to have her to actually view it. The rest of that event was a rhythm game.
Ohhh, that makes sense! Still, I'm glad that they eventually become available (aside from the Hatsune Miku one)! Makes me look forward to playing them one day!
Blue Archive deserves so much love honestly! It’s a great game to play whether it’s for dailies or if you get invested in the story
With how beautiful the art is and how calming the music is, I feel like Blue Archive most definitely deserves a lot of love!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna I agree!!! If you are going to play the game, I wish you the most fun! And welcome to Blue Archive
Counting down the days now~ Pretty excited though since I'm pretty sure I'll be using my new model by the time I do play Blue Archive for the first time on stream! So it'll be a refreshing change for both my model and for the games I typically play.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna then this I got to see
Yes Shiroko is the main girl, don't change your thoughts even if someone told you otherwise or after anything you read in the story lmao
Blue Archive story is fun and silly, most of the time... It's like the reverse of the Arknights story, that's all I gonna say
The 4th PV shocked the fandom so much when it dropped, I also cried a little when watching the PV for the first time
Unfortunately, there are no skins, so these versions are pull units. Thank god they are pretty generous. For example, for every half-anniversary banner, they double the 3* pull rate (3% -> 6%) and give away 100 free pulls. Which are usually the limited gacha banner and meta. Also, the banner spark is 200 pull
It is made by a Korean company, devs, and author. But the story itself has heavy anime/otaku culture references, heck the Japanese version was released first then the Korean and global versions were released 6 months later
Some events are replayable and you can get the free unit from the event albeit not very strong. The events story seems canon because although not very relevant, they are mentioned in the main story,
Haha will do! I really do like her design~
Ooo, so it's pretty lighthearted then for the most part. Might be a good change in tone, but looking forward to the darker moments as well~
THEY GIVE AWAY 100 FREE PULLS?!? Holy... smokes... That really is generous!
It's interesting how they released the JP version first before releasing the other ones. Super exciting that they refer to a lot of anime/otaku culture though~
Also, really liking the fact that the event stories are seemingly canon and that they are replayable! Very nice for F2P players then!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna it's actually hit so hard when the usual slice of life (with guns somehow) changed to heavier tone, but it give chance to shine for many type of characters in many different scenarios.
Compared to FGO and Arknights, Blue Archive main stories are pretty short. But I guess it's my fault to pick both of biblical length gacha story
Also kinda forgot because I take it for granted but The OSTs are bangers
Oooo, the main story is pretty short?!? Somehow... that's nice. XD I mean I don't mind long -- very long -- main stories, but sometimes, having short main stories is nice to experience too!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna yeah I know sometimes simple and straightforward is good, not saying Blue Archives main story isn't complex, they rather choose interesting way of story telling to shorten it. Most events are definitely simple though
Sometimes the story arcs or events in AK and FGO can have 5++ hours, heck some may have 8++ hours
BA main arcs are usually under 5 hours, and most event stories can even be shorter, sometimes under 1 hour
@@manoi8 I can't believe I'm going to say this, but HURRAY FOR SHORTER CONTENT! Finally, a game that truly respects people's time... Under 1 hour for events... and under 5 hours for the main story... My gosh, I'm gonna tear up from this with happiness!
Shiroko is the "poster girl" character for the game. I'm partial to Millenium myself, Yuuka and Noa ^^
Gameplay is good (its something you can easily pick up and drop) but I really stay for its story which is awesome. It has a healthy balance of slice-of-life, melancholy/sadness and hope-triumphs-above-all all rolled into one.
As for the gacha: rate up is a lie XD Pull for whoever you think is cute.
Welcome to Kivotos, Ririna-sensei. :)
NOAAAAAAA!!! Millenium is definitely my favorite~ But I adore Shiroko so much! Her design is so cool and pretty!
I love the fact that the story seems to be universally loved by everyone so far in the comments. So I'm excited to find out and experience the story myself~
And thank you for the welcome, sensei!
I love how when people who never play the game before got shock by Volume 4 Chapter F pv since it so different from other pv
I seriously did not expect THAT of all things. Some of the images that appeared in that PV reminded me of some anime that are hella dark, so it really shook me to the core. Such a turn from the rest...
I have played Genshin, Honkai, Frontline, Azur Lane, Arknights and a few other Gacha games. And put ALOT of hours into some of those... Ultimately, I have put in far more time and return far more often to Blue Archive. The character writing is overall superior and the story got me more than once; in both happy and sad ways. I feel a better connection to the characters and the world of this game and that can be attributed to the writers and artists. It is probably the only phone game I have ever full recommended to anyone. And I stand by that recommendation. It's a great game. (Sure wish there was a PC version that wasn't on an emulator tho.)
Now, this is very promising to hear! Ahhhh, just a few more days now until I get to play it for the first time! (I too wish there was a PC version too, but an emulator should be okay, I hope. XD)
There is depression in the story but the most important is the hope and miracle triumph all!
Im crying in the story not because how dark it is but when character got their hope, miracle, salvation for them, when that happen its sooooo goooood that im crying.
And Millennium is the best school dont forget that!
Wait, there is depression in the story?!? O_O Well then... that's good to know (and something to look forward to)! haha Seems like the story will be a lot of fun to experience for myself~
And I won't forget that! Hopefully. Or at least, I'll try... hehe
@@Trailblazer_Ririna I would say 80% of the game is about light hearted comedy school life stories (it actually funny, even some serious moments could be turn to comedy gold right after), the depression parts just make us appreciate the fun and sweet time we spent with our characters more. Also the writer won a prize for mobile game story last year so that's mean something
Woah, the writer won a prize?!? That's amazing! I do love depression parts though since it jolts you awake again that the sweet, slow parts are the best golden nuggets of a story.
Welcome New Sensei! Hopefully you will a good time here♥️
Aww, thank you for the welcome! I'm thinking that I'll enjoy this game a lot with what I'm seeing so far~
Game does re runs so much after the 2nd rerun it get archive so you can play the STORY any time.
At least it also give the welfare student from it.
And right now is on collab with the Index anime series.
HECK YEAH! I love that so much. I hope more and more games follow that type of formatting for events. Also, that's super cool that they're having a collab with the Index series right now~
They have event reruns (except the Hatsune Miku collab) and after some time they make the event permanent so new players can experience it
I wish more games did this for their events~ Gotta love it! haha As long as I'm patient, I'll get to experience everything that the game has to offer, basically.
So about sensei's design, there is no "canon" design for sensei, every official adaptation makes a new look for them and in game they never show them, nor directly call them a guy(atleast in the jp & kr versions), that's why fan art has a bunch of different interpretations of how they look. As for the game itself, it's pretty light hearted and while there is darker moments, things usually turn out all right. I think that's why it blew up in japan, most gacha now tend to go full edgelord for their story's, so a gacha that does the opposite ends up standing out. I'd say if you do try it out, that it would be a good idea to try and atleast beat volume 3 to see if you like it or not story wise, since that's generally what people think is the best story chapter alongside volume f.
Oh, I thought that sensei had an official design. XD I guess what I saw was one of the adaptations then.
Funnily enough, I think that's the reason why Blue Archive stood out to me. For once, it's a game that isn't full edgelord. While I do like those full edgelord types, sometimes, I just want a slice-of-life type of vibe (or a relaxed vibe) in the games I play, so this was refreshing to see! Gotta have more of a balance, after all~
what do you mean doodle sensei is not canon
are you gonna be new SENSEI ???
formation is 4 striker and 2 support
support is more like back up buff or healing
Hehe I’ll have to see once I play it, but honestly, the aesthetics and music are to my taste, so there’s def a good chance!
Wait, so each team has 6 people then? (Sorry, just saw the edit. ) Unless the support doesn’t really appear on field?
@@Trailblazer_Ririnayeb, 6 a team. the 2 supports (call special in game) don’t really appear on field
Ohhh, wow, that's a lot more than I thought! That means we have more chances to use various characters... Really liking that!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna event on striker they have role like DPS, Tank, Healer, Support and tactical support
4th PV ptsd got me....
tears...with happiness!
Heh, I can't wait to reach that point of the story!
4th pv never fails to stunlock
That one was quite... shocking to see since it was so different from the other PVs!
fuck see the trailers had me crying the story is too good
Welp, I can't wait to reach the same stage as you where I cry the moment I see the trailers. Gosh, I already love the story so far, so I can't wait to experience more today!
Gameplay is alright, but the story is where it's at. Not sure where you got the PVs but there's quite a bit missing, namely all PVs for Vol3 and the more recent events like Trip Trap Train or Railgun Collab.
Volume 3 and Volume F (4th PV) are extremely emotional and build on many parts of the previous volumes which make it absolutely amazing. You can jump in and start reading story right after the tutorial (they removed the gameplay limits) except one fight they forgot to nerf in Vol3Ch3 that requires an account level 40 or higher to comfortably beat. Otherwise you can clear pretty much all story related content and read without interruptions.
Highly recommend, it's one of the only gacha games that I find consistently bring tears to streamers' eyes and watching the reactions are extremely entertaining. Lots of key moments in the story worth replaying for the reactions alone. Do implore you to give it a read.
Haha yeah, I didn't have many sensei's to check the playlist before! But the next part should include the rest that I missed, since I managed to get more sensei's to check the playlist on my Server today before recording!
It's really nice to know that I can jump into the story right after the tutorial, aside from the one you mentioned needing an account level 40+! A bit worried about that part, but I guess it should be fine! haha Definitely looking forward to playing it on Twitch and then releasing the edited gameplay videos on my channel~ hehe
@@Trailblazer_Ririna The leveling system is tied to stamina burned, lv40 is like 3 weeks of natural stamina gen. Good part is that the game has a sweep feature that instantly burns all stamina if you already 3 starred the stage.
Looking forward to the youtube uploads after as I'll most likely miss the Twitch streams due to work. Ganbatte new Sensei!
@@konaccha The game has a sweep feature?!? Welp, another plus for this game.
And sounds good~ You can look forward to them on my channel! Usually, a week or two after my stream.
Your comment on Noa is just like me fr fr.
Noa true best girl... I mean... maybe. hehe :3
I just stumbled upon this video. Is she converted into Blue Archive fan? 😜
Blue Archive is soo good game in my opinión, if you are interested i reccomend counterside too
It is! I enjoyed playing it this week! Can't wait to upload that video on my channel next week~ hehe I've heard of Counterside! I don't know if I'll play it for my channel, but I might check it out offline one day.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna alright is enough for me, enjoy both counterside and blue archive then!
Next (please): Blue Archive Player Reacts To Arknights’ PVs (or something like that, I don’t know)!
From a new sensei:)
Haha I already reacted to all the Arknights TVs and Trailers though! XD
Looking foward to you playing it. Just in case guns are as common as cellphones and the halos make the students bulletproof so guns just knock people out
Woah, so that’s the functionality of the halos! I just thought that it meant they were different species from normal humans 😂😂😂 I guess I was far off from my guess. Haha
Kinda.
Lore is very vague.
As snyone in the city is a robot, a bipedal furry, or a female student with halo.
So the halo is more a marker for "students"
Which in itself make one wonder how the goverment really works.
So is more like the writters liked the idea and keep it vague on porpuse toroll with it
Ahhh, so that's what it is. Got it~ Then I guess I can look forward to picking up the lore bits in the story!
wow you replied every single comment
I try my best to!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna
There's no skin in Blue Archive, there's just a alter like character (same character but different clothes etc)
Ooo, makes sense! I'm actually glad that there are no skins. I mean I do like skins in games, but if it's an alter, then there's more of a chance that I can obtain them by rolling as a F2P player!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna Just for your information, if you a new player to Blue Archive at first your gacha luck is good it's easy to get many 5 stars character in just 10x pull, 20x pull but when you already hit high level account the gacha will be worst lol every player atleast saving for 200x pull in case if you don't get the characters you can buy the characters in the shop/banner
@@Alice24__ That... sounds a bit painful, but yay for being a new player! haha I won't have to worry about that for now. Probably.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna I don't get the frickin limited character in my account even after 100 pulls that's why I am say this lol, the To Aru Majutsu(?) no Index collab, the event and banner is already gone this morning
Yeah you don't need to worry of your account if it is new
I see... In that case, this will be good information to remember for the future!
Game is more parodical than serious.
Its has its serious moment, but mostly the idea is "take a steriotype and roll with it"
So caracteres are mostly flat,but the event are fun to watch/read
Gamplay is kinda fun, essy yo learn, but need a little brain to use to the max
yet progression and character stats has some "gates" or ranks for things, so unless you know the in and outs you are kinda stuck in progression until you grind enough.
Yet, the game allow ample farming and thing to do.
I reach lvl 50 (middle game) by rushing in 1.5 months. So is very permisive.
Recomendation, do NOT get more than 50 student initally, that way you can focus resources, as esrly on everything but high tier is expend in seconds.
Music is a banger, people has been using it more and more around youtube.
That sounds really nice! I expected a serious story, but if it's not, then this will be a relaxing game to play and chill with~ But dang, you reached level 50 in 1.5 months?!? That's very fast! I'll do my best to remember your recommendation though! Really loving the music in this game~ Can probably fall asleep to it and have happy dreams!
remind me, what level new acc need to beat hiero at vol.3 today?
I think someone said in one of the comments that I need to be at level 40 to get past Volume 3 or something. Can't remember at the top of my head though.
@@Trailblazer_Ririna it was me as well :)
there are some vids it's done on lvl 35 with very basic characters, but it's sure hard try.
it's nowhere said in the game, but there is a penalty for level difference - you lose 2% of damage for each level you lower than an opponent. so another week of leveling and a bit better equip will do the trick.
ps: do you really replying to all comments? thats rare
@@lester2665 There's a penalty for having a lower level?!? Dang, that sounds really scary. I guess I would need to really focus on leveling up my account in that case.
P.S. I do try to reply to all comments at least once, but sometimes, it takes time. I'm only faster right now because I'm recovering from a cold and can't stream/record today.
11:50 best girl right here
I can see why! Koyuki is quite adorable~
@@Trailblazer_Ririnatiny fact:
Koyuki was once a member of Seminar, but she used the money in the wrong place. So Yuuka ordered C&C and sensei to capture her back. She was a natural genius but she's just being a despicable gremlin all the time
Theres a mistranslation. Aris wanted to become a Hero, not a Warrior
Ooo, I see! Thanks for the correction.
LESGOO
YEAHHHHH!!! I've been super excited about checking out this game. It's sooo cute~!
@@Trailblazer_Ririna This game is a great side game. Respects your time, generous with rewards, you don't have to be a sweaty player just to enjoy the game and you can actually take your time.
Has cute and funny characters and has cool story. It also has a lot of content if you get tired of main mission with main story, side story, etc.
OML, that sounds like a dream come true. RESPECTS MY TIME and GENEROUS WITH REWARDS... I'm gonna cry from happiness. Seems like a joyful game -- or maybe not, joyful, but a wonderful game to dive into!
Shiroko best girl indeed
The more I learn about her, the more I feel like she's truly awesome! haha XD
@Trailblazer_Ririna
Foreclosure Task Force in general are my favourites
Banners are 200 pulls for pity.
You get that every 2 to 3 months when you have a decent team built. before that you have the newbie pulls which are a lot lol
Your theory about the story is so off it's actually funny, can't wait for you to see the actual story
Oooo, 200 pulls! O_O That's pretty large, but not bad! Hopefully, the newbie pulls will give me someone good~
My theory is wrong?!? YES! That's such good news. haha That means I can experience the surprises that the story will offer me~
welcome to the Blue Archive~
when all miracle its happening
Thank you for the welcome, sensei! I can't wait to experience the miracles myself in the game~
pv 4 is the most depression volume in blue archive and lost hina 😭😭😭
How fitting that the most depression volume is 4...
@@Trailblazer_Ririnathen you'll have to prepare for chapter 3 and 4 of Vol 3 which is the infamous Eden Treaty Arc.
You need to asap join the school to give correction for troublesome student now 😭😭
By troublesome student i mean all of them
YES! Counting down the days now for the day that I can play Blue Archive~
I can let ya borrow my Miku on raids if the urge ever gets to you!
Ooooo, that'll be so cool!
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only chibi gameplay is def refreshing
It really is~ Looking forward to it!
It would be cool if you play the story in live
I sure will on Twitch! I think I’ll probably post the edited version on my channel too, but I’ll have to see~ ❤️
your face so cute lol
Hehe thank you~ I'll be using a new model now though, so this and the next video will be the last times you'll get to see this model.
Remember Sensei its all just Sunshine and Rainbows
All Sunshine and Rainbow......
...are you sure? ARE YOU CERTAIN?!? haha
@@Trailblazer_Ririna pretty much since I don't spoil untill every new player reach Volume "F"