Peak Archive has finally arrived on Steam, bringing with it cute and funny content, as well as the controversy surrounding it. 
I will preface this review by stating that this game is a gacha game; it is a pretty generous and fair one, but a gacha game nonetheless. 

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• Blue Archive, on the surface seems to be a simple auto-battler, but that hides the fact that it is a fairly deep game about team building, understanding weaknesses, exploiting them, keeping track of cooldowns and using EX skills correctly.
  
• There are multiple different fight types ranging from standard missions against mobs of enemies and raid bosses.
  
• The student you would use varies based on terrain armour types and specific boss weaknesses/strengths, i.e. High defence, slot in a defence debuffer.
  
• In general, teams are typically composed of four striker students and two special students.
  
• Blue Archive does use an AP system. Most content will spend AP, but the story does not.

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• Blue Archive is an adult story Which tackles adult themes, not resorting to what people think adult themes are, i.e. sex and violence. True adult themes about responsibility, well also. Revelling in trope, it is a game made by weebs for weebs. The first chapter is a perfect example of revelling in tropes, as each of the five members of the foreclosure task force falls into a trope, while a lesser story would have them be tropes Blue Archive does not. It allows them to play off each other and develop.
  
• The first two chapters do have problems with world-building, but they do a better job of explaining the world. In chapter 3 Eden Treaty, you do have to take the games, word for how the world works in the first two chapters.
  
• Momo talks are student-specific relationship stories that flesh out one student and eventually unlock a memorial lobby L2D, which can replace your main menu background.

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• This is going to be the most subjective part, but for me, the music in Blue Archive is fantastic. Not A single bad track, maybe some PTSD-inducing, but no bad ones 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟨
  
• If you are familiar with Blue Archive, it is most likely because of the unwelcome school. However, there are many iconic tracks.

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• Blue Archive's characters are both likeable and deeply written; in fact, Blue Archive might have the best character writing I have experienced in a while. They are multidimensional, behave consistently and are relatable.
  
• It is a gacha game, and one of the hallmarks of a good one is strong recognisable characters. They range quite a bit in terms of personality and design, from cute and funny to girl failures. The eternal struggle of a Blue Archive fan child (small) or child (big)

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• Blue Archive is a gacha game, meaning there are random pulls to unlock characters using premium currency (pyroxene), which you can earn through dailies, story rewards, and raid rewards. You can also pay for them. It is a very generous amount of pyroxene you can earn.
  
• Blue Archive is very F2P-friendly, with the Global version being 6 months behind the Japanese version. So we know what students are coming, what content they are suitable for, and whether they are safe to skip to save for more important students.

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If it is not apparent by the glowing review, I love this game; however;
If you have a lack of self-control, gachas can eat up a lot of your money. If you are one of these people, It is a VERY CAUTIOUS RECOMMENDATION.
If you feel the clutches of an unhealthy amount of money being spent on the game stop playing. Games are meant to be fun. You can experience the game vicariously through other people and can be apart of a wonderful community.

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A literal masterpiece of a game