Backlog Conquering - Anthem On PS4 - Part 11 - The Final Part

Welcome to Backlog Conquering. This is a series were i play a game from my backlog that i may or may not have played before. the goal isn't necessarily to finish the game, the goal is to play it. that way, i can have an opinion about it.

Our new game is the #PlayStation4 version of #Anthem. i have previously played around 5 hours of this game back in 2019, but i stopped playing once EA announced they weren't going to update the game. The main reason for picking up Anthem now is that the game servers are going to be turned off on January 12th 2026. I started recording these videos before the servers were taken down so from Part 5 onwards, these will go live on YouTube AFTER the servers have been shut down. You can't play Anthem anymore as the game doesn't have an off-line mode, it was online only.

Check out previous parts:

Part 1 - https://youtu.be/A9yTrycU5gk

Part 2 - https://youtu.be/e8-wLS1CmN8

Part 3 - https://youtu.be/n-V3VDh_cJQ

Part 4 - https://youtu.be/kgWj3TeJWXg

Part 5 - https://youtu.be/ujvrBZeRZOI

Part 6 - https://youtu.be/OaOLQf336ZQ

Part 7 - https://youtu.be/ivTkSJ9nJGg

Part 8 - https://youtu.be/CV1P3tc7pOs

Part 9 - https://youtu.be/ir62lx7d7rc

Part 10 - https://youtu.be/GvIrLcniu5Q

Stories on Tuesday - Fatal Twelve - Part 2

The new Stories on Tuesday game is the PlayStation 4 Disc version of Fatal Twelve from Sekai Project and aiueoKompany.

Part 2 changed things up in a way i wasn't expecting. Part 1 had focused on Rinka and her friends. in this Part we do start with her and we learn that she's remembered more, but we actually shift to a different group for most of this Part. it seems that two of the twelve died together, or at the same location, and they've teamed up. we see in Part 2 their dynamic and how things looked like they were going to take a twist didn't really. This part ends focusing on this new pairing and whether or not they were successful.

Part 1 - https://youtu.be/U-1z9NQScOI

Switch Funday - Pokémon Legends: Z-A - My Battles Z to A

I really enjoyed my time with Pokémon Legends: Z-A. playing it in my own time meant i was able to play the game at my own pace and try different Pokémon in my team. As i went, i recorded the battles of my Z to A journey as well as the end game. The Battle for F video had some tech issues but the key battle was safe.

iPhone Friday - HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×SURVIVOR - An Average Themed Wave Based Rogue Like Survival Game

For this week's iPhone Friday i tried HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×SURVIVOR from Bushiroad on my iPhone 14 Pro. 

HUNTER×HUNTER is a famous manga and anime with iconic characters, but i was dubious about this game from the screenshots shown in the app store. single screen wave based rogue like survival games have been popular since Vampire Survivors popularised the genre. but this popularity has flooded the market with poor imitations of the original. Last year, Medabots Survivors came out and i decided against checking it out as it was a Japan only release. i didn't realize that HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×SURVIVOR is also, at the time of writing, just a Japanese release. but both are the same, re-skins of the genre.

There is an additional download when starting this game, but thankfully the game is transparent about this and reminds us to do it over Wi-fi. whilst that's taking place, there is a nice animated opening that seems to be a mix of original anime and freshly made stuff. it's an interesting choice to keep it 4:3 like the original anime. with the download being small and quick, there's only really time to watch the opening video once.

Version 1.0.4 Played

Demo Play Thursday - BlazBlue Entropy Effect X DEMO On Switch

iPhone Friday - BlazBlue Entropy Effect - https://youtu.be/Pw4_669LiNQ

For this week's Demo Play Thursday i played the Nintendo Switch version of BlazBlue Entropy Effect X.

I had previously played the iPhone version in 2025 and put it 3rd in my Game of the Year list, https://youtube.com/shorts/UdYDuVw0L74, so i had an idea as to what to expect from this Nintendo Switch version.

One big thing i noticed immediately was how much better the UI looked. on phone's, because of the icons on screen it can look a little cluttered. but here on TV all the icons were pushed to the edge and we get to see so much more of the game. BlazBlue Entropy Effect X still looks great and on a Switch 2 i imagine the HDR would work great with the neon lights. the music is still great, too. before, i was pressing buttons on the screen but here i was using a Pro Controller and found the game to be responsive and the combat till fluid.

As fun as the game still is, the tutorial issues from the iPhone version are still here. the game starts with a good tutorial, but it just stops and then the game adds more mechanics and terminology to the experience with little to no information about what any of it means.

Backlog Conquering - Anthem On PS4 - Part 10

Welcome to Backlog Conquering. This is a series were i play a game from my backlog that i may or may not have played before. the goal isn't necessarily to finish the game, the goal is to play it. that way, i can have an opinion about it.

Our new game is the PlayStation 4 version of Anthem. i have previously played around 5 hours of this game back in 2019, but i stopped playing once EA announced they weren't going to update the game. The main reason for picking up Anthem now is that the game servers are going to be turned off on January 12th 2026. I started recording these videos before the servers were taken down so from Part 5 onwards, these will go live on YouTube AFTER the servers have been shut down. You can't play Anthem anymore as the game doesn't have an off-line mode, it was online only.

Unfortunately, this is more like Part 10 B. i lost the first part of this video when my recorder crashed. so at the start of this video i do try to explain what happened in the story up to when this video starts. i recorded this the late into the day Anthem's servers were going to close. i had hoped this would be the final part, but right at the end the game forced me to do yet another quest once again delaying my progress. I do end this part at the point of no return where i can choose to do the end game. but you'll have to come back and see if i had enough time for one more part or if this was my final Anthem video.

Check out previous parts:

Part 1 - https://youtu.be/A9yTrycU5gk

Part 2 - https://youtu.be/e8-wLS1CmN8

Part 3 - https://youtu.be/n-V3VDh_cJQ

Part 4 - https://youtu.be/kgWj3TeJWXg

Part 5 - https://youtu.be/ujvrBZeRZOI

Part 6 - https://youtu.be/OaOLQf336ZQ

Part 7 - https://youtu.be/ivTkSJ9nJGg

Part 8 - https://youtu.be/CV1P3tc7pOs

Part 9 - https://youtu.be/ir62lx7d7rc

Stories on Tuesday - Fatal Twelve - Part 1

The new Stories on Tuesday game is the PlayStation 4 Disc version of Fatal Twelve from Sekai Project and aiueoKompany.

Part 1 made an explosive first impression and was interesting throughout. i'm not used to the main characters in these sort of visual novel games having so much inner monologues. i do like the art and style i've seen so far and the music has been a nice complement to it. sometimes in these games the characters have few art so they're often showing an emotion but saying another. here in Fatal Twelve it's been refreshing to see some subtle changes in the character's expressions. for me, what was interesting about the end of this part was how it recontextualised earlier bits of the video in such a way that my assumptions as to what was happening were way off.