Welcome to our review of Asterix and Obelix XXL as they make a comeback in a Romastered version of the original game.
Asterix and Obelix make an XXL comeback in a Romastered version full of Romans!
The year is 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely… One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium.
Peace reigns in the small Armorican village, where the villagers go about their daily business. Our two heroes, Asterix and Obelix, hunt wild boar, the blacksmith and the fishmonger quarrel, and the village chief strolls around the village square atop his shield.
After a fine day’s hunting, Asterix and Obelix return to find their village in flames, pillaged by the Romans! They set off to rescue their fellow villagers, accompanied by their faithful Dogmatix. Their journey will take them to Normandy, Greece Helvetia, Egypt and, finally, Rome, in order to save the villagers from the clutches of the emperor Caesar…
Rediscover the first XXL adventure of your favorite Gauls in this fully Romastered version! Toggle between Asterix & Obelix et travel across various regions of the world such as Greece or Egypt to set free Impedimenta, Panacea, Getafix, and the other villagers. Fight all the Romans, pirates, and Vikings who will stand in your way! Nothing can stop you with magic potion.
Originally released in the GameCube era, this game did not really pass the test of time. Despite some fun elements and rather decent gameplay, they are not enough to save the game from the judgment of time passed. You will often see games like these being remastered and failing to really grasp the original feeling they intended for the game.
Do not get me wrong however this is not a bad game at all, it just did not fully shine like its successors. Those are way better games and they serve proper credit, yet on the other hand, I am glad to see this game being released once more. I really appreciate the original graphics and you can flip to them by a mere button press which is an impressive feat.
As this is mostly an adventure/action game, you are mostly beating up Romans and the occasional other enemies. Games like this are the source behind the term button mashing as there is very little planning to do and mostly just button mashing. This is also why I am not calling this game and Musou game as dose are mostly very elaborate with tons of combos and characters to play.
there are small missions throughout the game like collecting helmets and pushing or pulling blocks , but it’s mostly really easy and unless you set the setting to the hardest you will not be challenged. I tried the easy mode, as a matter of test, and I was amazed at how incredibly easy it really became. to my big surprise, the harder settings were still not fully challenging, but considering the origin of the story, the comic strip behind the game, that should not come as a real surprise.
Being a fan of the comic strip, however, I must say that they really succeeded very well in achieving that feeling of nostalgia with the original game and the remasters alike. I just wish there was more variety in the game when It comes down to the fighting and not just always punch or use an enemy to strike at others. Yes, this is the same as in the comic strip, but for a game, you might expect more?
In conclusion, while the game disappointed in some aspects, it did not fail to create the same feeling as in the comic strip, and fans of the franchise, I do recommend you pick up the game. However, if you are unfamiliar with Asterix and Obelix, I would actually recommend one of the newer games before this one, as they are just better than this one. Now allow me to go and keep beating up some Romans!
