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...
As you can expect, the game features the same adventure as the original, let's see together if the developers have managed to do the work necessary to give a breath of fresh air to this not exactly young game.
Overall, the work done by Microids in bringing this old title up to date is truly admirable.
In addition to the gameplay mechanisms, the level design looks also obsolete and worst of all, it is very repetitive.
Some games demand a remaster, to be brought bang up to date for an entirely new audience to find and enjoy. Asterix & Obelix XXL is not one of those games. In 2003 it was a solid, if unremarkable, effort. Now, seventeen years later, it just feels entirely unnecessary, with drab combat, pointless collectables and frustrating challenges. If you really...
Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered shows the weight of 17 years in its ancient gameplay structure, plagued by glitches and significant frame rate drops.
Therefore, this update of Asterix & Obelix XXL is, first of all, a gift to those who enjoyed the original in its day and want to relive this journey with better graphics and if they have a switch, in a portable way.
