Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum

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Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum
Asterix-XXL2 PC.jpg
Developer(s)Etranges Libellules
Osome Studio (Remaster)
Publisher(s)Atari Europe
Microids (Remaster)
Director(s)Marc Dutriez
Designer(s)Marc Dutriez
Programmer(s)Benjamin Hervé
Sylvain Béen
Writer(s)Nicolas Pothier
Hervé Masseron
Composer(s)Fabrice Bouillon-LaForest
EngineRenderWare
OEngine (Remaster)
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Release
  • EU: June 30, 2006
  • PS4, XBO, Windows, Switch
    • WW: November 29, 2018
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum is an action-adventure game for Windows and PlayStation 2, the sequel to Asterix & Obelix XXL.[1][2] It was released in June 2006 in Europe.[3] The game stars the French comic book characters Asterix and Obelix, and features spoofs to many classic games, in the same fashion that the comics spoof historical characters and make many cultural references. One such example of this is the box art that has a passing resemblance to the one seen in Grand Theft Auto III.

A remake called Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Wifix was released for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable in 2006.

Story[]

Julius Caesar, in another plan to conquer Gaul, builds a theme park called Las Vegum, a parody of Las Vegas. Getafix swears loyalty to Caesar, and goes to Las Vegum. Asterix and Obelix come to his rescue, with the help of a Roman spy named Sam Shieffer, a reference to Sam Fisher from the Ubisoft Splinter Cell series.

Las Vegum is divided in 6 zones: Lutetia, WCW, LuckSore (Luxor), Little Venetia (parody of Venice), Pirate Island, and SeizeUs Palace. Throughout the game, Romans who slightly resemble famous video game heroes Mario (Nintendo), Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega), Rayman (Ubisoft), Pac-Man (Namco) and Ryu (Capcom) appear as frequent enemies, while Lara Croft (Eidos Interactive), here a Roman centurion called Larry Craft, appears as a mini-boss. In addition, Caesar references The Matrix series by calling Asterix "Mr. Anderson".

Mission: Wifix[]

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2
Mission: Wifix
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Developer(s), Tate Interactive
Publisher(s)Atari Europe
Composer(s)Allister Brimble (Nintendo DS)
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
PlayStation Portable
Release
  • EU: November 17, 2006
Genre(s)Platform

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission Wifix is a remake of Mission Las Vegum for the PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS. It revolves around the same plot, with added touch screen minigames, and Wi-Fi.

Gameplay[]

The game is a 3D platformer. It uses almost all of the same elements as the console version. The player can switch between Asterix and Obelix at any time. Almost every room from the console version is recreated with its hundreds of parodies of many video game series. Occasionally the player must complete touch-screen mini-games throughout the story which can also be played outside of the main adventure mode.

The game takes the player through such places like Little Paris, WCW, LuckSore, Little Venetia, Pirate Island, and even SeizeUs Palace with each room being created in great detail. The game was considered fun and interesting by users receiving a score of 87 from 47 user ratings on GameSpot.com

The main drawback noted by users was that the game could become repetitive after some time.

Remaster[]

A high-definition remaster was announced on July 6, 2018 by Anuman under their Microids brand label and developed by OSome Studio. It was released on November 29, 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows (through Steam and GOG.com) and Nintendo Switch. While in the PAL regions of the game, it received a retail release, in the form of both a Limited Edition and a Collector's Edition. It was also announced on the same day that a third installment, Asterix & Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir was in development.[4]

A physical version was released in the United States in November 2019 through Maximum Games, under the name Roman Rumble in Las Vegum.

References[]

  1. ^ "Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission - Las Vegum for PlayStation 2 - GameFAQs". gamefaqs.gamespot.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ^ "Astérix & Obélix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum for PlayStation 2 (2005) - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  3. ^ Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission Las Vegum - IGN.com, retrieved 2018-10-02
  4. ^ "Asterix and Obelix XXL 2 Remaster Details Revealed - GameRevolution". GameRevolution. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-10-02.

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