Asterix & Obelix XXL
Asterix & Obelix XXL sends the Gaulish heroes across Roman territories with crowd brawling, platforming, puzzles, and rescues of captured villagers. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.5 / 10
About this game
Asterix & Obelix XXL sends the Gaulish heroes across Roman territories with crowd brawling, platforming, puzzles, and rescues of captured villagers. Large enemy groups, character abilities, and comic locations create a lively journey, while simple combos and collection suit families. Combat and destruction goals repeat, camera and platform landings can be unreliable, and pacing or saving shows age. Licensed humor sustains the adventure. This description covers the original ps2 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
Collected in series
Asterix & Obelix XXL brings the two Gaulish comic heroes into 3D adventures filled with Roman soldiers, slapstick fights and puzzles. Exploring the scenery between brawls is part of the fun, with each adventure giving the unlikely duo new trouble to cause.
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Asterix & Obelix XXL sends the Gaulish heroes across Roman territories with crowd brawling, platforming, puzzles, and rescues of captured villagers.
Large enemy groups, character abilities, and comic locations create a lively journey, while simple combos and collection suit families. Combat and destruction goals repeat, camera and platform landings can be unreliable, and pacing or saving shows age. Licensed humor sustains the adventure. Overall, its main strengths are Crowd combat, abilities, and comic regions feel lively; Simple combos, collection, and humor suit families. Its material limitations are Repeated fighting, destruction, and stages; Aged camera, landings, and save convenience. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Crowd combat, abilities, and comic regions feel lively
- Simple combos, collection, and humor suit families
Weaknesses
- Repeated fighting, destruction, and stages
- Aged camera, landings, and save convenience
Who it is for: Players who value crowd combat, abilities, and comic regions feel lively and can accept the original release's limits.
Play notes: Before playing, expect repeated fighting, destruction, and stages and aged camera, landings, and save convenience; this assessment covers the recorded original-platform release.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Simple combos, collection, and humor suit families; Aged camera, landings, and save convenience. | Reviewed | 7.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Crowd combat, abilities, and comic regions feel lively; Repeated fighting, destruction, and stages. | Reviewed | 7.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Simple combos, collection, and humor suit families; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original ps2 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Repeated fighting, destruction, and stages. | Reviewed | 6.2 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Étranges Libellules
- Publisher
- Atari
- Release date
- 2003
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- Family-friendly3D GraphicsMelee CombatHumorousLinear LevelsPlatformingComic and Manga AdaptationThird Person
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Game Boy AdvanceWorldwide2003
- PlayStation 2Worldwide2003
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