Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum

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.

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum
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
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

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 (Luxour), 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".

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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