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Asterix & Obelix: Heroes

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48%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
68% User Score Based on 22 reviews

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About Asterix & Obelix: Heroes

Asterix & Obelix: Heroes is a single player tactical role playing game. It was developed by Gamexcite and was released on October 5, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Original gameplay combining deck building and turn-based combat. 24 heroes from the comic series available for you in this original adventure. To foil Caesar's plans, upgrade your deck and make the right tactical decisions!

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68%Audience ScoreBased on 22 reviews
humor1 positive mentions
grinding4 negative mentions

  • Faithful and charming visual design that captures the comic style and characters well.
  • Accessible and satisfying card-based combat system with strategic deck-building elements and synergies.
  • Large roster of iconic characters and multiple replayable maps offering a fun experience in short sessions.
  • Repetitive and grind-heavy gameplay requiring frequent replays of the same levels to progress and unlock characters.
  • Minimal and low-quality animations, sound design, and voice acting leading to a flat audiovisual experience.
  • Buggy and frustrating card upgrade system with RNG imbalance and occasional game-breaking bugs affecting challenge and enjoyment.
  • gameplay

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The gameplay is accessible and enjoyable, combining simple mechanics with occasional strategic moments, enhanced by fun story dialogue and nostalgic visuals. However, it largely follows a familiar deck-building formula with limited innovation or variety, leading to a repetitive experience that remains consistent throughout the story.

    • “The gameplay is satisfying and the story dialogue is really fun, reminiscent of Asterix & Obelix comics. Significant effort has been put into the visual design.”
    • “The mechanics are simple enough to be approachable for newcomers, but they also offer occasional bursts of strategic satisfaction when a deck comes together just right.”
    • “It's a simple card game that is technically very weak, but makes up for it with fun gameplay and the humor the comic is known for.”
    • “The design borrows heavily from the modern deck-builder template, offering steady growth and occasional decisions about which path to take, but it stops short of introducing significant twists or high-variance mechanics that might keep the experience feeling fresh.”
    • “While there are multiple characters to unlock and some deck variations to explore, the core gameplay loop doesn’t change dramatically from run to run.”
    • “Sadly, the gameplay barely evolves throughout the whole story, which adds to the repetitive feel.”
  • grinding

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features a repetitive and tedious card-based gameplay with limited options, and it is heavily grindy, particularly for players aiming to unlock bonus characters by fully completing all zones.

    • “A tedious card game, as there are few options.”
    • “But the game is mega grindy, especially if you want to unlock the bonus characters that require you to 100% the zones.”
    • “But it is quite grindy.”
  • story

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The story and dialogues are praised for being engaging and fun, reminiscent of Asterix & Obelix comics, with notable visual design effort. However, some feel the gameplay lacks evolution throughout the story, contributing to a repetitive experience, and the absence of voice acting is seen as a missed opportunity.

    • “The gameplay is satisfying and the story dialogue is really fun (just like Asterix & Obelix comics), and effort has also been put into the visual design.”
    • “The story and dialogues are well done although it's a shame it is not voice acted.”
    • “Sadly, the gameplay barely evolves throughout the whole story, which adds to the repetitive feel.”
    • “The story and dialogues?”
  • graphics

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The graphics faithfully capture the comic-style artwork with vibrant, expressive character portraits that clearly convey the Asterix theme. However, the visuals are somewhat flat and serve more as a functional backdrop than an immersive experience, with animations and sound design feeling lazy and unengaging.

    • “Presentation is faithful to the source material, with vibrant artwork that echoes the comic style.”
    • “Character portraits are expressive, and the overall aesthetic makes it immediately clear that this is an Asterix game.”
    • “This creates a functional but somewhat flat experience where visuals and audio act more as a frame for the card game than as a source of immersion.”
    • “Graphics, animations, sound design: it's all extremely lazy.”
  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The music in the game is minimalist and ambient, which some find fitting but others consider repetitive and dull, often leading players to turn it off. While the overall audio design, including voices and sound effects, is sparse, opinions on its impact vary from great to underwhelming.

    • “The animations, backgrounds and music are great.”
    • “A quiet ambiance music will accompany the few grunts and punch noises that are all very samey... this will feel quite empty, and you won't be impressed.”
    • “The wait time for animations to play out is ridiculous, music can be painful... I usually just turn it off, there's no voice acting, and the dialogue is rough though it all seems to be in character.”
    • “Menu, voice, music, animation are minimalist.”
  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game offers limited replayability, primarily appealing to a niche audience seeking a simple, low-pressure strategy experience rather than a challenging or highly replayable one.

    • “Replay value is another sticking point.”
  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's humor, rooted in its well-known comic style, adds a fun and engaging element that compensates for its technical simplicity.

    • “It's a simple card game that is technically very weak, but makes up for it with fun gameplay and the humor the comic is known for.”
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Asterix & Obelix: Heroes is a tactical role playing game. Common tags for Asterix & Obelix: Heroes include turn-based, card battler, 2d, deckbuilding, combat and others.

Asterix & Obelix: Heroes is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.

Asterix & Obelix: Heroes was released on October 5, 2023.

Asterix & Obelix: Heroes was developed by Gamexcite.

Asterix & Obelix: Heroes has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Asterix & Obelix: Heroes for its humor but disliked it for its gameplay.

Asterix & Obelix: Heroes is a single player game.

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