Romans, pirates and boars beware! The famous Gauls Asterix and Obelix are coming back for a brand new adventure! Unlike the magic potion, the gameplay recipe is pretty straight forward and holds no secrets. Think about the core mechanics defining the beat’em up genre and sprinkle with some local co-op! By Jupiter, by Teutates.. These Gauls are crazy!
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It’s an alright beat ‘em up, I def want things to be improved in the sequel coming this year like perhaps more moves and more playable characters.
This game is so forgettable that I totally forgot to log it. I played it sometime around the beginning of the year.
It's the most dissapointing game of 2021 for me easily, another horrible original game in the franchise released by Microids. The only saving grace are the graphics, the rest from the music to the gameplay is bad. Being a fan of Asterix if rough when you're also a gamer, we had a good thing with the XXL games (until 3) but Microid is really missmanaging everything.
For people who really want a top-notch Asterix & Obelix beat-em-up, just pop the classic Konami arcade.
It's the most dissapointing game of 2021 for me easily, another horrible original game in the franchise released by Microids. The only saving grace are the graphics, the rest from the music to the gameplay is bad. Being a fan of Asterix if rough when you're also a gamer, we had a good thing with the XXL games (until 3) but Microid is really missmanaging everything.
For people who really want a top-notch Asterix & Obelix beat-em-up, just pop the classic Konami arcade.
Slap Them All! really does nothing new for the beat ‘em up genre. It doesn't add in any interesting gameplay elements like other competitors in its market such as Streets of Rage 4, Shredder's Revenge, and Mayhem Brawler.
Like typical side-scrolling brawler fashion, you have an attack button that can be combined into a blitz move (forward, forward + attack), an offensive/defensive desperation special attack, a block button and a grab button used for holding and throwing enemies.
With such a limited move set available at your disposal, Slap Them All! quickly becomes a boring slog. Variation between acts and missions (basically, levels and stages) is nonexistent outside of different backgrounds, meaning every level is a walk to the right defeating enemies until you reach a boss or end mob of enemies. Mobs of enemies swarm you on most sections of stages. Enemies and bosses do not have health bars, which causes the action to become even more tedious. It is true that different enemies exist, but the strategy for defeating them does not differ beyond just spamming the attack button. Rinse and repeat.
Graphics and presentation are extremely well done. Characters and animations are presented in that Asterix comic book style, and just ooze color and vibrance. Single panel comic style cutscenes between stages and after clearing certain sections of enemies on stages help to tell the story.
As far as co-op goes, I can't speak on that aspect as I did not have someone to play the game with, but the option is there. If you play solo, you can switch between Asterix and Obelix with a press of a button. Without any character attributes, health bars or extra moves, it was hard to tell if there was any real difference between the two playable characters (though I would just assume Asterix to be the weaker, faster one due to his small size, and Obelix as the larger one being slow but more powerful).
It's disappointing how boring and plain Asterix and Obelix: Slap Them All is, because it looks very gorgeous with its visual art style and comic-like presentation. The only reason I would recommend this game is for a young kid or as someone's first ever beat ‘em up. Even then, there are likely way better options available in those two situations.
Like typical side-scrolling brawler fashion, you have an attack button that can be combined into a blitz move (forward, forward + attack), an offensive/defensive desperation special attack, a block button and a grab button used for holding and throwing enemies.
With such a limited move set available at your disposal, Slap Them All! quickly becomes a boring slog. Variation between acts and missions (basically, levels and stages) is nonexistent outside of different backgrounds, meaning every level is a walk to the right defeating enemies until you reach a boss or end mob of enemies. Mobs of enemies swarm you on most sections of stages. Enemies and bosses do not have health bars, which causes the action to become even more tedious. It is true that different enemies exist, but the strategy for defeating them does not differ beyond just spamming the attack button. Rinse and repeat.
Graphics and presentation are extremely well done. Characters and animations are presented in that Asterix comic book style, and just ooze color and vibrance. Single panel comic style cutscenes between stages and after clearing certain sections of enemies on stages help to tell the story.
As far as co-op goes, I can't speak on that aspect as I did not have someone to play the game with, but the option is there. If you play solo, you can switch between Asterix and Obelix with a press of a button. Without any character attributes, health bars or extra moves, it was hard to tell if there was any real difference between the two playable characters (though I would just assume Asterix to be the weaker, faster one due to his small size, and Obelix as the larger one being slow but more powerful).
It's disappointing how boring and plain Asterix and Obelix: Slap Them All is, because it looks very gorgeous with its visual art style and comic-like presentation. The only reason I would recommend this game is for a young kid or as someone's first ever beat ‘em up. Even then, there are likely way better options available in those two situations.
Beat 'em ups, haben es mir selten angetan.
Man läuft durchs schlauchige Level und drückt die immer gleiche Taste, bist die Credits laufen.
So auch hier. Macht nicht viel falsch, aber das Genre gibt nun mal nicht mehr her.
Man läuft durchs schlauchige Level und drückt die immer gleiche Taste, bist die Credits laufen.
So auch hier. Macht nicht viel falsch, aber das Genre gibt nun mal nicht mehr her.
Honestly, it's quite a beautiful game, it's a very relaxing one, but it doesn't offer much, you really need to be a fan of the characters to really enjoy it.