Events / Olympic Mode

## Story Mode

The Events in Asterix at the Olympic Games are 9 challenges. They're accessed by "interacting" with the Greek in front of the arena's gates, which are near the gates of the Olympic Village. The player can control Asterix or Lovestorix in the challenges. As they progress through Story Mode, they must win all the challenges to activate important mechanisms, crush Brutus' plan of marrying Irina by defeating him in the chariot race and eventually finish the game.

To complete an event, the player must win it 3 times without leaving, except for Chariot Race which only needs to be played once, although the player also has to stop Doctormabus mid-game by playing the same way. The events are played in 3 stages which get progressively more difficult. Depending on the event the player must either get enough score points and/or outdo their opponent. If the player fails to complete an event their progress for it will be reset.

## Olympic Mode

The Olympic Mode is accessible through Main Menu. It allows the player to retry any of the 9 challenges they have completed in the main gameplay, but with more options: they can choose between 3 difficulty levels, 12 characters and play against CPU or a live player. Characters other than Asterix and Obelix have to be unlocked first by releasing pigeons in the Story Mode.

### Olympic Mode characters

If the player wants to go through all the challenges in order they can select the last option - Olympic Games.

Romans beaten in the events King of the Arena and The Romanophone don't drop any helmets.

## Events

### Long Jump

Jump and land as far as possible, the further you fall the more points you will earn.

Alternatively mash the Jump and Special Action buttons to gain speed while running.

Just before the line, press and hold the Parry button to jump. While you hold it down, the game stops in time, and an arrow appears which automatically changes direction, indicating the trajectory of your jump. Try to release the button while the arrow is in the green zone.

While you are in the air, the game enters slow-motion, and you have the opportunity to improve your distance by doing up to 3 combos. Press the keys displayed above to do a combo.

### Foot Race

Cross the finish line before your opponent.

Start running after the “Go” command, otherwise the attempt will restart; there's a chance of the opponent making a false start. Alternatively mash the Jump and Special Action buttons to start running and speed up.

If you and your opponent are next to each other, you may get an opportunity to hit him, the game will tell you to press the Action or Grab button.

As you approach the finish line, the game will switch to slow-motion and you may be offered to do a combo to gain a small boost: press the keys displayed in the bottom left. If there is no combo then keep mashing Jump and Special Action.

### Tug of War

Tug the rope harder than your opponent to earn more points. The minigame ends early if one character pulls the other into the mud.

Mash the button displayed in the middle. The button occasionally changes. If you are highly efficient, you can win before the button can change once.

### Toadball

Throw the toads over the net to your opponent’s side. The fewer toads you have and the more your opponent does, the better your score will be.

You have two buttons for throwing: Action is for distant throwing, Special Action is for when you are close to the net. Approach a toad and move around with it to get a proper distance and direction before throwing.

Some toads will be black, they explode after a period of time. Whoever has an explosion on his hide will lose points.

### King of the Arena

Eliminate as many Romans as you can and get more points than your opponent.

This event works the same way as fights in the main gameplay, except you have unlimited health. Throw Romans into targets for bonus points. If you struggle to keep the higher score despite the effort, buy better attacks in the shop and use them. If you fall off the arena you lose.

### Hammer Throwing

Throw the hammer and hit the nail as straight and as hard as possible. The better you do, the more points you will gain.

Without waiting too long, hold down the Parry button to pick up the hammer and spin it around.

Alternatively mash Left and Right to increase your strength.

Release Parry to throw, try to do so while your direction arrow is in the green zone. If you spin for too long you will throw automatically.

### Javelin

Throw the javelin as far as possible. The better you do, the more points you will get.

Perform up to 5 exercises (combos) by pressing the keys displayed in the top.

Alternatively mash Jump and Special Action to gain speed while running.

Just before the line, press and hold Parry. The game will enter slow motion, you will need to select a good angle (green zone) and release the button to throw.

After you throw, move the javelin left and right and fly through as many clouds as you can.

### The Romanophone

Hit differently coloured Romans in the right order and complete the sequence before your opponent.

The event works the same way as similar fights in the main gameplay, except the legionaries will never attack you. If you fall off the arena you lose.

### Chariot race

Finish the race with your chariot being in better condition than your opponent’s. The event will finish early if one of the chariots gets wrecked.

Move left and right to avoid obstacles and pick up bonus crates.

Press Change Leader to charge at the opponent on the right from you, press Parry to charge at him if he is on the left.

Hold Jump to use the shield and reduce the damage you get. You can also use this button to jump over your opponent when he charges at you, and switch sides.

When anyone runs into a bonus crate, press the displayed button to pick up the bonus before it falls behind or gets taken by the opponent.

* Boars will slightly restore your chariot.
* Cauldrons will fall on your opponent’s side and possibly crush him.
* If you got a legionary and you’re close to your opponent, press Action to whip him with the Roman, but if you take damage or shield yourself you will lose the Roman. You also can't use bonuses while holding a Roman.

Charging at the opponentDodging chargeDecreasing received damage with shieldBonus CrateRestoring health with boar meatAttacking with a RomanDropping a cauldron

## Trivia

* Since only 2 challengers are competing against each other in the Olympic Mode, Dogmatix takes the 3rd place on the podium after all the events are finished.
* The Egyptian's model is a modification of the Egyptian enemy's model from XXL2.