Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)

## The Game

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods is an action-adventure game which is loosely based on the animated film and comic book of the same name. Throughout the story the player needs to complete a number of simple minigames, most of which repeat. Minigames are started by walking up to Vitalstatistix.

Minigames can be replayed outside of the story by approaching the villagers and the village’s gates, as well as in Arcade mode (where the counter is replaced with a time limit).

The game starts with quick unreplayable minigames where Dogmatix and Obelix chase and attack Squareonthehypothenus.

When in the village, the map shows the villagers, Asterix's house and the gates with blue circles. Vitalstatistix is shown with a yellow circle (blue after story completion).

### Story

Julius Caesar has a cunning plan of taking over the Gaulish village: build mansions near the village and convert the villagers to the Roman culture. He orders Squareonthehypothenus to build mansions. The villagers find Romans and their slaves working in the forest and try to stop them by replanting uprooted trees and growing new ones. The villagers then decide to give the slaves some magic potion so they can free themselves, but this plan backfires - the slaves quickly finish the construction process, and civilians arrive to live in the new buildings. The villagers embrace them at first by selling them their products, but become corrupted by money. The solution is to force the civilians to abandon the mansions without violence: Obelix roars at them and Cacofonix is tricked into scaring them by playing music. The villagers defeat the remaining Roman soldiers, restore order in the village and have a banquet.

### Replayable minigames

#### Obelix’s minigames

**Four-legged lunch**

Chase down boars and hit them.

**Roman Hunt**

Chase down Romans and hit them.

**Rolling stones**

Move left and right, roll stones and hit Romans, boars and Flaturtha to earn points. Try not to hit the villagers, or you will lose 5 points per villager.

**Fetch**

Play with Dogmatix by throwing his bone so he brings it back to you.

**Stone Art**

Sculpt a menhir by working on 12 pieces. When you select a piece, an indicator appears on the left, which automatically rises and lowers. Try to hit when the indicator reaches the top to work the fastest. Rotate the camera to access another side of the menhir.

Four-legged lunchRoman HuntRolling stonesFetchStone Art

#### Getafix’s minigames

**Magic Potion**

Put the ingredients shown in the top of the screen into the brew, order does not matter. Draw closed shapes around matching ingredients to connect them. Draw circles counter-clockwise to stir.

**Clean Sweep**

Sweep the rubbish and mop the dirt. You can rotate the camera for better angles.

Magic PotionClean Sweep

#### Cacofonix’s minigame

**Bard Hero**

Complete sequences of notes by drawing gestures Up, Down, Left and Right, as shown on the screen. Finish gestures as they fly through the square. If you fail a note, the sequence will not count.

In Story mode, the minigame is played near the mansions, so the music scares off the habitants, but when replayed afterwards, Cacofonix will always be in the forest away from people.

Bard Hero

#### Unhygienix’s minigames

**Fresh Fish!**

Move the barrel left and right to collect fish. Do not collect other items, or you will lose 1 point per item.

**Barrel Breaker**

Walk around the village and break all the barrels.

Fresh Fish!Barrel Breaker

#### Fulliautomatix’s minigame

**Buried Treasure**

Run around and watch the paw indicator. The closer you are to a buried object, the more the indicator fills up. When you find something, quickly do Up and Down gestures to dig it out.

Buried Treasure

#### Minigames at the village’s gates

**Whack-a-Roman**

Hit Romans emerging from the formation.

**Whack-a-Boar**

Hit boars emerging from the bushes. Do not hit the villagers, or you will lose 5 points per villager.

**Flying Roman**

Quickly draw circles counter-clockwise to gain power, then finish with a gesture to upper right to launch the Roman. If the Roman lands on another Roman or a boar, he will bounce off and fly further.

**Slap Distribution**

Defeat the Romans. If a Roman hits you, you will be unable to attack for a short time.

**The Final Banquet**

Place the ingredients shown in the top of the screen on the plate, order does not matter.

Whack-a-RomanWhack-a-BoarFlying RomanSlap DistributionThe Final Banquet

#### Minigames freely replayable in Arcade mode only

**Tree Saviour**

Replant the trees by approaching them and drawing circles counter-clockwise.

**Magic Seeds**

Plant seeds by approaching holes and doing diagonal gestures from bottom left to upper right.

**Run!**

Dodge obstacles by doing different gestures shown on the screen.

**Roarrr!**

Approach Roman civilians and roar at them to scare them off.

Tree SaviourMagic SeedsRun!Roarrr!

## Trivia

* Some minigames are similar to those from Asterix: The Gallic War and Asterix: Mega Madness, but simpler in terms of gameplay and difficulty.
* The game’s visuals are based on the animated film.
	+ Some Roman civillians look similar to Anonymus and Dulcia – the Roman couple which becomes friends with the Gauls in the film. However, the game leaves out the “friendship with a Roman family” subplot, and Anonymus with Dulcia do not exist as characters.
* Caesar appears only once in the entire game – in the first cutscene.
* Centurion Somniferus (or at least his lookalikes) can be fought in this game. In Slap Distribution he will try to punch the player, despite carrying a sword in his sheath.
* The Roman walking around in Fetch can be hit with the bone. He will drop dead and despawn.
* The minigame title "Bard Hero" is a parody of Guitar Hero.
* The game has been rated T (Teen) by ESRB, despite only having simple cartoon violence.