But really though, what have the Romans ever done for us?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_technology

https://media.giphy.com/media/3o6wrp9O4vdBwUZv0I/giphy.gif

I was just about to make an indignant post until I saw the latter part of that paragraph :)

Someone's forgetting Lucky Luke.

But apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? :-)

If that still goes over your head go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7HmhrgTuQ

Would've been sacrilege otherwise :)

I'm glad that it came on GOG (surely more welcome than another asian visual novel :P), but for now the price is a bit too high for me - I think though that I will buy retail version of A&O XXL and XXL2, since they're quite cheap and I was interested in trying them from some time.

Speaking about games with Asterix and Obelix - I really, really wish GOG could release there especially two games: 2D platform game from 1996 (named just Asterix and Obelix) and Asterix & Obelix: Mega Madness from 2001 (incredibly fun to play, especially in local multiplayer mode).

Solid choice :) If I were forced to choose then I'd pick it as my favorite as well, though there are a few others that come close in my top5:
Legionary, Laurel Wreath, Cauldron, Britain, Switzerland

As much as I love Asterix&Obelix, I think Tintin has aged perhaps a tiny bit better. Or at least it's a got more adult oriented content, like characters dying for example. Also, that dream with Rascar Capac's mummy come to life really, really freaked me out as a kid :P

Never read it, but I loved the cartoon! The dutch version of the intro is absolutely epic : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOHbrsklpWU
Something I still have to do is find the Afrikaans version I watched as a kid. Hopefully it still exists somewhere :P

Since Franquin was already cited for Spirou, we should not forget his greatest achievements:
Gaston Lagaffe (sample)
Les Idées Noires (sample)

You could also argue the opposite. Claiming that the political, and social satire, in Asterix, was more developed, more mature, more to the point. Racism and elections, neoliberalism, ecology, obscurantism and manipulation... They are straightforward plot points, getting their own albums. Not to mention all the smaller jabs at political or social issues, in the mere form of throwaway anachronistic winks. The Asterix albums function at more levels than Tintin's adventure (which have only some old japan/china politics, and some commentary on anti-gypsy prejudice). I'd say that Tintin are enjoyed by kids and adults at the same level, while Asterix albums are read very differently by them.

Also the Asterix albums can be genuinely touching, through their cartoonesque disputes and innocent reconciliations. Or through the druid's melancholic anticipation of our epoch.

I don't mean to hierarchize them (I'm more of a tintinologist, and I'd rate Franquin above every other), but don't underestimate the depth of Asterix, which makes them something very different from Tintin or Lucky Luke. Or even Spirou for that matter.

The Asterix comics are pretty well-know here! The games, not so much. I do remember playing one which was like a boardgame; the board was divided into sections, each representing one povince of the Roman Empire. You had to "travel" through the board, passing a series of trials (minigames) and answering historical/geographical questions to collect trophies.