<s>
Alexander	B-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
GSC	O
Game	O
World	O
(	O
creators	O
of	O
Cossacks	B-Application
:	I-Application
European	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
and	O
Cossacks	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Napoleonic	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
)	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
2004	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alexanders	B-Application
gameplay	O
shares	O
several	O
similarities	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
Cossacks	B-Application
series	O
,	O
with	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
series	I-Application
and	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mythology	I-Application
visible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
first	O
playthrough	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
only	O
play	O
as	O
Alexander	B-Application
,	O
but	O
after	O
beating	O
the	O
game	O
players	O
can	O
play	O
campaigns	O
as	O
Egypt	O
,	O
Persia	O
and	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alexander	B-Application
also	O
featured	O
a	O
"	O
skirmish	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
and	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alexander	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
earning	O
a	O
56	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
from	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
"	O
Poor	O
"	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
pretty	O
history	O
hack	O
with	O
crummy	O
controls	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
finding	O
that	O
its	O
"	O
Skirmish	O
"	O
mode	O
was	O
nearly	O
unplayable	O
due	O
to	O
lag	B-Application
.	O
</s>
