<s>
Expeditions	B-Application
:	I-Application
Rome	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Danish	O
developer	O
Logic	O
Artists	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
THQ	O
Nordic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Expeditions	B-Application
series	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
Expeditions	B-Application
:	I-Application
Conquistador	I-Application
and	O
Expeditions	B-Application
:	O
Viking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
split	O
into	O
two	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
battle	O
systems	O
:	O
legionary	O
battles	O
and	O
story	O
missions	O
that	O
generally	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
turn-based	B-Application
combat	I-Application
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Expeditions	B-Application
:	I-Application
Rome	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
an	O
unnamed	O
legate	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
years	O
of	O
the	O
Roman	O
Republic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucullus	O
is	O
a	O
family	O
friend	O
and	O
gives	O
the	O
player	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
legion	O
-	O
which	O
they	O
then	O
take	O
command	O
of	O
in	O
campaigns	O
across	O
regions	O
in	O
Asia-Minor	O
,	O
Africa	O
,	O
and	O
Gaul	B-Application
,	O
all	O
while	O
seeking	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
murderers	O
and	O
attain	O
justice	O
for	O
their	O
crime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expeditions	B-Application
:	I-Application
Rome	I-Application
entered	O
pre-production	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Expeditions	B-Application
:	O
Viking	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
THQ	O
Nordic	O
acquired	O
the	O
Expeditions	B-Application
Series	O
intellectual	O
property	O
(	O
IP	O
)	O
in	O
November	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Logic	O
Artists	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
on-hold	O
title	O
Divinity	O
:	O
Fallen	O
Heroes	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
taken	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
universe	O
as	O
Divinity	B-Application
:	I-Application
Original	I-Application
Sin	I-Application
II	I-Application
;	O
because	O
of	O
this	O
experience	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
experience	O
working	O
with	O
Larian	O
Studios	O
in	O
their	O
CRPG-style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Expeditions	B-Application
:	I-Application
Rome	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
founders	O
of	O
Logic	O
Artists	O
were	O
creating	O
a	O
new	O
studio	O
dedicated	O
to	O
NFT	B-Protocol
gaming	I-Protocol
and	O
were	O
winding	O
down	O
the	O
studio	O
to	O
support	O
this	O
endeavor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
concerns	O
cropped	O
up	O
from	O
players	O
about	O
what	O
this	O
meant	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
Expeditions	B-Application
:	I-Application
Rome	I-Application
development	O
,	O
publisher	O
THQ	O
Nordic	O
released	O
a	O
statement	O
that	O
there	O
would	O
be	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
DLC	B-Protocol
pack	O
coming	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Logic	O
Artists	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
maintain	O
additional	O
support	O
for	O
any	O
technical	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
or	O
its	O
DLC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
THQ	O
Nordic	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
Expeditions	B-Application
:	I-Application
Rome	I-Application
"	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
NFT	O
and	O
has	O
no	O
links	O
to	O
the	O
blockchain.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Expeditions	B-Application
:	I-Application
Rome	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
