<s>
Hegemony	B-Application
Rome	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Rise	I-Application
of	I-Application
Caesar	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2014	O
historical	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Longbow	O
Digital	O
Arts	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Kasedo	O
Games	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
2010	O
prequel	O
Hegemony	B-Application
Gold	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ancient	I-Application
Greece	I-Application
,	O
it	O
combines	O
tactical	B-Application
real-time	I-Application
battles	I-Application
and	O
strategic	O
empire	B-Application
management	I-Application
while	O
focusing	O
on	O
logistics	O
and	O
planning	O
of	O
military	O
campaigns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hegemony	B-Application
Rome	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
period	O
of	O
the	O
Gallic	O
Wars	O
during	O
the	O
campaigns	O
of	O
Julius	O
Caesar	O
,	O
proconsul	O
of	O
Gaul	B-Application
and	O
Illyria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hegemony	B-Application
Rome	O
offers	O
two	O
principal	O
single-player	O
game	O
modes	O
:	O
a	O
campaign	O
mode	O
and	O
a	O
sandbox	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sandbox	O
mode	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
the	O
freedom	O
to	O
conquer	O
Southern	O
Britain	O
,	O
the	O
Alps	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
entirety	O
of	O
Gaul	B-Application
in	O
any	O
fashion	O
they	O
choose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
DLCs	B-Protocol
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Bannerman	O
Pack	O
:	O
A	O
free	O
DLC	B-Protocol
which	O
adds	O
four	O
new	O
animated	O
units	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Advanced	O
Tactics	O
Pack	O
:	O
The	O
first	O
paid	O
DLC	B-Protocol
comprises	O
six	O
new	O
mercenary	O
units	O
–	O
Kush	O
Archer	O
,	O
Parthian	O
Cataphrats	O
and	O
Horse	O
Archers	O
,	O
Berber	O
Javelineer	O
,	O
Naked	O
Skirmishers	O
,	O
and	O
Gallic	O
Ambushers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mercenaries	O
Pack	O
:	O
The	O
second	O
paid	O
DLC	B-Protocol
adds	O
another	O
six	O
special	O
mercenary	O
units	O
–	O
Garamante	O
spearmen	O
,	O
Dacian	O
swordsmen	O
,	O
Sarmatian	O
lancers	O
,	O
Thracian	O
peltasts	O
,	O
Iberian	O
swordsmen	O
,	O
and	O
Suioni	O
raiding	O
ships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hegemony	B-Application
Rome	O
was	O
viewed	O
as	O
a	O
less	O
sophisticated	O
successor	O
to	O
Hegemony	B-Application
Gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strategy	O
Gamer	O
rated	O
it	O
6/10	O
,	O
noting	O
"	O
There	O
is	O
much	O
to	O
be	O
said	O
for	O
Hegemony	B-Application
Rome	O
,	O
and	O
sometimes	O
simple	O
problems	O
do	O
become	O
more	O
interesting	O
if	O
taken	O
to	O
a	O
larger	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hooked	O
Gamers	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
much	O
more	O
positively	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
82%	O
:	O
"	O
[	O
Hegemony	B-Application
Rome ]	O
throws	O
out	O
pretty	O
much	O
everything	O
you	O
thought	O
you	O
knew	O
about	O
Real-Time	O
Strategy	O
and	O
then	O
proceeds	O
to	O
-	O
successfully	O
-	O
reinvent	O
the	O
genre	O
altogether.	O
"	O
</s>
