<s>
Liberty	B-Application
or	I-Application
Death	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
released	O
by	O
Koei	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liberty	B-Application
or	I-Application
Death	I-Application
is	O
known	O
among	O
players	O
for	O
its	O
thoroughly	O
researched	O
historical	O
detail	O
,	O
great	O
complexity	O
,	O
level	O
of	O
difficulty	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
immense	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
it	O
takes	O
to	O
complete	O
one	O
game	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
experience	O
of	O
other	O
Koei	O
games	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
one-player	O
mode	O
,	O
two-player	O
mode	O
,	O
or	O
zero-player	B-General_Concept
mode	I-General_Concept
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
computer	O
AIs	O
playing	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
interesting	O
facet	O
of	O
Liberty	B-Application
or	I-Application
Death	I-Application
is	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
also	O
Patriot	O
and	O
Loyalist	O
militia	B-Application
regiments	O
and	O
German	O
mercenary	B-Application
regiments	O
,	O
organized	O
and	O
paid	O
for	O
by	O
the	O
Americans	O
and	O
British	O
,	O
respectively	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
fight	O
and	O
collect	O
resources	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
unless	O
they	O
are	O
recruited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
regular	O
commander	O
for	O
their	O
side	O
moves	O
into	O
the	O
district	O
,	O
these	O
militia	B-Application
units	O
will	O
place	O
themselves	O
under	O
his	O
authority	O
if	O
he	O
is	O
of	O
equal	O
or	O
higher	O
rank	O
,	O
swelling	O
his	O
ranks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liberty	B-Application
or	I-Application
Death	I-Application
has	O
been	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
deep	O
level	O
of	O
historical	O
detail	O
and	O
accuracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
mercenaries	B-Application
employed	O
by	O
the	O
British	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Hessians	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
many	O
other	O
European	O
officers	O
Benjamin	O
Franklin	O
and	O
Silas	O
Deane	O
convinced	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
fighting	O
on	O
the	O
American	O
side	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Tadeusz	O
Kościuszko	O
,	O
Gilbert	O
du	O
Motier	O
,	O
marquis	O
de	O
La	O
Fayette	O
,	O
Kazimierz	O
Pułaski	O
,	O
and	O
Friedrich	O
Wilhelm	O
von	O
Steuben	O
are	O
also	O
portrayed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liberty	B-Application
or	I-Application
Death	I-Application
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
from	O
game	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
,	O
Andromeda	O
of	O
GamePro	O
praised	O
the	O
historical	O
accuracy	O
but	O
was	O
reluctant	O
to	O
recommend	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
excessive	O
minutiae	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
concluding	O
,	O
"	O
Despite	O
the	O
more	O
familiar	O
history	O
,	O
Liberty	B-Application
or	I-Application
Death	I-Application
is	O
still	O
probably	O
foreign	O
fare	O
for	O
most	O
gamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePros	O
Bro	O
Buzz	O
declared	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
exactly	O
like	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
more	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
than	O
Andromeda	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
visual	O
interface	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
you	O
must	O
be	O
content	O
with	O
studying	O
changing	O
numbers	O
rather	O
than	O
watching	O
exciting	O
graphics	O
or	O
listening	O
to	O
satisfying	O
sounds.	O
"	O
</s>
