<s>
Praetorians	B-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Pyro	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Julius	O
Caesar	O
's	O
historical	O
campaigns	O
in	O
Gaul	B-Application
and	O
Britain	O
,	O
Crassus	O
 '	O
battles	O
in	O
Parthia	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Caesar	O
's	O
Civil	O
War	O
during	O
the	O
1st	O
century	O
BC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
either	O
the	O
Roman	O
Republic	O
,	O
the	O
Ptolemaic	O
Kingdom	O
(	O
inaccurately	O
represented	O
as	O
the	O
New	O
Kingdom	O
of	O
Egypt	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
generic	O
barbarian	B-Application
tribe	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Helvetii	O
,	O
Gauls	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Celts	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
titles	O
,	O
Praetorians	B-Application
focuses	O
on	O
military	O
strategy	O
and	O
tactics	O
rather	O
than	O
building	O
or	O
resource	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Roman	O
civilizations	O
can	O
field	O
Gladiators	O
–	O
infantrymen	O
that	O
are	O
hand-to-hand	O
specialists	O
–	O
who	O
also	O
carry	O
a	O
dragnet	O
which	O
they	O
can	O
use	O
to	O
temporarily	O
immobilise	O
enemy	O
troops	O
,	O
rendering	O
them	O
completely	O
defenceless	O
;	O
Barbarian	B-Application
tribes	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
German	O
Cavalry	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
the	O
only	O
cavalry	O
unit	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
can	O
travel	O
in	O
forests	O
and	O
who	O
also	O
have	O
a	O
devastating	O
charge	O
;	O
and	O
Egyptian	O
civilizations	O
can	O
recruit	O
specialist	O
archers	O
from	O
Nubia	O
who	O
can	O
fire	O
poison	O
arrows	O
that	O
steadily	O
drain	O
the	O
health	O
points	O
of	O
enemy	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Praetorians	B-Application
differs	O
from	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
its	O
genre	O
in	O
that	O
resources	O
do	O
not	O
play	O
a	O
part	O
in	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
most	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
games	O
,	O
items	O
such	O
as	O
wood	O
,	O
food	O
,	O
gold	O
,	O
stone	O
,	O
and	O
glory	O
must	O
be	O
collected	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
spent	O
during	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
troops	O
;	O
in	O
Praetorians	B-Application
,	O
the	O
only	O
resource	O
you	O
need	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
recruit	O
stronger	O
soldiers	O
are	O
honour	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Praetorians	B-Application
features	O
three	O
game	O
modes	O
:	O
Skirmish	O
,	O
Campaign	O
,	O
and	O
Multiplayer	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Skirmish	O
functions	O
can	O
be	O
chosen	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
first	O
chooses	O
a	O
difficulty	O
level	O
(	O
easy	O
,	O
medium	O
,	O
or	O
hard	O
)	O
,	O
then	O
up	O
to	O
one	O
character	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
seven	O
AI	B-Application
players	I-Application
,	O
controlled	O
by	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
can	O
be	O
Roman	O
,	O
Egyptian	O
or	O
an	O
anonymous	O
barbarian	B-Application
tribe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
may	O
participate	O
as	O
Julius	O
Caesar	O
commanding	O
forces	O
of	O
varying	O
sizes	O
against	O
various	O
hostile	O
tribes	O
of	O
barbarian	B-Application
,	O
Egyptian	O
and	O
,	O
nearer	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Roman	O
origin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
section	O
involves	O
leading	O
Caesar	O
's	O
new	O
legions	O
to	O
Gaul	B-Application
to	O
investigate	O
the	O
recent	O
surge	O
of	O
bandit	O
attacks	O
in	O
Aeduii	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
GameSpy	O
Arcade	O
no	O
longer	O
offers	O
support	O
for	O
Praetorians	B-Application
game	O
,	O
since	O
they	O
have	O
closed	O
many	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
download	O
and	O
use	O
GameRanger	O
,	O
which	O
offers	O
support	O
for	O
Praetorians	B-Application
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
an	O
unofficial	O
map	O
editor	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
game	O
Praetorians	B-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
map	O
editor	O
is	O
programmed	O
in	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
uses	O
the	O
OpenGL	B-Application
computer	O
graphics	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
GameSpy	O
servers	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
thus	O
ending	O
the	O
official	O
multiplayer	O
for	O
Praetorians	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
unofficial	O
third-party	O
clients	O
to	O
run	O
and	O
maintain	O
servers	O
for	O
Praetorians	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Praetorians	B-Application
sold	O
roughly	O
20,000	O
units	O
during	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
German	O
market	O
,	O
Praetorians	B-Application
debuted	O
in	O
third	O
place	O
for	O
March	O
2003	O
on	O
Media	O
Control	O
's	O
sales	O
charts	O
for	O
full-price	O
computer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
noted	O
in	O
its	O
preview	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
A	O
healthy	O
mixture	O
of	O
Medieval	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
WarCraft	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
HobbyConsolas	O
named	O
Praetorians	B-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Spanish	O
games	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Torus	O
Games	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
