<s>
Mutant	B-Application
Year	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Eden	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactical	I-Application
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
studio	O
The	O
Bearded	O
Ladies	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Funcom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
Mutant	B-Application
Year	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
December	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
described	O
by	O
publisher	O
Funcom	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
tactical	O
adventure	O
"	O
game	O
,	O
played	O
from	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
perspective	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
alternates	O
between	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
combat	O
and	O
real-time	O
exploration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
players	O
enter	O
combat	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
shifts	O
to	O
a	O
turn-based	O
mode	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Firaxis	O
 '	O
X-COM	B-Application
reboot	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
players	O
finish	O
a	O
turn	O
,	O
enemies	O
controlled	O
by	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
would	O
move	O
and	O
respond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Seed	O
of	O
Evil	O
expansion	O
available	O
as	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
for	O
separate	O
purchase	O
extends	O
the	O
story	O
and	O
play	O
area	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
modify	O
the	O
gameplay	O
significantly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
joined	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
mutant	O
,	O
Big	O
Khan	O
(	O
a	O
humanoid	O
moose	B-Language
)	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
wandering	O
the	O
Zone	O
alone	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
also	O
noticed	O
the	O
new	O
threat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
that	O
moment	O
,	O
a	O
being	O
called	O
Old	O
Jyko	O
contacts	O
them	O
telepathically	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
beckons	O
them	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designer	O
of	O
the	O
Payday	B-Application
franchise	O
,	O
Ulf	O
Andersson	O
,	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
creative	O
consultant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Swedish	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
Mutant	B-Application
Year	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
planned	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
team	O
scrapped	O
the	O
idea	O
because	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
blend	O
well	O
with	O
the	O
turn-based	B-Application
combat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Permadeath	B-Application
and	O
recruitable	O
soldiers	O
were	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
removed	O
as	O
the	O
team	O
believed	O
that	O
this	O
would	O
compromise	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
4	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Pass	I-Application
subscription	O
programme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
version	O
on	O
Switch	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCGamer	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
seemed	O
to	O
appreciate	O
the	O
narrative	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
Mutant	B-Application
Year	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
has	O
a	O
great	O
blend	O
of	O
sardonic	O
humour	O
,	O
grim	O
detail	O
and	O
cartoon	O
excess	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Marchiafava	O
of	O
Game	O
Informer	O
found	O
out	O
that	O
"	O
Mutant	B-Application
Year	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
’s	O
stealth	O
combat	O
steals	O
the	O
show	O
"	O
,	O
seeing	O
"	O
a	O
fair	O
amount	O
of	O
world-building	O
"	O
but	O
"	O
the	O
slow	O
rate	O
of	O
movement	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
minimap	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
pain	O
to	O
thoroughly	O
explore	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IGN	O
reviewer	O
also	O
noted	O
"	O
a	O
ton	O
of	O
world-building	O
"	O
but	O
was	O
disappointed	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
mostly	O
helps	O
advance	O
Mutant	B-Application
Year	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
’s	O
Horizon	O
:	O
Zero	O
Dawn-style	O
unraveling	O
of	O
how	O
humanity	O
destroyed	O
itself	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
nintendolife	O
reviewer	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
claims	O
that	O
"	O
In	O
terms	O
of	O
performance	O
,	O
Mutant	B-Application
Year	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Eden	I-Application
runs	O
very	O
well	O
on	O
Switch	O
both	O
in	O
docked	O
mode	O
and	O
in	O
handheld	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
