<s>
The	B-Application
Bard	I-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
IV	I-Application
:	I-Application
Barrows	I-Application
Deep	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2018	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
inXile	O
Entertainment	O
as	O
a	O
continuation	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Bard	I-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
trilogy	O
from	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magic-users	O
and	O
non-humans	O
such	O
as	O
dwarves	O
,	O
elves	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
goblinoid	O
trow	O
are	O
now	O
persecuted	O
even	O
though	O
some	O
still	O
live	O
among	O
humans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Adventurer	O
's	O
Guild	O
is	O
overrun	O
,	O
Rabbie	O
leads	O
the	O
player	O
through	O
an	O
escape	O
tunnel	O
to	O
Skara	O
Brae	O
Below	O
,	O
the	O
ruins	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
Skara	O
Brae	O
(	O
destroyed	O
just	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Bard	B-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
III	I-Application
)	O
that	O
exist	O
in	O
a	O
giant	O
cave	O
below	O
the	O
new	O
town	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Bard	I-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
IV	I-Application
:	I-Application
Barrows	I-Application
Deep	I-Application
is	O
a	O
party-based	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
with	O
gameplay	O
experienced	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Bard	I-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fantasy	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
established	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
inXile	O
Entertainment	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
a	O
spin-off	B-Application
game	I-Application
to	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
Brian	O
Fargo	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
inXile	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
develop	O
The	B-Application
Bard	I-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fargo	O
's	O
vision	O
was	O
to	O
a	O
create	O
a	O
true	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
trilogy	O
of	O
Bard	B-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
studio	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
launch	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
to	O
crowdfund	O
development	O
costs	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Bard	I-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
InXile	O
had	O
previously	O
used	O
Kickstarter	O
to	O
successfully	O
crowdfund	O
previous	O
projects	O
—	O
Wasteland	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Torment	B-Application
:	I-Application
Tides	I-Application
of	I-Application
Numenera	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Bard	I-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
IV	I-Application
launched	O
on	O
2	O
June	O
2015	O
with	O
a	O
target	O
of	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
will	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
photogrammetry	B-Application
to	O
create	O
textures	O
for	O
3D	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2018	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
new	O
dungeons	O
and	O
quality	O
of	O
life	O
features	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2019	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Existing	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
can	O
upgrade	O
their	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
version	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Bard	I-Application
's	I-Application
Tale	I-Application
IV	I-Application
:	I-Application
Barrows	I-Application
Deep	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
