<s>
Thronebreaker	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Witcher	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
CD	O
Projekt	O
Red	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Witcher	I-Application
video	O
game	O
franchise	O
,	O
and	O
acts	O
as	O
the	O
standalone	O
single-player	O
component	O
for	O
Gwent	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Witcher	I-Application
Card	I-Application
Game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thronebreaker	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2018	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
on	O
4	O
December	O
2018	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
in	O
January	O
2020	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
July	O
2020	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
released	O
on	O
17	O
June	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Thronebreaker	B-Application
's	O
30-hour-long	O
campaign	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
control	O
of	O
Queen	O
Meve	O
,	O
the	O
ruler	O
of	O
Lyria	O
and	O
Rivia	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
events	O
that	O
precede	O
The	B-Application
Witcher	I-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
world	O
consists	O
of	O
five	O
regions	O
never	O
explored	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Witcher	I-Application
franchise	O
before	O
:	O
Rivia	O
,	O
Lyria	O
,	O
Angren	O
,	O
Mahakam	O
and	O
Lower	O
Aedirn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exploration	O
happens	O
across	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
large	O
maps	O
with	O
an	O
isometric	O
perspective	O
similar	O
to	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Queen	O
Meve	O
's	O
army	O
is	O
represented	O
by	O
a	O
customizable	O
deck	O
of	O
cards	O
and	O
combat	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
matches	O
similar	O
to	O
"	O
Gwent	B-Application
"	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
differences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
the	O
fantasy	O
world	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Witcher	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
entirely	O
within	O
the	O
Continent	O
,	O
a	O
northern	O
region	O
in	O
the	O
setting	O
based	O
on	O
Slavonic	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Mahakam	O
,	O
Meve	O
encounters	O
the	O
Dwarf	O
explorer	O
Gabor	O
Zigrin	O
(	O
Gordon	O
Cooper	O
)	O
and	O
gnomish	B-Application
inventor	O
Barnabas	O
Beckenbauer	O
(	O
Matthew	O
Gravelle	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
battle	O
,	O
Meve	O
receives	O
the	O
unexpected	O
help	O
of	O
the	B-Application
witcher	I-Application
Geralt	O
(	O
Doug	O
Cockle	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
also	O
been	O
attempting	O
to	O
find	O
an	O
escape	O
from	O
the	O
swamps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thronebreaker	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
single-player	O
campaign	O
expansion	O
for	O
Gwent	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Witcher	I-Application
Card	I-Application
Game	I-Application
,	O
but	O
repurposed	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
game	O
in	O
August	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
23	O
October	O
2018	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
on	O
4	O
December	O
2018	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
28	O
January	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
9	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
originally	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
later	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
An	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
was	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
later	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
actual	O
release	O
was	O
pushed	O
to	O
June	O
17	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thronebreaker	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Witcher	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
