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The Witcher on Netflix prompts hundreds of thousands of fans to return to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (92k concurrent today on Steam)
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Yes! The callback in Blood and Wine is especially magical.
This is unsurprising and well deserved to be honest, I love the universe the books and games are set in, and it's one I love returning to it.
I honestly wish we could see a remake of the 1st 2 games.. or at least the first game. Please based bluepoint
I finished playing Hearts of Stone recently because of anticipation to the series.
I will probably play Blood and Wine soon since I got pumped again. Was going to wait until next year.
I will probably play Blood and Wine soon since I got pumped again. Was going to wait until next year.
For those on the fence, Blood and Wine is better than most full price game released since, and if you've played to the point of only having B&W (make great speakers) left to do, then you really have no excuse :p
Indeed, and it looks sublime. The colour palette is delicious.
Yup, it's a stunning expansion and possibly one of the best concluding chapters of a game series I've ever come across.
The story doesn't match Hearts of Stone for me, overall, but the setting is fresh enough and it has what I would consider a near perfect ending to go out on.
That's episode actually covers part of the events in Witcher 1. I think it was during the intro when you did that in Witcher 1.
She sacrifices this for power, but like humans in general....she wants more...she has desired to be the most beautiful powerful sorceress she can be at any cost..she then decides that she want's what she gave up, and was taken from her. Who has the right to say she can't have this, even if it was her choice initially.... that's how I believe she feels.
I played this along with AC Odyssey and RDR2. It's the best out of the three ride-a-fucking-horse-from-point-A-to-B-for-80%-of-the-game game.
I've casually been playing through my New Game+ save since 2017 after pouring 200+ hours into the game + DLC initially. Went back because of the show for the first time since this past Summer and was pleasantly surprised to see several people on my PSN friends list playing as well.
I'm right at the end of the main story. Some holiday Hearts of Stone is sounding real nice.
I'm right at the end of the main story. Some holiday Hearts of Stone is sounding real nice.
I lost my save after 100+ hours and having finished Hearts of Stone years ago. Never got around to Blood and Wine due to that.
But between the show and the comments here, it's probably time to make a new save and do it all over again.
But between the show and the comments here, it's probably time to make a new save and do it all over again.
I just finished downloading it a few hours ago XD.
Thought I'd give it another go, I just wish the gameplay was much better, such a huge chunk of the game is pretty mediocre, movement, control of the character and more importantly the combat, means that about 10-12 hours in it becomes a chore to playthrough since you're in combat for a good majority of the missions.
But I love everything else though, the world/story/characters, and although that stuff isn't enough to carry a game if the gameplay isn't something I enjoy, I thought I should at least give it another go, the hype pretty much got to me after watching the show.
Thought I'd give it another go, I just wish the gameplay was much better, such a huge chunk of the game is pretty mediocre, movement, control of the character and more importantly the combat, means that about 10-12 hours in it becomes a chore to playthrough since you're in combat for a good majority of the missions.
But I love everything else though, the world/story/characters, and although that stuff isn't enough to carry a game if the gameplay isn't something I enjoy, I thought I should at least give it another go, the hype pretty much got to me after watching the show.
Witcher 3 DLC is best DLC ever.
Blood and Wine is brilliant, took me easily 30 hours and didn't even do everything (the grind for ultimate gear was too much). But Heart of Stone while not offering new areas per se was perhaps even better. Story wise its the best piece of content this game offers.
Blood and Wine is brilliant, took me easily 30 hours and didn't even do everything (the grind for ultimate gear was too much). But Heart of Stone while not offering new areas per se was perhaps even better. Story wise its the best piece of content this game offers.
Yep but IIRC the GOTY tends to be for less when it's on sale.
The game let's you start the expansions right away if you want. Without playing the main game.
True, but I've heard the ending takes choices you made during the main game into account. Even if they are just 5 second scenes, I don't feel like missing out, you know? :)
I played the main Witcher 3 campaign back when it came out, not really interested in going back to that again. But I'm interested in the DLC which I never got to. How is playing the DLC handled? Do I need to load up an old save file? Can I just play both DLCs fresh?
You can start a 'DLC'-only save iirc that gets you up to the required level. They are both stand-alone stories, but I would suggest playing Blood & Wine last since it really bookends the game and has some callbacks to Hearts of Stone. Blood & Wine takes place in Toussaint, which is pretty much it's own area (just as Skellige); they actually use an updated version of the engine when you play it. But HoS is one of my favorite pieces of gaming content ever; the main quest might be my favorite part of the whole TW3 package.
Wait a sec the saves from the normal version of Witcher 3 isn't compatible with the Complete Edition? Wtf....
I guess I have to start all over again.... might be a good excuse tbh lol
I guess I have to start all over again.... might be a good excuse tbh lol
About how I felt, I wish Geralt didn't control like a drunkard. Tempted to redownload too though lol
Honestly it really bums me out that they never implemented HDR on PC.
That's one of my favorite parts!
That's one of my favorite parts!
Can you get a high level DLC only save and then use that to do the main story?
I also never finished it. I remember talking to a vampire who was and old aquintee of Geralt and chasing after a princess or something. It wasn't bad it was just all rather slow paced, just a tad more than I had patience for.
The first game is really good, tho. Better than Witcher 2 and in some aspects even Witcher 3 IMO.
Yay, another nonsensical comparison to a game of a completely different genre and format.
Can you get a high level DLC only save and then use that to do the main story?
I believe if you choose to play 'Blood & Wine only" you cannot play the main game. This will also impact how some events play out I think (since in B&W it uses some choices you made during the main game)
Dammit.
Then I have to play the whole game for a third time. Here we go.
I'm guilty of that. Last time I played was 2017 and now I'll be having my third play through with visual mods
Is there an option to play the expansions without a save on the PC version like with the Switch version? Picked the game up for the Switch but I love it so fucking much I want to experience the expansions in its full glory on PC, unfortunately already too deep in the main game to start over on PC.
