The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has received critical acclaim since its 2015 debut and its expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine matched the main game's positive reception. Nikich340's "A Night to Remember" mod has reached nearly 4000 unique downloads and nearly 40,000 views since its release on April 4th. Most companies would see The Witcher 3 as reason to do a half dozen more, to get the factory rolling on a sequel immediately regardless of whether the plan originally called for a stop.A new quest to The Witcher 3's Blood and Wine expansion has been added through a mod that continues Orianna's story. For CD Projekt to let that go? To let Geralt go quietly into the night for a well-earned respite? That takes guts, especially in 2016 when every game is franchised to death. The Witcher 3 is the most successful game in the series, both critically and commercially. If it ends here? What a remarkable way to go out.
It’s got great boss battles and court intrigue and features the return of some dear old friends.Īnd it’s a bold move by CD Projekt. It’s quieter, more reflective, reminiscent at times of the drinking-at-Kaer-Morhen scene in Witcher 3 proper. It’s more humorous than the base game, filled with clever quips and some silly pop culture references (like a fieldhand singing Simon and Garfunkel). It’s the story of how Geralt goes from tracking Ciri to the semi-retired state shown in The Witcher 3’s post-credits slideshow. So Blood and Wine is a bittersweet victory lap. It’s Jim Croce’s “Time in a Bottle” coming on the radio, or maybe Springsteen’s “Glory Days.” It’s ostensibly the end of Geralt’s tale, his last outing before he hangs up his silver and steel swords and retires, his “I’m too old for this” moment. More important, I think, is what Blood and Wine means for Geralt and for longtime fans. Saying Blood and Wine never quite lives up to its predecessor, Hearts of Stone, is like complaining your second-favorite meal didn’t live up to the first.
On some level, it’s because I expected nothing less-surely, at this point, an “It’s quite good” review for The Witcher 3 is rote.
It’s enormous, and that alone would probably be enough to entice people.īut I find myself uninterested in writing the standard breakdown of component parts for Blood and Wine.
Blood and Wine consists of a new main quest, new secondary quests, new Witcher Contracts, a whole damn map to explore.
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