CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, announce the release date of Hearts of Stone, the first expansion to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Step again into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, this time hired to defeat a ruthless bandit captain, Olgierd von Everec, a man who possesses the power of immortality. The expansion lets you choose your own way through an adventure that includes recruiting a crew of break-in artists, spending a night partying with a ghost and outsmarting the most bizarre creatures Geralt has ever faced.
Launching October 13th, 2015, Hearts of Stone packs over 10 hours of new adventures and introduces new characters, powerful monsters, unique romance, and a brand new storyline shaped by gamer choices. The expansion also introduces a brand new system of Runewords that significantly affects gameplay. Each Runeword will impact a different aspect of in-game mechanics and will allow the players to experiment with various strategies and tactics.
Along with the digital release, gamers will also be able to purchase a special, limited boxed edition of Hearts of Stone (SRP $19.99/19.99€) available at selected retailers worldwide. The box contains a digital download code for the expansion, two masterfully crafted physical decks of Gwent, the card game set in the world of The Witcher, and a detailed manual explaining the rules. With two unique sets of cards, Monsters and Scoia’tael, ready to go, players can now engage in tactical combat on a grand scale outside of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt!
The studio launched a special initiative for owners of the digital Expansion Pass that will enable them to purchase the cards separately. All information about the initiative can be found at redeemgwent.com.
@ghosts4ever: I'm glad I'm not the only one although I completed everything in the game.
Not stoked about it in the slightest. Repetitive sidequests are repetitive sidequests. Terrible controls are terrible. Broken combat is broken. Laggy UI is laggy.
I'll wait to hear reviews and a price drop for both expansions. The base game was pretty great, though I'm not sure how much more of the side content I want to do, it took me 96 hours to beat the main storyline, and I lost the desire to explore more after (same with all open world games I've played sadly). Hopefully this renews my wants, because the game was very good.
Hard to tell much from the teaser. But I'm looking forward to some more Witcher 3 content, so I will probably end up getting the expansion pass at some point. May also try and pick up the physical copy. The two Gwent decks are a nice perk. I'm guessing (hoping) the other two factions will end up in the second expansion down the road.
It would also be nice if CDPR would come out with some kind of online Qwent game to play with friends. My daughter loves the game.
It's a great game but I hope they don't fill the expansions with 25 billion 'points of interest' all over the map as though they think you're so stupid you'll get bored if you go like 5 seconds without 20 things to do.
They create this amazing world then seem to think it's no fun to explore unless they riddle it with 'stuff'. Just FYI this complaint is about all modern open world RPG's. DAI is even worse for this shit.
Hearts of Stone is the first official expansion pack for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- an award-winning role-playing game set in a vast fantasy open world. Some monsters are born, others are made. Hired by the Merchant of Mirrors, Geralt is tasked with overcoming Olgierd von Everec -- a ruthless bandit captain enchanted with the power of immortality. Step again into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, this time hired to defeat a ruthless bandit captain, Olgierd von Everec, a man who possesses the power of immortality. This expansion to “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” packs over 10 hours of new adventures, introducing new characters, powerful monsters, unique romance and a brand new storyline shaped by your choices.
Defeat your foes using a variety of new weapons and enchanted artifacts.
Level up even further by fulfilling new monster contracts and battling unique enemies.
Enjoy some leisure time playing with new gwent cards, or engage in a new romantic relationship.
Fulfill a contract for the soul-stealing Merchant of Mirrors, a mysterious traveller who helped you find Yennefer.
Fulfill three impossible tasks to defeat Olgierd, a ruthless bandit captain under an immortality spell.
Choose your own way through an adventure that includes recruiting a crew of break-in artists, spending a night partying with a ghost and outsmarting the most bizarre creatures Geralt has ever faced.
source: gog.com
@Salt_The_Fries said:
@ghosts4ever: I'm glad I'm not the only one although I completed everything in the game.
Not stoked about it in the slightest. Repetitive sidequests are repetitive sidequests. Terrible controls are terrible. Broken combat is broken. Laggy UI is laggy.
What the hell kinda game were you playing? cause that doesnt sound like the witcher 3 to me.
Hearts of Stone is the first official expansion pack for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- an award-winning role-playing game set in a vast fantasy open world. Some monsters are born, others are made. Hired by the Merchant of Mirrors, Geralt is tasked with overcoming Olgierd von Everec -- a ruthless bandit captain enchanted with the power of immortality. Step again into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, this time hired to defeat a ruthless bandit captain, Olgierd von Everec, a man who possesses the power of immortality. This expansion to “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” packs over 10 hours of new adventures, introducing new characters, powerful monsters, unique romance and a brand new storyline shaped by your choices.
Defeat your foes using a variety of new weapons and enchanted artifacts.
Level up even further by fulfilling new monster contracts and battling unique enemies.
Enjoy some leisure time playing with new gwent cards, or engage in a new romantic relationship.
Fulfill a contract for the soul-stealing Merchant of Mirrors, a mysterious traveller who helped you find Yennefer.
Fulfill three impossible tasks to defeat Olgierd, a ruthless bandit captain under an immortality spell.
Choose your own way through an adventure that includes recruiting a crew of break-in artists, spending a night partying with a ghost and outsmarting the most bizarre creatures Geralt has ever faced.
source: gog.com
@Salt_The_Fries said:
@ghosts4ever: I'm glad I'm not the only one although I completed everything in the game.
Not stoked about it in the slightest. Repetitive sidequests are repetitive sidequests. Terrible controls are terrible. Broken combat is broken. Laggy UI is laggy.
What the hell kinda game were you playing? cause that doesnt sound like the witcher 3 to me.
Hearts of Stone is the first official expansion pack for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- an award-winning role-playing game set in a vast fantasy open world. Some monsters are born, others are made. Hired by the Merchant of Mirrors, Geralt is tasked with overcoming Olgierd von Everec -- a ruthless bandit captain enchanted with the power of immortality. Step again into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, this time hired to defeat a ruthless bandit captain, Olgierd von Everec, a man who possesses the power of immortality. This expansion to “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” packs over 10 hours of new adventures, introducing new characters, powerful monsters, unique romance and a brand new storyline shaped by your choices.
Defeat your foes using a variety of new weapons and enchanted artifacts.
Level up even further by fulfilling new monster contracts and battling unique enemies.
Enjoy some leisure time playing with new gwent cards, or engage in a new romantic relationship.
Fulfill a contract for the soul-stealing Merchant of Mirrors, a mysterious traveller who helped you find Yennefer.
Fulfill three impossible tasks to defeat Olgierd, a ruthless bandit captain under an immortality spell.
Choose your own way through an adventure that includes recruiting a crew of break-in artists, spending a night partying with a ghost and outsmarting the most bizarre creatures Geralt has ever faced.
source: gog.com
@Salt_The_Fries said:
@ghosts4ever: I'm glad I'm not the only one although I completed everything in the game.
Not stoked about it in the slightest. Repetitive sidequests are repetitive sidequests. Terrible controls are terrible. Broken combat is broken. Laggy UI is laggy.
What the hell kinda game were you playing? cause that doesnt sound like the witcher 3 to me.
Hearts of Stone is the first official expansion pack for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- an award-winning role-playing game set in a vast fantasy open world. Some monsters are born, others are made. Hired by the Merchant of Mirrors, Geralt is tasked with overcoming Olgierd von Everec -- a ruthless bandit captain enchanted with the power of immortality. Step again into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, this time hired to defeat a ruthless bandit captain, Olgierd von Everec, a man who possesses the power of immortality. This expansion to “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” packs over 10 hours of new adventures, introducing new characters, powerful monsters, unique romance and a brand new storyline shaped by your choices.
Defeat your foes using a variety of new weapons and enchanted artifacts.
Level up even further by fulfilling new monster contracts and battling unique enemies.
Enjoy some leisure time playing with new gwent cards, or engage in a new romantic relationship.
Fulfill a contract for the soul-stealing Merchant of Mirrors, a mysterious traveller who helped you find Yennefer.
Fulfill three impossible tasks to defeat Olgierd, a ruthless bandit captain under an immortality spell.
Choose your own way through an adventure that includes recruiting a crew of break-in artists, spending a night partying with a ghost and outsmarting the most bizarre creatures Geralt has ever faced.
source: gog.com
@Salt_The_Fries said:
@ghosts4ever: I'm glad I'm not the only one although I completed everything in the game.
Not stoked about it in the slightest. Repetitive sidequests are repetitive sidequests. Terrible controls are terrible. Broken combat is broken. Laggy UI is laggy.
What the hell kinda game were you playing? cause that doesnt sound like the witcher 3 to me.
needed more guns - new enough pew pew
Sorry for having standards.
Oh and by the way
Sounds like nit picking than standards but thats like your opinion man
Hearts of Stone is the first official expansion pack for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- an award-winning role-playing game set in a vast fantasy open world. Some monsters are born, others are made. Hired by the Merchant of Mirrors, Geralt is tasked with overcoming Olgierd von Everec -- a ruthless bandit captain enchanted with the power of immortality. Step again into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, this time hired to defeat a ruthless bandit captain, Olgierd von Everec, a man who possesses the power of immortality. This expansion to “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” packs over 10 hours of new adventures, introducing new characters, powerful monsters, unique romance and a brand new storyline shaped by your choices.
Defeat your foes using a variety of new weapons and enchanted artifacts.
Level up even further by fulfilling new monster contracts and battling unique enemies.
Enjoy some leisure time playing with new gwent cards, or engage in a new romantic relationship.
Fulfill a contract for the soul-stealing Merchant of Mirrors, a mysterious traveller who helped you find Yennefer.
Fulfill three impossible tasks to defeat Olgierd, a ruthless bandit captain under an immortality spell.
Choose your own way through an adventure that includes recruiting a crew of break-in artists, spending a night partying with a ghost and outsmarting the most bizarre creatures Geralt has ever faced.
source: gog.com
@Salt_The_Fries said:
@ghosts4ever: I'm glad I'm not the only one although I completed everything in the game.
Not stoked about it in the slightest. Repetitive sidequests are repetitive sidequests. Terrible controls are terrible. Broken combat is broken. Laggy UI is laggy.
What the hell kinda game were you playing? cause that doesnt sound like the witcher 3 to me.
needed more guns - new enough pew pew
Sorry for having standards.
Oh and by the way
Sounds like nit picking than standards but thats like your opinion man
Rare dips to 20fps and some settings on medium you mean?
If you actually played games you wouldn't have to spend time getting thousands of post on at least two separate accounts.
I've disabled motion blur, kept blur and the game runs noticeably better now. Cutscenes also run great and dip rarely, when before they rarely ran smoothly.
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