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Posted: 4/9/2016 8:09:06 PM EDT
Heads up, folks. The next big DLC for the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is rumored to be dropping soon.
http://www.breathecast.com/articles/the-witcher-3-blood-and-wine-dlc-release-date-news-rumors-update-to-conclude-geralt-storyline-better-than-main-game-33393/ The release date for the "The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine" DLC is only three weeks away, if the rumors and news reports are to be believed. Meanwhile, a new challenging enemy looms for the fans of the series, which is a departure from the "Wild Hunt." Jakub Szamalek, the senior writer for "The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine," confirmed rumors that the DLC will focus on Geralt. In fact, because they incorporated all the feedback from long-time gamers, the downloadable pack will make the experience better. In an interview with Eurogamer Italy, as shared by Gamespot, Szamalek said that for the DLC, fans can expect to confront a new archenemy in "The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine." "He also mentions that they've created a complex story that they believe players will appreciate," Gamespot added. "Once Blood and Wine is released, Szamalek says it'll be time for him to focus all of his energy on Cyberpunk 2077." Attack of the Fanboy shared rumors about the release date for "The Witcher: Blood and Wine" DLC, which is reported to be on April 26. CD Projekt described "Blood and Wine" as "a 20-hour tale that will introduce the all-new in-game region of Toussaint, and will take Geralt to a land untainted by war, where an atmosphere of carefree indulgence and knightly ritual masks an ancient, bloody secret." On the other hand, principal Czech translator Filip Ženíšek declined to respond to all the rumors about the release date for "The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine" DLC, hinting that he does know, but has to pretend that he doesn't. |
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Damn, I am so ready for this expansion to come out.
I'm guessing they won't, but I'd love it if they set it after the events of the main game as an epilogue of sorts. |
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Vampires. Lots and lots of Vampires. As originally shown in the "A Night to Remember" trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF7kqc7th0A View Quote First time seeing that. Nice. |
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Damn, I am so ready for this expansion to come out. I'm guessing they won't, but I'd love it if they set it after the events of the main game as an epilogue of sorts. View Quote Indeed. I wanna hear the residents of Toussiant occasionally greet Geralt with stuff like "Long live Empress Cirilla" |
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I'll have to learn to play it all over again.
The base game was one of the best I ever played, and the hearts of stone expansion really delivered a whole other fantastic story that could have stood as a separate entry in the series. Needless to say I have high hopes for blood and wine, and don't expect I will be disappointed. |
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It looks like the cover art has finally been released. After playing HofS I can't wait to see how CDPR blows me away again.
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It looks like the cover art has finally been released. After playing HofS I can't wait to see how CDPR blows me away again. Cover Art for Blood and Wine View Quote Looks like Geralt is thinking "You know what, I don't even fucking care." |
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Looks like Geralt is thinking "You know what, I don't even fucking care." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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It looks like the cover art has finally been released. After playing HofS I can't wait to see how CDPR blows me away again. Cover Art for Blood and Wine Looks like Geralt is thinking "You know what, I don't even fucking care." |
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It looks like the cover art has finally been released. After playing HofS I can't wait to see how CDPR blows me away again. Cover Art for Blood and Wine Looks like Geralt is thinking "You know what, I don't even fucking care." https://cdn2.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/002/353/234/large/darek-zabrocki-en-tw3-baw-cover-render-secondary-rgb.jpg?1460654094 I wonder if Fringilla Vigo will make an appearance. |
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I own the first two and never played them except a little of the first near the beginning. Are they really worth it, or should I just skip to 3?
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I own the first two and never played them except a little of the first near the beginning. Are they really worth it, or should I just skip to 3? View Quote I guess it kinda depends on how much you like stories in your game. If the narrative is a big deal to you, you'll be a bit lost because they are all pretty heavily connected. That said, the first game has...not aged well, IMO. Plus, by the third game not many of the choices you make will carry over. So personally, I'd recommend that you just find a synopsis video on YouTube to get the gist of the world and the story. And read THIS primer; it's a decent intro. The second game aged a lot better and is a good enough game to be worth playing in its own right, IMO. A lot of choices you make in that game will have impacts on the 3rd game in some ways, though none are going to effect the ending or anything similarly major. Again however, you could watch a synopsis on YouTube and probably not be totally lost. On the other hand, if you don't care about story and just want to kill some shit, just hop into 3. |
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If you read the books and play the Witcher 2 (and obviously the Witcher 3 ) you'll have a heck of an experience. There are many many references in the TW3 from the books that will go right over your head if you don't know. The books are entertaining too so I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to read them purely for entertainment.
The Witcher 1 is very difficult to get through these days as it indeed has not aged well. It still looks okay and the music is good but other than that it feels so foreign compared to TW2 and TW3. I'd recommend finding a good synopsis for it. TW2 should definitely be played as it has held up extremely well. |
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If you read the books and play the Witcher 2 (and obviously the Witcher 3 ) you'll have a heck of an experience. There are many many references in the TW3 from the books that will go right over your head if you don't know. The books are entertaining too so I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to read them purely for entertainment. The Witcher 1 is very difficult to get through these days as it indeed has not aged well. It still looks okay and the music is good but other than that it feels so foreign compared to TW2 and TW3. I'd recommend finding a good synopsis for it. TW2 should definitely be played as it has held up extremely well. View Quote Assassins of Kings has been added to xbox one, so I'll have to play it some time. I assume this is the first book? |
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Assassins of Kings has been added to xbox one, so I'll have to play it some time. I assume this is the first book? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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If you read the books and play the Witcher 2 (and obviously the Witcher 3 ) you'll have a heck of an experience. There are many many references in the TW3 from the books that will go right over your head if you don't know. The books are entertaining too so I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to read them purely for entertainment. The Witcher 1 is very difficult to get through these days as it indeed has not aged well. It still looks okay and the music is good but other than that it feels so foreign compared to TW2 and TW3. I'd recommend finding a good synopsis for it. TW2 should definitely be played as it has held up extremely well. Assassins of Kings has been added to xbox one, so I'll have to play it some time. I assume this is the first book? Yes. The order is as follows with important notes! 1. The Last Wish 2. The Sword of Destiny - I haven't read this one all the way through yet, I started but got busy. 3. Blood of Elves 4. The Time of Contempt 5. Baptism of Fire 6. The Tower of Swallows - not yet released in the English speaking markets but should be shortly - I bound my own fan translation -> book binding is harder than it sounds. 7. The Lady of the lake - Not yet released in the English speaking market but I purchased a fan translated copy. -> chose not to bind this one |
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Yes. The order is as follows with important notes! 1. The Last Wish 2. The Sword of Destiny - I haven't read this one all the way through yet, I started but got busy. 3. Blood of Elves 4. The Time of Contempt 5. Baptism of Fire 6. The Tower of Swallows - not yet released in the English speaking markets but should be shortly - I bound my own fan translation -> book binding is harder than it sounds. 7. The Lady of the lake - Not yet released in the English speaking market but I purchased a fan translated copy. -> chose not to bind this one View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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If you read the books and play the Witcher 2 (and obviously the Witcher 3 ) you'll have a heck of an experience. There are many many references in the TW3 from the books that will go right over your head if you don't know. The books are entertaining too so I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to read them purely for entertainment. The Witcher 1 is very difficult to get through these days as it indeed has not aged well. It still looks okay and the music is good but other than that it feels so foreign compared to TW2 and TW3. I'd recommend finding a good synopsis for it. TW2 should definitely be played as it has held up extremely well. Assassins of Kings has been added to xbox one, so I'll have to play it some time. I assume this is the first book? Yes. The order is as follows with important notes! 1. The Last Wish 2. The Sword of Destiny - I haven't read this one all the way through yet, I started but got busy. 3. Blood of Elves 4. The Time of Contempt 5. Baptism of Fire 6. The Tower of Swallows - not yet released in the English speaking markets but should be shortly - I bound my own fan translation -> book binding is harder than it sounds. 7. The Lady of the lake - Not yet released in the English speaking market but I purchased a fan translated copy. -> chose not to bind this one Thanks for the info! |
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I own the first two and never played them except a little of the first near the beginning. Are they really worth it, or should I just skip to 3? View Quote I just remembered this recap of the first game that CDproject released back when 2 came out. It's a pretty good summary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB_bHqHzhIA |
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Looks a hell of a lot better than that first DLC.
That was awful |
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Both of you are high. That DLC was good shit. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Looks a hell of a lot better than that first DLC. That was awful It was ok, the wedding part was kinda fun. Both of you are high. That DLC was good shit. Absolutely agreed. The storytelling was phenomenal. |
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Where is the best deal on the DLC? The first DLC alone was worth the cost of the season pass. I barely paid anything for the first DLC. Went on sale, snagged it for like $8, dont remember where though. Hell, it might have been $5, I really dont remember. Steam has it for $8.99 now, I may just wait and get this one on sell lol. |
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I just got a 2.5GB update. It broke my modded install so I'm reinstalling now, and I hope my save files still work.
Also, does anyone know if this will be a midnight release? And when is this DLC supposed to take place? After or before the end of the main game? |
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I just got a 2.5GB update. It broke my modded install so I'm reinstalling now, and I hope my save files still work. Also, does anyone know if this will be a midnight release? And when is this DLC supposed to take place? After or before the end of the main game? View Quote According to some articles I have read, this is meant to be Garelt's final quest. |
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According to some articles I have read, this is meant to be Garelt's final quest. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I just got a 2.5GB update. It broke my modded install so I'm reinstalling now, and I hope my save files still work. Also, does anyone know if this will be a midnight release? And when is this DLC supposed to take place? After or before the end of the main game? According to some articles I have read, this is meant to be Garelt's final quest. I've seen the same. Final quest, probably set sometime after the main game. However, apparently they don't actually specify exactly where in the timeline it is so the exact place in the story is left fuzzy. |
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I played B&W for about an hour last night after it downloaded. I like the stark contrast in landscape between it and the vanilla game... all those hyper saturated colors. I also like that they've found their pun dictionary again.
I'm not sold on the slightly changed UI yet. They didn't move a lot, but they moved enough to notice it. |
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"He's my friend"
That line made me go ?!?!??!?!?!?!??! it can't be! |
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Sapkowski himself was supposedly quoted as saying he wasn't dead, but it was a pleasant surprise!
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I'm somewhat disappointed with the general lack of characters from the main game. I get that they wanted a thematic break with the dreary base game, but not having staples that have been fleshed out over the last several dozen hours like Ciri, Yen, Triss, Roche, etc in favor of an almost entirely new cast of characters, no matter how well done, kinda irks me. This was supposed to be the last romp for Geralt and co., yet he's the only one there. I guess I was hoping for more of a Mass Effect 3 Citadel feel.
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I'm somewhat disappointed with the general lack of characters from the main game. I get that they wanted a thematic break with the dreary base game, but not having staples that have been fleshed out over the last several dozen hours like Ciri, Yen, Triss, Roche, etc in favor of an almost entirely new cast of characters, no matter how well done, kinda irks me. This was supposed to be the last romp for Geralt and co., yet he's the only one there. I guess I was hoping for more of a Mass Effect 3 Citadel feel. I still think it's a fantastic piece of content though. View Quote I read somewhere that some of the main characters (Ciri,Dandelion,Triss etc) will visit at Corvo Bianco. |
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I read somewhere that some of the main characters (Ciri,Dandelion,Triss etc) will visit at Corvo Bianco. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I'm somewhat disappointed with the general lack of characters from the main game. I get that they wanted a thematic break with the dreary base game, but not having staples that have been fleshed out over the last several dozen hours like Ciri, Yen, Triss, Roche, etc in favor of an almost entirely new cast of characters, no matter how well done, kinda irks me. This was supposed to be the last romp for Geralt and co., yet he's the only one there. I guess I was hoping for more of a Mass Effect 3 Citadel feel. I still think it's a fantastic piece of content though. I read somewhere that some of the main characters (Ciri,Dandelion,Triss etc) will visit at Corvo Bianco. Hail Empress Cirilla, Ruler of the North and South, (insert 87 other titles here) |
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I always assume the supporting characters are absent from the DLC package stories because you can play them at any time during the main game, and the main game sees some of them come and go.
I guess I'm taking the main game to be Geralt's last story and these side stories to simply be "things that happened during that story" rather than some sort of additional or "epilogue" story. |
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I'm actually disappointed that Click To View Spoiler
there wasn't a jousting event at the tourney.
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