That’s good to hear! I was immediately drawn into this unexpected Priscilla storyline. Of course it happens right after she and Dandelion have been flirting and, like a schoolboy, he asks me if she’d said anything about him. Grim!
Joachim Von Gratz is a total badass. This dwarf carpenter autopsy scene was some deliciously nasty business… had me thinking of Re-animator and The Silence of the Lambs. I love the grisly detail they come up with for Geralt’s close-up investigations. It’s so well-written.
Carnal Sins is one of my favourite quests, yeah. Such a great atmosphere.
I’m holding out for the GOTY edition, assuming they’re going to enhance something because well it’s CDPR and I’ll be surprised if the GOTY edition is only a repackaging of DLC, but when it’s released I’m starting my second play through.
They have been working for a year on various improvements via incremental patches. GOTY edition might have some further improvements but those will just be another patch. I doubt there will be anything super extensive that isn’t already there.
Wow, Blood and Wine really picked up at the end. For most of it I was thinking, “okay, it’s solid content, a slow burn, but I’m ready to be done with this game.” Great ending.
I just unlocked the entry-point to Blood and Wine… Am I right that the best approach is to finish the main game, then do Hearts of Stone in its entirety, then go to Blood and Wine?
Yes, that’s right.
I played another ending of Blood and Wine and now I’m watching a few on YouTube. Apparently I’ve turned off some sort of UI option that indicates the passage of time (“three days later…”). I had no idea. The transitions made enough sense without it I guess.
Reflecting back on this DLC, I like how they focused on setpiece encounters instead of dumping random combat all over the place. Lots of meaningful miniboss fights. And the new raid system is a fun romp too.
Oh, it’s probably a bad name for it. It’s where you attack those hanses with all the enemies.
Christ I spent the last 3 days in Velen, what a depressing place. Such a total masterpiece the whole Baron/Crone questline is. Just this part I recorded:
So good, such artistry in everything…
And even after 270 hours played, I still enjoy the combat very much:
If only I didn’t have to work tomorrow :(
I think this may be my favourite quest ever :)
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That was about 15 minutes of the most fun I’ve ever had playing a video game. Sooooo funny, especially after having ridden Roach around for 100 hours prior to the quest.
Well, I’m intrigued!
I finally got the master blacksmith all set up in Novigrad and for the past couple nights I’ve been hunting down all the Witcher Gear diagrams I can find. I’m almost ready to sail to Skellige… just want to do a few more Witcher contracts first.
Found a scenic overlook last night, and a bonny lass to share it with.
The stunning nature vistas get most of the credit, but how about the incredible attention to detail in the interiors…
I mean, Christ, I can remember when RPG’s did taverns like this:
I’ll see your fancy graphics based nostalgia and raise you a Crowther and Woods :)
YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING.
AROUND YOU IS A FOREST. A SMALL STREAM FLOWS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND
DOWN A GULLY.
go south
YOU ARE IN A VALLEY IN THE FOREST BESIDE A STREAM TUMBLING ALONG A
ROCKY BED.
I just went to Skellige eventhough in Novigrad I barely just met up with Triss. I like that it is perfectly possible to do these in reverse order. And I love that little detail that when Yennefer tells me I look positively dashing in Wizima, and then wear the same stuff in Skellige at the banquet, she compliments it again :)
Skellige taverns are the best taverns
Also, mountains
75 hours in, this thing is so huge. Going to Skellige early is fun, lot of contract hunts are quite a bit more difficult than I expected :)
