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'Hearts of Stone' Is The Witcher 3's First Expansion

It's coming October 13, and you'll need to be level 30 and above to play through its quests.

Sep. 8 2015

Posted by: Alex

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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my favourite blondie song

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sweet. I would love to play some more witcher.

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It is cool that this is being released relatively shortly after I finished Witcher 3, but now I'm not sure if I'll pull myself away from MGSV to jump back to it. I'll probably just hold off until both expansions are out and jump back in at some point next year. Maybe.

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@hatking said:

It is cool that this is being released relatively shortly after I finished Witcher 3, but now I'm not sure if I'll pull myself away from MGSV to jump back to it. I'll probably just hold off until both expansions are out and jump back in at some point next year. Maybe.

Yah I had the same thought. When I played Witcher 3 I loved it, but the idea of going back to it at this point seems not likely. Like you said, maybe way down the road I'll revisit, for now my Witching days are behind me.

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Cool, now I just need to finish The Witcher 3.

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Shit! I've got to finish MGSV fast so I can go back to the Witcher before this comes out.

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from the title, it would be funny if it was all about gwent.

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Well hopefully they patch some of the quest bugs before releasing this dlc, because i still can't finish the main story.

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Teaser was meh. But still bought the expansion, because witchaaa, and you never not buy anything from CDPR.

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from the title, it would be funny if it was all about gwent.

Hearths of Stone. Brawling in Taverns and playing Gwent.

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This teaser trailer does nothing for me. I'm assuming I'm supposed to be familiar with that other character? Idk. Whatevs.

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Physical release which includes Gwent cards? Now I'm super happy that I didn't just buy the season pass immediately.

Also, yes, the teaser isn't all that great.

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Who's the character that appears at the end of the teaser? He looks very familiar. Does he appear somewhere in the main game?

The teaser was meh, but apparently Shani from the first game makes an appearance in this expansion, and they're introducing a new system called "Runewords" that supposedly affects different aspects of the gameplay. I loved this game, so I'm definitely getting this at some point.

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Oh CD Project RED I love you guys, ZING I guess. :)

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@militantfreudian: Hes the first guy you meet in the pub at the beginning of the game who first tells you about Yennifer. Then mysteriously disappears after you get up from the stool.

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Just bought the season pass despite not being able to play this till Nov

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Teaser was meh. But still bought the expansion, because witchaaa, and you never not buy anything from CDPR.

I got me eye on ye. (farts) Ho ho ho!

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I still haven't finished the main game...

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@gulinotm: Yes! I remember him now. Thank you. Don't remember him disappearing immediately after leaving the conversation, but I remember that he was sort of irritating.

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Great. The prison torture and escape scenes are the best in the witcher and MGS series

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Nice, October is a good time.

Cause it's soon.

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@humanity said:
@hatking said:

It is cool that this is being released relatively shortly after I finished Witcher 3, but now I'm not sure if I'll pull myself away from MGSV to jump back to it. I'll probably just hold off until both expansions are out and jump back in at some point next year. Maybe.

Yah I had the same thought. When I played Witcher 3 I loved it, but the idea of going back to it at this point seems not likely. Like you said, maybe way down the road I'll revisit, for now my Witching days are behind me.

I will definitely replay it but I think I am just going to wait for all the DLC to do a full new game +. That's not a slight to Witcher 3 at all I played it for 130 hours and loved it. I just want to get all the new content in one run with some different choices from Witcher 2 and in the game.

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Yeah the teaser isn't great but I think the face issue old Geralt has is supposed to be a big deal. I heard this will have some new system in the game and I think that's it. I'm excited and have faith in more WItcher 3.

I played most of Witcher 1 and don't remember a ton unfortunately besides the Salamanders and some of the broad strokes.

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In for sure,

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I guess the Shani romance will be a one night stand seeing as the quests are for 30+ level characters. Regardless, I'm really looking forward to more Witcher 3 quests. Personal GOTY for sure.

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@huntad said:

This teaser trailer does nothing for me. I'm assuming I'm supposed to be familiar with that other character? Idk. Whatevs.

It's one of the first characters you meet in the main story. He's in the White Orchard tavern and tells you about Yennefer (and also mentions the Man Of Glass who is one of the main characters in the expansion).

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@huntad said:

This teaser trailer does nothing for me. I'm assuming I'm supposed to be familiar with that other character? Idk. Whatevs.

It's one of the first characters you meet in the main story. He's in the White Orchard tavern and tells you about Yennefer (and also mentions the Man Of Glass who is one of the main characters in the expansion).

Cool, thanks for the info. I had no idea who he was because of the "NPC-face blindness disorder" i have.

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yaaay. it's on my birthday!

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Of course they announce this a week after I finally beat it.

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They're finally adding Hearthstone to the Witcher!?

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More Gwent cards? I'm sold.

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Has CDPR said anything about making just the Gwent decks available? People (me) have bought the season pass already and don't need to own 2 DLCs. But those Gwent cards... mmmm...

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I have had The Witcher 3 since launch and I'm still nowhere near completing it. I'll be lucky if I finish it before Fallout comes out, so I think finishing it before the release of this expansion is out of the question.

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@edgaras1103: I thought it was good, As a core fan of all things Witcher, I'm already speculating who that sorcerer may be

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I am a little disappointed that the expansion isn't just about sailing a boat around Skellige.

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Yay. I just started on a New Game+ the other day. Rocking a level 39 Geralt and slicing fools up like they owe me money. Looking forward to this big time.

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I need to finish this game still and MGSV has pushed that back even further.

@huntad said:

This teaser trailer does nothing for me. I'm assuming I'm supposed to be familiar with that other character? Idk. Whatevs.

It's one of the first characters you meet in the main story. He's in the White Orchard tavern and tells you about Yennefer (and also mentions the Man Of Glass who is one of the main characters in the expansion).

OH I knew it was somebody from the game but i couldn't put my finger on who. Crazy that it's such a minor character from what's essentially the tutorial mission of the game lol.

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More witching yes please. this been great year for open world video games.

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@veektarius: Right?? Building new boats to take down sirens and shit would be awesome

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Unless this DLC is groundbreaking and totally new crazy content. I think there is enough in the base games to warrant only one playthrough. I finished the game and after finishing the story I felt good with just having it on my shelf

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Played many many hours of Wither 3 and the way I play I'm not even close to completing it. Got derailed by Batman and now Metal Gear.

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Man, I bought the season pass but I am never ever going to play this probably :') I have the game since launch and Im still like lvl 14

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Can't wait.

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@gulinotm said:

@veektarius: Right?? Building new boats to take down sirens and shit would be awesome

Please tell me you guys are being sarcastic.

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Wait physical-ish DLC?! Love it.

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Y'know what, 2015 is turning out a good year

for sure. after all the overhyped stuff last year this year can still get even better. this year still has halo and fallout 4.. tomb raider might be good too.