CD PROJEKT RED today announced that a third expansion to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, one of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling role-playing games of all time, is coming next year. Songs of the
love it when studios randomly come back to a game years later with a new dlc like “hold on tim had a really cool idea while working on the next one so we’re gonna add it to the old one”
A new xpac for Diablo II (2000) was released three months ago and Age of Empires II (1999) has had new xpacs released between 2013-2026 - those are the only two that come to my immediate mind.
The DLC is just retired Geralt playing Gwent in Toussaint all day and all the new content is just more tournaments and decks 🙏
^Seriously though judging by the title I would expect some sort of flashback, probably some kind of prequel thing involving Ciri’s backstory to lead into Witcher 4.^
Damn, I REALLY need to finish the third one… I haven’t even finished the base campaign.
It’s not that I don’t like the game, I am fascinated by every part of it, and it’s been installed and updated on my computer for many years…
It’s just so in depth, I do not have the attention span and dedication I used to in optimizing builds for a game. I felt like I was on hard mode if I didn’t use the potions and sword oils and things, but I kept forgetting what to use, and that’s assuming I even had the right stuff on me to begin with…
That’s probably why I keep going back to skyrim more often, it’s combat is more simplified and casual. Which is funny because I always download mods to make the game more like the Witcher and improve combat…
I’ll finish it one day, in my most recent playfhrough I had just gotten to some giant squid creature in a swamp, and kept dying so I just didn’t keep playing anymore.
They actually updated the game with a lot of quality of life stuff. Things like automatic oils when you draw your sword, so you don’t need to constantly dig through menus to reapply it. IIRC that one actually started as a mod, which got so popular CDPR decided to add it as an option directly in the game menu.
That was actually one of my big complaints as well. I don’t think they ever fixed it. My complaint was that you needed to be facing a container to loot it, but Geralt’s regular movement controls felt like steering a sailboat. Even the alternative controls were only a stopgap.
I eventually installed a mod that auto-looted every container within a certain radius. It basically did an invisible ping every second or so, and grabbed the contents for any containers that were close enough. I also had to disable the theft mechanic, because people would get mad when a protected container was auto-looted. But it worked well enough. As a bonus, I didn’t need to get off of Roach to loot herbs/enemies/containers/etc because the radius loot worked even when I was mounted.
It’s okay to play on the easiest difficulty, no shame in that. The story is so worth it! Also, the blood and wine dlc I soo good. It honestly could’ve been a standalone game, so definitely play that one too!
Wild. So all these complete editions won’t be complete for long. Ars Technica said it’s $7.99 on GOG right now, so that’s a heck of a cheap way to get into the game if one were so inclined.
Not quite as good as paying $6 for the Mass Effect trilogy, remastered, with all the DLC, and the loot box shit from ME3 stripped out… but not bad either.
I hope it will be playable on a new game. I’ve finished the game on a Switch then sold the cart and gave away the console. I’m using a pc for all my gaming now.
That’s why I’m not worried about the price, but the playability. Worse case scenario, I’ll have to replay a bit of the game. It’ll be a little fun seeing the game with some decent graphics for a change.
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Will this DLC remind me how to play the game?
love it when studios randomly come back to a game years later with a new dlc like “hold on tim had a really cool idea while working on the next one so we’re gonna add it to the old one”
Tangential, but I also love when they keep adding bugfixes decades after launch / last content updates.
It happened with Half-Life 2! The game now includes both episodes and a developer commentary.
Any other cases? Borderlands 2 comes to mind, its sequel marketing DLC was even free on release
A new xpac for Diablo II (2000) was released three months ago and Age of Empires II (1999) has had new xpacs released between 2013-2026 - those are the only two that come to my immediate mind.
The DLC is just retired Geralt playing Gwent in Toussaint all day and all the new content is just more tournaments and decks 🙏
^Seriously though judging by the title I would expect some sort of flashback, probably some kind of prequel thing involving Ciri’s backstory to lead into Witcher 4.^
I’m sure it’s a tie in DLC to TW4. Now I’m wondering if I should put off my first TW3 playthrough until this DLC is out lol.
It’s a 200hr game. By the time you reach it withcer 4 will be out
I didn’t realise Witcher 4 was coming out in June!
Don’t delay. If its connected it will be locked until after a certain point anyways
If that’s it, I’m so in!
I also have never played it and this might convince me to go back and check it out. I picked it up on Steam years ago for like five bucks.
Or sirens?
While I’m always happy with new Witcher content I hope they don’t invalidate the perfect ending Gerald had in Blood & Wine
Damn, I REALLY need to finish the third one… I haven’t even finished the base campaign.
It’s not that I don’t like the game, I am fascinated by every part of it, and it’s been installed and updated on my computer for many years…
It’s just so in depth, I do not have the attention span and dedication I used to in optimizing builds for a game. I felt like I was on hard mode if I didn’t use the potions and sword oils and things, but I kept forgetting what to use, and that’s assuming I even had the right stuff on me to begin with…
That’s probably why I keep going back to skyrim more often, it’s combat is more simplified and casual. Which is funny because I always download mods to make the game more like the Witcher and improve combat…
I’ll finish it one day, in my most recent playfhrough I had just gotten to some giant squid creature in a swamp, and kept dying so I just didn’t keep playing anymore.
They actually updated the game with a lot of quality of life stuff. Things like automatic oils when you draw your sword, so you don’t need to constantly dig through menus to reapply it. IIRC that one actually started as a mod, which got so popular CDPR decided to add it as an option directly in the game menu.
Did they improve how picking up loot works? It was so bad I considered it near unplayable without a mod for that.
That was actually one of my big complaints as well. I don’t think they ever fixed it. My complaint was that you needed to be facing a container to loot it, but Geralt’s regular movement controls felt like steering a sailboat. Even the alternative controls were only a stopgap.
I eventually installed a mod that auto-looted every container within a certain radius. It basically did an invisible ping every second or so, and grabbed the contents for any containers that were close enough. I also had to disable the theft mechanic, because people would get mad when a protected container was auto-looted. But it worked well enough. As a bonus, I didn’t need to get off of Roach to loot herbs/enemies/containers/etc because the radius loot worked even when I was mounted.
I actually saw that automatic oil application had been added at some point, that’s a huge bonus!
There’s a few other things I remember having issues with, but they were all minor individually, so they’ve probably been improved on.
I definitely need to give it another try, and this announcement certainly makes me want to pick it up again soon.
It’s okay to play on the easiest difficulty, no shame in that. The story is so worth it! Also, the blood and wine dlc I soo good. It honestly could’ve been a standalone game, so definitely play that one too!
I mostly play on the easiest difficulty in any game, I play games as escapism, if I wanted to be frustrated I’d go talk to relatives.
Exceptions are games I’ve played a bunch.
I’ve heard nothing but high praise about Blood and Wine and am excited to experience it!
Good old Gerald :D
Witcher ain’t Cyberpunk, but I feel the same adage applies. “Wrong town, wrong people.” With the “town” being witchers in general.
Hoping this supercharges interest into the modding scene. The 2024 redkit release was way past the games popularity peak
Planned for 2027 …
If everything goes to plan.^^
Wild. So all these complete editions won’t be complete for long. Ars Technica said it’s $7.99 on GOG right now, so that’s a heck of a cheap way to get into the game if one were so inclined.
Not quite as good as paying $6 for the Mass Effect trilogy, remastered, with all the DLC, and the loot box shit from ME3 stripped out… but not bad either.
There’s about as much game in Witcher 3 as in all three Mass Effects combined, so it’s still a very good deal.
Wow that’s insane.
I used to play and replay Mass Effect 1-3 all the time with all the DLC and it would take me about 30 hours per game.
How long to beat has a completionism run on TW3 at 175.
Nice.
I wish they hadn’t stripped out the entire multiplayer mode in the remaster. It was surprisingly enjoyable (minus the lootbox mechanic)
I find the controls for Witcher 3 are key bad looking back (just stuff like Gerald’s movement kinematics and the response times)
So hopefully if they do this they can just do a bit of a polish pass too.
Did you ever try the “alternative movement” setting, which they added with one of the updates? Much faster response with that enabled.
No, I’ll have to check it out, thanks
I probably have enough time to do a single play through before this releases, this game took me so long the first time!
I hope it will be playable on a new game. I’ve finished the game on a Switch then sold the cart and gave away the console. I’m using a pc for all my gaming now.
On the plus side, Witcher III on PC is usually dirt cheap in a sale.
That’s why I’m not worried about the price, but the playability. Worse case scenario, I’ll have to replay a bit of the game. It’ll be a little fun seeing the game with some decent graphics for a change.