10 years later and I still find Blood and Wine to be one of the most bang for your buck DLCs out there. There's just so much content in an entirely new zone that looks and feels amazing.
I put about 40 hrs into B&W in addition to almost 300 from the main game, and 3
20ish for Heart of Stone.
Should say that while I love the whole DLC package of B&W, Gaunter O'Dimm from Heart of Stone is still my favorite antagonist of the 3. Probably because Im a Dark Tower fan.
One day you really do find ten years have got behind you.
Game: Witcher 3 – Blood and Wine
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proper answer, just in case this is somehow serious. I prefer the dlc from new vegas, insanely good story and connection between those.
CD Projekt knows how to make a DLC. Cyberpunk’s Phantom Liberty is awesome as well.
The giants from this DLC are so memorable. Dam!
What I loved most about Blood and Wine was how it felt like a farewell letter to Geralt. Toussaint was such a stark contrast to the war-torn regions in the main game—lush, vibrant, almost too perfect—which made the darker twists in the story hit even harder. The way the expansion balanced fairy-tale charm with moral complexity was just brilliant.
Also, the new mutations and gear progression added depth to late-game builds, which made revisiting combat feel fresh again. And honestly, finally giving Geralt his own vineyard and a place to settle down felt incredibly rewarding after everything he’d been through. It gave the series a surprisingly emotional and satisfying sendoff.
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Favorite game*
Elden Ring dlc is peak imo, it helps that it’s just a better game to begin with
The setting in this DLC is just beautiful
A very girthey dlc indeed
I just finished it for the first time yesterday
Holy shit
The amount of content in itself is insane. The storylines add so much more. It truely was an amazing experience. Getting to own your own vineyard is fun and the characters are awesome. Regis is a homie, Barnabis-basil is a homie, Marlene is a homie (I wish they did more with her after she’s cured).
The fairytale romance is absolutely beautiful. Syanna is hot asf. And to top it all off either Yenn or Triss will pay you a surprise visit after it’s all over (the conversation with Triss made me so happy)
Dyeing armor is fun too I look slick as hell
Also disintegrating enemies with Aard is one of my favorite things to do in a game now
Fortunately I did B&W first so I still have Hearts of Stone to play through
I’m biased towards Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction myself, but Blood & Wine is some damn fine DLC.
CDPR in general makes great DLC. My favourite is Phantom Liberty but that’s because I’m a sucker for a good spy flick.
It’s pretty much the poster child for how to do DLC. Not only is it proper expansion sized content but it was only $20. Nowadays no one even tries to do DLC like this they’ll just make a standalone experience instead.
One of my only gaming regrets is not completing this DLC
More of a TES IV Shivering Isles guy myself
But that does look beautiful
Witcherino 3 good
This DLC won “Best RPG”.
Says everything right there.
Man, I played all through Witcher 3 and then hearts of stone. By the time I got to blood and wine I was so tired of it and started playing something else that I got hooked on. Now it’s been years and I feel like I do not remember how to be good at that game, so I’ll have to play it all again to experience this.
I still haven’t played it. But I _have_ just reinstalled TW3 to play it.
It’s an expansion. Please don’t insult it calling it a De La Croix.
Even better you can play the game as a DLC only!
Which means if wanna replay Blood & Wine but not have to go through the main story again or reload an earlier save, no worries just start a new game at level 35 and go straight to the dlc 💘 I love that CDR added that option 💘
Think i need to try Witcher 3 again
100% agreed
A perfect DLC to conclude a perfect game
Hearts of Stone is also pretty much perfect
Game-sized DLC. I loved the endings in this one, thought I did everything right but she still died
I’ve somehow still never played it
I regret playing this before Hearts of Stone . . .
It is truly a masterpiece
What an indie gem
Hot take but
Hearts of stone > Blood and wine.
I just love the narrative in hearts of stone.
This is not to downplay the beautiful areas, mutation system expansion and the amazing story of blood and wine.
Never played the DLCs, are they worth it?
Am i the only one who played the DLC and doesn’t get the hype around it? Don’t get me wrong, it’s good DLC and the last boss fight was my favorite moment but outside that, there were breathtaking moments, quests and characters in the base game too.
Is that the part where they added new gwent cards?
I think it may be the best DLC ever made or in the running.
I prefer Heart of Stone – it’s just so tight! Fantastic moments, marvelous villains and that sinister vibe *chef’s kiss*
Yeah B & W is grand, the fantasy & fairytale moments are a delight, seeing Regis and Shani was great, and that ending is such a worthy sendoff. The main conflict was not as strong, and some characters needed bigger integration.
So I guess that’s the thing – it feels like a send off. Not as an griping dark story, but a well deserved rest for Geralt. And I don’t want him to rest, not yet. O:)
I can’t believe I go around saying Witcher 3 is my favourite game and then never did the DLCs. DLCs in general just never cross my mind
Are we not mentioning the whole vampire lore?! That was so interesting to me
Artwork of Blood & Wine is amazing!
15 dollars and it’s better than the majority of 60-80 dollar games.
Fine, you convinced me proper, I will buy the DLCs too.
Man, I absolutely adored The Witcher 3 but never played the DLC. I really should…
True… good old times
I think what makes Blood & Wine such a perfect story is how it’s personal by design.
There’s no “but thou must” you typically get with an RPG, where the narrative necessarily obliges the protagonist to succeed. Geralt is a wanderer, and his presence is coincidental. It is fortuitous he got involved, but if he didn’t, he’d just keep on living his life as if nothing had happened, and the rest of the world (outside of Toussaint) would also remain status quo.
The fact that your involvement in the narrative feels voluntary makes it far more personal than the base game. You weren’t dragged into it against your will or guilted into it by context. You, the player, opted into the story because you wanted to, and you stuck it through because you wanted to, even though it’s clear there are no narrative personal consequences for walking away (aside from feeling like a dick).
And so, because you are an outsider who is involved voluntarily, it just feels organic. Everything you do is because you, the player, naturally have your interests align with Geralt, and want to see what happens next. It certainly helps that the characters and locations are masterfully written and effortlessly entice the player to keep going.
And naturally, when it ends, it feels that much more satisfying because it’s the conclusion of something *you* voluntarily opted into. You, the player, reached this point because you wanted to push ahead, and so the victory is as much the player’s as it is Geralt’s.
The lesson devs everywhere need to learn from Blood & Wine is that this sort of intrinsic narrative, where the player feels like they chose to move the story forward rather than being pulled forward by the plot beats, can engender a far greater emotional investment than any epic quest to save the world. Every time I see one of these posts, the focus is on Blood & Wine more than the base game. Nobody hated the base game, but when they look back, Blood & Wine is what they remember most fondly.