The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Expansion Pack
Release Date: October 13, 2015
RPG, TPP, fantasy, books, sandbox, Polish, romances, singleplayer
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The first large expansion to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, developed by the creators of the original game, Polish studio CD Projekt RED. The add-on is set in No Man’s Land and the city of Oxenfurt, where Geralt the witcher gets entangled in a shadowy intrigue and encounters a mysterious Man of Glass.
October 13, 2015
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone Review – Almost perfect expansion
The first expansion pack for the Witcher 3, titled Hearts of Stone, features a new adventure of Geralt of Rivia, but it also proves a certain point: a DLC doesn’t have to be sluggish and dull as the competition would have us believe.
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[5:27] The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone behind the scenes
[2:02] The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone launch trailer
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The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone
The first expansion pack for the Witcher 3, titled Hearts of Stone, features a new adventure of Geralt of Rivia, but it also proves a certain point: a DLC doesn’t have to be sluggish and dull as the competition would have us believe.
Przemyslaw Zamecki PC / WindowsGod is a Geek: 9.5 / 10 by Dan Murphy
Hearts of Stone is the perfect example of DLC done right. There's not a better reason to get back into The Witcher 3 again.
Rock, Paper, Shotgun: by Richard Cobbett
Hearts of Stone reminded me exactly what I loved about it the first time around, and all I could think when the credits rolled was how much I look forward to firing this game up in a few more months and concluding both Geralt's final adventure, and one of the PC's finest RPGs. Give or take a few giant bloody spiders. Grr.
IGN: 9 / 10 by Vince Ingenito
The story in Hearts of Stone alone would make it worth getting, but it succeeds on other levels as well. The fun new enemies and bosses, along with the customization potential of Runewords make Hearts of Stone a very well-rounded package that shouldn't be skipped.
GAMERS Score
Average score from 10439 votes. 787 players anticipated the game.
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone Description
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone is the first large expansion pack to the highly acclaimed action-RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, released in May 2015. The add-on was developed by the creators of the base game, the Polish studio CD Projekt RED, responsible for previous installments in The Witcher series as well. To play the expansion, distributed through the The Witcher 3 Season Pass or sold separately, the base game is required. PC and PlayStation 4 versions received limited retail editions that includes game code and two decks of the gwent card game (154 cards) along with tokens.
Hearts of Stone, once again, puts you in control of Geralt of Rivia. Hired by the Merchant of Mirrors, he has to face Olgierd von Everec, a bandit captain, who, in some mysterious way, managed to obtain immortality. In order to defeat him, you have to complete three difficult tasks and remove the spell that makes him invincible. The story takes place in the territory of No Man’s Land and the town of Oxenfurt.
Hearts of Stone is a mission pack, and as so, it does not alter the basic gameplay mechanics. Of course, apart from new missions, which were designed for level 30 characters and scaled for the NG+ mode, there are also new monsters, tough choices and their consequences, extra items, weapons, artifacts, and even romance options. All of this amounts roughly to additional 10 hours of gameplay. It is also noteworthy that the expansion can be completed before or after finishing the Wild Hunt's main story.
Last updated on August 18, 2015
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The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Developer: CD Projekt RED
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.7 GHz, 6 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870 or better, 40 GB HDD, Windows 7/8/8.1 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz/AMD FX-8350 4 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 770/4 GB Radeon R9 290 or better, 40 GB HDD, Windows 7/8/8.1 64-bit
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The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone coming live in a few hours
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone is coming out in just a few hours. CD Projekt RED revealed specific time of release of the expansion in several timezones.
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The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone is getting a new soundtrack. Listen to the expansion’s main theme
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone main theme appeared online. You can hear the piece of soundtrack from the upcoming expansion on the composer’s YouTube channel.
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The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone Steam achievements revealed
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone Steam achievements were put online. While they don’t reveal much about the story, they give an idea of some new content coming up to the game.
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