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Simbolic

Aug 3, 2024 @ 10:23pm

Did the Expansions seem to short?

Just finished Heart of Stone and next will be Blood and Wine.
Not sure if just me but when think of Expansions not just a DLC but the word Expansion. Makes me think back on games like the Elder Scroll ones.
When the overall amount of content of the expansion's. Felt like it was around 10 to 15% of the base game.
Seemed like Heart of Stone had only like 2 side quest and 7 or 8 chained main quest. Which doesn't even seem like fraction of the base game.
Maybe i'm wrong and it was plenty idk. The elder scroll games could have set the bar to high.

Last edited by Simbolic; Aug 3, 2024 @ 10:23pm

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Draconifors

Aug 3, 2024 @ 10:41pm

*cough*Hearthfire*cough*

Hearts of Stone isn't a huge expansion, no, but Blood and Wine is the size of a full game.
Witcher 3 has two expansions, so 50% of them are huge and neither is tiny.

PS. Quality over quantity also applies here. I think Hearts of Stone is better than any TES story DLC even though some of them are longer.

Last edited by Draconifors; Aug 3, 2024 @ 10:52pm

Tsar Alexander has The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Aug 3, 2024 @ 10:42pm

HoS play hour is even longer than CoD campaign ... this means a cheaper DLC has richer content than a AAA

of course if you still count CoD as a AAA game

Noctis

Aug 3, 2024 @ 11:31pm

CDPR expansions are quality over quantity. Blood and Wine and Phantom Liberty are quite long (about 30 hours for the main story and some side quests).

Hearts of Stone is definitely on the shorter end, that‘s true (Took me about 7-10 hours for the main story and all side quests). But considering the quality it provides it‘s more than worth it. The witcher expansions also don‘t have the classic „open world - occupational therapie“ that Bethesda or Ubisoft games have. So quests that have no story and are just there to keep you busy are pretty much non existent. (It makes the playtime shorter but at least for me it improves the overall experience).
The high quality might also be a reason why Hearts of Stone or Blood and Wine feel shorter than they actually are.

Time flies when you‘re having fun.

Last edited by Noctis; Aug 3, 2024 @ 11:38pm

Simbolic

Aug 4, 2024 @ 12:51am

I see so HoS was just relatively short compared to others CDPR expansions. Forgot about Phantom Liberty that was fairly long. I agree HoS was good and worth the money regardless. Absolutely loved that wedding with Shani. I was grinning a good way through that entire mission. Really would have enjoyed being possessed by that guy off and on through that entire expansion. Was really entertaining watching mess around in Geralt's body.