The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine - First Impressions

DISCLAIMER: As this review is a First Impressions of a DLC that is still in development, there will be no */10 Geeks score at the end. There is also a slant towards the positive aspects and, unless otherwise stated, any mention of negative elements or bugs may be attributed to the game still being made. Some who wish to remain clean of any foreknowledge may also find MINOR SPOILERS in this review. -- If a few hours spent in the vineyards of Beauclair are any indication, Blood and Wine is going to be a sumptuous narrative and visual feast. It'll also be quite the bittersweet one. While last October's Hearts of Stone was a delightful, if brief, added sojourn to the already superlative experience of The Witcher 3 , the real focus was on what would come after; as early as the game's initial release, developers CD Projekt Red were boasting of a second expansion that would rival the main story in terms of content. Such claims recalled the wide open a...