The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine Reviews

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Leif Johnson
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
May 25, 2016

Blood and Wine ends the saga of Geralt of Rivia in style, bringing with it a tale of charming vampires and troublesome friendship set in a stunning new landscape that departs from the bleakness we've known until now. The expansion also brings some welcome gameplay enhancements, including mutations, the ability to dye armor, and a vineyard for growing herbs. Most of all, it leaves Geralt in a good place.

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PC Gamer
Top Critic
94 / 100
May 25, 2016

Even in its immutable, heavily cutscene driven form, The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine is an accomplished piece of genre fiction with some characters I'll come to miss. Pour a goblet of the red stuff and join them, you won't be disappointed.

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Essential
May 25, 2016

Blood and Wine is a fitting end to an exceptional video game.

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Jul 3, 2016
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Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
8 / 10
May 31, 2016

An excellent send-off for Geralt and The Witcher 3, and although the jokes don’t always hit home the stunning visuals and breadth of content do.

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May 25, 2016

Blood and Wine is a gripping murder mystery set in a picturesque new locale, and a fitting end to the story of Geralt of Rivia.

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9.3 / 10.0
May 25, 2016

Blood and Wine is an impressive expansion that tells a captivating tale about betrayal and love

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8 / 10
May 27, 2016

The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine concludes Geralt’s latest saga with memorable quests, fearsome battles, and surprising wit.

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Unscored
May 31, 2016

Blood and Wine is equal parts triumphant and somber, a reminder of all the great times we’ve had with Geralt and some of the shitty things we’ve done in his shoes. It’s about facing down the totality of Geralt’s in-game legacy and—instead of regretting or redoing it—coming to terms with it.

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May 25, 2016

Though you can tackle it at anytime, Blood and Wine is definitely CD Projekt Red's farewell to Geralt of Rivia. The great storytelling, interesting characters, and solid hunting mechanics all return in one last adventure, taking Geralt to a new region. If you've played Wild Hunt and Hearts of Stone, you owe it to yourself to experience this excellent finish to Geralt's tale.

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Jun 9, 2016

This is a real treasure and a tribute to all-things Witcher, perfectly captured in the final moment before the credits roll: a close-up of Geralt, who turns to look directly at the player through the screen with a subtle grin, as if giving thanks for the chance to tell one last Witcher story.

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9 / 10.0
May 25, 2016

However many little nagging issues I have with Wild Hunt (the combat is still a bit too simplistic), Blood and Wine is the best The Witcher has ever been since the first game. I came in merely expecting a bigger Hearts of Stone, but ended up getting something more expansive in nearly every sense of the word.

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Areajugones
Top Critic
9.5 / 10.0
May 25, 2016

In short, CD Projekt RED has surpassed itself with this expansion, it has managed to resemble a complete game in itself, and in fact it can be, since there is a game mode that directly creates a character at the right level, with certain base objects and some money, and allows you to start directly in the plot of Blood and Wine, a good point for the company since it is a totally additional story, which does not depend on what has been done so far.

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90 / 100
May 25, 2016

A brilliant story. More than 30 hours of gameplay that put an end to the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, with new settings, familiar characters and moments that can make our hair stand on end.

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Unscored
Jun 8, 2016

If Blood and Wine is to be The Witcher series’ finale, then it’s going out on a high note that befits the high standards that have been set over the years. If you’ve enjoyed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, then this expansion is essential.

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9 / 10
May 25, 2016

One of my favorite things about Blood and Wine is the main storyline’s ending. After you’ve completed the story, CD Project Red brings everything to a close. This means your decisions throughout the base game’s main storyline is important, and it plays into one of the moments you come across as you finish up the final bit of the expansion’s main quest. It’s a nice touch to really help things feel connected, and to further hit home the impact that your choices have on the game world as a whole.

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9.5 / 10.0
May 25, 2016

We say goodbye to Geralt. For how long? We do not know but for a very short time it will be eternal. Toussaint is the definitive setting for the closing of the saga, a relaxed closing that we enjoy in small sips like a good glass of Sangreal. Blood & Wine closes its last seconds with a calm conversation around a bonfire with a good drink and in the company of a former comrade. A silence of several seconds and a last sentence from Geralt de Rivia "I think we need a little rest", that last look from the witcher says it all.

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9.2 / 10.0
May 25, 2016

Simply one of the best expansion pack ever.

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4.5 / 5.0
Jun 3, 2016

Our review of Hearts of Stone mentioned that it was a shining example of how to create meaningful downloadable content, and yet Blood and Wine manages to top it in nearly every way imaginable.

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9.5 / 10.0
Jun 9, 2016

Blood and Wine, The Witcher 3’s final piece of DLC, could not have given such a remarkable game a more fitting send off. With a beautiful new world to explore, Toussaint is brimming with hours of content, stories, monsters to slay, great characters and a whole new bloody Gwent faction. The best of all is how the writers have been allowed to write some genuinely hilarious little stories -- you can tell that their having a ball and it had me in hysterics on several occasions.

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