I played the second late and then the third. I think it simplified too much some parts of the gameplay to please the mass, but the atmosphere and writing are still really good.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I booted it up recently, and it holds up really well. It hits a perfect balance of narrative and action while largely avoiding repetitive fetch quests and the like. And both of the DLC are excellent - Hearts of Stone has the best plot line in the game while Blood and Wine has the most beautiful locations.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ve actually got both of those. Not sure when I bought them, but they’re on my account.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

They came with the GOTY edition which was pretty much the standard version being sold after a while.

HoS is my favourite of them even though it adds some truly tedious enemies to the map, but BaW is huge and adds like another 50% to the base game.