Riffing on the previous /c/gaming Witcher post I’m curious as to what people think is the better experience.
HoS better story and villain, BaW better gameplay and setting.
HoS has my favorite villain of all time with a really interesting story, while BaW felt like a whole new game. Hard to say which one is objectively better.
100% this. Couldn’t say it better by myself.
Personally I think the soundtrack for HoS was better too. GoD’s theme is a banger of a song, and I love the etherealness of the soundtrack
HoS is the better story, BaW is the cooler setting.
HoS feels as if written by Sapkowski himself, it’s a brilliant, focused short story with a haunting atmosphere.
BaW feels in its grander scale more like the base game and is a perfect ending with its lighter tones and more whimsical area.
@_ed@sopuli.xyz @gaming@beehaw.org I initially enjoyed Blood and Wine more for the change of setting - it wasn’t just overlaying a story on the existing map which I was a bit over by that point. But yeah the story on Heart of Stone just eclipses it. From the foreboding beginning to the tragic ending, with probably on of the most hilarious Geralt quests inbetween it’s fantastic.
