
This is terrible as if you’re going to spend a hundred thousand+ in coins for the game’s best armors… you actually need a lot of acid extracts to craft all of the Grandmaster armor sets. Only archspore tendrils can spawn acid when this happens, whereas the game is supposed to make it so that centipede claws can be deconstructed for this highly coveted resource. The glitch is that, for some reason, the inventory crafting items acid extract and venom extract get confused with each other in the game. It’s a well-known glitch that I hoped would have been fixed in the update, but unfortunately, it is still there. The most irritating con of the game for me: was Acid extract.

Like most CDPR games, I must stress you need a backup save file, as there’s always a risk of something breaking or getting stuck somewhere. In a game of Gwent, for instance, a horn was left in the game’s side space, leaving a lingering effect where the next round, my monster deck, continued to have the double attack in the sequential round. And, of course, you still have the occasional game break. There are also physical avatar images where Geralt turns completely black when trying equipment.

Rebuilding and designing your own vineyard home at Corvo Bianco feels like a fantastic place to hang your hat to retire, with the many in-game perks featured in the game for making the place your own, effectively making your DLC play through fun. Now, Blood and Wine is the happy ending Geralt, and whomever you choose is his closest loved one depending on story decisions, deserves. In my opinion, Blood and Wine is an entirely separate game in its own right, where Geralt enters the lands of knights and Fairy Tales to solve a vampire murder mystery. Heart of stone feels short yet terrifying - the tale of a cursed aristocrat and his deal with the devil to save a marriage… a solid DLC for an already great game. Hands down, the best things about the game’s updated DLC are the storylines, and playing through it was a fantastic reminder of that.

Fans of the Witcher rejoice, as the plot is still easily the best thing about the series and has only gotten more popular due to the Netflix adaptation.
