The Witcher 3 Expansion Blood and Wine is ‘Better than the Main Game’

CD Projekt RED's senior writer Jakub Szamalek has said The Witcher 3's upcoming expansion, Blood and Wine, is "even better than the main game."

Speaking to Eurogamer Italy, translation via Only SP, Szamalek said the expansion's plot is far more "complex" than the main story in Wild Hunt. Blood and Wine achieved something "even better than the main game,” and will offer plenty of new narrative ideas that are completely different from what players experienced in Wild Hunt.

Blood and Wine will also introduce a more "charismatic enemy" for Geralt, which he admits is something Wild Hunt lacked, and Szamalek says he hopes the story they've created is one that "players will appreciate."

The expansion, the second and final for the game, will last 20 to 30 hours and introduce the new region of Toussaint. An area free from war, Toussaint is a place where an

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available now on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, while the Blood and Wine expansion is set to release early this year.