"There's not much I can tell you at this point without spoiling the plot too much. Hearts of Stone is definitely on par with what Wild Hunt established in terms of the depth of characters and story." svarar Tomaszkiewicz efter att ha blivit ombedd att kommentera berättelsen i expansionen.

"If you liked quests like the Bloody Baron one, you know what I mean. This time around Geralt gets mixed into dealing with a man who's...immortal. And ruthless. But, and this somewhat became The Witcher's calling card, things are not what they seem, and players will once again have to make some serious decisions and see the consequences play out."

Tomaszkiewicz berättar även att den kommande expansionen är berättelsemässigt fristående från The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt och går alltså fint att spela även om du inte hunnit spela ut Wild Hunt. Hans rekommendation är dock att du inte bör starta expansionen innan du nått en level på 30+ om du vill få den bästa möjliga upplevelsen. Detta eftersom Geralt förmodligen inte kommer att vara tillräckligt stark för att kunna slåss mot vad som än väntar honom innan dess.

"Hearts of Stone consists of all those things packed together to give you 10 hours of new adventures. However, I'm pretty sure that we're a bit conservative with that number (remember the 100 hours needed to complete everything in Wild Hunt?) and you'll be able to have a lot more fun than that. In a nutshell, HoS features one major narrative that branches out to give gamers alternative ways of completing it; adds a few side-quests, random encounters, and monster hunts."

Hearts of Stone kommer som tidigare känt även att släppas i en limited edition-utgåva där två fysiska Gwent-kortlekar kommer att inkluderas. Hoppet om att dessa ska släppas som en fristående produkt har ökat men det verkar tyvärr inte som att det är på väg att ske inom den närmsta tiden.

"Every day we are getting emails about a physical version of Gwent--and that is a pure joy to read. What we are doing now is trying to answer those requests, but this is not a standalone card game product. Gwent was created as a single-player minigame for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt specifically, but we understand that people would like to play against their friends--they know the game and they want it, so we tried to provide a solution."

"That being said, we would have to change a lot in the game to make it a standalone physical card game and there are no plans for that in the near future."

"We strongly believe that RPG fans are collectors. Hearts of Stone is an old-school expansion and I think people will be happy to get a special, limited one time only boxed release. Also this was a cool way to do physical Gwent that is still a part of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt." kommenterar Tomaszkiewicz slutligen när han får frågan varför de över huvud taget släpper en fysisk limited edition-utgåva av Hearts of Stone.