Witcher 3 - Hearts of Stone...GOTY?

Does Hearts of Stone, the first paid DLC for the Witcher 3, deserve the title "Game of the Year" even more than the base game?  Polygon's Jake Lear thinks so.

Disclaimer: This article includes minor spoilers about characters and plot points in The Witcher 3 and Hearts of Stone.

The Witcher 3's first expansion, Hearts of Stone, is a master class on how to create meaningful, valuable downloadable content. It has all the strength of the The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt behind it (as well as the developer's considerable dedication to improving the game post-release).

The Witcher 3 is the best game released this year, and any publication that says otherwise is, in my opinion, wrong. However, it suffers from a few notable flaws. Among those is the common open-world game challenge of balancing the urgency of the primary quest line with the vast number of other things to do. Additionally, the titular villain, The Wild Hunt, is invisible for most of the game. They're threatening to abduct the player character's adopted daughter and use her to invade the world and destroy all known life, but it's too easy to ignore this danger for the majority of the game.

Hearts of Stone adeptly takes players on a journey free from these foibles.

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