Witcher 3: HEARTS OF STONE ► Violet Rose, the Tragedy in the Painted World #25

[@childeater7327]

This dlc went from being a bundle of laughs to depressing real fast

[@Raver-1601]

True

[@biggore8338]

Ah, you mean wedding? Shit, love this quest!

[@chion6432]

Fax

[@childeater7327]

@Nathanael Dario well your in luck mr bot because I indeed don’t care

[@mar__k]

What's creepy is that after you finish the Iris quest and she ceases to exist, if you turn back and go inside the manor again you can still hear her crying.

[@xLetalis]

This part.... I've no words, it was so great to play through it

[@Leobreaker49]

this is easily the most painful story I've experienced in any game, book, or movie.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

xLetalis I have some words; "Fuck those spiders." It was 2 o'clock at night and I had a golden orb spider weaving a web on my window, felt too real. But wow it makes me love this game more

[@AchkeineAhnung24]

great compliments to CD-Project......you can build up a giant map with great music and nice craftingsystem like skyrim..but have you ever been asked to do a quest like this in skyrim? Not as far as i remember

[@DarkShadowLightning]

@@AchkeineAhnung24 well althought the witcher 3 is my favorite game too i think you cant compare These two games in Times of the quests. I think skyrim quests have the Focus on Charakter development whereas the witcher 3's Focus is on the Story. Because of that you Kind of have more freedom in skyrim than in the witcher 3. But of course skyrim will never ever able to beat the witcher 3 in the Story line

[@jefferc8550]

I still can't get over this story ... it's very touching indeed 😢

[@ngoctuinh1342]

I have never felt worse for a video game character. Not Bloody Baron. Not Vezemir. Even Hjalmar had a heroic moment saving Ciri. But for Iris, there was nothing but suffering. She was so beautiful and yearning for love but powerless. She had to witness her father killed and fed to the beast. In the end, a once lively woman became lifeless having to live with a demon dog and a demon cat and the Faceless caretaker. Olgierd leaving her was the final nail on her coffin. This story had me alt-tab for a moment and stare at the screen because it was so harrowing. I have seen many comments saying how hard it was for them to choose whether to take the rose or not. After seeing all the terrible things Iris had to suffer, taking the rose was an obvious choice for me. I just told myself "Enough! I'm taking the rose. She will not suffer a moment longer."

[@ItsMeStrider]

+Ngọc Tú Đinh Hjalmar? Don't you mean Skjal?

[@ngoctuinh1342]

Yeah, it's Skjall.

[@ctgooni]

+Ngọc Tú Đinh Well said.

[@georgreminik3302]

Ngọc Tú Đinh Thank you for expressing my feelings by expressing yours. It is exactly what I felt. And I'd like to add... You know which game location the Painted World reminds me of? It's the Soul Cairne from Skyrim. It's just as and even more haunting and tormenting. In Soul Cairne, everything seems alien, wrong, cold and bitter, like ash in the air. But this place is on another level entirely. And it adds so much more to depth and sophistication of the game. Beautiful, really. Made me hate Olgierd, made me want to kill him. But by the end of the expansion I didn't quite know what to do already. I've let Gaunter take his soul on the first playthrough, yes... but in the end I saved him. O'Dim is the Evil Incarnate, and even better men fall for his promises. Aaaaah, I could add twenty times more text and that still won't be it. Love this game! Cyberpunk will blow our minds!

[@sammyshehole]

Definitely sad and depressing. All she wanted was love and to live a happy life together with her husband but got the complete opposite and worse.

[@laurene988]

Letting iris fade away or choosing to keep her grief trapped there forever was one of the worst choices in the game.. Olgeir suffered terribly, but iris was the true victim in this story. She didn't make any deal with O'Dimmm, she didn't curse anyone, she hurt no one and suffered horribly for it..

[@umutcelik3781]

You also curse her pet demons with eternal sadness and nothingness with her. Its so sad.

[@narutosage37]

Olgierd talked badly about the Ofieri prince but i believe if Iris married him, her life would have been way happier

[@laurene988]

@@narutosage37 it couldn't have possibly been much worse...

[@mar__k]

What's creepy is that after you finish the Iris quest and she ceases to exist, if you turn back and go inside the manor again you can still hear her crying.

[@narutosage37]

@@mar__k just sound effect of the location, CDPR probably didnt bother to remove the sound even after you saved Iris

[@occultcenturion1131]

We interrupt this Witcher video game to bring you a game of Silent Hill

[@haikalrifqinandika8724]

Especiallly when you meet caretaker and weird house concept 🤣, instanly think "am i play silent hill?"

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

@@haikalrifqinandika8724 Man, whenever, WHEN, EVER, a game suddenly gets legit spooky and atmospheric, people say "Silent Hill". Makes me wonder what I've been missing never playing it

[@14112ido]

@@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 I played Silent Hill 4 back in my teen years. I got so far until over halfway of the game then dropped it. Those ghosts stalking me throughout the level were just too much for me. One thing great about SH is the atmosphere. It's really depressing and fills you with a sense of dread throughout your playthrough. The tank control gameplay might be janky for modern era though.

[@losthunt9061]

@@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 Play Silent Hill 2, this game totally changes the plot and go the eyes of James Sunderland. Silent Hill 2 is one of the most complex games and saddest and scary you can ever played.This game doesn't scare monsters, but scares what we don't see but fear the most, "human monstrosity and to what extent man can be despicable." The scary is from the reality of the human how evil we can be and what things human can do. There is a lot of really tragic characters and incredible atmosfere and even the plot is awesome. I talk the original not the Remake who is dissapointing in some ways for me.

[@Corristo89]

Perfect example of The Witcher 3's mostly bittersweet story. There's hardly ever a truly good ending and even those come at a price. Let her spirit remain in tormenting certainty or free her to an uncertain fate? It's ultimately a game, but most of the quests were so well made that they made you care in some way at least.

[@xLetalis]

+Corristo89 so true

[@jonnyso1]

This hole DLC is filled with so much tragedy, and the scariest villain I've ever seen anywhere.

[@untipo.]

@@jonnyso1 for me the best villain in videogames history. I don't understand where the witcher's writers go when cyberpunk was written

[@GrimgoreIronhide]

It was the two familiar demons that actually swayed me in this. Being eternally shackled to someone drowning in their grief for all time is a fate worse than death in of itself.

[@umutcelik3781]

Yeah, they can't help her. They can't even talk to her. They are stuck within eternal sadness and emptiness.

[@Godunow100]

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

[@RoryNeala]

Anna Karenina reference!!!

[@palacsintapalacsinta7750]

How true.. Thats life

[@knl143]

Iris von Everec, such a beautiful lady.

[@christianr.7724]

goo.gl/images/EJtcmr

[@mulawarmankwsuper]

She's hot

[@ivanCL748]

She is beauty and sadness intertwined

[@juanarocha8629]

Dem legs

[@hisyamamirudiin26]

Also smoking hot smexy!!

[@gabiioiq]

"I don't wish to suffer any longer... But I fear there will be cold and darkness, until... There's nothing at all." This broke my heart so hard, one of the best storylines in the game :)

[@TedBrogan]

I showed that part of the scene to my mother and she started to cry right there. She's 68.

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

When you have to choose between eternal suffering and literal nothingness . . . . . Personally I'd pick the latter. I'd rather not exist than suffer forever

[@dinoXAs2]

@@TedBrogan you edgy stupid fuck

[@piarpeggio]

@@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 I think most people would make that choice. The idea of being trapped in an eternal suffering is the worst fear most humans can have. I guess this is one of the reasons why every religion speaks of an eternity after death.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

@@dinoXAs2 shut the fuck up, please

[@SirMango]

- What are you? A ghost? An illusion? - I am sadness. :(

[@aminhaekal5709]

And I...am...Iron Man!

[@SasukeFromPart1]

I'M BATMAN!

[@Ignisan_66]

I am all the Jedi.

[@WERTYUIO821]

I am Merry Poppins ya all!!!

[@MIGHTYxMUKESH]

I'm president Donald Trump

[@dharry411]

Such a beautiful woman, only wanted to be loved. Damn, the feels.

[@ufoocj]

"swept the spiders and toss them into the garden" this is how u can tell Olgierd is a good man

[@katox9192]

Green AF yeah then he killed his wifes father and fed him to the beasts truly a saint

[@zippyparakeet1074]

@@katox9192 that wasn't olgierd man, his heart turned to stone. G.O'D is the true villain here

[@bluekendo4057]

Zippy Parakeet it’s important to note that Gaunter O’dimm basically gives people what they wish not what they want so in a way Olgierd got the worse of the deal he wished for money and immortality for him and his wife but in the end he lost the ability to have any feelings what’s so ever. But in the end the DLC is amazing because it challenges people’s morals because Olgierd is a bandit who raids and whatnot and done many bad deeds but at the same time it’s not hard to feel bad for him

[@mysticking__]

yeah... No? He was already messing with dark forces, being cold with her... That was nothing more than a false way, trying to show her that he cared, when he didn't. He's a monster. But O'dimm is also one. So in the end we have to choose between the lesser evil

[@kowshikkumar48]

@@mysticking__ he was being cold with her when he was under the pact!! He used dark magic in the memories to summon G.O'D to end the pact

[@christianalbanito3062]

I knew I had to take the rose. I felt that she'd suffered enough. Although it meant erasing her for good and forever, I thought to myself "I hope she can find some peace." I could not condemn her to eternal sadness and leave her with the very unlikely possibility that someone would free her. Taking the rose was showing her mercy.

[@elenaravenwood9851]

True, but the problem lies with that which comes after death. It is what prevented many of us from taking the rose. Eternal Void, as quoted in "but I fear there will be cold and darkness, until ... there is nothing at all." So i don't think one decision is better than the other, because the equation doesn't necessarily written as "sadness>emptiness"

[@ernestbeqiri5786]

This DLC is even better than the main game. Better story pacing, better boss battles, better level desgn etc. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that the main game is in anyway bad- it is great. However, I like this DLC more for those reasons I just gave. And this part with Iris is my favorite part of the DLC. I guess CD Projekt Red has listened to the fans' feedback, whether good or bad, and has improved almost every aspect in this DLC. Such a great company!

[@pedrojuan8050]

Of course. The bosses are really unique. At first Geralt fought the Phrog Prince, then that dumb strong Ofieri Mage, then Olgierd, the Caretaker, Iris' wraith, then wrapping it up with O'Dimm's challenge. Truly a good dlc.

[@khususgabut5727]

I just cant believe how they sinking so bad with cybertrash 2077 after this masterpieces of DLC. smh...

[@14112ido]

They really fixed the boss battles, since Eredin and Caranthir were really lackluster in the base game.

[@muhammadnursyahmi9440]

@@khususgabut5727 hmm, Cyberpunk 2077 state of launch was quite horrendous, but the story of the side quests are still top notch.

[@dddrrmm]

Well, they've really tried to one up the Barron quest. Also, Iris was quite the lady. Also, I keep trying to imagine how gifiting the dog and cat went down: "Hey, hone, I know my heart is made of stone and I've done many a dark deed, but I still want to make you happy. Here's a talking demon dog and a talking demon cat. Have a good one."

[@xLetalis]

+Пиер Стоянов :D and let's not forget the undertaker

[@xLetalis]

+xLetalis I just realized I wrote undertaker instead of caretaker but it suits him well!

[@dddrrmm]

:D Iris: By Meletele's three faces, Olgierd, why don't you listen to me. You never listen to me... Oh, I'm being unreasonable? Why won't you stop summoning fucking demons into our house.

[@MultiStyleSPGE]

+Пиер Стоянов hahahahaahaha...laugh so hard right now... Olgierd : If I was good in summon demons I am with my sword...

[@potatoesmashymash5836]

This game... is just ... something else. It's more than just a game. It is art.

[@nfekted]

agreed. Not even all the Zelda's I've played can touch the masterful tapestry woven by CD Projekt Red here. I've lingered in Toussaint for a long time but when I finish, I will play the game again on hardest difficulty

[@sammyshehole]

Yeah, the only games that come close to this one, for me, are Dragon Age Origins and some Final Fantasy games.

[@TheGingiGamer]

Bloody Persistent And Mass Effect and The Last of Us for me.

[@Lucasmvpkmn]

This was amazingly well written. I sympathized with Iris completely when she said she didn't wish to suffer anymore but also was terribly afraid of nothingness, of ceasing to exist. I, too, am terribly afraid of death because of that. But I took the rose, because death is as terrible as it is unavoidable, and to live eternally in the world of sadness and pain would end up being a fate worst than oblivion. But man was it hard to decide. I applaud this masterpiece of a game.

[@TheCulturalBomb]

The emotion and story in this game is eons above anything Bethesda has done.

[@kevinvu5432]

Imagine cdproject red owning elder scrolls series

[@notenoughgarlic]

Absolutely no comparison. Witcher is mature fantasy, Elder Scrolls is the kid version 🤣. Although Oblivion is my favorite video game, but only for the nostalgia and humor. HA-AAH! OOH! HMM! But Witcher’s the best fantasy world ever crafted. I could go back to the whole series, any day.

[@praisethesun8494]

I'm sorry sir but you're comparing a roleplaying game with deep lore and A Choice based Rpg They are 2 different games with two very Different audiences

[@TheCulturalBomb]

@@praisethesun8494 Yes because you can't do emotion and story in both? Lmao. If written well anything has the power to make you feel emotional about the narrative you are watching. It just so happens CD Projekt Red are a better developer and better storytellers.

[@praisethesun8494]

@@TheCulturalBomb I won't deny that but they're still very different products in general

[@DCdabest]

Olgierd: "......I've thrown all the spiders into the garden" Geralt: *draws sword* "Oh fuck"

[@XiyuYang]

This part is just heartbreaking...I feel so bad for Iris, she loved Olgierd with no reserve, yet look at where she ended up. Ahh this game, never gets old on me.

[@kakeiwong1178]

I actually left her the ross for Olgierd to visit her one last time, so pissed he didnt even mention her in the good ending

[@hoilet6999]

He did mention her name there tho?

[@Hondarama]

Not even sure Iris is still alive if Olgierd survives. As it very much seems like that he doesn't have a heart of stone, and thus most likely... Isn't immortal anymore. And since Olgierd asked for both him and Iris to become immortal.. And that immortality seemingly is what is keeping Iris stuck in this weird dream state.. I just sortof don't think Iris is still there.

[@thefinalroman]

@@Hondarama Read the Char description it says she is still there and the cat and dog too...They even mention waiting for another....

[@marbzirc376]

Damn, for a game and Iris von Everec being a fictional character at that, you could really feel her powerful emotions regarding her situation. I remember holding off for at least 5 minutes during that difficult choice, thinking I would feel guilt afterwards. More so, because I felt how she felt about being in a dilemma of 'living' in agony, or ceasing to exist. Ultimately, I just had to 'free' her. IMO, she's suffered long enough. Kudos to her voice actress, Lu Corfield for such an excellent performance!

[@tl4038]

This is one of the best questchain in the history of gaming. Its incredibly good and impactful.

[@xLetalis]

I know what you mean

[@Ilovepieandchips]

My pulse was so fast throughout this entire quest chain. Being on that estate is just ghastly. The Caretaker actually curdled my blood when I first saw him, venturing through the manner was so foreboding and overall, the grief of Iris deeply saddened me. Amazing DLC. I actually felt relieved when I was out of the grounds, back at a windmill in the sun with some peasants and more pleasant music. Brilliantly designed game in so many ways.

[@xLetalis]

well said

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Don't marry someone just because you want to help or heal or feel overly sorry for them, help them but don't share their problems. That's in my great-grandmother's housewife guide thing from Sweden from 1902. It also says you should spike your husband's liquor with arsenic when he has the flu and that "marriage is like a lottery you either win a prize or end up miserable for eternity"

[@Fenrispro]

Yea this quest is a mirror of the older Gen's rigid mindset, dw loss of face so stay married. :( Damn! In my case, idiot old fogey dominating× keeping junks.

[@ReedBoi-tv2se]

Fenris pro people who lose the lottery aren’t miserable for eternity, that would be like millions of people

[@clinicalpsychologist]

I don't understand those idiots that chose to let her live in this nightmare forever. I mean, really?!

[@ismathem]

I agree with you. I feel the exact same way.

[@pentraksil]

+41Djfu#lksdkjfd Yes, but is it really the end of her torture if you let her go? We don't know what awaits her or us on "the other side" As she said, maybe we just convicted her to eternal nothingness?

[@TURDY2929]

+pentraksil it's worth a try at the least

[@Landis963]

It sucks, I know, but this isn't for Geralt to decide. Not really. In a perfect world, Iris would choose, but as it is, Olgierd needs to know, really know, what it is he lost when he decided to treat with Master Mirror.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

41Djfu#lksdkjfd Yeah... if anything I just wanted Olgierd to suffer, she didn't deserve it... but David Beckham was a total prick in this DLC.

[@biscuit9326]

Best part of the game .i took the rose to end her world of torment, such a excellent storyline. "Iris ,what a mess we made of it all if I've only know then how it would end"

[@numaerislam9409]

It really broke my heart realizing that i couldn't do anything for her. She didn't deserve these at all, and so did olgierd. Such a tragic end. I ended up taking the rose just in the hope to free her from the sorrow. Again, great story-writing.

[@AquaLangistify]

It's unhuman to leave her to suffer in her memories, she need to finish her line like others that are dead.

[@Zero8880]

Iris is so hauntingly beautiful.......

[@herrwagnerianer1739]

Iris was such a beautiful woman who only sought love... Sad. This quest also raises the question of whether there's an afterlife in the Witcher universe. Obviously, there's supernatural stuff, and ghosts exist, but they are bound to this earthly world for a reason, such as unfinished business. But what happens when this link is solved and they pass on? This quest insinuates that nothingness awaits you. Now what is preferable: a continued existence in a dream world full of pain, or nothingness? Horrible decision.

[@dexdzll6427]

this expansion pack is filled to the brim with beautiful exchange of dialogues, interesting characters, haunting music. cd projekt red are not even game devs anymore, they are artists.

[@gandalfhan]

One of the saddest missions in the game which includes one of the morally hardest decisions as well- end Iris' suffering but uncertain of what will happen after or let her have the rose that reminds her of her true love and memories but still feels pain. Damn... this game is just a masterpiece.

[@xLetalis]

indeed

[@sothasil6605]

Do you remember the quest with the painter in Cheydinhal in Oblivion? So much feels...

[@silasriver109]

Rythe Lathandas, IIRC

[@imverystupid6907]

i tried to do a evil playtrough of this game, but iris made me so sad that i deleted my save files of it and just stared a good playtrough of it.

[@sebastianmocanu6399]

"I whish to gaze into those eyes... eyes the devil would be proud to have" - I think one of the best lines ever written period.(the guys that wrote this story are big goethe fans, but it's so much more than just a German tragedy... Has elements of ancient Greek tragedies too and they are combined masterfully) (I didn't cry, nope)

[@Elaini-Gaming]

This is my favorite part of the entire Hearts of Stone.

[@xLetalis]

yeah it's great

[@galatasaray984]

i HATE this mission,its so sad,i was in my head like:please let there be a way to make her happy,re-unite them

[@xLetalis]

:) that's how the Witcher 3 is

[@chunganhle9176]

Same to me. I wished Geralt somehow was able to take Iris' ghost to Olgierd for them to talk only once again before releasing her soul forever. However, as the comment above, it's how Witcher 3 does, to bring us such a bitter story which leaving so many thoughts. TW3 is a mature game, there is no doubts it plays a mature way.

[@elenaravenwood9851]

Why can't I tell Olgierd to meet Iris after his curse is lifted? If only Geralt can read my mind, maybe the two lover can live happily ever after, together.

[@Hondarama]

Bit late reply but still... I think that if you save Olgierd, Iris might actually die. If you beat GO¨D then we know that at least part of the Gaunters curse affecting Olgierd vanishes, as he seems to no longer have a heart of stone... As a result he is probably also no longer immortal. Iris mentions that Olgierd asked for immortality for them both, and it seems... That immortality is at least partially, if not entirely, what's keeping Iris in this weird limbo state of undeath. And thus.. If Olgierd isn't immortal, Iris most likely isn't either, which kindof makes sense. Of course Gaunter would set up his scheme in a way that even if he were to be bested, Olgierd would never be able to have what he wished for.. Namely Iris. Not even in the bittersweet twisted way that they would be stuck together forever in Iris' dream.

[@thefinalroman]

@@Hondarama The cat and dog were summoned by Olgierd's black magic not O'dimm And her painted world had nothing to do with O'dimm. If you read the char description after leaving the rose it says she is still there....

[@zippyparakeet1074]

Finally managed to convince my girlfriend to try out this quest, she instantly got into it and enjoyed it up until this point but, man, Iris' story had an effect on her, it genuinely saddened her and the whole taking the rose bit brought her to tears, poor thing. Had to take her out the next day, she just didn't feel alright for a day. Such a powerful game.

[@kevinmole9982]

The most haunting quest I have ever played she was lovely

[@Nat11us]

Iris was loyal wife and beautiful lady but Olgierd banish her so hard from death,I hope iris will stay alive and feeling not suffering anymore since Olgierd now have heart back (I lifted his curse in my gameplay)

[@fatalexception1269]

A contender for the greatest RPG quest of all time. You'll re-emerge into the Witcher world still trying to process what you just went through.

[@xLetalis]

indeed :(

[@pvtnewb]

Good god "I am sadness" just punched me in the gut.

[@FreezeMathias]

She looks like Eva Green and he looks like David Beckham

[@wonghenry8731]

21:54 re hearing Iris' faith in Olgierd makes me rethink that saving Olgierd at the end is the good end in my book, as if I'm respecting her last wishes, she truly wanted her husband to live happier.

[@sitizenkanemusic]

This is my favorite DLC- on par with the actual game. The story was so amazingly intriguing and the writing is masterful. I feel for Iris and even Olgierd when I learn that he is suffering himself and yearns for his humanity back. And Master Mirror is frighteningly interesting and mysterious.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Damn her fucking arachnophobia, those things are always hard to kill... So fast

[@dragonquest8ftw1]

As strange as it all sounds, this made me hate O'Dimm more than Olgierd. Like I get it, Olgierd made a deal with the devil and he's gotta pay the due, but the damage it caused to the innocents in the crossfire caused nothing but pain truama, heartbreak, and countless unneccesary losses and the worst of it all, O'Dimm let it happen, more likely than not, knowing what would happen and worse off, he almost certainly doesn't care so long as the contract is fulfilled. The Ofieri prince was made a toad and killed, the Borsodi family house drenched in blood by family and innocent, a wedding crashed by an unwanted spectre and to top it all off, an innocent woman who wanted nothing but love was cursed to one of the worst fates I've ever seen in a video game. Say what you want about Olgierd being the trigger of it all in all of this, but Gaunter likely knew the way this would turn out and let it happen caring little of the consequences.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

Doesn't sound strange at all, most of us forgave Olgierd and hated O'Dimm

[@Citi2en_V41n]

yeah ... & from Geralt's pov, O'Dimm already did that MO when he caused the scholar locked on the Ofieri boat who knew some Ofieri to drown, via the same method with which he saved Geralt ... -- ahem, semi-saved: Geralt was still bound and swordless when he awoke after the storm

[@Pagemaster22193]

The sick bastard probably enjoyed it.

[@AlienSensei]

We should get a dog... or a cat and a dog... or better... A catdog.

[@nothingsjim]

Good thing Olgierd didn’t interpret her wish literally. Imagine Iris getting a half cat half dog demon instead of what she had.

[@Rcck.7282]

Olgried : "best I could do is demon with cat and dog skin"

[@deno6562]

This Quest was one of the best maybe even the best in the game. The music in the Background was horrifiying. The world the colours and Monsters/Bosses terrifiying. It was just a nightmare. After i completed this Quest i had tears in my eyes and was done for the day with Witcher 3 had to process what happened. I took the rose because I had the Same opinion as the cat and the dog had. This world is a nightmare which will never Stop. To exist like this is maybe not worth the existence. I curse you gaunter o dim you are just evil.

[@TX533]

Missed oportunity for Geralt to ask: "I know this is awkward but... May I pet you guys?"

[@jinx1987]

This is like a incredibly dark version of Beauty and the Beast

[@AshandLizBeauty]

Not only do I feel bad for Iris but you gotta feel for Olgrierd too. He made a deal with Gaunter so he could be with Iris. In doing so he lost himself and his own heart causing his love to become his hate. Not only did he lose his brother, he lost his only love, and himself. This story is haunting. I wish they could meet again under better circumstances. Also fuck the brothers that made the Von Evercs lose their money. All of this shit wouldn’t have happened then. 🖕🏻

[@xLetalis]

well said

[@zippyparakeet1074]

Yeah, in my second playthrough I killed the Borsodis. Sided with Ewald so he'd kil Horst then killed Ewald for the house. Felt bad for Casimir but oh well, collateral damage.

[@toastx_]

Black cat and dog: You must help free us stranger. Geralt: Sure, but first how about a round of Gwent? Black Dog and Cat: *Nods*

[@thatdudewelove8498]

Dooode, Iris got legs o.O I'd worship her if she were mine

[@kennethgdavis4643]

Vlodimir I felt bad for because he was considered second best to his brother. Iris was just an unnecessary victim in Olgeird’s deal with O’Dimm. This DLC officially made me depressed as hell and sad af nearing the end.

[@xLetalis]

:( yeah it can do that to you

[@RandomDuude]

5:04 Ah yes! Game wouldn't be complete without the classic "spider the size of a buffalo" fight XD

[@donsan5585]

In my opinion, this is the best quest in the entire gaming industry. Incredible atmosphere, non-trivial gameplay even within the game itself, a strong plot that touches a nerve. Iris herself, again in my opinion, is the best female character in the game.

[@stharrison6074]

I wish part of the good ending was to bring Olgierd the painted rose. Then they could reunite happily with both of them loving each other again.

[@despacitodaniel801]

Everytime she speaks I feel so safe

[@insanelysaneman2033]

This quest right here is the pinnacle of quest design and narration in gaming.

[@khususgabut5727]

Iris is so elegant and graceful. No wonder Olgierd being crazy after his heart stop his feeling

[@Marco.91]

This is probably my favorite witcher 3 quest

[@sharathk220]

I fell really sad for iris... the last where geralt says I remember you... the face iris make is so heart warming... played this dlc 3 years ago still feels.. like yesterday. The witcher 3 is legendary game

[@Ignisan_66]

13:45 This is the exact moment Olgierd von Everec became Heisenberg.

[@chuannguyenvuanhSG92]

7:40 Haha, I just like how the way Geralt acting like 'be cool' with this scene when he is a man who witnessing Olgierd's lying on his lovely wife.

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

This DLC was fantastic and the entire Painted World sequence was just...something else.

[@Severina26]

Such an impacting quest...especially if you're a person who knows what it was like to be in a relationship with a person with a heart of stone, emotionally unavailable.

[@SofiaLopez-ym6ue]

yup..

[@DennisSuryana]

U should take the rose

[@adifishman4857]

Bacot

[@khususgabut5727]

@@adifishman4857 cringe pleb

[@genesisosuna]

11:44 I always find the cat's gasp amusing lol

[@xLetalis]

hah, indeed :D I had forgotten about it

[@genesisosuna]

@@xLetalis it surprises me you still reply to recent comments in 4 year old videos. I appreciate your dedication

[@xLetalis]

@@genesisosuna Thanks :) If the comment is worth responding, the upload date of the video doesn't matter

[@thomaslaut9990]

I got frustrated with the boss here on death march. Fun fight though.

[@cellistrae994]

17:27 This fight with a wrong build was a real pain for me. (Maxed Quen and Axii, used Archgriffin potion).

[@CopR8r]

i felt the need to come here and read other people reaction to the Iris quest, cause I was truly and painfully heartbroken, even though its not my first play of "hearts of stone" that's how incredible this game is.

[@lukeowns]

When all the comments are about the good content of the DLC rather than the price of it, you know they’ve done a good job.

[@xLetalis]

indeed...

[@brianj436]

How could you hurt someone that hot.

[@ryankelley5160]

I always knew that taking the rose was the right choice.

[@nothingsjim]

Not taking the rose + not saving Olgierd = G.O.D taking the souls of both Iris and Olgierd to be tortured for eternity. I am so sorry :( But I really wanted the saddle.

[@tranminhhieu9492]

Even though i knew the heart of stone was a side effect from O'Dimm doing that Olgierd became emtionless and cruel, still i wouldn't gonna save him after all he's done to Iris. His soul deserves to face the fate worse than death.

[@septemberwashere]

I felt so bad for her, such a sensitive soul and just wanted love back. I wanted to cry so bad

[@Atomic-Blast-]

I really wished to see Olgierd, in a way, reenter the painted world, encounter Iris again, and just hold her tight, after all the main events have played out and you decide to save Olgierd and let Iris keep the rose. Hell, even if not these circumstances, i wished to see a little cutscene where, after tens of years have passed, Iris would reunite with her husband, in the Void.

[@kaangunhan2572]

10:19 You have such lovely pair of legs under your roof and you still try to be alone dude?Wtf??

[@itsneverlupus5544]

Cant claim olgierd is smart

[@minhle-nm4rr]

you know, I chose to save Olgierd because I hope there will be an ending where he will find a way into the painting with her and they will live happily ever after

[@kevinmole9982]

we have to wait two years for another masterpiece of them mate

[@MattBG67]

9:10 Reminds me of the video of Eminem - Stan, where his wife calls out after him and he locks himself in the bathroom

[@kens9775]

FYI.... If you keep the portrait of Iris and Olgierd and instead bury her with the brush or sketchbook, you can later hang the portrait in the home given to you (Corvo Bianco). witcher.fandom.com/wiki/Corvo_Bianco

[@selcal1948]

yeah i did that. and under the painting i placed olgierds sword "iris".

[@sbraypaynt]

Once more Geralt chooses...the lesser evil

[@chrisdixon892]

The game that set the standard, the one to beat this will be something to behold. Everything is 2nd to the story.

[@thetardyowlvg9155]

The first time I played, I couldn't take the rose because when Geralt first mentioned taking it, she sounded so upset when she said it was the last gift she'd received from her husband. The love in her voice broke my heart. I couldn't do it. And then, when she gives you the painting, saying she wants to be close to Olgierd again, I almost cried. That's what she wanted most. To have her husband back. So, maybe letting her keep the rose and enter the painting gave her the peace she was looking for.

[@blck0ut572]

Because of iris story i find it hard to spare olgeird buf i remember he had a heart turn to stone by gaunter and the only way he can repay iris is to be a good man and start a new so i let him live gaunter manipulated events to make olgeird desperate i read what happened to the von everecs and its way too comical how they immediately experienced all that bad luck all at once.

[@rais4272]

This was a damn ART!!

[@narutosage37]

Anyone thought that if Iris married the Ofieri prince, her life would be a lot happier? Olgierd talked badly about him but i believe that was just him being jealous.

[@xLetalis]

Could've been yes

[@Themockingbird93]

One of the best stories in gaming history. Gut wrenching.

[@SSW1FTT]

Im not sounding dramatic but this literally happened to the love of my life. We were madly in love, every night and every day we’d text each other consistently. Every time we woke up, we’d say good morning to each other and also with good nights to each other right before we fell asleep typing to each other that we will never leave each other. She was always there for me and I was always there for her. She made me whole and she brought so much happiness in my life. I’d even take longer walks home coming home from school just to have more time to talk to her. Then one day, she became distant. At that point I was in the shoes of Iris because I had not done any wrong and my girlfriend distanced herself. She would on and off leave FaceTime while I was on there rather than to stay and talk to me. We broke up and I was in so much agony and I was so sad. It felt like I was grieving because her old self was gone. Gone in the matter of a day because she didn’t know what she truly wanted but deep down I still feel it was an excuse. Excuse to abandon me. It was absolutely perfect I tell you. After having tried to stay as friends she became less and less in tune with her feelings. She became blank of true expression and only went after evil by being more with her toxic friend than anybody else including I. She became Olgierd. Just this past week I cut off ties with her even as friends. She merely didn’t talk to me about her but instead of others. She even acknowledged that her old self was no more and she didn’t care about herself anymore. She became a manipulator and a liar and I called her a monster for having ruined my life by killing off her old self who I loved with all essence of my life. I had light PTSD with this and I felt so bad for Iris. I know how she feels. The one person you love just turns your back on you and you can’t go back to what was once before.

[@surrender8116]

Man...same with my first love, the love of my life... I've been with him for 7 years, and I'm slowly watching how he distances from me, how the one that he used to be slowly dies. I know deep down that it's just a matter of time for him to leave and to be honest that is killing me and I don't know what to do or how will I be able to overcome this. Maybe it's true... we are too young but, why do I love him so much then? Why can't I imagine my future with someone else? Why is he the only one in my mind and my heart? I try to be patient and comprehensive, but I don't understand why I stopped being the love of his life, because I'm sure I was. Still... He is truly a treasure.

[@thejumpmaster8728]

U know.i hope when I took the rose,she was finally free.i also took the sword names iris and hung it on the wall of corvo bianco,so I could always remember the tragedy of a woman so lovely,but died wanting to be loved.

[@atnguyenquy1331]

I feel so bad for Iris, makes the final decision tough for me as well. To keep her here is to torment her for eternity, take the rose and you send her to the unknown. In the end, I had to take the rose, to free her. She may not know what lies beyond but at least she has a chance to be released.

[@fusselgurr]

i absolutely adore this dlc. gives me goosebumps everytime. it´s so beautiful and tragic. poor Iris. really broke my heart

[@xLetalis]

I feel the same :(

[@pussyboi2581]

This momments i felt so bad about her. at last i took the rose just to end her pain

[@SiddharthSinghFiery69]

I feel an infinite tenderness and love for Iris von Everec. When she said, "I am sadness", I felt like comforting her so bad. She was one of the most beautiful gaming characters I have ever come across. I swear if she existed in the real world, I would love her beyond measure and keep her warm all her life. ❤️🌹 Plus she's a Gothic beauty. I love Gothic women. 💜