Meet the new ‘The Witcher’ mod, which warns about the effects of Covid

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced the end of the global Covid emergency. Although the pandemic is now behind us, many people are still feeling the after-effects of the pandemic that killed millions of people around the world.

One of the biggest challenges in this post-pandemic period is precisely this: understanding the long-term consequences of the disease. To help clarify this unknown territory, a modder used the video game “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt“.

‘The Witcher’: Geralt will present after-effects of Covid

CD Projekt RED’s game will have a new mod in “The Witcher” that will introduce some Covid aftereffects to the main character, Geralt of Rivia.

From then on, the gaming experience will become even more challenging, as the wizard will have to face moments with blurred vision, difficulty breathing and loss of resistance due to lung problems and fatigue.

Additionally, the character will also have their memory clouded by the loss of items and will become disoriented regarding the time of day.

In this sense, according to the mod’s creator, Stellar7Project, the idea came about with the aim of raising awareness among the population about the long-term effects of this disease. The mod was developed with the help of the NGO Long COVID Europe, which studies the subject.

According to Stellar7Project:

“The mod was created to shed light on how around 65 million patients around the world are living their lives in a new difficulty. Based on the experiences of the NGO’s patients, this mod transforms the after-effects of Covid into in-game effects.”

If you are interested in testing this new “The Witcher” mod, you can download it for free from Nexus Mods. However, it is important to make it clear that this mod is not compatible with the new version of the game. game. In reality, it is only compatible with the PC base game or the “Game of the Year” edition.