Handicapable Streamer Beats Hard Dark Souls 3 Boss With His…

Advancements in technology have helped make gaming more accessible for everyone, as seen recently when a father altered a Xbox Adaptive Controller to play Nintendo Switch games. That applies to more casual titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and to intense ones like Dark Souls 3, in which a Twitch steamer named HandicapableOne defeated Slave Knight Gael.

Footage of HandicapableOne's victory over the grueling boss battle was clipped by Twitch user TheoBr0mine and uploaded to r/LivestreamFail by Reddit user Thezza-D. Thinking about the difficult notoriety of the Ringed City, and that HandicapableOne is approaching the fight with limitations not necessarily considered by the game's developers makes the fight an incredible feat to observe.

The acclaim From Software's games have garnered as difficult, yet rewarding-to-learn masterpieces has led to a whole cottage industry of players looking for ways to elevate the challenge further. For instance, YouTuber TheRealSpidersGeorg_ has played Dark Souls 3 with a toaster, a prospect that is as hard to comprehend as it is impressive.

Beyond that, there are also players who look to challenge themselves in more traditional ways. Twitch streamer The Happy Hob made headlines last year by beating every Soulsborne game without getting hit — though this was before Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice came out and changed up the series' formula.

However, what HandicapableOne does is different. Rather than a story of victory through additional added layers of challenge, his is a story of proving that what others might consider impossible due to a handicap is entirely achievable — impressively so at that, watching how deftly he deals with Gael.

From Software is currently working on a new game with George R. R. Martin called Elden Ring. While the world waits on that title to drop, there are sure to be plenty more impressive feats across the studio's catalog of games to watch out for.

Dark Souls 3 is out now for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

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