From Software's Dark Souls is one of gaming's most rewarding - and brutal - experiences. For many, the game - as well as its forerunner Demon's Souls and sequel Dark Souls II - is hard-as-nails when played normally, but there's a small subset of completely insane players who feel it isn't quite punishing enough.
Twitch and YouTube user bearzly is one of those individuals. Not content with the difficulty curve of Dark Souls, he's taken to playing the game not with a standard controller, but with a pair of Donkey Konga Bongos, originally released for Nintendo's GameCube many years ago.
Just in case you think this all sounds too good to be true, you can watch bearzly use the unlikely peripheral to take on what many consider to be one of the game's toughest encounters - the boss fight against Ornstein and Smough - in the video below.
Whatever will people think of next? Taking on Dark Souls with a Rock Band controller? Nope, that's been done already.
[source kotaku.com]
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sadist? dont you mean masochist?
@6ch6ris6 I came here just to say that... D=
@DeathUriel same
...I have no words.
Great, now do it with a flute up your nose. Just kidding, this is amazing.
That's pretty cool, he should try playing a Monster Hunter game with those bongos.
This is the most beautiful thing I have seen in my life!
@6ch6ris6 Only reason I came here xD You win
A Sadist is someone who likes to inflict pain on others. A masochist is someone who loves to receive pain.
I wish dark souls 2 could come onto the Wii U , it looks really cool
@DracioKoi Nail on the head.
Well that's depressing. Saw Dark Souls and was hoping for news related to Wii U.
@6ch6ris6 D'oh, yeah. Fixed! Thanks
The clap should do something I do think it's so cool that the bongos act like trackpads though.
Never played Donkey Konga, but Donkey Kong :Jungle Beat was a reat game for myself and my 2 sons. Don't think we've ever used the bongos for anything else though. We still have the bongos and a Wii, I've actually been meaning to go back to it lately and give it another go.
I remember back in my day, this article had a sadist in it. And nowadays it has this flim-flam "masochist" instead. Dang kids!
That is a pair-up I didn't expect when i woke up this morning. It's nice to see gamers still finding new ways to have fun with their games in 2015
Less entertaining than I thought it would be, to tell you the truth. I expected more bongo-ing and clapping. He's just sort of fingering them.
I was just playing Jungle Beat the other day. I think my palms still ache from all the clapping...
Did someone get in trouble for saying "Sadist"...? Lol!
Besides, a "Masochist" is someone who gets a thrill by inflicting self pain. He's obviously inflicting pain on his enemies.
This just doesn't look fun at all.
I don't even understand how that can work.
Do the bongos really have different areas to hit??
The things people do for a livestream...
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