Of Course Elden Ring is Already Being Played By Twitch Chat
Elden Ring is already being played by a Twitch chat, as players continue to seek the wackiest ways to play developer FromSoftware's latest.
Twitch streamer Bruce Greene put his chat to work when he stepped away from his computer in a stream to support charities helping Ukrainian civilians and refugees.
The Twitch chat took control of his Elden Ring gameplay as Greene slept (in a tent with a bonfire) by spamming chat-based commands to move forward, back, roll, use items, and so on, in a trend that gained prominence in 2014 with Twitch Plays Pokémon.
I've figured out a way to play Elden Ring FOREVER- I play during the day- Twitch Chat plays while I sleep and work out- I'm sleeping in a tent with a bonfire50% of proceeds go to Ukraine (UNICEF and Red Cross) pic.twitter.com/1xXyaebEmo
The results were naturally chaotic, and resulted in death after death, but the chat was eventually able to move around with a bit of consistency. However, don't expect the triumphs of a Twitch plays Pokémon with this – with a bigger world, more commands, and more difficulty, just getting to new areas was the real victory here.
It's not the only weird way players are opting to experience Elden Ring, as one player defeated a boss using the Nintendo Switch Ring Fit Controller.
Elden Ring continues to take the gaming sphere by storm after becoming one of the best reviewed games in modern history, and has even extended outside of games (in an equally odd way) with Trolli making an Elden Ring candy.
In our 10/10 review, IGN said: "Elden Ring is a massive iteration on what FromSoftware began with the Souls series, bringing its relentlessly challenging combat to an incredible open world that gives us the freedom to choose our own path."
To make those choices
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