“Git gud,” say the gamers. After all, the Dark Souls games are all about difficulty. You’re meant to struggle. But some struggle more than others.
That’s why streamer Rudeism decided to play the entirety of Dark Souls 3 in Morse code using just one button. Not just to prove it can be done, but to prove that everyone can play games differently. Even Dark Souls.
“It’s not just a matter of getting good, it’s that no matter how good [some players] get, they just cannot react fast enough to this game that is very fast paced, and very reaction time based, and is designed for a standard controller. And based on the assumption that you are a fully able human being,” says Rudeism.
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For him, difficulty is a subset of accessibility options and should be included to open games up to a wider audience. Difficulty, after all, is subjective.
“Dark Souls is easy for some people, it’s hard for others, it’s impossible for others,” he says.
“What is objective are the obstacles that are placed in front of you… the problem then becomes players’ ability to cross those hurdles. And if they have some form of disability that makes it naturally harder for them to cross those obstacles.