How he never smashed it in frustration is admirable.

Twitch streamer ‘bearzly’, who describes himself as “a huge fan of the Souls series” (and notes on his Twitch page he’s completed a number of challenge runs of Darks Souls in the past “using terrible controllers”), completed a full run of Bloodborne with the controls mapped to his Xbox 360 Rock Band 1 faux Fender Stratocaster.

You can watch the full stream on his Twitch channel, but for a shorter glimpse you can watch one of the tougher boss battles below; bearzly notes that this “is a hectic boss fight and one of the ones that is harder with poor movement/camera controls” and that it took him several attempts.

If you're still slogging through Bloodborne with a boring old regular controller be sure to stop by IGN's Bloodborne Wiki for a host of handy hints and tips.

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