This is exactly what streamer PointCrow decided to do on stream recently, hand the controls over to Twitch chat and see what happens. PointCrow recently completed a run of Breath of the Wild without walking, so trying to beat the game in unusual ways is something the streamer is familiar with.
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For this run, PointCrow gave chat buttons or commands they could enter to control Link, mapping these commands to the buttons in-game. Trading off in five-minute intervals, PointCrow and chat would take turns controlling the game, an exercise in complete frustration for PointCrow He would try his best to direct chat through difficult segments of the game, but one errant backflip and the whole operation falls apart.
As the run goes on, chat begins to cooperate, sensing the gravity of the task at hand. During his five minutes of control, PointCrow could right the ship, allowing this run to not go on for 43 days, like a certain Twitch chat playing Dark Souls run from a few years back.
Breath of the Wild has inspired players to break the game in mind-boggling ways while finding new secrets hidden in the game to this day. Despite having been released nearly three years ago, it is a game that has stayed in the spotlight. Now with the sequel on the horizon, fans are speculating on just what might be next for this amazing version of Hyrule.
The world in Breath of the Wild features many relics from past games, has seen the return of specific enemies, and with Breath of the Wild 2 appearing to be in the same world, that lore will only be further expanded. Fans are already trying to piece together where Breath of the Wild 2 will fit in the official timeline provided by the Hyrule Historia book.
As players eagerly wait for more news on Breath of the Wild 2, Twitch chat controlled runs like PointCrow’s show that fans might not be done with the original just yet.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available now for Switch & WiiU.
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