Editing Sequence breaking (section)

{{Short description|The act of performing actions of a game out of order}}
In [[Video game|computer and video games]], '''sequence breaking''' is the act of performing actions or obtaining items out of the intended [[Nonlinear gameplay|linear order]] or of skipping "required" actions or items entirely.<ref name=carless>{{cite book|last=Carless|first=Simon|title=Gaming Hacks|year=2004|publisher=O'Reilly Media|isbn=0-596-00714-0}}</ref> Sequence breaking is often used to beat a game unusually quickly (such as [[speedrunning]]), to beat it while only completing a few objectives or obtaining a few items, to obtain useful items early in the game, to make the game more difficult, or to help push a game as far as possible in some other way.