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Gaming Slang
softlock
· noun · gaming
The game's still running but you're stuck with no way to win — only a reset fixes it.
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A state where the game hasn't frozen — you can still move, menus still work — but progress is permanently impossible. Trapped in a room with no exit, out of a required item, stuck in a loop. Your only way out is to reset.
“If you skip that key you'll softlock at the locked door with no way back.”
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softlock In A Sentence
If you skip that key you'll softlock at the locked door with no way back.
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How's a softlock different from a hardlock?
A hardlock freezes the game completely — nothing responds. A softlock leaves the game running fine, you just can't ever progress.
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