Permadeath

Quick meaning: Permadeath is a noun meaning (video games, slang) Permanent death, where the player cannot continue but is obliged to restart the game from the beginning.

Meaning

(video games, slang) Permanent death, where the player cannot continue but is obliged to restart the game from the beginning.

More Meanings

1. (video games, slang) Likewise, any situation where a player character or characters who die are lost permanently but do not trigger a game over, allowing the player to proceed without the character(s). Particularly applies if said deaths are avoidable (not forced by the plot) and occur only as a result of player blunder.

Example Sentences

I don't consider permadeath a reasonable solution for most virtual worlds.

Permadeath is simply a way to encourage the playing of more than one game so they can try everything.

it features character permadeath which can’t be disabled; as the press release puts it, “in this Fire Emblem game, if your soldiers meet their end, they’re gone forever.”

And yes, especially 'special' mobs coming back is a bit of a stretch. But then the players coming back is a stretch too, no? (yes, I know, many have implemented some form of permadeath).

Word Forms

• permadeaths

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include checkpoint, predead, play-through, pre-mortem, perserverance, preemption.

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