unwinnable
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unwinnable
adjective
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Unable to be won.
The “Zarfian Cruelty Scale” rates games as Merciful, Polite, Tough, Nasty, or Cruel. The scale describes how works of IF become unwinnable, especially how and when the interactor (here a player, and one trying to win) learns this.
Similar: walking dead, softlock, softlocked
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adj unable to be won
| Español | inganable |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 得られない erarenai |
| 中文 | 一場無法取勝 /一场无法取胜 yīchǎng wúfǎ qǔshèng |
| Deutsch | nicht zu gewinnen, nicht zu gewinnend, ungewinnbar |
| Italiano | impossibile da vincere |
| Русский | заведомо проигрышную zavedomo proigryšnuju |
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