What is "sequence breaking"

n. (context video games English) Performing actions or obtaining items out of the linear order intended by the game's designers, either as a challenge or in order to skip certain sections of the game.

In computer and video games, sequence breaking is the act of performing actions or obtaining items out of the intended linear order, or of skipping “required” actions or items entirely. Sequence breaking is often used to beat a game unusually quickly, 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.