Wodhann
South American Norse God
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The difference is FF7 was designed as an intrinsically single-player game whereas Civ 5 is a multiplayer game which can be (and most often is) played alone. There's a world of difference between the two of them.I don't really think it should count as cheating. Besides being single player, the game lets you make multiple save files (other games don't). Honestly, if you played, say, Final Fantasy VII, should you delete your file if you die on disc 3? Or do you just load the save and try again?
My mindset is as such: Can I savescum in a multiplayer game with human players? No. So doing that in a single player game feels like taking unfair advantage to win.
Now, I'm not "judging" anyone. Hell, I myself abuse of save-state in certain retro games when playing them in emulator. But here's the thing, when I do, I know I'm cheating. In the end, it's all about your goals and how you want to spend your time, after all.