The Video Game Critic

Playing a Metroidvania game, and I find I am possibly abusing the saves. The story should have missteps, mistakes, and yes, fatalities.

In other games, I have used save points too much like life lines, to magically restore health that has nothing to do with the story. Still, many games magically restore health after you 'lose a life' or continue. Now there are emulators and the Retron 5, where you can add save states in games that never had them.

Any opinions on saving, save points, and save scumming?

I'm going to turn this into a positive.
I regularly use save states as a 'trainer' so I can practice and practice various levels. I then go back and see if I can complete it 'normally' only then would I consider the game complete.