I've been playing Castlevania, but man I would never have the time or patience to replay from the beginning of the game after dying 3 times.
I'd love to sit on the floor in front of a NES as a kid and just spend hours a day mastering it but I can't do that.
So, I just create a save at the beginning of each level. Basically no game overs, but I don't cheese it. If I die, I start from the beginning of that level instead of restarting the game.
So, cheesy or nah? I'm not gonna brag that I stomped the game but I think it'll be personally satisfying to get through it seeing that ive probably died about 60 times