I was reading some information on a forum, and I saw the term "save scumming" mentioned a few times. Does anyone know what this means? O_o
Yep.
Depending on your perspective, it's a cheat, exploit, work-a-round, solution, etc to (mostly Perma) RNG nastiness.
Often used to offset games that autosave.
In a nutshell:
- Save a Suspend save (file that automatically gets over-written),
- Exit game,
- Transfer this save to PS+, USB, etc.
- Return to game
Now, if you get perma-screwed, you can "Save Scum" (Re-copy the file from wherever you transferred it to) back to your saved game data; making permanence relative