Is this cheating in gaming if i i do this

[Sepalcure]

Lolz it's definitely not cheating, if you feel like you'll gain an advantage by looking through HP/MP stats and reistances and weaknesses for certain enemies than you're free to do so, dude. The same logic goes for viewing a walkthrough in case you happen to be stuck on a certain boss or you're lost in a particular area, there's nothing wrong with informing yourself if the game doesn't necessarily provide that information for you. There's no wrong or right way to play a game, it's what is beneficial to you and what you feel will help you pass a certain area or defeat a difficult enemy--that's what matters. So yeah, no one has the right to say, "Oh derp you're cheating! Omgz y r u lookin at dese stats for dese enemies!?!!111" Are they playing the game? No. If they wouldn't use a guide or walkthrough then good for them but if it works for you and so long as you're playing it then you're entitled to look up as many stats or what ever as you please. Hell, I use walkthroughs for most of my games nowadays anyways and I could care less whether I'm cheating or not because at the end of the day it helps me keep on track and not make as many mistakes.

[CPancer]

Yes it's cheating, you have sinned and you must ask God for forgiveness.

Just joking, It's not cheating and like everyone else who agrees with me you're simply learning about your enemies to take them down faster, tactical advantage as everyone else has stated.

If you somehow found a way to instantly level all of your characters to 99 that would be cheating, is it wrong? Obviously not! Does it take away from the gaming experience that Final Fantasy has lived on for 25 years? Possibly, depending if you will still enjoy the game being able to take down your foes with one strike.

[Zidane23]

I've never been a big RPG guy I just like Final Fantasy because of the great stories so you'll never catch me level grinding or maxing out my guys. In fact I breezed through 8 not knowing what the hell I was doing just killing everyone with GF's in one hit wondering how I was so good at a game that I didn't understand. Than I got to Adel and the guy that guards the castle that doesn't allow you to use GF's gave me huge trouble so I actually had to learn what I was doing. So I say its fun to try to do it by yourself at the same time if you found a faster way to do it than more power to you because to me I like Final Fantasy for the story anyways.