>>713247369
Chapter 3's where the big divergence is going to happen, according to the map. Getting Ramb a Shadow Crystal will probably be important, for example.

>>713044787
>the route though the main game is done using knight's moves

>>713030252
Yes...for a given definition of "better," considering that it's possible that the Freedomfags are actually working for FRIEND (aka Kitty Satan) and are trying to trick you into doing Genocide 2: this time you fucked everything up on accident.