Sort of fast replies, since I haven't played in a while but kind of thinking of making a full keys + notes guide, so perhaps in the future*
- 1) Firstly there are 2 ways of beating the stage: with or without the holy cross. This cross is obtained in the daytime section (the normal one) of the chapel by talking to the high priestress (blue haired girl in white robes).
After you got it you just go past the save room, if done right, the blonde succubus will warn you to not take it with you and to leave it here.
If you do the section difficulty is about 2/5 and it just ends with you passing the stage, its a straight way to bad ending. If you decide to take it with you, well...
The difficulty spikes to 5/5 (the glitch you see during the stage selection actually portrays it: 2/5 if you don't pick up the cross, 5/5 if you do). a bucnh of pink crystals will apear in the area cutting off some of the sections,
but that's basically it, no new enemies or anything like that (by that I mean they're the same type of enemies, you just have to take alternative paths). And most importantly, you need to get the Apocrypha or smth like that - the book of sin basically. Honestly, the best I can do for now is the map of the place, but you should be able to explore it freely, worst that can happen is - you'll hit a dead end and would have to backtrack:
the area at the center is the bossfight, and a way for the true ending (given you've collected all 4 paradise keys by that point, so if you didn't - its best to do it beforehand.) Its a sort of challenge to even get there, but it is what it is. (I mean the black arrow)
- 2) Not that I know off. You get the free mode after getting the true ending, which basically allows you to select a spawn point on the map (that's where I got the map of the chapel), however you can make a bossfight easier, by interacting with the wodden sign, and choosing "need help".
It'll spawn 4 additional robes, 2 on each side of the arena, so you'll be able to tank 5 hits instead of 1 (each orb that hit you will instantly burn your robe, so the next one will be a guaranteed grab, unless you use additional robes). I did this bossfight with 1 robe ONCE, back in 0.4.3 when it was the only option... and it sucks, so at least that's the way to bake it more bearable at least.
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- 3) Not sure what you mean, after you beat the game, regardless of the ending, you get the gallery mode, I believe that all the ending (including the mini ones) are stored there.
- 4) Well unfortunately, mostly exploring, I've yet to familiarise myself with it as well, so that's the best I can give for an advise. As long as you dont jump through a long corridor of crystals leading to the boss, you should be able to get back from where you came.
P.S. I'll find one of my posts regarding the book - there's a trick to getting it.