You should follow
Main quest walkthrough v1.9 at OP page (at least to follow the first chapters on maria's quest that you have to complete before a certain number of days pass) (DO NOT FOLLOW THE WALKTHROUGH THAT COMES WITH THE PACKAGE OF THE GAME as will get you into some tricky bugs!) after that you can play more freely (but is advisable to check the walkthrough to avoid some bugs and some scenes you have to play before starting other quests) and also it is advisable to save frequently and in different slots as you probably will hit some bugs)
There are a few scenes that you can miss choosing one path over another (and in next updates as siding with different gangs will have exclusive scenes this will have more importance) there arent too many missables I can think of (maybe a pic or a scene) --> (complete daisies and beth reccess quests first) (visiting markus at his home after you see him at school
will bug Beths quest)
Cheating is not needed as the grind has been reduced (some people can find it too much still) and I think that you still have to use save editors to fix some bugs (Rosalva a classmate not appearing at school i.e)
. Plus hornet pub has been in the game for quite some time, and he added mall only in this update. Have you continued doing Jet's quest already?
