Nope, the character order isn't the best order of completion. I would go for Maria first, you need to get her to stage 9 to unlock Karen and Barbara and you can unlock Sandra while you go through her route ( follow the guide for how). Also, there are some events you need to do while you're a Bum. Getting into a fight with the security guard at the bank, starting Martha's route, etc. It makes more sense to do those early on instead of going back and forth between BUM and NORMAL.Im trying to follow the walkthrough but im having difficulties. It does not seem to me that i should follow the order posted in the walkthrough . So starting a fresh save, what stories do i pursue first? The first 3 one's i should go for would be helpful and ill try to figure out from there.
Thank you.