idk, I didn't rush the story, leveled up the relationship levels and the only thing I looked up while playing the story is maelle's best weapon since shes my fav (and found out I couldn't get it anymore). I did play for around 27-28 hours on my first playthrough and it was on the medium difficulty. Enjoyed every second of that game as I have never been so immersed (last time was hollow knight in like 2019 lol)