New player questions

Hi, so I'm new to fear and hunger. I did some research before buying and downloading the games, and while i didn't like, fully spoil myself on F&H1 before doing the endings i wanted to do, i lowkey found the game a bit more forgiving than i expected it to be. All around, it was really fun but i wanna get into F&H2 now, but i essentially did ZERO research on the game other than some lore

Is there any advice I should consider before my first run of the second game? Nothing that makes it hopelessly easy but just some helpful tips so that I'm aware of what I'm getting into?

Also, somewhat side question, but I recognize how screwed up of game it is, but is the community much worse? I'm typically aware that communities of fucked up games usually have decen people, but i'm lowkey worried about possible predators or weirdos running rampant or something.