If you are looking for a way to bypass the "grind" or explore specific story branches without a full replay, the LTSaveEd on GitHub is the best specialized tool available. It is significantly more user-friendly than using a generic Save Editor Online which may struggle with the specific formatting of .save or XML files used by the engine.

But for one perfect, corrupted second, he believed it was real. And that was better than winning. That was the edit that saved him.

Best practices for safe editing: