HOUSEKEEPING'S PROFILE

Go north from the entrance. You should be heading to the basement of the big building. The other three, smaller buildings just contain items.

The airhorns made me lose it.

Man, how could I have forgotten to tell him about Jarvis; he had some of the funnest dialogue to write (Lovie was the absolute best, though).

@Rya: Well, I'm a completionist too. I like lots of optional stuff--I just like to be rewarded for it. So, a bad design for completionists would be something like an achievement for completing every meter in a Rune Factory game. That would drive me insane because in order to get that, I would be doing repetitive tasks just to do them; the game's no longer engaging me--I'm just phasing out, snapping out of it several hours later with a full meter and a growing puddle of drool on my shirt. However, if the optional stuff is building on the world and challenging me, then I love it. I do like your idea of making Sephiroth harder after completing the optional content; that's a cool compromise.

@Unity: No amount of warnings would stop any player from pulling a shiny sword out of the ground. It's the same problem as the "Do not consume raw cookie dough" message on the Tollhouse container in my fridge; some warnings just get ignored.

@LockeZ: Yeah, I get your point. From a pure theory standpoint, I understand that the final boss should be the ultimate challenge. From a personal standpoint, I find post-game content too damn enjoyable, especially with the generally low difficulty rating of most JRPGs.

@LockeZ: I'm surprised you don't like optional post-game super bosses considering how into gameplay and completionism you are. I get your reasoning, but, for me, I like things like the Weapons from ff7 that require you to reach a mastery of the game mechanics that most players wouldn't be up for. If I really like a game, I want to keep playing after the story is over, so bonus dungeons and super bosses provide gameplay time sinks that don't have the same urgency to finish as story-forward gameplay.

Also, I don't remember Legend of Dragoon's final boss battle taking anywhere near that long (or an exceptional amount of time at all). Also, that game is one of the most overrated RPGs ever. I didn't mind the battle system, but, holy shit, that story was garbage.