Ah, while on the subject of permanently missable content...

I hate how some games have such obscure extras that are completely impossible to find without a game guide or walkthrough. I remember Ogre Battle 64 was a prime culprit for this. SOOO much hidden stuff that was really neat, but there was no way you'd ever stumble across any of it by accident. You pretty much needed the guide to cheat because they were in such obscure spots that would never be found unless you intentionally did these specific steps because you knew what they would lead to. I don't mind one or two nifty hidden things or Easter eggs dashed in there that can be found by searching those clever nooks and crannies, but when a massive chunk of the game's extras are hidden with obscure instructions and hoops you have to jump through, it's just plain annoying as hell.

And that was another thing about Ogre Battle 64 I really disliked. There was this thing called "Chaos Frame" that sort of worked like a karma or reputation score, but you could not see it until the very end (and this game was damn long). It determined what kinds of heroes you could recruit and what kind of ending you would get, but since you couldn't see it, you had no idea how you were doing unless of course, you used the guide. I went through this game three times and got the same stupid lousy ending and only after Googling this nonsense did I finally learn what this whole stupid thing determines and what you need to do to make the score higher or lower depending on what route you want to go. The game itself does NOT explain this at all! When games do dumb things like this, it's really stupid and lame.