Best point to end side events/ Point of no return?

[Placek]

I wonder is there any point of no return in this game? Also when should I focus entirely on side events? I mean I'm missing only 2 big keys but didn't even made half of the side quests. I'm kinda worried I'll miss something.

[RegularAssMan]

not sure if its a point of no return but at one point they will ask if you forgot to do something so i stopped main quest there and do side quest

[Dragonite43]

There is no point of no return. After you beat the final boss, and after the credits, you will be able to pick up right before you faced the final boss. However, this time, new events have been unlocked.

[SonofTzeentch9]

To prevent others form going through the same ♥♥♥♥ I just went through for the last one and a half hours:

What Dragonite43 wrote is correct; after the credits you get to save your victory progress to a save file; if you load that file (NOT: if you start from that file!) you are put back to prior to the boss fight.

I cannot at this time confirm whether or not new events have unlocked. I'll assume this is true. (*edit* confirmed *edit*)

However, if you want to go to the dungeons (which you need to do for several quests and follow-up quests!), simply WALK PAST THE TEACHER and you can enter the dungeons normally.

The latter didn't occur to me, leading me to re-play the entire beginning to see if maybe that's how stuff unlocks, and getting ready to write a damn-angry post for (supposedly) ruining my playthrough. Anyway, turns out you can just walk past her so yeah, nvm.

Anyway, I'm gonna cool my rage down somewhere. Hope the above helps people avoid some unnecessary panic and anger after putting 50+ hours into the game, only to be seemingly locked out of the rest of the quests.