It's hard to keep track of every little side quest.

It reminds me of Elden Ring in that regard.

I just talked to the Geomancer in Jahara, and he's willing to give me the key to the secret door in the Henne Mines when I come back to him with enough summons.

I got a stone to fight Zerodus in the Myriam Temple.

There's that dusty letter.

I had totally missed the quest to get the Barheim key, and had to check how to get it 25 hours in...

And so on. Stuff I cannot do right now either cuz I'm too low level or cuz I need to fulfill more conditions. But unless I missed it, it's not written anywhere.

Sometimes, an item description contains hints, but you need to check it every so often to keep it in mind.

I know there are side quests I will forget about while completing the game... Or downright miss, since so many require talking to a NPC without indications that there's something special about him.

So used to the new RPGs spoonfeeding everything that I forgot how it used to be... But the quality of life is comfortable in these new ones.