The Hero, having collected The Seven Talismans of Boss Defeat, travels to the Inconveniently Crumbling Temple of Death and defeats the Quirky Miniboss Squad for the last time. Finally, he and his party destroy the Big Bad and the credits roll... WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT EVIL?! It is not New Game+; the story does not start over. It does, however, sometimes reset to the state just before the Final Boss, probably so the developers don't have to write new dialogue for all the NPCs.