If you want the game that really put its stamp on the Collectathon genre, look no further than Banjo-Kazooie. It's an immaculate and timeless game; it's honestly hard to find much I can say about it. The presentation is charming, funny and weird. The music is absolutely delightful. The platforming and exploration is tightly designed.
I feel like Banjo-Kazooie as a near-perfect game as it is, has lent itself to a sort of mystique that has only been challenged by sequels or spiritual successors, all of which just don't have the secret sauce that B-K has. A lot of the follow-ups to B-K in both direct and indirect terms suffer from serious bloat problems (ahem Tooie/DK64)
Banjo-Kazooie is like a gourmet cut of lean beef; it cuts out most of the fat bullshit, and you're left with a short but beautifully designed and elegant game that runs like clockwork.
I feel like Banjo-Kazooie as a near-perfect game as it is, has lent itself to a sort of mystique that has only been challenged by sequels or spiritual successors, all of which just don't have the secret sauce that B-K has. A lot of the follow-ups to B-K in both direct and indirect terms suffer from serious bloat problems (ahem Tooie/DK64)
Banjo-Kazooie is like a gourmet cut of lean beef; it cuts out most of the fat bullshit, and you're left with a short but beautifully designed and elegant game that runs like clockwork.