Platformers, Monster Collecting RPGs, Trading Card Games, etc.
What are your favorite (or recommend) games that have collecting mechanics or aspects to them?
Maybe it's my undiagnosed autism, but games where the act of collecting different items, monsters, etc. is itself satisfying and actually rewards you for going out of your way to collect everything makes me feel a sense of completeness that certain other genres don't really give me.
>completing a bestiary of monsters you've fought/caught
>getting unique item for collecting and/or completing all quests in a game
>seeing a "100%" on your save file
>eye candy animations, sprites, etc. i.e. anxiously watching your pokeball to see if you'll capture the pokemon
These things give me a raging hard-on.