How Super Mario Odyssey makes you want to explore
It’s been a few days since I “beat” Super Mario Odyssey, completing the main story, but I’m nowhere near done with the game. Not because Odyssey has such an extensive endgame — although the various challenges and boss rushes are certainly tough — but because I must have more moons.
Like many open-world games, Odyssey is chock-full of things to collect — specifically, glowing power moons and purple world-specific currencies. But unlike, say, tracking down the endless blast shards in Infamous or floating feathers in Assassin's Creed, Odyssey has actually made me want to collect all the things. Instead of feeling like a chore, Odyssey’s collectables feel...