This is easily my favorite collectathon game and one of my favorite games ever. It blows anything the predecessor did out of the water. Banjo and Kazooie now feel like they have their own game with its own structure, instead of the Peach Castle-like level selector of the first. The world is MASSIVE for the time and full of life. Every character that you encounter is memorable and the tasks are super fun. Honestly, I don't see the problem with Backtracking. Each time you're learning new moves and you unlock new areas using them. This is a metroidvania style of gameplay loop that I really like and I personally think that fits the game wonderfully. You can clearly see that Rare's next big project would be Conker, it is like the natural step after this. The humor in the game got darker than the first entry and there are some sexual innuendos here and there (Lord Fak Fak). The world is massive as I said and every area is interconnected to the other much like in the same vein as Dark Souls (ha ha). It is an epic and long journey through these lands full of charm. There are a bunch of minigames that I found fun, especially the fps sections. A super ambitious game for its time and even now. In short, a Masterpiece and Rare's very best. I love It!