The control in Banjo-Kazooie games is really nice, too! The glide makes you feel so mobile; I think it's a big improvement on Dixie Kong's ponytail spin.
Thanks! Lately, I am doing a lot of sleepy gaming, but I have some stuff I'm hoping to tackle in earnest soon.
My family used to have this Wii game called The Munchables that seemed to pretty directly follow from maze games, but I feel like "get bigger" games like Katamari are on the same evolutionary line, too, just in terms of memorizing a layout and getting stuff. I don't know how much there is to that, though.
@mlela583 Interesting, I'll look that up sometime. Katamari is one that's on my long, LONG 'game to try' list, it'll be intersting to see if I notice a connection to Pac-man too