Im tired of collecting and managing. Im playing Ghost of Tsushima, and I just cant let myself enjoy it because I obsessively do side quests and find stuff to upgrade. Honestly all the big adventure games these feel like they pull from the same formula, its all just different skins for The Witcher 3. This is why fromsoft games are so much more memorable imo, look at the experience playing sekiro vs ghost of tsushima.
honestly I feel like Nintendo is still the king of this more "Gamey" thing....in 2021 it seems like every game is either the Witcher 3 open world kinda thing like you describe or it's more like a book or movie than a game.