Should I follow colelctable guides since the very begin, or can look for them near the ending?

[Tweronion]

I'm about to start Guacamelee 2 and should I play  freely, collecting what I find and, near the final boss, go back and collect everything I missed using guides?
Or should I from the start have following guides of all collectables?

I'd like to know if it's difficult to have track what you have collect and see what is missing, and if the game have too much collectables to count.

Thanks in advance.

[aZombieDictator]

Just play freely. It's a Metroidvania, you're gonna have to backtrack regardless. Also it's a lot more fun finding everything yourself.

 

You can finish final boss and still clean up after as well.

Edited February 7, 2020 by aZombieDictator

[Joe Dubz]

For me, I just played and had fun initially. I'd obviously try for things that I could get. But the game does a pretty good job of showing you what you're missing from each area. aZombieDictator is right, a lot of the things you'll need to double back for later after you have new powers. Way more fun to enjoy it and worry about everything else at the end!