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654535 No.654535 [Reply] [Original]

What are the most ambient and tranquil locations in retro games?

The home worlds in Spyro 2, along with all of the Artisan worlds in Spyro 1 take the cake for me. The music, the colors of the skies, the cascading water and the sense of otherwordly emptiness (aside from frogs and sheep) make me feel totally at peace. I've never seen anything to rival such ambiance.

>> No.654545

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcnXeTYgF3Y

>> No.654645 [DELETED] 
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Another favorite is this little secret beach where you get the soft sand item in Pokemon GSC. I owned the game for a long time before I discovered the area...maybe that's why I like it so much. I also just enjoy the idea of stumbling onto a hidden beach with hot sand on a sunny day, amidst the hustle and bustle of Johto where three girls are just chilling.

Its the little fenced in area with trees at the bottom of the picture :D

>> No.654729
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654729

The End of Time in Chrono Trigger is also up there for me.

Something about paved stones and wrought iron fencing under the light of a single, elegant street lamp -- floating between time and space -- has a beautiful contrast of nothingness and order. Also the fantastic music makes you feel outside of time...like there is no rush to do anything.

>> No.654735

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8aoUtSZ15M

>> No.654736

I've always dug the underwater sections of Final Fantasy VII

>> No.654746

anything from Star Ocean

such a great looking game.

>> No.654748

Water Ruins from Jet Force Gemini.
The world has no enemies, few inhabitants and ambient music.

>> No.654752
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>> No.654754

>>654752

Oh shit, thought I was on /v/. Disregard!

>> No.654771

>>654754
>>654754
I'd consider that retro.

>> No.654782

that tall grass background on Last Blade 2 I think

>> No.654794

heartily agree with water ruins

>> No.654821
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Daguerreo in FFXI.

I know that water-filled caverns + books is an absolutely retarded idea. I don't care. There's magic or something. It looked absolutely magical, and that music...

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654942

This place and fishermans horizon.

In fact FFVIII was full of great locations which carried a halcyon atmosphere. The BGM which accompanied each place also added to the ambient atmosphere.

>> No.654962

>>654729
Man I had the exact same feelings in that place just as you described. You are awesome.

>> No.655563

>>654962
:D Right?? I would totally live there.

>> No.655607
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655607

Here's another -- those secret holes in Zelda OoT. Be they under a rock or revealed by rain, something about the snugness and the "musty" sense they give always made me feel safe. The music was like a low hum, that made it feel separate and hidden from the outside world.

>> No.655617

>>655607
It'd be cool to set up a little tent in there, yeah.

>> No.655704

>>654535

Totally agree with you op, shit ton of place use to make me dream in spyro 2

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>>654645

Always loved the hominess of Azalea Town. Seems like a great little community.

>> No.655780

Can't really find a good picture but the room containing the portrait that leads to Jolly Roger Bay in Super Mario 64, the room with the fish. I could fall asleep in there.

>> No.655787
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655787

Quest for Glory 1: Erana's Peace.

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>>655787

>> No.655818
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655818

This place right here

>> No.655836

>>655818
That is beautiful

>> No.655851

Ice kingdom from the secret of mana

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>>654535

>> No.655867
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fucking Click Clock Woods

>> No.655908

>>655867
The little hidden house of that beaver.

>> No.655915
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655915

Boku no Natsuyasumi, the whole game

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655971

That fucking music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RtLhXibDfA

>> No.655998 [DELETED] 

>>654645
I always loved Goldenrod when I was a kid. I guess since if you decided to run around everywhere you would probably always end up there made me like it a lot. I always felt like it would be a cool place to live.

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What I wouldn't give for this place.
With the monster pens and orchard, golem shop and foundry and musical room, it would be even greater.

I would turn the game on just to wander around and wish to myself that I had a place like that.

>> No.656039

>>655915
>Boku no Natsuyasumi,
I WANT TO PLAY THIS SO BAD

>> No.656042
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656042

That wonderful, beautiful void.
No people, just myself and my thoughts.

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>> No.656072

>>656032
coming home after a long day of adventuring and saying hi to Lil' Cactus
Tellin' him stories and shit
he says adorable stuff like "he got hard?"
walk around my bigass two story house
look at the monster encyclopedia
touch the fucking nightmare book just to see everything go creepy

>> No.656081

>>655867
fuck no, it was so danguerous that you could never chill

>> No.656084

Outside the castle in Mario 64. The birds, the butterflies...

>> No.656086
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656086

Citan's house.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDe88wB4OD4

>> No.656089

>>656081
oh cmon not all of it was dangerous

just all runnin' around in the summer going for a swim and stuff, god damn

>> No.656092

Loom
The whole game just about

>> No.656104

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsiMzygiC3c

>> No.656126

It might not be exactly what you mean but I'd have to go with Rainbow Road or whatever it's called in Mario Kart 64. I always loved that feeling of ending the cup there. The tracks before are all really competitive, you always need to concentrate not to make a mistake but on Rainbow Road everything becomes peaceful, you can't fall down, the race becomes less important, you just drive as if you where alone. And the colours!

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>>656032
I don't disagree, but I believe there is another option.

>> No.656218

>>655971
So many good little spots in this game. In one of the earlier cave levels you have to descend downward, entirely vertical, a long ways before you enter the cave. Totally peacefull.

>> No.656249

>>656104
Great! Yu-no is a really great VN, it can be very peaceful, or at least that's what I get the most out of the atmosphere.

>> No.656275

Astral observatory from majoras mask immediately comes to mind. dat music and rainbow ceiling. i loved just exploring all the little details. by far my favorite zelda location

>> No.656302

Fisherman's Horizon in FFVIII
Western Maridia in Super Metroid
Auria, City of Gold in Breath of Fire
Underwater levels in DKC
Vine and Bramble levels in DKC2
The fishing minigame in any Breath of Fire (I like II and IV's the most)
Flying around on a * in many RPGs is usually pretty relaxing (BoF and FFVIII being among the best for that)

I may have lost sight of the OP topic towards the end there, instead just focusing on relaxing locales.

>> No.656325

Sega Bass Fishing relaxes the fuck out of me.

>> No.656347

>>656134
>>656032
The whole game is a realm of comfort and wonder.
I have yet to see a game match it.

Especially not Dawn of Mana.

Acually, you know what? Fuck all the games after Legend. A repeditive as fuck dungeon crawler, a physics engine test, and an unintuitive RTS game. What a sad attempt at a series revival.

Oh well. Bravery Default looks like it could fit in that hole in my heart.

>> No.656362

>>656275
So comforting.

>> No.656364

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOBwvbNz3Dk

>> No.656371

>>656092
That city of glass was pretty nice, kind of surreal.

>> No.656463

>save rooms in Resident Evil series
>UNATCO HQ in Deus Ex
>your Guild in Fable
>Carrington Institute in Perfect Dark

>> No.657253

>>656275
Awesome area. Could never relax in MM because of that damn countdown tho..

>> No.657351

>>654754
You moron, we've had this discussion a hundred times

>> No.657368

>>656032
What game is this?

>> No.657369

>>656057
I concur, this doesn't get enough credit.

>> No.657375

Dire Dire Docks.
dat music.

Dr. Andonuts Lab and the Museums in EarthBound.

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>>656057
>those moon children quotes

>> No.657436

>>657375

I always found Jolly Roger Bay more relaxing.
It's basically a gigantic beach with little caves to explore.
Plus, the eel never scared me, either.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wKtC_Z2tk8

This made me stay in that moon cave or whatever for a while.

>> No.657504

>>657449
God, that game had great music all the way through.

>> No.657562

>>657449
Got this second hand as a kid. Still never beaten it. I remember being stuck on a boss in an ice place. I think it looked like a big round eye or something.

I just remember wishing to God that my fucking sword was a little longer so I could hit him from further away.

How is the rest of the game?

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Forgot about this one -- Always loved the dark little basement/bar when KK Slider was playing. Really chilled me the fuck out.

>> No.657917 [DELETED] 

>>657895
Honestly the entire appeal of Animal Crossing is just chilling out. It's why some people find it hard to understand.

>> No.657979 [DELETED] 

>>655750
Same, it's the fact that the only way in or out is through a cave or a forest; it's completely enclosed and at the bottom of the map.

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>>654645
I somehow didn't go through mt. moon until long after I beat the game.
Goddamn there were so many cozy places in G/S/C

>> No.657989 [DELETED] 

>>657979
EXACTLY my feeling. It is nestled in an enclosure and feels isolated, safe and removed from the world at large.

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>>655915
Fuck you, stop reminding me that I'll never get to play this

>> No.657996 [DELETED] 

>>657987
Awesome find. This is the reason why Gen II is my favorite -- the most artistically appreciable and cozy Pokemon world.

>> No.658003
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I can't believe no one posted it.

>> No.658009

>>658003
I could spend hours in this place watching the fish.

>> No.658061

>>657351
Legend Of Mana IIRC

>> No.658073

>>654535
Little Big Adventure 2.

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Lot of levels in Billy Hatcher.

>> No.658219

>>656092
Yes!

>> No.658360

Pretty much the entire game of Paper Mario, and the entire game of Tomba.

Warm and fuzzies everywhere.

>> No.658374

>>658003

>read on the internet there's a secret lure hidden behind one of the rocks
>pfft yeah right okay
>try it out anyway because I WANT TO BELIEVE
>it's real

>> No.658827 [DELETED] 

Whenever you kill all the enemies in an area in Dark Cloud 2 and they play this music while you can fish was the absolute best reward for fighting I've ever had. It made it worth it to kill everything just to get another listen to this song. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2lLu6B-24

>> No.658853

>>658218
>gamecube
>retro