you're a breathe of fresh air among the over saturated landscape of gaming channels. i honestly forget about your channel sometimes so when a new video pops up, i know i'm in for a vibe instead of some educated, pretentious analysis of the same old topics.
Tbh your video on "beaches in jrpgs" or other videos about atmosphere and setting in jrpgs are my absolute favorite. These are how I came to appreciate this channel and you're probably one of the few if not the only channel that really gives the atmosphere in jrpgs a really close look and I absolutely LOVE that
Videos like "forests in jrpgs" or even "snowy areas" etc are absolutely awesome and I truly think no one else really gives those topics better analyzing than your channel does. Same with videos like "dialogue boxes in jrpgs"...etc. I just think those elements are truly what makes jrpgs so special and these videos made me realize that. I'd love to see more of em
I appreciate the kind words! I do really enjoy making these kinds of videos and honestly they are a lot easier for us to make compared to long form retrospectives and things of that nature. I just wish they performed a little better as they’ve never really been strong performers for the channel, but hopefully that can change in the future as I would like to keep making more of them
Something about earlier 3D games and their vibrant beach designs was truly incredible. Mario Sunshine and Sonic Adventure were the pinnacle of beach vibes
Certainly Wave Race 64. What a great game and one of my favorite racing games of all times. I still don't unterstand why we haven't seen a modern day Wave Race yet.
There was a time in the mid 2000s where I spent a few months bedridden and loaded on pain meds. One of my cousins decided to keep me company in the evenings and on weekends. We played a lot of xbox360 and she kept coming up with creative ways to keep me engaged. One of her most amazing ideas was when she brought a heat lamp, coconut suntan lotion, a picnic cloth and a cooler with cold sodas and sandwiches and we has a beach "day" in Just Cause. We turned the console on, took the player character to one of the most beautiful beach spots in the game and proceeded to put on coconut suntan lotion on top of the picnic cloth spread on the bed while playing a beach music playlist from various video games she had burned to cd. Thank god she didn't bring a bag of sand. :D I got to return the favor during her difficult first pregnancy (though I think her husband was a bit weirded out, but hey my cousin, her twin brother and I are the same age and we grew up together in the same household so we're more like siblings). This time we used her favorite beach in WoW: Booty Bay.
Yes! Omg, these are my favourite kinds of videos from you, like I absolutely loved your one about forests in RPGs. Just love people showing appreciation for the things gamers love in games, it’s refreshing!
I've never played it but it's in my backlog and I love Chrono Trigger (FF6 gets all the praise on the SNES but I didn't think it was nearly as good), one of maybe max 10 RPGs I've ever finished (not my genre), but not a big fan of RPGs. I figure you're biased then but... Is it on the level of Chrono Trigger?
@@SicketMog If it's on the level of Chrono Trigger depends entirely on the person, to me, I'll tell you is better than Chrono Trigger, for most people, Chrono Cross was a "disappointment" or a "bad sequel". What I can tell you is that this divisive opinion comes from the fact that Chrono Cross is a way different game, the setting is more tropical, the sountrack is made by the same person, Yasunori Mitsuda, the character design is different, dropping the Toriyama style for a new one, the combat system is different (and unique), leveling system is different, you don't play as Lucca, Crono, Frog, Marle or any of the Chrono Trigger characters, but the story is a sequel so they're mentioned. In the end, you'll have to try it and see if you like it. PS: You do have one character from Chrono Trigger but the story content about it was cut due to time.
While I'm not currently able to watch this as I'm going back I to work, I can't wait to check it out when I'm gaming later, wanted to comment to help with the algorithm gods. Keep up the great videos and keep up the awesomeness
For me it's Chrono Cross, Digimon World 1, Phantasy Star Online Episode 2, Kingdom Hearts 1 and, Link's Awakening...I just meant to list one but there's so many good ones.
It was basically a rip off of Chrono Cross- and Sin was a ripoff of Lavos from Chrono Trigger. This was the game that absolutely killed my love for the FF series, but to each their own.
@@SanguineUltima You are absolutely correct, to each their own because I’d never come up with such a cringe and quite frankly schizophrenic comparison. Square ripping off their own game? First time I’ve ever heard of this. FFX features a tropical beach setting? Chrono Cross invented beaches. FFX features a big bad monster? Chrono Trigger invented monsters. I dislike what FF is nowadays but I’m not this delusional.
@edgargross2789 hey I found someone else who didn't drink the kool-aid. Personally I would love to see a modern turn based FF game. I think that could be legendary
@@GamingBroductions For sure! It's much better than the original. I wouldn't consider myself a JRPG vet or anything, but I've played a ton of them over the years and Octopath 2 immediately shot up to my top 5. Great game with an A+ soundtrack.
I do really love that one as well. I was going to talk about it more but I figured you’re more in just tropical environments as opposed to actual beaches mostly, if we ever make a follow up about tropical places in games in the future I would love to talk about it more then
FFX's Besaid Island was absolutely amazing. The 12 year old me just couldn't believe how beautiful FFX was and that place in particular, especially with the fantastic soundtrack, really cemented it as a core memory.
How great was this video 😊 Such a VIBE! That’s right I said it. I too loved DK64s beach, I still do but I used to too! Great Mitch Hedberg reference my guy. 😂Immaculate vibes on this one. 😊🥰
Hard same with the beach vibes being my favorite. I had the same exact experience with Wave Race 64, though I think what initially spurred my love for tropical beach vibes was Echo the Dolphin. I could spend hours in the beach cove starter zone (which yeah, it was only in the water but the vibes were still there). A few other great contenders for me were Balamb and Fisherman's Horizon in FF8. I'm so happy someone mentioned Xtreme Beach Volleyball! I absolutely loved this game purely for the beach vibes and spent all summer playing it!
Those are all some great examples! FF8 in particular has some of my favorite environments in general, the atmosphere and vibe of that game is so good. And yes DoA Xtreme beach volleyball was perfect for the summer vibes! It’s impossible not to feel chill and relaxed when playing that game
Oh yeah that’s a super chill place too. I know it’s very similar but maybe we’ll make a video about tropical places some day in the future as opposed to just beaches only
The same way you got a love for beach levels, I have it for desert environments in games. As a kid, I spent a lot of time playng CS on de_dust 1 and 2, Star Wars Battlefront on Tatooine Dune Sea, GTA San Andreas in the desert area, Halo on Blood Gulch, World of Warcraft and its desert areas, Diablo 2 on its 2nd act etc. These desert levels/maps tended to be my favorite in their respective games, so over time I just grew fond of desert environments in games.
Now that I'm getting ready to do RUclips stuff, I've been wanting to speak on topics like this myself. Glad more people are talking about these cozy vibes.
I also love this tropical setting present in FFX and Chrono Cross. I dont know why there arent any more jrpgs with this vibes. Love the fact that they try to inovate, ambient-wise, not focusing so much in medieval fantasy.
Totally agree, it’s such an awesome setting that it baffles me that more games haven’t attempted something similar. Hopefully that changes in the future
this whole video is a straight Masterpiece broski, thanks for the beautiful emotional sanctuary you've built here. Gratitude from us viewers couldn't come close to what is deserved, but thankful is surely felt by all of us. 💗☝️💗💪
I totally get what you mean. I was fascinated by beaches in games when I was younger too. Super Mario Sunshine made a huge impression on me as a kid. I remember vividly how jaw dropping the water looked and the coral reef outside Gelato Beach. Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts also bring back a ton of memories for me. I remember my mom loved FFX. She used to have a wallpaper on her old Windows 2000 PC with Tidus looking up at the sky, besaid island in the background. Zelda Wind Waker another one you mentioned, and there was this beautiful area in Star Fox Adventures too, but I can't recall the name. The graphics on the fur and water amazed me back then. I loved just swimming around and interacting with the water in games. Just tropical settings in general with clean light blue water, probably my favourite setting in games. I didn't play Chrono Cross until a few years ago so while I never grew up with that game I found a deep appreciation for it as an adult.
I’m getting tired of RUclips not putting you in my feed when you drop a new video. Good thing I search up your channel every week to look for new content! You rock man!
God I love this channel! You’ll find all the nuances that shaped the intense memories and nostalgia we feel for these games but could explain covered here.
I think my earliest beach game memory was Pokemon Snaps beach level. Costa Del Sol is my favorite beach and anytime you get to the beach scene in Persona 3,4,5. Gotta get around to Infinite Wealth for those chill af vibes.
I do really love the beach level in Pokémon Snap as well, we show a brief clip of it but I should have talked about it in more detail. And yeah Infinite Wealth is worth it just for the chill vibes alone, perfect type of game to play in the summer
3 days late, but I always love seeing your videos on my feed. I always know I'm in for a relaxing time, and I enjoy seeing what unique ideas you pull out for videos.
I very rarely comment, but I just wanted to leave one this time to say that I really appreciate your channel. I never know what sort of video you're going to put out next, but they're always fun. I like that you guys focus on some random little things sometimes, like text box design in video games. I'm a sucker for that sort of thing, but never really expect anyone else to care.
Persona 4 Golden for me personally, has some of the most Immersive & Nostalgic & Atmospheric "Feels" outta all the games I've ever played!!! I love the traversal, gameplay, graphics and OMG... That Unforgettable Music!!! It's so Good!! I love playing it on My Vita!! Literally playing it with I paused as I watch this Vid!!! Excellent Work!!
I love the beaches in Seiken Densetsu 3, and Chrono Cross being my all-time favorite jrpg, Opassa Beach is iconic and seared into my mind as the idealized paradise i'd love to live nearby.
Anything brimming with color and a comforting and relaxing soundtrack is always something I look forward to when exploring a JRPG. Some of the best I had to stop, put the game down and just sink all of it in are majority from FFX, X-2, Breath of Fire 3 and 4. Oddly enough is that first area from Grandia 2 when you help Roan in Agear Town 😂
Have you ever heard of Clash: Artifacts of Chaos? Came out last year, prequel to the Zeno Clash games. Very colorful, imaginative, and a SSSSSTTTTTRONG soundtrack. There's a good few action tracks but some more relaxing and atmospheric ones too. Karu Crags, Doppelganger, The Past, Lonely Coast, Word, The Amokuali, Gemini's Palace, The Troupe Rests, The Town, Nature Whispers (a very slow version of the main leitmotif in The Boy Calls and To The End), Forests of Wonder, Salt Marshes, Zonectic Mountains and Sleepwalking are all among the more atmospheric tracks in the game. Strongly and warmly recommend it.
Man, i had diddy Kong race as a child, but now i had only vague Memories until now. Not remembering the name of the game was difficult to now what i was playing. Definatly not expecting finding It here. Thanx
My favorite video game Beaches: Koopa Troopa Beach in Mario Kart, The Beginning of the Silent Cartographer in Halo Combat Evolved where the Pelicans drop you off, The opening beach of the Divinity Original Sin games, The Messenger's Picnic Panic level.
Man I’m still mad at myself for forgetting to talk about the Silent Cartographer, that’s my all time favorite Halo level so idk how I left it out. The opening beach of Divinity 2 is another great pick I left out
I’m actually playing that one right now! Super awesome beach levels and I love the vibrant colors, I was kinda upset I didn’t play it earlier as I would have talked about it. We did briefly show a clip of it somewhere in the video though, was trying to summon Nitro Rad
7:57 Besaid Falls. Never have I been so surprised yet contempt after being defeated in seconds when I ran into that dark Aeon superboss as I was in FFX lol
IDK how I haven't seen your videos until now, but man you're easily my new favorite channel. Keep up the great work! I told all my friends about you hahaha
Final Fantasy X, Chrono Cross, YS Lacrimosa of Dana, and games like Zelda & Pokémon had some cool beaches and Beautiful, Colorful Graphics & Atmosphere that I absolutely loved!! Dragon Quest games always gives those wholesome "Home-y" like vibes!!
My favorite beach is Final Fantasy X's Besaid Island. Special shout-out to the beach level from Super Mario Odyssey and the one from Hitman World of Assassination set on the Maldives
Wasnt expecting a full 20 minute video about beaches on my bingo card this year lol. But glad this was made as i love these type of stages in games like kirby and the legendary starfy haha. Definitely need more as you used the song from legend of dragoon but didnt add it to the list. Misha resort in the legend of heroes series has a whole section dedicated to that and the last entry threw some fun dlc too
Kirby does have some nice beach levels. There’s so many other good examples that I missed, after we uploaded the video I kept thinking of more and more plus am getting reminded in the comments of many others lol
Wave race 64 was amazing for its time and the water physics and the way it all looked was all next level when it came out!!! Even today I still think it looks really good for a game from 1996?!?!! I think it got a lot of us into the cozy beach levels ??
Love the channel and that you're going outside JRPGs (even though I would still love you staying exclusively to the genre), first that came to mind were Odyssey and Jak, so it's great to see them. I think music goes a long way, when you think about Besaid and Cross it creates the whole atmosphere. I listen to those soundtracks and it brings me right back.
Shout out to the LocoRoco beach levels, and the island in Pilotwings 64. I could pop into Birdman mode and just take a leisurely flight along the coast for hours...
Still haven't gotten around to the newer Marios so Mario Sunshine and 64 is where it's at for me. The music, the vibes, all around great. I keep those songs on both normal- and waterproof mp3s when going to the beach every summer.
Not sure if it is technically a beach level, but the Megaman 8 intro level with robot palm trees and a giant robot crab boss is definitely up there for me. I totally agree with Jak and Daxter as well.
Too many to name, but you got a lot of them. I'll add Pokitaru from the first Ratchet and Clank, Hawaii from Tony Hawk's Underground, a lot of the Wario Land games had some pretty fun beach stages, and then you have entire games that are that kind of cozy like Wind Waker, Pokemon RSE, Wii Sports Resort, and Assassins Creed Black Flag. I still think Winter stages have the potential to be cozier though. Icicle Inn is cozier than Costa Del Sol and I will die on that hill
Those are all some solid picks! Yeah I love winter areas too, I would love to revisit the topic of snowy locations sometime in the future covering it in a broader scope this time
Pretty much any MapleStory beach. The game has a very charming art style with vibrant colors and amazing music, so of course it does not disappoint when it comes to beaches.
Oh yeah so many good memories with this level and game. When we were younger we played a lot of MK64 with our cousins when we visited them in Colorado!
Various of the backgrounds you added behind the game footages were really pretty. There really are some *very* deep cuts in here with stuff like Rocket: Robot on Wheels and Stone Protectors. Was expecting things like Starshot: Space Circus Fever and perhaps even Glover to pop up too. And some parts of Rayman 2 and 3, like the Sanctuary of Water & Ice and the leadup, fight and aftermath with Celoché/the Mecha-Crab. Are you by any chance familiar with the likes of Zeno Clash, its prequel Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, Sudeki and Freddi Fish? All of those have interesting and great atmospheres to them and their beach areas. For Zeno Clash, from what i remember, the coast music is rather mysterious and a bit foreboding. For the Lonely Coast in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, it's... bittersweet. There is longing, emptiness. It's warm, yet the wind brings a force and coldness that is felt under your skin. Like the autumn afternoon of a day where you are not necessarily in a bad position in life, but... there have been bad things. There is more that you could have done. It could have been better. You feel an emptiness that could have been filled, or a missing piece that would have still been here if things were different. Even still... there is wonder where you are at now. Meanwhile the music that plays in the conversation with a whale-like creature called Word is a lot nicer. Almost alien and inspiring. Parts of it remind me of Ancient Chinese Secrets from Beyond Good and Evil. BG&E may not really have beach sections as such, but the environment is nonethelessvery nice and pretty, close to the ocean with life and color all around you, even amidst the regular attacks from outside. Sudeki's New Brightwater feels like summer near flourishing nature and a calming sea. And Freddi Fish is just fantastic. Love the handpans/steel drums.
Yeah, completely in love with video game beaches, especially in Chrono Cross. By the way, take a look at Croc 2, here is very peaceful beach too. Thanks for the video!
One of my favorite Beach areas in RPG’s is one from Mario & Luigi Bowser’s inside story, “Plack beach.” It’s literally a beach where you see disgusting giant teeth that are riddled with cavities….like wtf lol, I would NOT want to dip my toes in this cavity invested beach but gosh dang is the music for this area in the game soothing. There’s also a couple of beach areas in Mario & Luigi: Dream team. Since the game takes place an island. “Sunny hirune beach,” has such a great summer-y vibe to it with the music accompanying it too. Then there’s “wakeport” area in that game, man…Yoko shimomura’s is truly something to love in gaming music.
I’ve played the first Mario and Luigi RPG along with most of the other Mario RPGs but I haven’t played Dream Team or Bowser’s Inside Story unfortunately, I’ve heard the latter is especially good. I’ll have to look into them though as those locations do sound really interesting
I love your videos! It also gives me new games to try out like Chrono Cross. And yeah I love beaches in games too especially with Yakuza 8 taking place in Hawaii. Tbh I never really liked beaches as a kid because I was afraid of the ocean but now I wanna go to the beach and relax by the waves.
Oh man I wish I could experience Chrono Cross again for the first time, hope you enjoy it! There’s no other setting quite like it, FFX probably has the closest I’ve seen
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you're a breathe of fresh air among the over saturated landscape of gaming channels. i honestly forget about your channel sometimes so when a new video pops up, i know i'm in for a vibe instead of some educated, pretentious analysis of the same old topics.
Well said. My thoughts exactly. I'm here for the vibes
You poopie head hehe lols
If you like these videos check out anyaustin. He does a series where he is assessing the unemployment rate in video game city's
I appreciate that. We just wanna give people a nice little break from their day where they can just chill out for a bit and enjoy the vibes
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Tbh your video on "beaches in jrpgs" or other videos about atmosphere and setting in jrpgs are my absolute favorite. These are how I came to appreciate this channel and you're probably one of the few if not the only channel that really gives the atmosphere in jrpgs a really close look and I absolutely LOVE that
Videos like "forests in jrpgs" or even "snowy areas" etc are absolutely awesome and I truly think no one else really gives those topics better analyzing than your channel does. Same with videos like "dialogue boxes in jrpgs"...etc. I just think those elements are truly what makes jrpgs so special and these videos made me realize that. I'd love to see more of em
I appreciate the kind words! I do really enjoy making these kinds of videos and honestly they are a lot easier for us to make compared to long form retrospectives and things of that nature. I just wish they performed a little better as they’ve never really been strong performers for the channel, but hopefully that can change in the future as I would like to keep making more of them
If an RPG has a beach location, a cozy winter location, and a fun section with a train it's automatically a 10/10
Hell yeah, I just love being taken to a variety of locations in general. If I stay in the sane type of setting for too long I start to get bored
Don't forget the campfire!
sounds like someone loves ff8
Something about earlier 3D games and their vibrant beach designs was truly incredible. Mario Sunshine and Sonic Adventure were the pinnacle of beach vibes
I’m incredibly fond of that graphical generation, there was just so much charm in that early 3d look. Perfect in imperfection
Certainly Wave Race 64. What a great game and one of my favorite racing games of all times. I still don't unterstand why we haven't seen a modern day Wave Race yet.
Seriously. The water physics could be better than ever not to mention the water itself would just be gorgeous
There was a time in the mid 2000s where I spent a few months bedridden and loaded on pain meds. One of my cousins decided to keep me company in the evenings and on weekends. We played a lot of xbox360 and she kept coming up with creative ways to keep me engaged. One of her most amazing ideas was when she brought a heat lamp, coconut suntan lotion, a picnic cloth and a cooler with cold sodas and sandwiches and we has a beach "day" in Just Cause. We turned the console on, took the player character to one of the most beautiful beach spots in the game and proceeded to put on coconut suntan lotion on top of the picnic cloth spread on the bed while playing a beach music playlist from various video games she had burned to cd. Thank god she didn't bring a bag of sand. :D
I got to return the favor during her difficult first pregnancy (though I think her husband was a bit weirded out, but hey my cousin, her twin brother and I are the same age and we grew up together in the same household so we're more like siblings). This time we used her favorite beach in WoW: Booty Bay.
Yes! Omg, these are my favourite kinds of videos from you, like I absolutely loved your one about forests in RPGs. Just love people showing appreciation for the things gamers love in games, it’s refreshing!
"Vibes in video games" type videos might be my favorite type of videos
Nice to hear that because I love making them and would love to keep making more of them in the future if the interest is there
I just love Besaid in FF10. ❤
This 💯
For sure! One of my all time favorite video game settings as well
Chrono Cross is my favorite game of all time, so I see Opassa Beach and I click on the video! Great work!
I've never played it but it's in my backlog and I love Chrono Trigger (FF6 gets all the praise on the SNES but I didn't think it was nearly as good), one of maybe max 10 RPGs I've ever finished (not my genre), but not a big fan of RPGs. I figure you're biased then but... Is it on the level of Chrono Trigger?
@@SicketMog If it's on the level of Chrono Trigger depends entirely on the person, to me, I'll tell you is better than Chrono Trigger, for most people, Chrono Cross was a "disappointment" or a "bad sequel". What I can tell you is that this divisive opinion comes from the fact that Chrono Cross is a way different game, the setting is more tropical, the sountrack is made by the same person, Yasunori Mitsuda, the character design is different, dropping the Toriyama style for a new one, the combat system is different (and unique), leveling system is different, you don't play as Lucca, Crono, Frog, Marle or any of the Chrono Trigger characters, but the story is a sequel so they're mentioned. In the end, you'll have to try it and see if you like it.
PS: You do have one character from Chrono Trigger but the story content about it was cut due to time.
Love to see more Chrono Cross appreciators out there! The tropical vibes in that game are just immaculate
Chrono Cross is one of my favorites too. I never connected my love of tropics and beaches with my love for that game. Good looking out.
"Retina sour patch kids" had me dieing. Great work as always!
Dad joke in full force lol. Thank you!
The Bale music popping up at the end with the doggo was super lovely😂 transported back in time!
tropical settings have always been my favorite
While I'm not currently able to watch this as I'm going back I to work, I can't wait to check it out when I'm gaming later, wanted to comment to help with the algorithm gods. Keep up the great videos and keep up the awesomeness
Thanks, we appreciate that! Any offering to appease the algorithm gods surely helps, hopefully they’re feeling generous this time around
For me it's Chrono Cross, Digimon World 1, Phantasy Star Online Episode 2, Kingdom Hearts 1 and, Link's Awakening...I just meant to list one but there's so many good ones.
Hell yeah PSO Ep 2
All awesome vibes. I feel bad for not mentioning the PSO2 beach, that’s such a good one I forgot about
Shout out to the beach and river levels from phantasy star online ep 2. The music, the graphics, the Dreamcast vibe.
Ah yeah damn those are a vibe for sure, would have been good to include
Final Fantasy X's setting is still undefeated after all these years.
It was basically a rip off of Chrono Cross- and Sin was a ripoff of Lavos from Chrono Trigger. This was the game that absolutely
killed my love for the FF series, but to each their own.
@@SanguineUltima You are absolutely correct, to each their own because I’d never come up with such a cringe and quite frankly schizophrenic comparison. Square ripping off their own game? First time I’ve ever heard of this. FFX features a tropical beach setting? Chrono Cross invented beaches. FFX features a big bad monster? Chrono Trigger invented monsters. I dislike what FF is nowadays but I’m not this delusional.
@edgargross2789 hey I found someone else who didn't drink the kool-aid. Personally I would love to see a modern turn based FF game. I think that could be legendary
Final Fantasy X has one of my all time favorite settings in video games for sure, probably right behind Chrono Cross
@@SanguineUltimawow, what a weird take. FFX is my personal favorite FF game too, never once felt like it ripped off CC. CC is another one of my faves.
I can’t get over the fact that every beach stage I see reminds me of back in the day when I used to go with folks to the beach…
God, I always love when your intro drops. Such chill vibes. I love it
Hell yeah mission accomplished, glad you like it!
Super mario sunshine left me speechless when it came out. Beautiful game
This whole channel is a cozy vibe
We’re all about setting the vibes over here 💯
Tropuhopu in Octopath 2 deserves some love. I loved that setting.
Damn I still need to play that one actually. I’ve heard it’s even better than the original
@@GamingBroductions For sure! It's much better than the original. I wouldn't consider myself a JRPG vet or anything, but I've played a ton of them over the years and Octopath 2 immediately shot up to my top 5. Great game with an A+ soundtrack.
Love the channel! ❤️
Thank you!
Great list. My pick would be Ys VIII, epic beach island with epic music for a whole game.
I do really love that one as well. I was going to talk about it more but I figured you’re more in just tropical environments as opposed to actual beaches mostly, if we ever make a follow up about tropical places in games in the future I would love to talk about it more then
FFX's Besaid Island was absolutely amazing. The 12 year old me just couldn't believe how beautiful FFX was and that place in particular, especially with the fantastic soundtrack, really cemented it as a core memory.
Besaid Island and it's OST were lifechanging vibes lol. super chill video, loved it
How great was this video 😊 Such a VIBE! That’s right I said it. I too loved DK64s beach, I still do but I used to too! Great Mitch Hedberg reference my guy. 😂Immaculate vibes on this one. 😊🥰
Thank you greatly. I wouldn't have minded an hour long video with just more time and vibe on the beaches.
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Hard same with the beach vibes being my favorite. I had the same exact experience with Wave Race 64, though I think what initially spurred my love for tropical beach vibes was Echo the Dolphin. I could spend hours in the beach cove starter zone (which yeah, it was only in the water but the vibes were still there). A few other great contenders for me were Balamb and Fisherman's Horizon in FF8. I'm so happy someone mentioned Xtreme Beach Volleyball! I absolutely loved this game purely for the beach vibes and spent all summer playing it!
Those are all some great examples! FF8 in particular has some of my favorite environments in general, the atmosphere and vibe of that game is so good. And yes DoA Xtreme beach volleyball was perfect for the summer vibes! It’s impossible not to feel chill and relaxed when playing that game
When I think of Cool Spot, I think of the 1st level on the beach ⛱️
More of a tropical jungle than a beach, but Angel Island Zone from Sonic 3 is my favorite video game environment with this vibe.
Oh yeah that’s a super chill place too. I know it’s very similar but maybe we’ll make a video about tropical places some day in the future as opposed to just beaches only
The same way you got a love for beach levels, I have it for desert environments in games. As a kid, I spent a lot of time playng CS on de_dust 1 and 2, Star Wars Battlefront on Tatooine Dune Sea, GTA San Andreas in the desert area, Halo on Blood Gulch, World of Warcraft and its desert areas, Diablo 2 on its 2nd act etc. These desert levels/maps tended to be my favorite in their respective games, so over time I just grew fond of desert environments in games.
Now that I'm getting ready to do RUclips stuff, I've been wanting to speak on topics like this myself. Glad more people are talking about these cozy vibes.
This was so great!!! Loved it!!!
Thank you so much, glad to hear you enjoyed it! 😌
I also love this tropical setting present in FFX and Chrono Cross. I dont know why there arent any more jrpgs with this vibes. Love the fact that they try to inovate, ambient-wise, not focusing so much in medieval fantasy.
Totally agree, it’s such an awesome setting that it baffles me that more games haven’t attempted something similar. Hopefully that changes in the future
this whole video is a straight Masterpiece broski, thanks for the beautiful emotional sanctuary you've built here. Gratitude from us viewers couldn't come close to what is deserved, but thankful is surely felt by all of us. 💗☝️💗💪
Oh wow those are some very kind words, thank you so much! That means a lot
I totally get what you mean. I was fascinated by beaches in games when I was younger too.
Super Mario Sunshine made a huge impression on me as a kid. I remember vividly how jaw dropping the water looked and the coral reef outside Gelato Beach. Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts also bring back a ton of memories for me. I remember my mom loved FFX. She used to have a wallpaper on her old Windows 2000 PC with Tidus looking up at the sky, besaid island in the background.
Zelda Wind Waker another one you mentioned, and there was this beautiful area in Star Fox Adventures too, but I can't recall the name. The graphics on the fur and water amazed me back then. I loved just swimming around and interacting with the water in games. Just tropical settings in general with clean light blue water, probably my favourite setting in games. I didn't play Chrono Cross until a few years ago so while I never grew up with that game I found a deep appreciation for it as an adult.
I’m getting tired of RUclips not putting you in my feed when you drop a new video. Good thing I search up your channel every week to look for new content! You rock man!
God I love this channel! You’ll find all the nuances that shaped the intense memories and nostalgia we feel for these games but could explain covered here.
I think my earliest beach game memory was Pokemon Snaps beach level. Costa Del Sol is my favorite beach and anytime you get to the beach scene in Persona 3,4,5. Gotta get around to Infinite Wealth for those chill af vibes.
I do really love the beach level in Pokémon Snap as well, we show a brief clip of it but I should have talked about it in more detail. And yeah Infinite Wealth is worth it just for the chill vibes alone, perfect type of game to play in the summer
3 days late, but I always love seeing your videos on my feed. I always know I'm in for a relaxing time, and I enjoy seeing what unique ideas you pull out for videos.
I very rarely comment, but I just wanted to leave one this time to say that I really appreciate your channel. I never know what sort of video you're going to put out next, but they're always fun. I like that you guys focus on some random little things sometimes, like text box design in video games. I'm a sucker for that sort of thing, but never really expect anyone else to care.
Persona 4 Golden for me personally, has some of the most Immersive & Nostalgic & Atmospheric "Feels" outta all the games I've ever played!!! I love the traversal, gameplay, graphics and OMG... That Unforgettable Music!!! It's so Good!!
I love playing it on My Vita!! Literally playing it with I paused as I watch this Vid!!!
Excellent Work!!
I love the beaches in Seiken Densetsu 3, and Chrono Cross being my all-time favorite jrpg, Opassa Beach is iconic and seared into my mind as the idealized paradise i'd love to live nearby.
Oh yeah, when I was a kid I used to fantasize about living in Arni Village and being able to hang out at the pier and Opassa Beach
So glad u featured Galdin Quay ❤
Anything brimming with color and a comforting and relaxing soundtrack is always something I look forward to when exploring a JRPG. Some of the best I had to stop, put the game down and just sink all of it in are majority from FFX, X-2, Breath of Fire 3 and 4. Oddly enough is that first area from Grandia 2 when you help Roan in Agear Town 😂
Have you ever heard of Clash: Artifacts of Chaos? Came out last year, prequel to the Zeno Clash games. Very colorful, imaginative, and a SSSSSTTTTTRONG soundtrack. There's a good few action tracks but some more relaxing and atmospheric ones too.
Karu Crags, Doppelganger, The Past, Lonely Coast, Word, The Amokuali, Gemini's Palace, The Troupe Rests, The Town, Nature Whispers (a very slow version of the main leitmotif in The Boy Calls and To The End), Forests of Wonder, Salt Marshes, Zonectic Mountains and Sleepwalking are all among the more atmospheric tracks in the game.
Strongly and warmly recommend it.
Man, i had diddy Kong race as a child, but now i had only vague Memories until now. Not remembering the name of the game was difficult to now what i was playing. Definatly not expecting finding It here. Thanx
No problem, glad we could help! It’s a super fun game that still plays really well today, I beat it again not too long ago and had a great time
My favorite video game Beaches: Koopa Troopa Beach in Mario Kart, The Beginning of the Silent Cartographer in Halo Combat Evolved where the Pelicans drop you off, The opening beach of the Divinity Original Sin games, The Messenger's Picnic Panic level.
Man I’m still mad at myself for forgetting to talk about the Silent Cartographer, that’s my all time favorite Halo level so idk how I left it out. The opening beach of Divinity 2 is another great pick I left out
Super Widget! Man that takes me back, rented that one a few times as a kid, it was a really good game
Hell yeah! Lol I was hoping other people would recognize that one, I know it was a pretty obscure reference
Great video. I love beach levels too, so it was nice to revisit a few.
Nice, glad to hear you enjoyed the trip down memory lane 👍
I really enjoy these kind of videos. My favourite is the forest video, but this was a good addition. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! I enjoy making these kinds of videos as well and would like to make more of them in the future
Great video dude! It’s always a treat to see a new vid pop up
Thanks dude!
I’m not sure I’ve even gotten halfway through chrono cross but it’s one of my favorite jrpgs and it’s 100% because of the early game beach vibes
The tropical vibes are so damn good. FFX is also really good in that regard. Wish we got more games with that type of setting
You should play Ty the Tasmania tiger. It as a lot of Australian beaches and other awesome environments
I’m actually playing that one right now! Super awesome beach levels and I love the vibrant colors, I was kinda upset I didn’t play it earlier as I would have talked about it. We did briefly show a clip of it somewhere in the video though, was trying to summon Nitro Rad
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Besaid Falls.
Never have I been so surprised yet contempt after being defeated in seconds when I ran into that dark Aeon superboss as I was in FFX lol
IDK how I haven't seen your videos until now, but man you're easily my new favorite channel. Keep up the great work! I told all my friends about you hahaha
Nice topic as usual 👍🏼 Yakuza series has great beaches
Thanks! Yeah it really does
I love beach levels!
Nothing will ever beat the coziness of the Mario Sunshine Beach
Another that I personally love is the beach Levels from the 1st Ape Escape
Just started a depressing new job. Perfect video to brighten my mood. Much love boys!!!
Final Fantasy X, Chrono Cross, YS Lacrimosa of Dana, and games like Zelda & Pokémon had some cool beaches and Beautiful, Colorful Graphics & Atmosphere that I absolutely loved!!
Dragon Quest games always gives those wholesome "Home-y" like vibes!!
My favorite beach is Final Fantasy X's Besaid Island.
Special shout-out to the beach level from Super Mario Odyssey and the one from Hitman World of Assassination set on the Maldives
Can’t go wrong with any of these
Wasnt expecting a full 20 minute video about beaches on my bingo card this year lol. But glad this was made as i love these type of stages in games like kirby and the legendary starfy haha. Definitely need more as you used the song from legend of dragoon but didnt add it to the list. Misha resort in the legend of heroes series has a whole section dedicated to that and the last entry threw some fun dlc too
Kirby does have some nice beach levels. There’s so many other good examples that I missed, after we uploaded the video I kept thinking of more and more plus am getting reminded in the comments of many others lol
When you say OG times video,man i didn't knew i alwalys watch your video that long .
Appreciate you being here and watching the channel for as long as you have been!
Black Flag is like one GIANT beach level.
Wave race 64 was amazing for its time and the water physics and the way it all looked was all next level when it came out!!! Even today I still think it looks really good for a game from 1996?!?!!
I think it got a lot of us into the cozy beach levels ??
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the MYST series has a handful of Beach environments in it. That's something I highly recommend.
Oh yeah totally forgot about MYST, that is another good one!
Love the channel and that you're going outside JRPGs (even though I would still love you staying exclusively to the genre), first that came to mind were Odyssey and Jak, so it's great to see them. I think music goes a long way, when you think about Besaid and Cross it creates the whole atmosphere. I listen to those soundtracks and it brings me right back.
I liked Lidiera and the Undersea Cavern in Legend of Dragoon, Ash Lake in Dark Souls (it's pretty much a beach!), and Erud's Crossing in Everquest.
Shout out to the LocoRoco beach levels, and the island in Pilotwings 64. I could pop into Birdman mode and just take a leisurely flight along the coast for hours...
Still haven't gotten around to the newer Marios so Mario Sunshine and 64 is where it's at for me. The music, the vibes, all around great. I keep those songs on both normal- and waterproof mp3s when going to the beach every summer.
Costa del sol hits perfect in rebirth
Yeah I kinda just went off a perhaps unfounded tangent there, I am excited to finally check it out
cozy vibes!
Not sure if it is technically a beach level, but the Megaman 8 intro level with robot palm trees and a giant robot crab boss is definitely up there for me. I totally agree with Jak and Daxter as well.
Too many to name, but you got a lot of them. I'll add Pokitaru from the first Ratchet and Clank, Hawaii from Tony Hawk's Underground, a lot of the Wario Land games had some pretty fun beach stages, and then you have entire games that are that kind of cozy like Wind Waker, Pokemon RSE, Wii Sports Resort, and Assassins Creed Black Flag.
I still think Winter stages have the potential to be cozier though. Icicle Inn is cozier than Costa Del Sol and I will die on that hill
I'm reminded of the snow stage and snowboard race music from Rayman 3.
Those are all some solid picks! Yeah I love winter areas too, I would love to revisit the topic of snowy locations sometime in the future covering it in a broader scope this time
Pretty much any MapleStory beach. The game has a very charming art style with vibrant colors and amazing music, so of course it does not disappoint when it comes to beaches.
I’ve never played Maple Story but I’ve always really admired its colorful atmosphere and art design from a distance
Besaid Island is like that moment in Wizard of Oz where it switches from b&w to technicolor!
The beach level was always the “fun” one. I was always so excited when Koopa Troopa Beach would pop up in MK64.
Oh yeah so many good memories with this level and game. When we were younger we played a lot of MK64 with our cousins when we visited them in Colorado!
Various of the backgrounds you added behind the game footages were really pretty. There really are some *very* deep cuts in here with stuff like Rocket: Robot on Wheels and Stone Protectors. Was expecting things like Starshot: Space Circus Fever and perhaps even Glover to pop up too.
And some parts of Rayman 2 and 3, like the Sanctuary of Water & Ice and the leadup, fight and aftermath with Celoché/the Mecha-Crab.
Are you by any chance familiar with the likes of Zeno Clash, its prequel Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, Sudeki and Freddi Fish? All of those have interesting and great atmospheres to them and their beach areas.
For Zeno Clash, from what i remember, the coast music is rather mysterious and a bit foreboding.
For the Lonely Coast in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, it's... bittersweet. There is longing, emptiness. It's warm, yet the wind brings a force and coldness that is felt under your skin. Like the autumn afternoon of a day where you are not necessarily in a bad position in life, but... there have been bad things. There is more that you could have done. It could have been better. You feel an emptiness that could have been filled, or a missing piece that would have still been here if things were different.
Even still... there is wonder where you are at now.
Meanwhile the music that plays in the conversation with a whale-like creature called Word is a lot nicer. Almost alien and inspiring. Parts of it remind me of Ancient Chinese Secrets from Beyond Good and Evil.
BG&E may not really have beach sections as such, but the environment is nonethelessvery nice and pretty, close to the ocean with life and color all around you, even amidst the regular attacks from outside.
Sudeki's New Brightwater feels like summer near flourishing nature and a calming sea.
And Freddi Fish is just fantastic. Love the handpans/steel drums.
You were so distracted by DOA:XBV that you forgot about the obvious Animal Crossing beaches and their unique activities, NPCs, trees and items :)
Ah damn I’ve never actually played any of the Animal Crossing games, but I can just imagine how cozy they are!
Just in time to watch while eating dinner!
Perfect, hope you enjoyed it!
Yeah, completely in love with video game beaches, especially in Chrono Cross. By the way, take a look at Croc 2, here is very peaceful beach too. Thanks for the video!
I played the first Croc but never played the second. I’ll have to check it out though, I’ve heard good things!
One of my favorite Beach areas in RPG’s is one from Mario & Luigi Bowser’s inside story, “Plack beach.”
It’s literally a beach where you see disgusting giant teeth that are riddled with cavities….like wtf lol, I would NOT want to dip my toes in this cavity invested beach but gosh dang is the music for this area in the game soothing.
There’s also a couple of beach areas in Mario & Luigi: Dream team. Since the game takes place an island.
“Sunny hirune beach,” has such a great summer-y vibe to it with the music accompanying it too.
Then there’s “wakeport” area in that game, man…Yoko shimomura’s is truly something to love in gaming music.
I’ve played the first Mario and Luigi RPG along with most of the other Mario RPGs but I haven’t played Dream Team or Bowser’s Inside Story unfortunately, I’ve heard the latter is especially good. I’ll have to look into them though as those locations do sound really interesting
I love your videos! It also gives me new games to try out like Chrono Cross. And yeah I love beaches in games too especially with Yakuza 8 taking place in Hawaii. Tbh I never really liked beaches as a kid because I was afraid of the ocean but now I wanna go to the beach and relax by the waves.
Oh man I wish I could experience Chrono Cross again for the first time, hope you enjoy it! There’s no other setting quite like it, FFX probably has the closest I’ve seen
Looking forward to a video to either about Underwater settings or towns in games. great video as always.
Thanks for watching! We have lots of other similar topics we’ll cover in the future.
I was just looking for games with this sort of vibe! Gonna give Chrono Cross a go tonight.
Hell yeah hope you enjoy it! I wish I could experience Chrono Cross again for the first time
I'm watching this late because I was on a beach vacation in New England when it dropped. 😊
I was waiting for Super Mario Sunshine and i wasn't disappointed :D
Persona 5 beach in Hawaii was pretty awesome. Especially since I had physically been to that location as well.
You should definitely play Super Mario Sunshine! It just has the best tropical settings in video games.
I definitely plan to! It’ll get crossed off the bucket list at some point
trails in the sky has a nice big beach where you do a lot of quests. and most Ys games start in a beach
Oh yeah I do remember that beach early on in trails in the sky, that is a cool one. With Ys as well Falcom does like their beaches
This guy gets me ❤
vibes 🏖
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