High octane action and revolutionary hack n slash gameplay? Nah I just mess around in fountains...

Moody dungeon music next to a shimmering save crystal... YES PLEASE!

Mortal Kombat story is basically lore overload...

I'm like some gaming DJ scouring all the forgotten games for awesome unique music...

Technology moved too fast for us to appreciate pre-rendered animated 3D model sprites

POV: You are a PS2 character who recieves a prophetic dream from his lost sister...

People used to compose such amazing pieces of music for the most simple places in old PS1 games...

If you've never played Lord of the Rings: The Third Age this 5 minutes of gameplay sums it up well

When you start doing all the side quests in Final Fantasy XII this place starts to become a 2nd home

Nobou Uematsu feels like he is a world of his own with compositions like this from Final Fantasy 9

You wouldn't expect a Mortal Kombat game to be filled with these types of ambient environments...

Sometimes I play Metal Gear Solid 2 on Very Easy so I can cosy up in corners and listen to the sound

I thought I'd try a Time Attack again on Ridge Racer 4 to see if it's as good as I remember...

There's really nothing else like a PS2 era title screen and music...

The Snake Tales Menu in Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance has some of the best music in the whole game...

POV: You are a mech flying above a warzone planet in outer space vibing out to the music

The first 10 minutes of a PS1 adventure game you've never heard of only released in Japan

I get big nostalgia from these generic old PS2 cutscenes with bad voice acting...

This Lord of the Rings spin-off is my new favourite game to stand around and do nothing in...

The Title Screen Sound Effects on Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 sound so epic...

POV: You look out across a sprawling JRPG city of the future from a 2002 PS2 game...

POV: You find a strange red note at the bottom of a well in the woods then everything gets weird...

You fight the lake monster at the Mines of Moria... except it's a PS2 RPG from 2004...

POV: You are a JRPG princess listening to music and ambience next to your ancient ancestors tomb...

This forgotten PS1 JRPG influenced by Studio Ghibli tried so hard to be ahead of it's time in 1998

I love hanging out by water wheels in old RPG's and Adventure games for the music and ambience...

Kingdom Hearts had amazing music and graphics even though the writing was terrible...

I restarted this PS2 game so many times so I could get the menu with the moody music and rain sounds

The Third Age on PS2 was easily the best Lord of the Rings game for music and ambience...

Fountains are always a good place to hang out and listen to music in JRPG towns...

Nobou Uematsu was the king of going into every genre with his own unique style and character...

The PS1 was so artistically abstract in a way you just don't see anymore in gaming...

Silent Hill 2... Except James just zones out in the public toilets listening to the OST...

POV: You press START to begin spiritual concentration and then feel the presence of the dead...

These are the kind of cinematic shots I miss so much from games with fixed camera angles...

I like standing in the middle of JRPG towns taking in the music and vibes

Remember when you started a game and the menu gave you the best first impressions?

7ft bunny women chilling next to save crystals in moody dungeons is my kind of vibe...

Revolutionary gameplay? Nah, I'm just here to vibe out with the menu music...

I love walking into random buildings in old JRPG's just to find cool music and sound effects...

Adventurer, it's time to rest at the JRPG inn with relaxing retro game music and sound effects...

The opening 10 minutes of Koudelka on PS1 gives off peak JRPG Survival Horror vibes...

This PS1 JRPG's interpretation of Norse Mythology was really artistic and interesting...

Nothing like playing some 20 year old PS2 game and the music in some random cutscene is vibing

POV: You travel into the future to meet a sentient tree that is also a shopping centre...

POV: You are an adventurer who walks into a magic shop with a busty merchant and cool music

The small details they put in Final Fantasy IX made it the absolute peak of the PlayStation...

I've always loved the music and ambience of doing a little shopping in an old school JRPG...

Over 1 Hour of PS2 Atmospheric Dark Ambient Music & Classic Sound Effects from Devil May Cry Vol. 1

The best thing to do in old school Final Fantasy is put the controller down and appreciate art...

Old PS2 games always have amazing music in the most random unsuspected places...

Chilling with the world map music and sound effects in JRPG's is a forgotten artform...

1 Hour of Crashed Airship in Evil Forest from Final Fantasy IX | Atmosphere & Ambience

I love digging through obscure PS2 games looking for amazing music like this...

Ivalice & Chill - 2 Hours of Music & Sound Effects from Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

Cosy JRPG Music & Sound Effects from Dungeons and Towns in Dark Cloud 2

You don't see rainbows very often in games but this PS2 game has a really beautiful one...

POV: You are a princess chilling by the save crystal in a haunted battlefiel ancestral homeland...

Devil May Cry 5 was missing little moments like this to make it feel like a moody horror game...

POV: You are loitering in your JRPG hometown at night because you like the music and sound effects