By vignette, I mean a little ambient scene thats probably infinitely looped that you could leave on the screen and just let play on and on as an ambient scene that is enjoyable despite not progressing or changing. The background music is a huge part of it but it can also be said that the combined music and video/visual is greater than the sum of either part
Fortune Teller shop from Zelda - Link to the Past
Banjo’s House from Banjo Kazooie
Mario taking a nap basically anywhere in Mario64 is cute.
The Ori games have beautiful ambient chill soundtracks.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps Ori and the Blind Forest
Fishing in OoT.
A bunch of scenes in Kentucky route zero, the secret of monkey Island you could do this in game by just wandering around the lava area endlessly, or maniac Mansion: day of the tentacle starting screen is a TV in the distance playing fake late night commercials
And for fake commercials the radio in vampire: the masquerade - bloodlines between the late night DJ Deb of night and the mud slinging political ads.
I wonder if GTA has somethint like that, I seem to remember there was a collection or talk radio or something it seems infamous for. I really love the meta tv in tv show movie in movie or media in video game schtick
I remember many times just being on a mountain in Skyrim listening to the soundtrack.
I remember sitting and watching the stars or scenery when Oblivion first came out. There are a couple nice spots overlooking meadows or lakes where things are peaceful.
Also watching the sun rise in Hyrule field in Ocarina of Time. Although, that could have also been relief that the field was becoming safe.
Overlooking Lake Hyrule in Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess was also nice.
The Fortune Teller shop music is so good.
It has absolutly no right to be as bitchin’ as it is
