Traysia

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Developer(s) Telenet Japan
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Engine Proprietary
Platform(s) Sega Genesis
Release
  • JP: February 14, 1992 [1]
  • NA: April 1992
Genre(s) Role-playing video game
Mode(s) Single-player

Traysia (known as Minato no Traysia in Japan) is a traditional role-playing video game that was released on February 14, 1992 by Renovation Products for the Sega Genesis. The player controls a young man named Roy who is dropped off in the Kingdom of Salon by his uncle, a traveling merchant, and is joined by three other characters to begin a journey that leads them against a shadowy group of wizards from the north.

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Gameplay

The game is a party-based RPG with randomly encountered enemies fought on a grid-like battlefield, with the player's characters positioned in the lower part while the enemies are in the upper part of the screen. Each characters requires more than one turn to get close enough to attack the opponent, otherwise they will just move towards them. Magic spells are cast in one of four directions and must be on the same line as an enemy in order to cause damage. The game ends when the main character's hit points reaches zero, regardless of the status of the rest of the party. [2]

Plot

Raised in the port town of Johanna, Roy is a young man who has grown up dreaming of exploring faraway lands, getting his opportunity to do by riding with his uncle’s traveling caravan. Before leaving, Roy’s sweetheart Traysia gives him her pendant as a memento and promises to wait for his return.

Roy is dropped off in the kingdom of Salon and overhears the Lord of the Town’s speech on merchants and travelers being attacked in an ancient forest in the north. To help eliminate the threat, Roy joins a hunting party composed of Banegie, a shrouded knight concealing her identity as a former princess; Magellan, an outcast swordsman with no sense of justice; and Floyd, a powerful wizard who serves the Lord. While exploring the forest cave, Floyd leads them into a trap and divulges that the Lord’s intent is to control the kingdom by disposing of all the strongest hunters and framing Roy’s party for their murders. When Floyd escapes, they return to town and are joined by Bellenue, a sorceress from the north who elaborates on Floyd’s history and his pattern of manipulating rulers for personal gain. The party manages to free the kingdom by defeating the Lord though Floyd flees in the aftermath. Roy and his companions agree to stay together and leave the area in pursuit of the wizard.

In the subsequent chapters, the party helps prevent a war between the kingdoms of Iyuve and Lyude by brokering a marriage between their prince and princess and defeating the wizards responsible for manipulating the sides against one another. Deep in the network of towns embodying the empire of Sandora, they foil the plans of another group of wizards who reveal their connection to Floyd. Roy and his group journey north and learn that the wizards have been experimenting with dark magic causing people to lose their memories. When the Queen of the Witches is vanquished and the memory spell over the region is broken, Floyd concedes defeat but slips away once again. While reflecting on their victory, Banegie proposes visiting Johanna so she can see Roy's hometown and meet Traysia.

During the final chapter, Roy and his companions return to Johanna to find it under martial law by a mysterious new leader, Roy’s family home burned down and Traysia being held captive along with other townsfolk. They discover that a month prior, a wizard arrived by boat and took control of the region by enthralling the authority; the party concludes that it is Floyd. Using a secret passage in the castle's dungeon, Roy rescues Traysia and the hostages but Banegie gets herself captured to ensure everyone’s escape. Upon returning to free her, Floyd reveals himself and states that he decided to take over Roy's hometown as an act of revenge. Following their final confrontation, a defeated Floyd attempts to kill Roy by detonating himself, but Banegie shields him from the blast. Suffering mortal wounds, Banegie confesses her love for Roy and urges him to marry Traysia as her final request.

In the epilogue, Roy marries Traysia and retires from adventuring to open a tavern and a supply store for adventurers, spending his days regaling children with stories from his journey. After closing up shop for the day, Roy and Traysia take a walk and look upon Banegie’s gravestone as the story ends.

Reception

Traysia received little coverage in the United States upon its release and was not reviewed by mainstream publications Electronic Gaming Monthly or GamePro. In the United Kingdom, Mega rated the game a 33% as part of retro coverage on role-playing games. [3] In Germany, Video Games gave it a 43%, viewing the game unfavorably against other titles in the genre like Shining in the Darkness and Phantasy Star and criticized the dated graphics, sluggish interface and combat system. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Software List (Released by Soft Licensees)". セガ 製品情報サイト (in Japanese). Sega. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ Traysia Instruction Manual. Renovation Products. 1992. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Mega Retro". Mega : 71. March 1994.
  4. ↑ "Traysia". Video Games: 57. June 1992.
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