An RPG where “Why not take a little trip?” fits better than “Save the world!” Diverse elements such as exploration, battle, construction, and puzzles unfold at your own pace.

You were supposed to start with full enthusiasm thinking “Off to a grand adventure!”, but before you know it, you find yourself chatting with quirky residents, tinkering with the village, and gazing at your travel log. Terra Memoria is a short-length RPG that lets you fully enjoy even such detours. The stage is the mysterious world of “Terra.” While traveling with 6 adorable companions, the player pursues the reason why the crystal supply is being hindered and the mystery behind attacking ancient machines. Making you think “Is it a heartwarming game?”, the story that gradually approaches the truth while going back and forth between past and present properly prepares gimmicks that make you curious about what lies ahead. Types of play are abundant with exploration, battles, construction, and puzzles, but rather than furiously conquering any single element, the feeling of picking up interesting things found one after another at travel destinations suits this work very well.

What is impressive in this game is an atmosphere as if going on a road trip with 6 companions. Beside the summoner and sorcerer preparing dinner, the handyman and blacksmith set up camp. And once the day ends, listening to the shapeshifter's story beside the campfire or enjoying the bard's performance. You might want to say “Wait, what about the adventure?”, but rather that is the good part. Instead of leaving only battles with formidable enemies or major incidents as memories, time spent eating with companions or conversations casually exchanged can be felt as part of the trip. Where shall we go tomorrow, who can we meet next? Because such small expectations naturally accumulate, a familiarity as if truly going on a long trip together with the characters is born.

The scenery of “Terra” also holds an individuality unique to this work. Visuals combining 3D space and warm pixel art feel somehow nostalgic, yet do not feel outdated. Overlaid with a carefully crafted original soundtrack, just walking around brings a unique comfort. And what awaits at travel destinations are residents who somehow seem to have quirks. Encounters with peculiar members to the point you want to ask “Isn't there any normal person?” are also a pleasure of this work. Rather than heading straight for the destination, peeking down unknown paths, talking to someone, and investigating places you care about. Actions opposite to efficiency become the best way to play here.

Not ending with just traveling is also an interesting part of Terra Memoria. Using dedicated construction tools, you can modify the surrounding environment while crafting buildings and decorations, or repairing broken objects. What's more, because construction is not a mere decoration but also serves as a means to solve puzzles, there is the fun of thinking “If I fix this like this, wouldn't we be able to proceed?”. Because you can build even a village as an extension of that, you might before long become unsure whether you are an adventurer or an architect. However, the feeling of the world changing little by little through your actions is pleasant, leading to an affection that cannot be obtained merely by passing through prepared maps.

What is even more interesting is the element of leaving information gained in adventures as a travel guide. Recipes learned locally, portraits of mayors, and even treasure maps that might be real—information that makes you think “You record even such things?” gathers. However, in this world, even discoveries that seem trivial at first glance have meaning. Because the book becomes enriched by things you yourself walked, met, and experienced, this can be called a single volume shaping the adventure itself, rather than a mere collection list on a menu screen. The more pages increase, the more fun it is to look back thinking “I went here too” or “There was such a person too,” serving as a reason to search for clues scattered across the world.

Expressing the charm of Terra Memoria in a single word, it is “an RPG where you can come to like not only the destination, but even the way heading there.” Pursuing mysteries, fighting enemies, and thinking about puzzles. In between, building structures, getting to know strange residents, enjoying camp with companions, and adding new memories to the travel guide. While holding the axis of a story regarding a mystery connecting past and present, it is a work that does not rush the player, as if talking to you, “Well, since we're here, let's stop by.” Rather than aiming for the goal via the shortest route, wanting to enjoy wandering around an unknown world itself. For such a person, by the time leaving “Terra,” the trip with the 6 companions might feel a bit tough to part with.