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If you are a big fan of solid gameplay in your JRPGs, then you absolutely need to play Trails, because Trails has the best, most refined gameplay mechanics of any JRPG series out there! I'll break it down for you here, but let me know your thoughts in the comments, or heck, hit me up on Twitter:

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00:00 Intro
00:33 Turn-Based Combat
06:05 Action Combat
09:36 Character Progression
10:58 Resource Management
13:17 Exploration
15:51 Quality of Life
17:30 Wrap up and Outro