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ITT: video Games that you never bought bc you were intimidated, too complicated

Me - all of the 90s "Jane's" flight sim games ...
Electric state newt
  07/16/25
Pac-man
Magenta frisky base
  07/16/25
(avg. xo poaster)
carnelian multi-colored hunting ground den
  07/16/25
Somehow I never heard of those
Motley high-end location
  07/16/25
They all basically had the same box
Electric state newt
  07/17/25
...
Exciting ruddy new version
  07/16/25
Wow even that name sounds intimidating
Glassy soul-stirring incel stead
  07/16/25
4 isn't that bad if you start with spain or france or someth...
fragrant regret church building
  07/16/25
Also IIrC the Jane's games I mentioned in the OP came with e...
Electric state newt
  07/17/25


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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:50 PM
Author: Electric state newt

Me - all of the 90s "Jane's" flight sim games

Just seemed like there were a million controls impossible to memorize

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%27s_Combat_Simulations

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751239&forum_id=2Elisa#49107695)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: Magenta frisky base

Pac-man

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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: carnelian multi-colored hunting ground den

(avg. xo poaster)

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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: Motley high-end location

Somehow I never heard of those

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751239&forum_id=2Elisa#49107704)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 12:43 AM
Author: Electric state newt

They all basically had the same box

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751239&forum_id=2Elisa#49107884)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:59 PM
Author: Exciting ruddy new version



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: Glassy soul-stirring incel stead

Wow even that name sounds intimidating

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751239&forum_id=2Elisa#49107736)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: fragrant regret church building

4 isn't that bad if you start with spain or france or something

EU3 otoh was arcane, bizarre, and hard to parse especially in the UI department

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751239&forum_id=2Elisa#49107738)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Electric state newt

Also IIrC the Jane's games I mentioned in the OP came with enormous manuals Almost as complicated as the IrL vehicle. I've read about people spending hours just figuring out how to take off the runway in an airplane on those Games

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751239&forum_id=2Elisa#49108997)