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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 ...
Purple location filthpig
  07/16/25
Pac-man
Chocolate House-broken Crackhouse Sound Barrier
  07/16/25
(avg. xo poaster)
Know-it-all provocative stead
  07/16/25
Somehow I never heard of those
Titillating step-uncle's house yarmulke
  07/16/25
They all basically had the same box
Purple location filthpig
  07/17/25
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contagious dilemma deer antler
  07/16/25
Wow even that name sounds intimidating
razzle-dazzle stubborn old irish cottage corner
  07/16/25
4 isn't that bad if you start with spain or france or someth...
disrespectful mad-dog skullcap
  07/16/25
Also IIrC the Jane's games I mentioned in the OP came with e...
Purple location filthpig
  07/17/25


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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:50 PM
Author: Purple location filthpig

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=2)#49107695)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: Chocolate House-broken Crackhouse Sound Barrier

Pac-man

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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: Know-it-all provocative stead

(avg. xo poaster)

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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: Titillating step-uncle's house yarmulke

Somehow I never heard of those

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Date: July 17th, 2025 12:43 AM
Author: Purple location filthpig

They all basically had the same box

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



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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:59 PM
Author: contagious dilemma deer antler



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle stubborn old irish cottage corner

Wow even that name sounds intimidating

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



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: disrespectful mad-dog skullcap

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=2)#49107738)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Purple location filthpig

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=2)#49108997)