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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 ...
Ruby locus ratface
  07/16/25
Pac-man
cowardly dashing tanning salon marketing idea
  07/16/25
(avg. xo poaster)
Frum obsidian ticket booth
  07/16/25
Somehow I never heard of those
pearly garrison mad-dog skullcap
  07/16/25
They all basically had the same box
Ruby locus ratface
  07/17/25
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Coral menage
  07/16/25
Wow even that name sounds intimidating
maniacal blood rage cruise ship
  07/16/25
4 isn't that bad if you start with spain or france or someth...
gold stage
  07/16/25
Also IIrC the Jane's games I mentioned in the OP came with e...
Ruby locus ratface
  07/17/25


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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:50 PM
Author: Ruby locus ratface

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: cowardly dashing tanning salon marketing idea

Pac-man

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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: Frum obsidian ticket booth

(avg. xo poaster)

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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: pearly garrison mad-dog skullcap

Somehow I never heard of those

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



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Date: July 17th, 2025 12:43 AM
Author: Ruby locus ratface

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: Coral menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751239&forum_id=2],#49107707)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: maniacal blood rage cruise ship

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: gold stage

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: Ruby locus ratface

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)