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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 bateful sweet tailpipe
  07/16/25
Pac-man
beady-eyed nudist box office toaster
  07/16/25
(avg. xo poaster)
Cerebral ruby location
  07/16/25
Somehow I never heard of those
clear electric state
  07/16/25
They all basically had the same box
Purple bateful sweet tailpipe
  07/17/25
...
Pearly headpube useless brakes
  07/16/25
Wow even that name sounds intimidating
Saffron massive lodge
  07/16/25
4 isn't that bad if you start with spain or france or someth...
cerise cruise ship
  07/16/25
Also IIrC the Jane's games I mentioned in the OP came with e...
Purple bateful sweet tailpipe
  07/17/25


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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:50 PM
Author: Purple bateful sweet tailpipe

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: beady-eyed nudist box office toaster

Pac-man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5751239&forum_id=2#49107702)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: Cerebral ruby location

(avg. xo poaster)

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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: clear electric state

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: Purple bateful sweet tailpipe

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: Pearly headpube useless brakes



(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: Saffron massive lodge

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: cerise cruise ship

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 bateful sweet tailpipe

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)