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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 ...
michael doodikoff
  07/16/25
Pac-man
,.,,.,.,,,,,,.....................
  07/16/25
(avg. xo poaster)
"""'"'"""''
  07/16/25
Somehow I never heard of those
honk honkler
  07/16/25
They all basically had the same box
michael doodikoff
  07/17/25
Europa Univeralis 4
Dickey Simpkins
  07/16/25
Wow even that name sounds intimidating
Karlstack's intern
  07/16/25
4 isn't that bad if you start with spain or france or someth...
Mega Rich Light-Bending Guy
  07/16/25
Also IIrC the Jane's games I mentioned in the OP came with e...
michael doodikoff
  07/17/25


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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:50 PM
Author: michael doodikoff

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...id#49107695)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: ,.,,.,.,,,,,,.....................


Pac-man

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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: """'"'"""''

(avg. xo poaster)

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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: honk honkler

Somehow I never heard of those

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



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Date: July 17th, 2025 12:43 AM
Author: michael doodikoff

They all basically had the same box

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



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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:59 PM
Author: Dickey Simpkins

Europa Univeralis 4

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



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: Karlstack's intern

Wow even that name sounds intimidating

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



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: Mega Rich Light-Bending Guy

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...id#49107738)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: michael doodikoff

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...id#49108997)