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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 ...
Soggy Spruce Station
  07/16/25
Pac-man
Mustard Abode
  07/16/25
(avg. xo poaster)
Bisexual sound barrier crackhouse
  07/16/25
Somehow I never heard of those
slimy ratface jew
  07/16/25
They all basically had the same box
Soggy Spruce Station
  07/17/25
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soul-stirring property coldplay fan
  07/16/25
Wow even that name sounds intimidating
cobalt crotch
  07/16/25
4 isn't that bad if you start with spain or france or someth...
vigorous set wrinkle
  07/16/25
Also IIrC the Jane's games I mentioned in the OP came with e...
Soggy Spruce Station
  07/17/25


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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:50 PM
Author: Soggy Spruce Station

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=2Reputation#49107695)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: Mustard Abode

Pac-man

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



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:22 PM
Author: Bisexual sound barrier crackhouse

(avg. xo poaster)

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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: slimy ratface jew

Somehow I never heard of those

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



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Date: July 17th, 2025 12:43 AM
Author: Soggy Spruce Station

They all basically had the same box

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



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Date: July 16th, 2025 10:59 PM
Author: soul-stirring property coldplay fan



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



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: cobalt crotch

Wow even that name sounds intimidating

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



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Date: July 16th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: vigorous set wrinkle

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=2Reputation#49107738)



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Date: July 17th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Soggy Spruce Station

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=2Reputation#49108997)