I also could borrow a copy of Let's go Eevee from a friend, but they told me it's not a great representation of Gen1.

It’s not hidden, but I thoroughly enjoyed divinity original sin II. If you don’t want turn based combat it might be worth checking out the Pathfinder games.

All of my friends are either programmers or are in I.T. I’m a lowly handyman who just happens to be tech literate enough to get by.

It’s an old habit that I think started with aiming on DK64 an I haven’t been able to shake the habit. I never got into racing games enough to have strong opinions on shifting, though I do drive a manual IRL.

And I thought I was weird for having my vertical controls switched for shooters. Lol.