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There are like 4 total "open world" video games that have been actually good

GTA 3 & Vice City (same game so counts as 1) Mercenari...
Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
slap-happy fear-inspiring boiling water
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner
  04/22/26
I only like botw
Mind-boggling Useless Heaven Depressive
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
concupiscible avocado chapel
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner
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GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
chest-beating coldplay fan mediation
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
comical pea-brained station boltzmann
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
chest-beating coldplay fan mediation
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
canary chad doctorate
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GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
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Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
Lascivious codepig
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Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
Grizzly Balding Locale
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Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
splenetic dog poop gas station
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner
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Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
canary chad doctorate
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
splenetic dog poop gas station
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
Passionate whorehouse hominid
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https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
titillating house juggernaut
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Fake open world linear game
Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner
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Shots fired
Heady Mother
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
Racy dilemma preventive strike
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1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
titillating house juggernaut
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On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
Heady Mother
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i enjoyed daggerfall
bull headed library
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Heady Mother
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Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
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Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
Heady Mother
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😆
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Heady Mother
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crackdown was badass
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
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Heady Mother
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glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
canary chad doctorate
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180
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
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Heady Mother
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people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
bull headed library
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*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
Charismatic onyx space
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Heady Mother
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
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I think lawman8 really loved this game
bull headed library
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
Vibrant trust fund
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
razzmatazz associate marketing idea
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ff7
internet-worthy new version
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A triumph
splenetic dog poop gas station
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Hardwar
Insane Up-to-no-good People Who Are Hurt Hell
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...
Galvanic Principal's Office
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a rich open world
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180!
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
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😴
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...
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(Goymer)
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MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
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  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

GTA 3 & Vice City (same game so counts as 1)

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

Zelda Breath of the Wild but not the sequel

Crackdown 1

The Rest are abysmal gash

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49833947)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:23 PM
Author: slap-happy fear-inspiring boiling water

if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835698)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

Crackdown is a masterpiece

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836194)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:03 AM
Author: Mind-boggling Useless Heaven Depressive

I only like botw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49833951)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:04 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I never did any "missions" or story

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49833957)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: concupiscible avocado chapel

Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49833992)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:22 AM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

Ubisoft 🤮

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834006)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:17 AM
Author: chest-beating coldplay fan mediation

GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying Tears of the Kingdom despite it being The Same Game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49833996)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 3:57 PM
Author: comical pea-brained station boltzmann

BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in because it was the same. i'd never played GTA before i just fired up GTA III on steam the other night, but the entire game just seems to be running driving missions for scum NPCs for virtual money (ie take this hooker to this house and get the car painted at this other place). is that the entire game?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834762)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: chest-beating coldplay fan mediation

You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just going straight to GTA 5. GTA III is great, but it is dated. It gets to be more fun for sure, but it doesn't have the variety or dynamism of later games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834779)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:02 PM
Author: canary chad doctorate

Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go to VC and SA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835586)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: motley anal church building personal credit line

GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever lived in nyc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836088)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: Lascivious codepig

Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American War.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836154)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:02 PM
Author: Grizzly Balding Locale

Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? What about Majora's Mask?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834783)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: splenetic dog poop gas station

Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time on your hands or ingenious intuition about things. The way that some quests progress is like NES Simon’s Quest tier if not more cryptic.

Every one of these games that has lots of Fields and Land bores me automatically btw. They need to stop making these imo. Like Zelda’s open world has shrines which have Things inside of them. Land and trees and Herbs and Caves are bullshit if that’s all there is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834794)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:56 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/ sword games that Fromsoft churns out, it just looks like way too much going on for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835316)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:04 PM
Author: canary chad doctorate

Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of nothing. Oversized World just for the sake of being Oversized, no real point.

Oh yeah, and the "rolling INTO the attack" mechanic is fucking gay as fuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835592)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:19 PM
Author: splenetic dog poop gas station

You never saw the late game and its Dungeons.

Also there’s a cool af underground area with multiple entrances and exits on the overworld. Other things like that too probably which I never found.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836168)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: Passionate whorehouse hominid

Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834903)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835324)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: titillating house juggernaut

Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49834913)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

Fake open world linear game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835338)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:20 PM
Author: Heady Mother

Shots fired

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835411)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: Racy dilemma preventive strike

it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the least open world bits

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835398)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:51 PM
Author: titillating house juggernaut

1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty neverwinter nights engine. I still enjoyed doing side quests and other open world stuff in 3 than pretty much every oblivion-esque game, although the dlc and main story were far better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835522)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Heady Mother

On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v/ Witcher 3 waifu threads, either

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835415)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:58 PM
Author: bull headed library

i enjoyed daggerfall

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835328)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Heady Mother

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835418)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: vigorous sex offender famous landscape painting

Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835332)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:21 PM
Author: Heady Mother

Intriguing poast-moniker synergy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835420)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: Charismatic onyx space

😆

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835551)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: Heady Mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835555)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Vibrant trust fund



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835752)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:19 PM
Author: Heady Mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835875)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:33 PM
Author: blue self-absorbed den



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835911)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: Heady Mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836022)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:18 PM
Author: Racy dilemma preventive strike

crackdown was badass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835406)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:35 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836191)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:54 PM
Author: Nudist garnet useless brakes

Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic promise of an open world fantasy game

And then New Vegas is an obvious top tier game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835536)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 7:57 PM
Author: Heady Mother



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: canary chad doctorate

glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. That Game was fun as fuck back in the day. The sequel was really disappointing

I would add GTA 5 to the OP List.

Otherwise, he is pretty much spot on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835600)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:35 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835735)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: Charismatic onyx space

I realize these are completely different games than what OP is talking about, but Destruction Derby and Twisted Metal on PlayStation 1 were fun as fuck to mess around with your bros and I don’t know why they don’t ever make games like that any more.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835633)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:21 PM
Author: Heady Mother



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: bull headed library

people dont see each other irl

twisted metal would be made into an online only shit fest where u play against no life losers who MUST win every game at all costs

people cant even have fun anymore

i remember spending hours on the paris map in twisted metal trying to get to the top of teh effiel tower then destroying it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835701)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:40 PM
Author: Charismatic onyx space

*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart on a 20 inch CRT on our day off from school, eating Dunkaroos (after we were done with our Torino’s pizza rolls)*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835750)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:18 PM
Author: Heady Mother

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835874)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 9:25 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835898)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 PM
Author: Heady Mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836021)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:36 PM
Author: Vibrant trust fund

Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue

https://www.reddit.com/r/Shenmue/comments/1dh3i6t/shenmue_was_truly_the_first_true_3d_open_world/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835741)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: bull headed library

I think lawman8 really loved this game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835751)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Vibrant trust fund

series was really good

and i hate these types of games



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49835754)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:02 PM
Author: razzmatazz associate marketing idea

i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836144)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:17 PM
Author: internet-worthy new version

ff7

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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: splenetic dog poop gas station

A triumph

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836176)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:30 PM
Author: Insane Up-to-no-good People Who Are Hurt Hell

Hardwar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836184)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:53 PM
Author: Galvanic Principal's Office



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: lavender confused stock car brunch

a rich open world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836188)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:13 AM
Author: Heady Mother

180!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836227)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Heady Mother



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: stirring maniacal cumskin selfie



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49837585)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: Spectacular Plum Indian Lodge

fallout new vegas

kingdom come deliverance



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836218)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 12:06 AM
Author: Painfully honest flushed theater stage

Cyberpunk 2077 was great

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836224)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 7:59 AM
Author: splenetic dog poop gas station

😴

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49836467)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

(Goymer)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49837338)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: slap-happy fear-inspiring boiling water

MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off at the end. But best gameplay outside of GTA games and Saints Row 1/2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49837428)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: Embarrassed to the bone thriller psychic partner

I should try that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2)#49837449)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:49 PM
Author: Heady Mother



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