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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...
Blue point patrolman
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
mahogany razzle-dazzle parlour
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
Blue point patrolman
  04/22/26
I only like botw
histrionic fighting pit
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Blue point patrolman
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
lake nubile tattoo
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Blue point patrolman
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GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
French resort
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
Smoky Gay Wizard Dilemma
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
French resort
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
spruce trailer park preventive strike
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
Cerebral toilet seat
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
vigorous party of the first part hunting ground
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
stimulating cordovan temple community account
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Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
Purple bawdyhouse azn
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Blue point patrolman
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
spruce trailer park preventive strike
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
Purple bawdyhouse azn
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
razzle hall
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Blue point patrolman
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Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
Contagious ultramarine brunch
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
Blue point patrolman
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Shots fired
Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria
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it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
Exciting plaza mediation
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1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
Contagious ultramarine brunch
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On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria
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i enjoyed daggerfall
flirting comical elastic band weed whacker
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180
Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria
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Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
marvelous useless depressive
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria
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😆
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Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria
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crackdown was badass
Exciting plaza mediation
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Blue point patrolman
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Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
Talented library useless brakes
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Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria
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glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
spruce trailer park preventive strike
  04/22/26
180
Blue point patrolman
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I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
Mustard nowag
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Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria
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people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
flirting comical elastic band weed whacker
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
Mustard nowag
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Blue point patrolman
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Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria
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Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
Odious kitty cat
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
flirting comical elastic band weed whacker
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
Odious kitty cat
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
180 keepsake machete
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ff7
ruddy massive juggernaut
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A triumph
Purple bawdyhouse azn
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Hardwar
Ivory trump supporter
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...
Coral Cumskin
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a rich open world
out-of-control meetinghouse
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180!
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Razzmatazz onyx lettuce personal credit line
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fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
avocado double fault
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Cyberpunk 2077 was great
disturbing orchestra pit
  04/23/26
😴
Purple bawdyhouse azn
  04/23/26
...
Blue point patrolman
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(Goymer)
Blue point patrolman
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MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
mahogany razzle-dazzle parlour
  04/23/26
I should try that
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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: Blue point patrolman

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: mahogany razzle-dazzle parlour

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: Blue point patrolman

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: histrionic fighting pit

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: Blue point patrolman

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: lake nubile tattoo

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: Blue point patrolman

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: French resort

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: Smoky Gay Wizard Dilemma

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: French resort

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: spruce trailer park preventive strike

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: Cerebral toilet seat

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: vigorous party of the first part hunting ground

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: stimulating cordovan temple community account

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: Purple bawdyhouse azn

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: Blue point patrolman

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: spruce trailer park preventive strike

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: Purple bawdyhouse azn

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: razzle hall

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: Blue point patrolman

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: Contagious ultramarine brunch

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: Blue point patrolman

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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria

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: Exciting plaza mediation

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: Contagious ultramarine brunch

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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria

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: flirting comical elastic band weed whacker

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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria

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: marvelous useless depressive

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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria

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: Mustard nowag

😆

(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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria



(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: Odious kitty cat



(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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria



(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: buck-toothed harsh telephone



(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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria



(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: Exciting plaza mediation

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: Blue point patrolman



(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: Talented library 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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2/#49835556)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM
Author: spruce trailer park preventive strike

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: Blue point patrolman

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: Mustard nowag

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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2/#49835682)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 8:24 PM
Author: flirting comical elastic band weed whacker

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: Mustard nowag

*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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria

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

(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: Blue point patrolman



(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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria



(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: Odious kitty cat

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: flirting comical elastic band weed whacker

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: Odious kitty cat

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: 180 keepsake machete

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: ruddy massive juggernaut

ff7

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2/#49836164)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:23 PM
Author: Purple bawdyhouse azn

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: Ivory trump supporter

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: Coral Cumskin



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: out-of-control meetinghouse

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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria

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: Blue point patrolman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2/#49837335)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2/#49837337)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: Razzmatazz onyx lettuce personal credit line



(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: avocado double fault

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: disturbing orchestra pit

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: Purple bawdyhouse azn

😴

(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: Blue point patrolman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2/#49837336)



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Date: April 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM
Author: Blue point patrolman

(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: mahogany razzle-dazzle parlour

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: Blue point patrolman

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: Galvanic Crimson Multi-billionaire School Cafeteria



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