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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...
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
if you're putting Crackdown you lose all credibility
Comical base knife
  04/22/26
Crackdown is a masterpiece
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
I only like botw
Swollen goal in life
  04/22/26
I only played the gta games as a sandbox to cause mayhem I n...
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
Immortals Fenyx Rising is fun
Heady indian lodge boistinker
  04/22/26
Ubisoft 🤮
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
GTA 5 was great. And I am in the minority here as enjoying T...
ultramarine cuckoldry
  04/22/26
BOTW was a triumph and i quit playing tears about 3 hours in...
avocado racy garrison rigor
  04/22/26
You are better off starting with GTA: San Andreas or just go...
ultramarine cuckoldry
  04/22/26
Vice City is good too. I'd skip 3 at this point, and just go...
Honey-headed nowag
  04/22/26
GTA IV is even better than those, especially if you ever liv...
Bat shit crazy hideous crackhouse circlehead
  04/22/26
Cant skip III; he needs a primer on the Australian-American ...
Stubborn scarlet pit trump supporter
  04/22/26
Is the original Legend of Zelda "open world"? Wha...
soggy lodge puppy
  04/22/26
Elden Ring’s is pretty good if you have a lot of time ...
brass karate
  04/22/26
I'm never gonna play any of these parry & roll around w/...
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
Elden Ring is quite literally hundreds of square miles of no...
Honey-headed nowag
  04/22/26
You never saw the late game and its Dungeons. Also there&...
brass karate
  04/22/26
Absurd you left RDR2 off this list. It is a TRIUMPH.
multi-colored narrow-minded nursing home
  04/22/26
https://x.com/HadesRise/status/2046996354883358779
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
Witcher 3 was excellent and still plays well.
impertinent point
  04/22/26
Fake open world linear game
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
Shots fired
alcoholic big potus
  04/22/26
it was worse than 1 and 2 and the best parts of 3 were the l...
Histrionic Dopamine
  04/22/26
1 might've been the most interesting, despite the shitty nev...
impertinent point
  04/22/26
On a somewhat related subject, I never get tired of 4chan /v...
alcoholic big potus
  04/22/26
i enjoyed daggerfall
plum blathering abode
  04/22/26
180
alcoholic big potus
  04/22/26
Red Dead 2 wasn’t that bad, come on
cocky church
  04/22/26
Intriguing poast-moniker synergy
alcoholic big potus
  04/22/26
😆
Filthy heaven
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alcoholic big potus
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snowy hairraiser milk hunting ground
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alcoholic big potus
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overrated at-the-ready pisswyrm
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alcoholic big potus
  04/22/26
crackdown was badass
Histrionic Dopamine
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...
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
Oblivion deserves credit for finally fulfilling the basic pr...
Glittery home
  04/22/26
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alcoholic big potus
  04/22/26
glad you mentioned Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. T...
Honey-headed nowag
  04/22/26
180
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
I realize these are completely different games than what OP ...
Filthy heaven
  04/22/26
...
alcoholic big potus
  04/22/26
people dont see each other irl twisted metal would be ma...
plum blathering abode
  04/22/26
*You, me, Emilio and frutiger aero tp four-boxing Mario kart...
Filthy heaven
  04/22/26
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alcoholic big potus
  04/22/26
...
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/22/26
...
alcoholic big potus
  04/22/26
Missing a POTUS off the list btw: Shenmue https://www.red...
snowy hairraiser milk hunting ground
  04/22/26
I think lawman8 really loved this game
plum blathering abode
  04/22/26
series was really good and i hate these types of games
snowy hairraiser milk hunting ground
  04/22/26
i notice that you CONSPICUOUSLY left out LA Noire.
Wonderful Goyim Immigrant
  04/22/26
ff7
Violent swashbuckling trust fund
  04/22/26
A triumph
brass karate
  04/22/26
Hardwar
Slate slimy codepig
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...
smoky alcoholic weed whacker
  04/23/26
a rich open world
Medicated temple mad-dog skullcap
  04/22/26
180!
alcoholic big potus
  04/23/26
...
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/23/26
...
alcoholic big potus
  04/23/26
...
henna curious station
  04/23/26
fallout new vegas kingdom come deliverance
Poppy Hell
  04/22/26
Cyberpunk 2077 was great
fragrant gas station factory reset button
  04/23/26
😴
brass karate
  04/23/26
...
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/23/26
(Goymer)
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/23/26
MGSV was the best other than having a chunk of story cut off...
Comical base knife
  04/23/26
I should try that
Citrine vigorous juggernaut
  04/23/26
...
alcoholic big potus
  04/23/26


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Date: April 22nd, 2026 10:02 AM
Author: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

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: Comical base knife

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

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: Swollen goal in life

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

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: Heady indian lodge boistinker

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

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: ultramarine cuckoldry

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: avocado racy garrison rigor

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: ultramarine cuckoldry

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: Honey-headed nowag

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: Bat shit crazy hideous crackhouse circlehead

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: Stubborn scarlet pit trump supporter

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: soggy lodge puppy

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: brass karate

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

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: Honey-headed nowag

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: brass karate

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: multi-colored narrow-minded nursing home

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

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: impertinent point

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

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: alcoholic big potus

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: Histrionic Dopamine

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: impertinent point

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: alcoholic big potus

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: plum blathering abode

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: alcoholic big potus

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: cocky church

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: alcoholic big potus

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: Filthy heaven

😆

(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: alcoholic big potus



(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: snowy hairraiser milk hunting ground



(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: alcoholic big potus



(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: overrated at-the-ready pisswyrm



(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: alcoholic big potus



(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: Histrionic Dopamine

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut



(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: Glittery home

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: alcoholic big potus



(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: Honey-headed nowag

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

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: Filthy heaven

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: alcoholic big potus



(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: plum blathering abode

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: Filthy heaven

*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: alcoholic big potus

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

(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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut



(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: alcoholic big potus



(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: snowy hairraiser milk hunting ground

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: plum blathering abode

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: snowy hairraiser milk hunting ground

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: Wonderful Goyim Immigrant

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: Violent swashbuckling trust fund

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: brass karate

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: Slate slimy codepig

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: smoky alcoholic weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2/#49837470)



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Date: April 22nd, 2026 11:32 PM
Author: Medicated temple mad-dog skullcap

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: alcoholic big potus

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut



(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: alcoholic big potus



(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: henna curious station



(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: Poppy Hell

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: fragrant gas station factory reset button

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: brass karate

😴

(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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut



(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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

(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: Comical base knife

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: Citrine vigorous juggernaut

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: alcoholic big potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859368&forum_id=2/#49837456)